Senate Bill 243
Concussions and other head injuries sustained in youth athletic activities
Topics: Athletics, Damage (personal injury), Physician, Public Instruction, Department of, School: Health program
Stopped before the full Senate voted
The recommended passing it, but the full Senate never voted on it. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Oct 19, 2011
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Senate vote, stopped here
Stopped here. The full Senate never voted on it.
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Assembly 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 ”
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Committee
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Senate Joint Resolution 1
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Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. 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 would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill requires each person operating a youth athletic activity seasonally to distribute a concussion and head injury information sheet to each person who will be coaching the activity and to each person who wishes to participate in the activity and prohibits a person from participating in a youth athletic activity until he or she has returned the sheet signed by the person and, if he or she is under the age of 19, by his or her parent or guardian. The bill defines "youth athletic activity," with certain exceptions, as an organized athletic activity in which the participants, a majority of whom are under 19 years of age, are engaged in an athletic game or competition against another team, club, or entity, or in practice or preparation for an organized athletic game or competition against another team, club, or entity.
The bill requires that a person who is suspected of sustaining a concussion or head injury in a youth athletic activity be removed from the activity immediately.
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The bill provides that if an athletic coach, official, or volunteer fails to remove a person from the activity, he or she is immune from civil liability for any injury resulting from that omission unless it constitutes gross negligence or willful misconduct.
A person who has been removed from a youth athletic activity because he or she is suspected of sustaining a concussion or head injury may not participate in a youth athletic activity until he or she is evaluated by a health care provider who has been trained in the evaluation and management of concussion and head injuries and receives a written clearance to participate in the activity from the health care provider. The bill provides that if a health care provider who is a volunteer authorizes a person to participate in a youth athletic activity, he or she is immune from civil liability for any injury resulting from that act unless the act constitutes gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct.
Finally, the bill provides that it does not create any liability for, or a cause of action against, any person.
Who's behind it
3 senators are its . 2 are Democrats and 1 is a Republican.
16 more lawmakers .
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Authors (3)
- Alberta Darling · Republican, Senate
- Dave Hansen · Democrat, Senate
- Bob Wirch · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (16)
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- Penny Bernard Schaber · Democrat, Assembly
- Kathleen Bernier · Republican, Senate
- Mike Endsley · Republican, Assembly
- Jason Fields · Democrat, Assembly
- Brett Hulsey · Democrat, Assembly
- André Jacque · Republican, Senate
- Scott Krug · Republican, Assembly
- Mike Kuglitsch · Republican, Assembly
- Terry Moulton · Republican, Senate
- Sandy Pasch · Democrat, Assembly
- Keith Ripp · Republican, Assembly
- Richard Spanbauer · Republican, Assembly
- Tony Staskunas · Democrat, Assembly
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
- Evan Wynn · Republican, Assembly
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 was one vote on this bill.
Senate Committee on Public Health vote on an amendment
Passed, 3 to 2 · Mar 9, 2012
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 2 recommended by committee on Public Health, Human Services, and Revenue, Ayes 3, Noes 2”. 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 12, 2012 to Mar 13, 2012
2 more senators signed on in support.
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Mar 9, 2012
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 4 to 1.
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Mar 9, 2012
“Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 2 recommended by committee on Public Health, Human Services, and Revenue, Ayes 3, Noes 2” (the official wording)
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Oct 24, 2011
The committee held a public hearing.
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Oct 19, 2011
Sent to the Senate Committee on Public Health, Human Services, and Revenue.
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Oct 19, 2011
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Oct 19, 2011 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Darling, Wirch and Hansen;Cosponsored by Representatives Fields, Ripp, Kuglitsch, Bernard Schaber, Jacque, Spanbauer, Krug, Wynn, Bernier, Pasch, Hulsey, Endsley, Berceau and Staskunas
- Oct 19, 2011 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Public Health, Human Services, and Revenue
- Oct 24, 2011 · Senate
Public hearing held
- Oct 26, 2011 · Senate
Senate substitute amendment 1 offered by Senator Darling
- Mar 7, 2012 · Senate
Senate substitute amendment 2 offered by Senator Galloway
- Mar 8, 2012 · Senate
Executive action taken
- Mar 9, 2012 · Senate
Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 2 recommended by committee on Public Health, Human Services, and Revenue, Ayes 3, Noes 2
- Mar 9, 2012 · Senate
Report passage as amended recommended by committee on Public Health, Human Services, and Revenue, Ayes 4, Noes 1
- Mar 9, 2012 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- Mar 12, 2012 · Senate
Senator Moulton added as a coauthor
- Mar 12, 2012 · Senate
Senate substitute amendment 3 offered by Senators Darling, Olsen, Moulton and Taylor
- Mar 12, 2012 · Senate
Placed on calendar 3-13-2012 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- Mar 13, 2012 · Senate
Senator Taylor added as a coauthor
- Mar 13, 2012 · Senate
Read a second time
- Mar 13, 2012 · Senate
Senate amendment 1 to Senate substitute amendment 2 offered by Senator Vukmir
- Mar 13, 2012 · Senate
Laid on the table
- Mar 13, 2012 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- Mar 23, 2012 · Senate
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.
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
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
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote