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Bills · 2013-2014 Regular Session

AB 297

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Relating to: the use of race-based nicknames, logos, mascots, and team names by school boards.

Court — Procedure Discrimination in education Hearings and appeals, division of Indians and tribal issues School — Board School — Health program School — State aid State superintendent of public instruction

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

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, a school district resident may object to a school board's use

of a race-based nickname, logo, mascot, or team name by filing a complaint with the

state superintendent of public instruction. If a complaint is received, the state

superintendent must schedule a hearing to determine whether the use of the

race-based nickname, logo, mascot, or team name promotes discrimination, pupil

harassment, or stereotyping. If the state superintendent finds that the use of the

race-based nickname, logo, mascot, or team name promotes discrimination, pupil

harassment, or stereotyping, the state superintendent must order the school board

to terminate its use of the nickname, logo, mascot, or team name within 12 months

after issuance of the order. However, the state superintendent may extend the

amount of time a school board has to comply with an order to terminate the use of

a nickname, logo, mascot, or team name under certain circumstances. A school board

that uses a race-based nickname, logo, mascot, or team name in violation of an order

is subject to a forfeiture of not less than $100 nor more than $1,000 for each day that

it violates the order.

This bill eliminates the procedure for objecting to and ordering the termination

of a school board's use of a race-based nickname, logo, mascot, or team name.

Additionally, under the bill, a school district does not have to comply with an existing

order to terminate the use of a race-based nickname, logo, mascot, or team name.

Sponsors

Introduced by: August (R) , Ballweg (R) , Craig (R) , Jacque (R) , Kaufert (R) , Knodl (R) , Kramer (R) , Kuglitsch (R) , LeMahieu (R) , Loudenbeck (R) , Murphy (R) , Nass (R) , Petersen (R) , Pridemore (R) , Ripp (R) , Sanfelippo (R) , Schraa (R) , Stroebel (R) , Tittl (R) , Weatherston (R)

6 cosponsors

Ellis (R) , Farrow (R) , Grothman (R) , Kedzie (R) , Lazich (R) , Olsen (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Government Operations and State Licensing, Ayes 7, Noes 4

Passed 7–4 Oct 9, 2013 official source full page

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

Assembly: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Government Operations and State Licensing, Ayes 7, Noes 4

Passed 7–4 Oct 9, 2013 official source full page

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

Assembly: Read a third time and passed, Ayes 52, Noes 41, Paired 2

Passed 52–41 Oct 15, 2013 official source full page

Aye · 52

Nay · 41

Not voting · 1

Assembly: Refused to refer to committee on Education, Ayes 38, Noes 57

Failed 38–57 Oct 15, 2013 official source full page

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

Senate: Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Nov 4, 2013 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 1 rejected, Ayes 17, Noes 16

Passed 17–16 Nov 5, 2013 official source full page

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

Senate: Senate Substitute Amendment 1 rejected, Ayes 17, Noes 16

Passed 17–16 Nov 5, 2013 official source full page

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

Senate: Refused to refer to committee on State and Federal Relations, Ayes 15, Noes 18

Failed 15–18 Nov 5, 2013 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 concurred in, Ayes 17, Noes 16

Passed 17–16 Nov 5, 2013 official source full page

Full history

  1. Aug 23, 2013 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Nass, Craig, Kaufert, Jacque, Tittl, Kramer, Knodl, Ballweg, Sanfelippo, Petersen, Loudenbeck, August, Pridemore, Weatherston, Kuglitsch, Ripp, Schraa, Stroebel, Murphy and LeMahieu; cosponsored by Senators Lazich, Kedzie, Farrow, Ellis, Olsen and Grothman

  2. Aug 23, 2013 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Urban and Local Affairs

  3. Sep 26, 2013 · Assembly

    Withdrawn from committee on Urban and Local Affairs and referred to committee on Government Operations and State Licensing pursuant to Assembly Rule 42 (3)(c)

  4. Sep 27, 2013 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Nass, Craig and Vos

  5. Oct 3, 2013 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  6. Oct 9, 2013 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  7. Oct 9, 2013 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Government Operations and State Licensing, Ayes 7, Noes 4

  8. Oct 9, 2013 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Government Operations and State Licensing, Ayes 7, Noes 4

  9. Oct 9, 2013 · Assembly

    Referred to Committee on Rules

  10. Oct 10, 2013 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 10-15-2013 by Committee on Rules

  11. Oct 15, 2013 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar of 10-15-2013 following Assembly Bill 389

  12. Oct 15, 2013 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  13. Oct 15, 2013 · Assembly

    Refused to refer to committee on Education, Ayes 38, Noes 57

  14. Oct 15, 2013 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted

  15. Oct 15, 2013 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  16. Oct 15, 2013 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  17. Oct 15, 2013 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 52, Noes 41, Paired 2

  18. Oct 15, 2013 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  19. Oct 15, 2013 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  20. Oct 15, 2013 · Senate

    Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senators Schultz and Miller

  21. Oct 16, 2013 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senators Shilling, Lehman, Miller, T. Cullen, C. Larson, Lassa, Hansen, Jauch, Carpenter, L. Taylor, Vinehout and Harris

  22. Oct 22, 2013 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization

  23. Oct 22, 2013 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  24. Nov 4, 2013 · Senate

    Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0

  25. Nov 4, 2013 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 11-5-2013 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  26. Nov 5, 2013 · Senate

    Read a second time

  27. Nov 5, 2013 · Senate

    Senate Substitute Amendment 1 rejected, Ayes 17, Noes 16

  28. Nov 5, 2013 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 rejected, Ayes 17, Noes 16

  29. Nov 5, 2013 · Senate

    Refused to refer to committee on State and Federal Relations, Ayes 15, Noes 18

  30. Nov 5, 2013 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  31. Nov 5, 2013 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  32. Nov 5, 2013 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 17, Noes 16

  33. Nov 5, 2013 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  34. Nov 6, 2013 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  35. Nov 11, 2013 · Assembly

    LRB correction (Assembly Substitute Amendment 1)

  36. Nov 15, 2013 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled on 11-15-2013

  37. Dec 12, 2013 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 12-12-2013

  38. Dec 19, 2013 · Assembly

    Report approved by the Governor on 12-19-2013. 2013 Wisconsin Act 115

  39. Dec 19, 2013 · Assembly

    Published 12-20-2013