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Bills · 2011-2012 Regular Session

SB 42

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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.

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Senate, completed
  3. Passes Assembly, completed
  4. Governor signs, completed
  5. Law, completed

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

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.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Wanggaard (R)

4 cosponsors

Nygren (R) , Pridemore (R) , Turner (D) , Vos (R)

Votes

Senate: Report adoption of Senate Amendment 2 recommended by committee on Judiciary, Utilities, Commerce, and Government Operations, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 May 12, 2011 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Senate amendment 3 laid on table, Ayes 31, Noes 1

Passed 31–1 May 17, 2011 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Read a third time and passed, Ayes 31, Noes 1

Passed 31–1 May 17, 2011 official source full page

Nay · 1

Not voting · 1

Assembly: Report concurrence recommended by committee on Children and Families, Ayes 8, Noes 0

Passed 8–0 Aug 2, 2011 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Mar 22, 2011 · Senate

    Introduced by Senator Wanggaard;Cosponsored by Representatives Vos, Turner and Pridemore

  2. Mar 22, 2011 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary, Utilities, Commerce, and Government Operations

  3. Apr 27, 2011 · Senate

    Representative Nygren added as a cosponsor

  4. Apr 28, 2011 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Apr 28, 2011 · Senate

    Senate amendment 1 offered by Senator Wanggaard

  6. May 3, 2011 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  7. May 9, 2011 · Senate

    Senate amendment 2 offered by Senator Wanggaard

  8. May 11, 2011 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  9. May 12, 2011 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  10. May 12, 2011 · Senate

    Report adoption of Senate Amendment 2 recommended by committee on Judiciary, Utilities, Commerce, and Government Operations, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  11. May 12, 2011 · Senate

    Report passage as amended recommended by committee on Judiciary, Utilities, Commerce, and Government Operations, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  12. May 16, 2011 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 5-17-2011 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  13. May 17, 2011 · Senate

    Read a second time

  14. May 17, 2011 · Senate

    Senate amendment 2 adopted

  15. May 17, 2011 · Senate

    Senate amendment 3 offered by Senator Grothman

  16. May 17, 2011 · Senate

    Senate amendment 3 laid on table, Ayes 31, Noes 1

  17. May 17, 2011 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  18. May 17, 2011 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  19. May 17, 2011 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 31, Noes 1

  20. May 17, 2011 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  21. May 17, 2011 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  22. May 17, 2011 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Children and Families

  23. Jun 1, 2011 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  24. Aug 2, 2011 · Assembly

    Report concurrence recommended by committee on Children and Families, Ayes 8, Noes 0

  25. Aug 2, 2011 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  26. Oct 27, 2011 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 11-1-2011 by committee on Rules

  27. Nov 1, 2011 · Assembly

    Made a special order of business at 11:02 A.M. on 11-03-2011 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 18

  28. Nov 3, 2011 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  29. Nov 3, 2011 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  30. Nov 3, 2011 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  31. Nov 3, 2011 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in

  32. Nov 3, 2011 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  33. Nov 4, 2011 · Senate

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  34. Nov 9, 2011 · Senate

    LRB correction (Senate Amendment 2)

  35. Nov 9, 2011 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled on 11-9-2011

  36. Nov 22, 2011 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 11-22-2011

  37. Nov 23, 2011 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 11-23-2011. 2011 Wisconsin Act 81

  38. Nov 28, 2011 · Senate

    Published 12-8-2011