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SB 217

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Relating to: allowing a school board member to serve as a volunteer coach or extracurricular activity supervisor.

School — Board School — Curriculum School — Discipline and student rights School — Health program School — State aid

  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

Under current law, unless specifically allowed by a statute, the common law

doctrine of incompatibility prohibits a person from holding two or more public

positions when the duties of each position might conflict, or when one position might

be seen as superior to the other. This bill creates an exception to the doctrine of

incompatibility that allows a school board member to act as a volunteer coach or as

a supervisor for an extracurricular activity if the school board member does not

receive compensation for coaching or supervising the extracurricular activity, the

school board member agrees to abstain from voting on issues substantially and

directly related to the activity he or she coaches or supervises, and the school board

receives the results of a criminal background investigation of the school board

member.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Bewley (D) , L. Taylor (D) , Lassa (D) , Marklein (R) , Olsen (R) , Vinehout (D) , Wirch (D)

15 cosponsors

A. Ott (R) , Ballweg (R) , Brandtjen (R) , C. Taylor (D) , E. Brooks (R) , Kahl (D) , Kitchens (R) , Kremer (R) , Murphy (R) , Petryk (R) , Quinn (R) , Rohrkaste (R) , Sinicki (D) , Tittl (R) , VanderMeer (R)

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 6, Noes 1

Passed 6–1 Sep 11, 2015 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 29, Noes 2

Passed 29–2 Sep 16, 2015 official source full page

Nay · 2

Not voting · 2

Full history

  1. Jul 28, 2015 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Lassa, Olsen, Marklein, Bewley, Wirch, Vinehout and L. Taylor; cosponsored by Representatives VanderMeer, Tittl, Petryk, Kremer, Kitchens, E. Brooks, Ballweg, A. Ott, Sinicki, Murphy, C. Taylor, Quinn, Kahl, Brandtjen and Rohrkaste

  2. Jul 28, 2015 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Education

  3. Sep 8, 2015 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  4. Sep 11, 2015 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  5. Sep 11, 2015 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 6, Noes 1

  6. Sep 11, 2015 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  7. Sep 15, 2015 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 9-16-2015 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  8. Sep 16, 2015 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 29, Noes 2

  9. Sep 16, 2015 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  10. Sep 16, 2015 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  11. Sep 16, 2015 · Senate

    Read a second time

  12. Sep 16, 2015 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  13. Sep 16, 2015 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  14. Sep 18, 2015 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  15. Sep 22, 2015 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 9-24-2015 by Committee on Rules

  16. Sep 24, 2015 · Assembly

    Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up

  17. Sep 24, 2015 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  18. Sep 24, 2015 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  19. Sep 24, 2015 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  20. Sep 24, 2015 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in

  21. Sep 24, 2015 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  22. Sep 24, 2015 · Senate

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  23. Oct 2, 2015 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled

  24. Nov 10, 2015 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 11-10-2015

  25. Nov 12, 2015 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 11-11-2015. 2015 Wisconsin Act 92

  26. Nov 12, 2015 · Senate

    Published 11-12-2015