Senate Bill 382
Providing immunity from liability to a school board or the governing body of a charter school that provides public access to school grounds for certain recreational activities
Topics: Public liability, Recreation, School, School: Board, School: Building
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
Jan 18, 2012
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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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Senate Joint Resolution 1
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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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Roll call
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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, a school board may permit any responsible person to use the school grounds, buildings, facilities, or equipment of the school district for lawful nonschool purposes when that use does not interfere with school purposes. Also under current law, school boards may enter into contracts with individuals, groups, businesses, or governmental bodies to establish charter schools, which operate with fewer constraints than traditional public schools. Current law also permits the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, University of Wisconsin-Parkside, the Milwaukee Area Technical College, and the city of Milwaukee to operate charter schools (independent charter schools) directly or to contract for the operation of charter schools.
This bill provides immunity from liability to a school board for death or injury that occurs on the school grounds of the school district when the death or injury results from a recreational activity held on the school grounds pursuant to a recreational agreement between the school board and a person. The bill provides identical liability protections to the governing body of a charter school that enters into a recreational agreement with a person. The bill defines recreational activity as any indoor or outdoor physical activity, sport, team sport, or game, whether organized or unorganized, undertaken for the purpose of exercise, relaxation, diversion, or pleasure. The bill defines recreational agreement as a written authorization granted by a school board or the governing body of a charter school to a person permitting public access to all or a specified part of the school grounds for the purpose of any recreational activity.
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The bill also provides that, when a school board or governing body of a charter school has entered into a recreational agreement with a person, neither the school board, the governing body of the charter school, nor an employee, officer or agent of the school board or governing body owes any of the following duties to a person that participates in the recreational activity: 1) a duty to keep the school grounds safe for the recreational activity; 2) a duty to inspect the school grounds; or 3) a duty to give warning of an unsafe condition, use, or activity on the school grounds. The bill provides an exception to the liability protection granted to a school board and the governing body of a charter school in an instance in which an injury or death is caused by a malicious act or malicious failure to warn against an unsafe condition about which an officer, employee, or agent of the school board or governing body of the charter school knew.
Who's behind it
3 senators are its . All 3 are Republicans.
14 more lawmakers .
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Authors (3)
- Pam Galloway · Republican, Senate
- Glenn Grothman · Republican, Senate
- Mary Lazich · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (14)
- Alvin Ott · Republican, Assembly
- Kathleen Bernier · Republican, Senate
- Garey Bies · Republican, Assembly
- Edward Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- André Jacque · Republican, Senate
- Steve Kestell · Republican, Assembly
- Dale Kooyenga · Republican, Senate
- Daniel LeMahieu · Republican, Assembly
- Howard Marklein · Republican, Senate
- Jerry Petrowski · Republican, Senate
- Richard Spanbauer · Republican, Assembly
- Pat Strachota · Republican, Assembly
- Duey Stroebel · Republican, Senate
- Jeremy Thiesfeldt · 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 Education vote on an amendment
Passed, 6 to 0 · Mar 8, 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 Amendment 1 to Senate Amendment 1 recommended by committee on Education, Ayes 6, Noes 0”. 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 8, 2012
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 6 to 0.
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Mar 8, 2012
“Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by committee on Education, Ayes 6, Noes 0” (the official wording)
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Mar 8, 2012
“Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Amendment 1 recommended by committee on Education, Ayes 6, Noes 0” (the official wording)
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Feb 7, 2012
The committee held a public hearing.
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Jan 18, 2012
Sent to the Senate Committee on Education.
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Jan 18, 2012
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Jan 18, 2012 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Galloway, Lazich and Grothman;Cosponsored by Representatives Bies, Bernier, Brooks, Jacque, Kestell, Kooyenga, LeMahieu, Marklein, A. Ott, Petrowski, Spanbauer, Strachota, Stroebel and Thiesfeldt
- Jan 18, 2012 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Education
- Feb 7, 2012 · Senate
Public hearing held
- Feb 23, 2012 · Senate
Senate amendment 1 offered by Senator Galloway
- Mar 6, 2012 · Senate
Senate amendment 1 to Senate amendment 1 offered by Senator Galloway
- Mar 7, 2012 · Senate
Executive action taken
- Mar 8, 2012 · Senate
Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Amendment 1 recommended by committee on Education, Ayes 6, Noes 0
- Mar 8, 2012 · Senate
Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by committee on Education, Ayes 6, Noes 0
- Mar 8, 2012 · Senate
Report passage as amended recommended by committee on Education, Ayes 6, Noes 0
- Mar 8, 2012 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- Mar 23, 2012 · Senate
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Terms on this page
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
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