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2007 - 2008 LEGISLATURE
October 16, 2007 - Introduced by Representatives Hines, Ballweg, Berceau,
Boyle, Gottlieb, Grigsby, Hintz, Kaufert, Kerkman, F. Lasee, Mursau, Nass,
A. Ott, Owens, Pope-Roberts, Staskunas, Strachota, Turner and Vos,
cosponsored by Senators Risser, Cowles, Erpenbach, Grothman, Harsdorf,
Miller, Olsen, Roessler, Schultz, Sullivan and Wirch. Referred to
Committee on Public Health.
AB539,1,2
1An Act to amend 146.33 of the statutes;
relating to: allowing a 16-year-old to
2donate blood with parental consent.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, any person who is 17 years old or older may donate blood
in a voluntary and noncompensatory blood program. This bill provides that a
16-year-old may donate blood in such a program if his or her parent consents to the
donation.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB539, s. 1
3Section
1. 146.33 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB539,1,7
4146.33 Blood donors. Any person
who is 17 years old or older may donate
5blood in any voluntary and noncompensatory blood program
, and any person who is
616 years old may donate blood in such a program if his or her parent consents to the
7donation.
