Senate Bill 179
Requiring a private school that provides child care for children under three years of age to be licensed to operate a child care center
Topics: Children and Families, Department of, Day care, Parochial and private educational institutions
Passed the Senate, then stopped
The Senate passed it on Mar 6, 2012, but the Assembly never voted on it. A bill has to . To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Sep 13, 2011
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Senate vote, passed
Passed Mar 6, 2012
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Assembly vote, stopped here
Stopped here. The Assembly never voted on it.
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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 concur in pursuant to ”
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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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Under current law, no person may for compensation provide care and supervision for four or more children under seven years of age for less than 24 hours a day unless that person obtains a license to operate a child care center from the Department of Children and Families. Certain persons, however, including parochial schools, are exempt from this requirement. This bill requires a private school that provides such care and supervision for children under three years of age to obtain a license to operate a child care center.
Who's behind it
3 senators are its . 2 are Democrats and 1 is a Republican.
12 more lawmakers .
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Authors (3)
- Michael Ellis · Republican, Senate
- Julie M. Lassa · Democrat, Senate
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (12)
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- Penny Bernard Schaber · Democrat, Assembly
- Kathleen Bernier · Republican, Senate
- Janet Bewley · Democrat, Senate
- Billings, Mason, Doyle, Zamarripa, Hintz, Hebl, Clark, Barca, Richards, Turner, Vruwink, C. Taylor and Spanbauer
- Tamara Grigsby · Democrat, Assembly
- Brett Hulsey · Democrat, Assembly
- Sandy Pasch · Democrat, Assembly
- Sondy Pope · Democrat, Assembly
- Janis Ringhand · Democrat, Senate
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Kathleen Vinehout · Democrat, Senate
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 4 votes on this bill. Taking a bill up right away needs two-thirds of the members, a higher bar than passing it, so that vote can draw more yeses than the final one.
Senate Committee on Education vote on an amendment
Passed, 7 to 0 · Oct 27, 2011
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report introduction and adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by committee on Education, Ayes 7, Noes 0 by committee on Education”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Senate vote
Passed, 5 to 0 · Mar 5, 2012
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Referred to joint committee on Finance by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 5, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Senate vote to pass it
Passed, 33 to 0 · Mar 6, 2012
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D: Democrat, R: Republican
Yes (33)
- Alberta Darling (R, 8)
- Bob Wirch (D, 22)
- Chris Larson (D, 7)
- Dale Schultz (R, 17)
- Dave Hansen (D, 30)
- Frank G. Lasee (R, 1)
- Fred A. Risser (D, 26)
- Glenn Grothman (R, 20)
- Jennifer Shilling (D, 32)
- Jessica King (D, 18)
- Jim Holperin (D, 12)
- Joe Leibham (R, 9)
- Jon Erpenbach (D, 27)
- Julie M. Lassa (D, 24)
- Kathleen Vinehout (D, 31)
- Leah Vukmir (R, 5)
- Lena Taylor (D, 4)
- Luther S. Olsen (R, 14)
- Mark Miller (D, 16)
- Mary Lazich (R, 28)
- Michael Ellis (R, 19)
- Neal Kedzie (R, 11)
- Pam Galloway (R, 29)
- Rich Zipperer (R, 33)
- Rob Cowles (R, 2)
- Robert Jauch (D, 25)
- Scott L. Fitzgerald (R, 13)
- Sheila Harsdorf (R, 10)
- Spencer Coggs (D, 6)
- Terry Moulton (R, 23)
- Tim Carpenter (D, 3)
- Timothy Cullen (D, 15)
- Van Wanggaard (R, 21)
Official motion: “Read a third time and passed, Ayes 33, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Assembly vote to take it up right away
Failed, 33 to 50 · Mar 15, 2012
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Refused to suspend rules to withdraw from committee on Rules and take up, Ayes 33, Noes 50”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Mar 23, 2012
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Mar 15, 2012
13 more representatives signed on in support.
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Mar 6, 2012
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Mar 6, 2012
The Assembly received it.
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Mar 6, 2012
The Senate passed it, 33 to 0.
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Mar 6, 2012
The Senate adopted it.
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Mar 6, 2012
1 more senator signed on in support.
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Mar 5, 2012
“Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and made Available for Scheduling by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 5, Noes 0” (the official wording)
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Mar 5, 2012
Sent to the Joint Committee on Finance.
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Oct 27, 2011
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 7 to 0.
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Oct 5, 2011
The committee held a public hearing.
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Sep 30, 2011
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Sep 26, 2011
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Sep 13, 2011
Sent to the Senate Committee on Education.
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Sep 13, 2011
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Sep 13, 2011 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Lassa, Ellis and Taylor;Cosponsored by Representatives Bernard Schaber, Grigsby, Pope-Roberts, Berceau, Bernier, Bewley, Hulsey, Pasch, Ringhand and Sinicki
- Sep 13, 2011 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Education
- Sep 26, 2011 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Sep 30, 2011 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Oct 5, 2011 · Senate
Public hearing held
- Oct 18, 2011 · Senate
Senate substitute amendment 1 offered by Senator Lassa
- Oct 19, 2011 · Senate
Senate substitute amendment 2 offered by Senator Lassa
- Oct 27, 2011 · Senate
Executive action taken
- Oct 27, 2011 · Senate
Report introduction and adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by committee on Education, Ayes 7, Noes 0 by committee on Education
- Oct 27, 2011 · Senate
Report passage as amended recommended by committee on Education, Ayes 7, Noes 0
- Oct 27, 2011 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- Mar 5, 2012 · Senate
Referred to joint committee on Finance by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 5, Noes 0
- Mar 5, 2012 · Senate
Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and made Available for Scheduling by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 5, Noes 0
- Mar 5, 2012 · Senate
Placed on calendar 3-6-2012 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- Mar 6, 2012 · Senate
Senator Vinehout added as a coauthor
- Mar 6, 2012 · Senate
Read a second time
- Mar 6, 2012 · Senate
Senate amendment 1 adopted
- Mar 6, 2012 · Senate
Ordered to a third reading
- Mar 6, 2012 · Senate
Rules suspended
- Mar 6, 2012 · Senate
Read a third time and passed, Ayes 33, Noes 0
- Mar 6, 2012 · Senate
Ordered immediately messaged
- Mar 6, 2012 · Assembly
Received from Senate
- Mar 6, 2012 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Rules
- Mar 14, 2012 · Assembly
Assembly amendment 1 offered by Representative Jacque
- Mar 15, 2012 · Assembly
Representatives Billings, Mason, Doyle, Zamarripa, Hintz, Hebl, Clark, Barca, Richards, Turner, Vruwink, C. Taylor and Spanbauer added as cosponsors
- Mar 15, 2012 · Assembly
Refused to suspend rules to withdraw from committee on Rules and take up, Ayes 33, Noes 50
- Mar 23, 2012 · Assembly
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
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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote