Assembly Bill 667
Model procedures for investigating reports of abuse or neglect involving children with disabilities. (FE)
Became law
The governor signed it on Apr 19, 2016. It's .
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Introduced, passed
Jan 11, 2016
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Assembly vote, passed
Passed Jan 19, 2016
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Senate vote, passed
Passed Feb 16, 2016
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Governor, passed
Signed
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Law, here now
2015 Wisconsin Act 365
Latest entry in the official record, Apr 19, 2016: “Published 4-20-2016”
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What it does
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill requires the Department of Children and Families, by January 1, 2017, to develop and implement a model procedure to be used in the investigation of reports of suspected or threatened abuse or neglect of a child with a disability. The bill requires the model procedure, at a minimum, to include all of the following:
1. A requirement that each county department of human services or social services, each licensed child welfare agency under contract with DCF or such a county department, or, in a county having a population of 500,000 or more, the subunit of DCF that conducts child abuse and neglect investigations (collectively, "agency"), on receipt of a report of suspected or threatened abuse or neglect, ask the reporter whether the child who is the subject of the report is a child with a disability.
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2. Procedures for agencies to use to identify and address any specific categories of disabilities that a child with a disability reported to the agency may have.
3. Procedures to ensure that each agency is in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Those procedures must include reasonable modifications to the rules, policies, and practices of the agency, the removal of architectural, communication, and transportation barriers, and the provision of auxiliary aids and services as necessary to enable a person with a disability to receive the services or participate in the programs or activities provided by the agency.
4. Interviewing strategies tailored to the investigation of abuse or neglect reports involving children with disabilities that include forensic interviewing strategies for interviewing those children, including children with communication issues.
5. Information on how to access collateral information regarding a child with a disability.
6. Information on how to access specialized follow-up services for children with disabilities.
7. A requirement that agencies collaborate with local law enforcement agencies in the investigation of reports of suspected or threatened abuse or neglect of children with disabilities.
8. Plans for the training of agency staff in the implementation of the model procedure.
The bill also requires each agency, by July 1, 2017, to adopt a procedure for the investigation of reports of suspected or threatened abuse or neglect of children with disabilities, which procedure may consist of the model procedure developed by DCF.
Who's behind it
33 lawmakers are its . 17 are Democrats and 16 are Republicans.
8 more lawmakers .
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Authors (33)
- Joan Ballweg · Republican, Senate
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- Jill Billings · Democrat, Assembly
- Jonathan Brostoff · Democrat, Assembly
- Chris Taylor · Democrat, Assembly
- Edward Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Evan Goyke · Democrat, Assembly
- Cody Horlacher · Republican, Assembly
- LaTonya Johnson · Democrat, Senate
- Andy Jorgensen · Democrat, Assembly
- Robb Kahl · Democrat, Assembly
- Frederick Kessler · Democrat, Assembly
- Joel Kleefisch · Republican, Assembly
- Dan Knodl · Republican, Assembly
- Amy Loudenbeck · Republican, Assembly
- John Macco · Republican, Assembly
- Dave Murphy · Republican, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- Tod Ohnstad · Democrat, Assembly
- Romaine Quinn · Republican, Senate
- Rob Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Keith Ripp · Republican, Assembly
- Joe Sanfelippo · Republican, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
- Amanda Stuck · Democrat, Assembly
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
- Thomas Larson · Republican, Assembly
- Jeremy Thiesfeldt · Republican, Assembly
- Paul Tittl · Republican, Assembly
- Leon Young · Democrat, Assembly
- JoCasta Zamarripa · Democrat, Assembly
- Josh Zepnick · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (8)
- Chris Larson · Democrat, Senate
- Tim Carpenter · Democrat, Senate
- Rob Cowles · Republican, Senate
- Richard Gudex · Republican, Senate
- Dave Hansen · Democrat, Senate
- Nikiya Harris Dodd · Democrat, Senate
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
- Luther S. Olsen · Republican, 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 3 votes on this bill.
Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety vote on an amendment
Passed, 13 to 0 · Jan 14, 2016
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 13, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety vote to recommend it
Passed, 13 to 0 · Jan 14, 2016
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 13, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Senate Committee on Health and Human Services vote to recommend it
Passed, 5 to 0 · Feb 12, 2016
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Health and Human Services, Ayes 5, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Apr 19, 2016
The new law was published.
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Apr 19, 2016
The governor signed it. It became 2015 Wisconsin Act 365.
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Apr 18, 2016
Sent to the governor.
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Feb 16, 2016
1 more senator signed on in support.
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Feb 16, 2016
The Senate passed it too.
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Feb 12, 2016
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 5 to 0.
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Feb 3, 2016
The committee held a public hearing.
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Jan 28, 2016
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Jan 22, 2016
Sent to the Senate Committee on Health and Human Services.
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Jan 19, 2016
The Senate received it.
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Jan 19, 2016
The Assembly passed it.
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Jan 19, 2016
The Assembly adopted it.
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Jan 14, 2016
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Jan 14, 2016
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 13 to 0.
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Jan 13, 2016
The committee held a public hearing.
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Jan 11, 2016
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety.
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Jan 11, 2016
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Jan 11, 2016 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Kleefisch, Johnson, Macco, Ballweg, Berceau, Billings, E. Brooks, R. Brooks, Brostoff, Goyke, Horlacher, Jorgensen, Kahl, Kessler, Knodl, T. Larson, Murphy, Mursau, Ohnstad, Quinn, Ripp, Sanfelippo, Sinicki, Stuck, Subeck, C. Taylor, Thiesfeldt, Tittl, Young, Zepnick, Zamarripa, Spreitzer and Loudenbeck; cosponsored by Senators Cowles, L. Taylor, Harris Dodd, Carpenter, Gudex, Olsen and C. Larson
- Jan 11, 2016 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety
- Jan 11, 2016 · Assembly
Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Kleefisch
- Jan 13, 2016 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Jan 13, 2016 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Jan 14, 2016 · Assembly
Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 13, Noes 0
- Jan 14, 2016 · Assembly
Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 13, Noes 0
- Jan 14, 2016 · Assembly
Referred to committee on Rules
- Jan 14, 2016 · Assembly
Placed on calendar 1-19-2016 by Committee on Rules
- Jan 19, 2016 · Assembly
Read a second time
- Jan 19, 2016 · Assembly
Assembly Amendment 1 adopted
- Jan 19, 2016 · Assembly
Ordered to a third reading
- Jan 19, 2016 · Assembly
Rules suspended
- Jan 19, 2016 · Assembly
Read a third time and passed
- Jan 19, 2016 · Assembly
Ordered immediately messaged
- Jan 19, 2016 · Senate
Received from Assembly
- Jan 22, 2016 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Health and Human Services
- Jan 28, 2016 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Feb 3, 2016 · Senate
Public hearing held
- Feb 11, 2016 · Senate
Executive action taken
- Feb 12, 2016 · Senate
Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Health and Human Services, Ayes 5, Noes 0
- Feb 12, 2016 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- Feb 15, 2016 · Senate
Placed on calendar 2-16-2016 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- Feb 16, 2016 · Senate
Read a second time
- Feb 16, 2016 · Senate
Ordered to a third reading
- Feb 16, 2016 · Senate
Rules suspended
- Feb 16, 2016 · Senate
Read a third time and concurred in
- Feb 16, 2016 · Senate
Senator Hansen added as a cosponsor
- Feb 16, 2016 · Senate
Ordered immediately messaged
- Feb 17, 2016 · Assembly
Received from Senate concurred in
- Feb 25, 2016 · Assembly
Report correctly enrolled on 2-25-2016
- Apr 18, 2016 · Assembly
Presented to the Governor on 4-18-2016
- Apr 19, 2016 · Assembly
Report approved by the Governor on 4-19-2016. 2015 Wisconsin Act 365
- Apr 19, 2016 · Assembly
Published 4-20-2016
Terms on this page
Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act. 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
Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act
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