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Bills from the 2009–10 session

Assembly Bill 116

School conference and activities leave

Topics: Day care, Employment, Family, Hours of labor, Parochial and private educational institutions, Public employee: Hours of labor, School, Unemployment insurance

Passed the Assembly, then stopped

The Assembly passed it on Jan 28, 2010, but the Senate never voted on it. A bill has to ⁠. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Mar 4, 2009

  2. Committee, passed

    Approved

  3. Assembly vote, passed

    Passed Jan 28, 2010

  4. Senate vote, stopped here

    Stopped here. The Senate never voted on it.

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Apr 28, 2010: “Failed to concur in pursuant to ⁠”

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What it would have done

Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

Under current law, an employer, including the state, employing at least 50 individuals on a permanent basis in this state must permit an employee who has been employed by the employer for more than 52 consecutive weeks and who has worked for the employer for at least 1,000 hours during the preceding 52-week period to take six weeks of family leave in a 12-month period and two weeks of medical leave in a 12-month period. Family leave may be taken for the birth or adoptive placement of a new child or to care for a child, spouse, or parent who has a serious health condition. Medical leave may be taken when the employee has a serious health condition that makes the employee unable to perform the employee's employment duties. An employee is not entitled to receive wages or salary while taking family or medical leave, but may substitute, for portions of family or medical leave, other types of paid or unpaid leave provided by the employer. An employee who intends to take family or medical leave for the birth or adoptive placement of a child or for planned medical treatment must give the employer advance notice of the birth or adoptive placement or planned medical treatment. In addition, for planned medical treatment, the employee must make a reasonable effort to schedule the medical treatment so that it does not unduly disrupt the operations of the employer.

This bill allows any employee of an employer, including the state, employing at least 50 individuals on a permanent basis in this state to take no more than 16 hours of school conference and activities leave in a 12-month period. School conference and activities leave may be taken to attend school conferences or classroom activities relating to the employee's child that cannot be scheduled during nonworking hours.

Read the full summary

In addition, school conference and activities leave may be taken to observe and monitor the day care, preschool, or prekindergarten services or programming received by an employee's child, if that observation and monitoring cannot be scheduled during nonworking hours. An employee is not entitled to receive wages or salary while taking school conference and activities leave, but may substitute, for portions of school conference and activities leave, other types of paid or unpaid leave provided by the employer, except that an employee may not substitute paid leave for school conference and activities leave for attending a school conference or activity for less than one hour. An employee who intends to take leave to attend a school conference or activity must give the employer advance notice of the conference or activity and must make a reasonable effort to schedule the conference or activity so that it does not unduly disrupt the operations of the employer.

For purposes of this bill, "school" means a day care center licensed by the Department of Children and Families Services, a day care provider certified for funding by a county department of human services or social services, a day care program established or contracted for by a school board, a public or private preschool or prekindergarten, or a public or private school that provides an educational program for one or more grades between kindergarten and 12.

Who's behind it

18 lawmakers are its ⁠. 17 are Democrats and 1 is a Republican.

8 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 26 names

Authors (18)

Signed on in support (8)

What it would cost

State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.

Versions and amendments

Every text the Legislature printed for this bill, including proposed changes. Each opens on the Legislature's site.

How lawmakers voted

There were 3 votes on this bill.

Assembly Committee on Education vote to recommend it

Passed, 7 to 6 · Sep 17, 2009

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Report passage recommended by committee on Education, Ayes 7, Noes 6”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Assembly vote on an amendment

Passed, 51 to 45 · Jan 28, 2010

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Assembly amendment 3 laid on table, Ayes 51, Noes 45”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Assembly vote to pass it

Passed, 52 to 44 · Feb 23, 2010

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Read a third time and passed, Ayes 52, Noes 44, Paired 2”. Official record · This vote on its own page

What happened

  1. Apr 28, 2010

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Mar 1, 2010

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Children and Families and Workforce Development.

  3. Feb 26, 2010

    The Senate received it.

  4. Feb 25, 2010

    “Messaged pursuant to Assembly Rule 50 (1)” (the official wording)

  5. Feb 23, 2010

    The Assembly passed it, 52 to 44.

  6. Jan 28, 2010

    The Assembly adopted it.

  7. Sep 17, 2009

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.

  8. Sep 17, 2009

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 7 to 6.

  9. May 19, 2009

    The committee held a public hearing.

  10. Mar 16, 2009

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  11. Mar 13, 2009

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  12. Mar 4, 2009

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Education.

  13. Mar 4, 2009

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Mar 4, 2009 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Black, A. Ott, Smith, Zigmunt, Sinicki, Benedict, Parisi, Pope-Roberts, Pocan, Grigsby, A. Williams, Young, Cullen, Fields, Zepnick, Pasch, Berceau and Soletski;Cosponsored by Senators Carpenter, Lassa, Lehman, Plale, Taylor, Erpenbach, Miller and Hansen

  2. Mar 4, 2009 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Education

  3. Mar 13, 2009 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Mar 16, 2009 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Mar 16, 2009 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. May 19, 2009 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  7. Sep 8, 2009 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  8. Sep 17, 2009 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by committee on Education, Ayes 7, Noes 6

  9. Sep 17, 2009 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  10. Jan 26, 2010 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 1-28-2010 by committee on Rules

  11. Jan 27, 2010 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 1 offered by Representative Black

  12. Jan 28, 2010 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  13. Jan 28, 2010 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 1 adopted

  14. Jan 28, 2010 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 2 offered by Representative Black

  15. Jan 28, 2010 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 2 adopted

  16. Jan 28, 2010 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 3 offered by Representatives Gottlieb, Newcomer and Davis

  17. Jan 28, 2010 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 3 laid on table, Ayes 51, Noes 45

  18. Jan 28, 2010 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  19. Feb 23, 2010 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 52, Noes 44, Paired 2

  20. Feb 25, 2010 · Assembly

    Messaged pursuant to Assembly Rule 50 (1)

  21. Feb 26, 2010 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  22. Mar 1, 2010 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Children and Families and Workforce Development

  23. Apr 21, 2010 · Senate

    Senate substitute amendment 1 offered by Senator Vinehout

  24. Apr 21, 2010 · Senate

    Senate amendment 1 to Senate substitute amendment 1 offered by Senator Vinehout

  25. Apr 28, 2010 · Senate

    Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

Terms on this page

Second chamber's vote

A bill has to pass both the Assembly and the Senate in the same form before it goes to the governor.

Official term: Concurrence. More in the glossary

Senate Joint Resolution 1

The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.

Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary

Legislative Reference Bureau

The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.

Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary

Author

A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.

Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary

Signed on in support

Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.

Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary

Cost estimate

A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.

Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary

Roll call

A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.

Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary

From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source

Second chamber's vote

A bill has to pass both the Assembly and the Senate in the same form before it goes to the governor.

Official term: Concurrence

More in the glossary

Senate Joint Resolution 1

The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.

Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1

More in the glossary

Legislative Reference Bureau

The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.

Official term: LRB analysis

More in the glossary

Author

A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.

Official term: Author, coauthor

More in the glossary

Signed on in support

Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.

Official term: Cosponsor

More in the glossary

Cost estimate

A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.

Official term: Fiscal estimate

More in the glossary

Roll call

A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.

Official term: Roll call vote

More in the glossary