Senate Bill 280
Personal liability of officers, directors, and employees of child care providers
Topics: Children and Families, Department of, Corporation, Day care, Wisconsin Works
Became law
The governor signed it on Nov 13, 2009. It's .
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Introduced, passed
Aug 31, 2009
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Senate vote, passed
Passed Oct 20, 2009
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Assembly vote, passed
Passed Oct 20, 2009
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Governor, passed
Signed
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Law, here now
2009 Wisconsin Act 77
Latest entry in the official record, Nov 17, 2009: “Published 11-25-2009.”
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Wisconsin Act
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Official term: Act. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
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Author
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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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary
What it does
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Current law specifies that the Department of Children and Families (DCF) may by rule establish policies and procedures permitting DCF to impose certain penalties on a child care provider who provides care for children under the Wisconsin Works child care subsidy program and who submits false, misleading, or irregular information to DCF or who fails to comply with the terms of the program without providing a satisfactory explanation for the failure to comply. The penalties that DCF may impose include recouping or withholding payments from the child care provider and imposing a forfeiture. This bill provides that if a child care provider is a corporation or a limited liability company and is unable to satisfy a penalty imposed by DCF, any officer, director, or employee of the corporation, or any member, manager, or employee of the limited liability company, who holds at least 20 percent of the ownership interest of the corporation or limited liability company and who has control or supervision of or responsibility for operating the child care business may be held personally liable. The bill provides that the personal liability of any officer, director, member, manager, or employee is an independent obligation that survives the dissolution, reorganization, bankruptcy, receivership, or analogous situation of the corporation or limited liability company.
Who's behind it
5 senators are its . 4 are Democrats and 1 is a Republican.
12 more lawmakers .
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Authors (5)
- Spencer Coggs · Democrat, Senate
- Alberta Darling · Republican, Senate
- Robert Jauch · Democrat, Senate
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
- Kathleen Vinehout · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (12)
- Annette Williams · Democrat, Assembly
- Peter Barca · Democrat, Assembly
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- Rob Cowles · Republican, Senate
- Jason Fields · Democrat, Assembly
- Tamara Grigsby · Democrat, Assembly
- Andy Jorgensen · Democrat, Assembly
- Cory Mason · Democrat, Assembly
- Sandy Pasch · Democrat, Assembly
- Jerry Petrowski · Republican, Senate
- Sondy Pope · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
How lawmakers voted
There was one vote on this bill.
Senate Committee on Children and Families and Workforce Development vote to recommend it
Passed, 5 to 0 · 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 Children and Families and Workforce Development, Ayes 5, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Nov 17, 2009
The new law was published.
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Nov 13, 2009
The governor signed it. It became 2009 Wisconsin Act 77.
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Nov 12, 2009
Sent to the governor.
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Oct 20, 2009
The Assembly passed it too.
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Oct 20, 2009
“Read” (the official wording)
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Oct 20, 2009
The Assembly received it.
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Oct 20, 2009
The Senate passed it.
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Oct 20, 2009
1 more senator signed on in support.
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Sep 17, 2009
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 5 to 0.
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Sep 9, 2009
The committee held a public hearing.
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Aug 31, 2009
Sent to the Senate Committee on Children and Families and Workforce Development.
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Aug 31, 2009
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Aug 31, 2009 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Jauch, Vinehout, Coggs, Darling and Taylor;Cosponsored by Representatives Grigsby, Jorgensen, Pasch, Pope-Roberts, Berceau, A. Williams, Fields, Sinicki, Mason, Barca and Petrowski
- Aug 31, 2009 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Children and Families and Workforce Development
- Sep 9, 2009 · Senate
Public hearing held
- Sep 16, 2009 · Senate
Executive action taken
- Sep 17, 2009 · Senate
Report passage recommended by committee on Children and Families and Workforce Development, Ayes 5, Noes 0
- Sep 17, 2009 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- Oct 13, 2009 · Senate
Placed on calendar 10-20-2009 by committee on Senate Organization
- Oct 20, 2009 · Senate
Senator Cowles added as a coauthor
- Oct 20, 2009 · Senate
Read a second time
- Oct 20, 2009 · Senate
Ordered to a third reading
- Oct 20, 2009 · Senate
Rules suspended
- Oct 20, 2009 · Senate
Read a third time and passed
- Oct 20, 2009 · Senate
Ordered immediately messaged
- Oct 20, 2009 · Assembly
Received from Senate
- Oct 20, 2009 · Assembly
Read
- Oct 20, 2009 · Assembly
Rules suspended and taken up
- Oct 20, 2009 · Assembly
Read a second time
- Oct 20, 2009 · Assembly
Ordered to a third reading
- Oct 20, 2009 · Assembly
Rules suspended
- Oct 20, 2009 · Assembly
Read a third time and concurred in
- Oct 20, 2009 · Assembly
Ordered immediately messaged
- Oct 20, 2009 · Senate
Received from Assembly concurred in
- Oct 27, 2009 · Senate
Report correctly enrolled on 10-27-2009
- Nov 12, 2009 · Senate
Presented to the Governor on 11-12-2009
- Nov 13, 2009 · Senate
Report approved by the Governor on 11-13-2009. 2009 Wisconsin Act 77
- Nov 17, 2009 · Senate
Published 11-25-2009.
Terms on this page
Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act. 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
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
Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act
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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote