Assembly Bill 694
Prohibiting a person who has been convicted or adjudicated delinquent for committing a drug-related felony or who is the subject of a pending criminal charge or delinquency petition for committing a drug-related felony from showing that he or she has been rehabilitated for purposes of being licensed, certified, or contracted with to provide child care, of being employed or contracted as a caregiver of a child care provider, or of being permitted to reside at a premises where child care is provided
Topics: Children and Families, Department of, County: Human services, Crime and criminals: Felony, Criminal identification and investigation, Day care, Drugs, Juvenile court, School: Board, Wisconsin Works
Stopped in committee
It never got a , so it never came up for a vote. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Feb 1, 2010
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Senate vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Apr 28, 2010: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Rules pursuant to Assembly Rule 42 (3)(c). See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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Committee
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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
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Author
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Signed on in support
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Cost estimate
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Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Under current law, the Department of Children and Families (DCF) may not license a person to operate a day care center; DCF in a county having a population of 500,000 or more, a county department of human services or social services, or an agency contracted by DCF to certify day care providers for purposes of reimbursement under the Wisconsin Works program may not certify a day care provider for those purposes; and a school board may not contract with a person to provide a day care program (collectively, "child care provider") if a background investigation indicates that the person has been convicted or adjudicated delinquent on or after his or her 12th birthday for committing a serious crime, including a drug-related felony, or is the subject of a pending criminal charge or delinquency petition alleging that the person has committed a serious crime, including a drug-related felony, on or after his or her 12th birthday unless the person shows that he or she has been rehabilitated.
Similarly, a child care provider may not employ or contract with a caregiver or permit a nonclient resident to reside at a premises where child care is provided if a background investigation indicates that the caregiver or nonclient resident has been convicted or adjudicated delinquent on or after his or her 12th birthday for committing a serious crime, including a drug-related felony, or is the subject of a pending criminal charge or delinquency petition alleging that the person has committed a serious crime, including a drug-related felony, on or after his or her 12th birthday unless the caregiver or nonclient resident shows that he or she has been rehabilitated.
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Current law, however, prohibits any person who has been convicted or adjudicated delinquent on or after his or her 12th birthday for committing a drug-related felony from showing that he or she has been rehabilitated if the person completed his or her sentence, including any probation, parole, or extended supervision, or was discharged by the Department of Corrections (DOC), less than five years before the date of the background investigation.
This bill prohibits a person from showing that he or she has been rehabilitated if a background investigation indicates that the person has been convicted or adjudicated delinquent on or after his or her 12th birthday for committing, or is the subject of a pending criminal charge or delinquency petition alleging that the person has committed on or after his or her 12th birthday, any of the following:
1. A drug-related felony, if the person has ever been convicted or adjudicated delinquent for committing any other crime.
2. A drug-related felony, if the person has never been convicted or adjudicated delinquent for committing any other crime and the person completed his or her sentence, including any probation, parole, or extended supervision, or was discharged by DOC, less than ten years before the date of the background investigation.
Who's behind it
28 lawmakers are its . 27 are Republicans and 1 is a Independent.
6 more lawmakers .
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Authors (28)
- Alvin Ott · Republican, Assembly
- Garey Bies · Republican, Assembly
- Edward Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Brett Davis · Republican, Assembly
- Mark Gottlieb · Republican, Assembly
- Scott Gunderson · Republican, Assembly
- Mark Gundrum · Republican, Assembly
- Mark Honadel · Republican, Assembly
- Samantha Kerkman · Republican, Assembly
- Joel Kleefisch · Republican, Assembly
- Daniel LeMahieu · Republican, Assembly
- Thomas Lothian · Republican, Assembly
- Dan Meyer · Republican, Assembly
- Phil Montgomery · Republican, Assembly
- John Murtha · Republican, Assembly
- Kevin Petersen · Republican, Assembly
- Jerry Petrowski · Republican, Senate
- Don Pridemore · Republican, Assembly
- Keith Ripp · Republican, Assembly
- Richard Spanbauer · Republican, Assembly
- Pat Strachota · Republican, Assembly
- Scott Suder · Republican, Assembly
- John Townsend · Republican, Assembly
- Karl Van Roy · Republican, Assembly
- Robin Vos · Republican, Assembly
- Leah Vukmir · Republican, Senate
- Bob Ziegelbauer · Independent, Assembly
- Rich Zipperer · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (6)
- Rob Cowles · Republican, Senate
- Alberta Darling · Republican, Senate
- Randy Hopper · Republican, Senate
- Mary Lazich · Republican, Senate
- Luther S. Olsen · Republican, Senate
- Jeffrey Plale · Democrat, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Apr 28, 2010
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Apr 13, 2010
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Mar 1, 2010
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Feb 1, 2010
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Children and Families.
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Feb 1, 2010
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Feb 1, 2010 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Gundrum, Honadel, Ziegelbauer, Davis, Kerkman, Pridemore, Strachota, Montgomery, Vos, LeMahieu, Townsend, Van Roy, Gunderson, Brooks, Suder, Kleefisch, Spanbauer, Murtha, Lothian, Bies, Petersen, Meyer, Vukmir, Ripp, Petrowski, A. Ott, Zipperer and Gottlieb;Cosponsored by Senators Darling, Lazich, Plale, Olsen, Cowles and Hopper
- Feb 1, 2010 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Children and Families
- Mar 1, 2010 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Apr 13, 2010 · Assembly
Withdrawn from committee on Children and Families and referred to committee on Rules pursuant to Assembly Rule 42 (3)(c)
- Apr 28, 2010 · Assembly
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Terms on this page
Committee
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Public hearing
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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
From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
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
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
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate