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Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session

AB 674

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Relating to: visitation of residents of certain facilities by adult children. (FE)

Community_based residential facility Court — Fee Court — Procedure Family Guardian and ward Hospitals Housing Medical service Nursing homes and adult care

  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

This bill allows an adult child who is being prevented from visiting or

communicating with his or her parent to petition a court for visitation. The bill

applies to a parent who is a resident of a hospital, hospice, nursing home, or

community-based residential facility. The court may not grant an adult child's

petition for visitation if the court finds that the resident, while having the capacity

to evaluate and communicate decisions regarding visitation, expresses a desire to not

have visitation with that adult child or that the visitation would not be in the

resident's best interest.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: A. Ott (R) , Ballweg (R) , Bernier (R) , Duchow (R) , Horlacher (R) , Knodl (R) , Krug (R) , Sinicki (D) , Skowronski (R) , Spiros (R) , T. Larson (R) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Tittl (R)

3 cosponsors

Lasee (R) , Moulton (R) , Olsen (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Children and Families, Ayes 12, Noes 0

Passed 12–0 Feb 11, 2016 official source full page

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

Assembly: Report Assembly Amendment 2 adoption recommended by Committee on Children and Families, Ayes 10, Noes 2

Passed 10–2 Feb 11, 2016 official source full page

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

Assembly: Report Assembly Amendment 3 adoption recommended by Committee on Children and Families, Ayes 12, Noes 0

Passed 12–0 Feb 11, 2016 official source full page

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

Assembly: Report Assembly Amendment 5 adoption recommended by Committee on Children and Families, Ayes 12, Noes 0

Passed 12–0 Feb 11, 2016 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 Children and Families, Ayes 10, Noes 2

Passed 10–2 Feb 11, 2016 official source full page

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

Senate: Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Health and Human Services, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Mar 8, 2016 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. Jan 11, 2016 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Spiros, Ballweg, Bernier, Duchow, Horlacher, Knodl, Krug, T. Larson, A. Ott, Sinicki, Skowronski, Thiesfeldt and Tittl; cosponsored by Senators Moulton, Lasee and Olsen

  2. Jan 11, 2016 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Children and Families

  3. Jan 19, 2016 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Jan 27, 2016 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Feb 8, 2016 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Spiros

  6. Feb 8, 2016 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representative Spiros

  7. Feb 8, 2016 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 3 offered by Representative Spiros

  8. Feb 8, 2016 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 4 offered by Representative Spiros

  9. Feb 8, 2016 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 5 offered by Representative Spiros

  10. Feb 8, 2016 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 6 offered by Representative Spiros

  11. Feb 10, 2016 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  12. Feb 11, 2016 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Children and Families, Ayes 12, Noes 0

  13. Feb 11, 2016 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 2 adoption recommended by Committee on Children and Families, Ayes 10, Noes 2

  14. Feb 11, 2016 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 3 adoption recommended by Committee on Children and Families, Ayes 12, Noes 0

  15. Feb 11, 2016 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 5 adoption recommended by Committee on Children and Families, Ayes 12, Noes 0

  16. Feb 11, 2016 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Children and Families, Ayes 10, Noes 2

  17. Feb 11, 2016 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  18. Feb 11, 2016 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 2-16-2016 by Committee on Rules

  19. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up

  20. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  21. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 adopted

  22. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 2 adopted

  23. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 3 adopted

  24. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 5 adopted

  25. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  26. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  27. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed

  28. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  29. Feb 17, 2016 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  30. Feb 17, 2016 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Health and Human Services

  31. Mar 3, 2016 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  32. Mar 3, 2016 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  33. Mar 8, 2016 · Senate

    Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Health and Human Services, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  34. Mar 8, 2016 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  35. Mar 15, 2016 · Senate

    Rules suspended to withdraw from committee on Senate Organization and take up

  36. Mar 15, 2016 · Senate

    Read a second time

  37. Mar 15, 2016 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  38. Mar 15, 2016 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  39. Mar 15, 2016 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in

  40. Mar 15, 2016 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  41. Mar 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  42. Mar 24, 2016 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled on 3-24-2016

  43. Mar 29, 2016 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 3-29-2016

  44. Mar 31, 2016 · Assembly

    Report approved by the Governor on 3-30-2016. 2015 Wisconsin Act 343

  45. Mar 31, 2016 · Assembly

    Published 3-31-2016