Assembly Bill 691
Requiring sexual abuse prevention education
Stopped in committee
It never got a , so it never came up for a vote. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Jan 13, 2016
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Senate vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Apr 13, 2016: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Education. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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Committee
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Public hearing
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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
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Author
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Signed on in support
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Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill requires the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) to develop, by the beginning of the 2017-18 school year, a child sexual abuse prevention policy and instructional program to be provided to pupils in grades kindergarten through grade six. DPI must include in the program an age-appropriate curriculum to provide pupils with the knowledge and tools to escape from a sexual abuse situation and communicate incidents of sexual abuse. Each school board must adopt and administer either DPI's program or its own policy or program beginning in the 2017-18 school year.
Who's behind it
23 lawmakers are its . 13 are Democrats and 10 are Republicans.
5 more lawmakers .
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Authors (23)
- Alvin Ott · Republican, Assembly
- Scott Allen · Republican, Assembly
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- Jill Billings · Democrat, Assembly
- Chris Taylor · Democrat, Assembly
- Edward Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Cody Horlacher · Republican, Assembly
- LaTonya Johnson · Democrat, Senate
- Robb Kahl · Democrat, Assembly
- Dan Knodl · Republican, Assembly
- Bob Kulp · Republican, Assembly
- Nick Milroy · Democrat, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- Tod Ohnstad · Democrat, Assembly
- Sondy Pope · Democrat, Assembly
- Mike Rohrkaste · Republican, Assembly
- Melissa Sargent · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Ken Skowronski · Republican, Assembly
- John Spiros · Republican, Assembly
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
- Josh Zepnick · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (5)
- Tim Carpenter · Democrat, Senate
- Julie M. Lassa · Democrat, Senate
- Luther S. Olsen · Republican, Senate
- Jerry Petrowski · Republican, Senate
- Bob Wirch · Democrat, Senate
What happened
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Apr 13, 2016
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Jan 13, 2016
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Education.
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Jan 13, 2016
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Jan 13, 2016 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Spiros, Sargent, Kulp, Johnson, Zepnick, Kahl, Billings, Skowronski, Horlacher, Rohrkaste, E. Brooks, Ohnstad, Milroy, Berceau, Allen, Knodl, Subeck, A. Ott, Sinicki, Spreitzer, Mursau, Pope and C. Taylor; cosponsored by Senators Petrowski, Lassa, Carpenter, Wirch and Olsen
- Jan 13, 2016 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Education
- Apr 13, 2016 · Assembly
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Terms on this page
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
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
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.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
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