Assembly Bill 68
Mandatory reporting of child abuse or neglect by school district employees; training in child abuse and neglect identification, laws, and procedures for those employees; retaliation against a person who reports child abuse or neglect in good faith, and granting rule-making authority
Topics: Children: Abuse and neglect, Discrimination in employment, School: Employee
Stopped in committee
It had a but no committee vote, 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
Mar 30, 2011
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. It had a hearing but no committee vote.
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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, Mar 23, 2012: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It sat with the Assembly Committee on Children and Families.
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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
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Author
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Signed on in support
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Cost estimate
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What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Current law requires certain persons who have reasonable cause to suspect that a child seen in the course of professional duties has been abused or neglected or who has a reasonable belief that such a child has been threatened with abuse or neglect and that abuse or neglect will occur to report that suspected or threatened abuse or neglect to the county department of human services or social services or to the sheriff or city, village, or town police department. Currently, mandatory reporters of child abuse and neglect include school teachers, administrators, and counselors. This bill makes all public school employees mandatory child abuse and neglect reporters and requires those employees to receive training in identifying children who have been abused or neglected and in the laws and procedures governing the reporting of child abuse and neglect.
Current law prohibits any person who makes a child abuse or neglect report from being discharged from employment for doing so. This bill prohibits any person who makes a child abuse or neglect report in good faith from being discharged from employment, disciplined or otherwise discriminated against in regard to employment, or threatened with any such treatment for doing so.
Who's behind it
3 representatives are its . 2 are Republicans and 1 is a Democrat.
2 more lawmakers .
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Authors (3)
- Don Pridemore · Republican, Assembly
- Robert Turner · Democrat, Assembly
- Robin Vos · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (2)
- John Nygren · Republican, Assembly
- Van Wanggaard · Republican, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Mar 23, 2012
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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May 12, 2011
The committee held a public hearing.
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May 6, 2011
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Apr 27, 2011
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Mar 30, 2011
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Children and Families.
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Mar 30, 2011
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Mar 30, 2011 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Vos, Turner and Pridemore;Cosponsored by Senator Wanggaard
- Mar 30, 2011 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Children and Families
- Apr 27, 2011 · Assembly
Representative Nygren added as a coauthor
- May 6, 2011 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- May 12, 2011 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Mar 23, 2012 · Assembly
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Terms on this page
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. 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