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Bills · 2017-2018 Regular Session

AB 355

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Relating to: neglect of a child and providing criminal penalties. (FE)

Children — Abuse and neglect Crime and criminals — Felony Jury

  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, any person who is responsible for a child's welfare who,

through his or her actions or failure to take action, intentionally contributes to the

neglect of the child is guilty of a misdemeanor or, if the child suffers bodily harm or

death, the person is guilty of a felony. Under this bill, any person who is responsible

for a child's welfare who negligently fails, for reasons other than poverty, to provide

the child with necessary care or contributes to the failure is guilty of the crime of

neglect. Under the bill, necessary care includes adequate food, clothing, medical

care, shelter, and supervision; the opportunity for education; or the protection from

exposure to the distribution, manufacture, or use of controlled substances. Under the

bill, the penalties for the crime of neglect, or for contributing to neglect whether or

not actual neglect occurs, vary from a Class D felony to a Class A misdemeanor

depending on the consequence or risk of the consequence of death, injury, or

becoming a victim of a crime.

The bill also creates a crime of repeated acts of neglect of the same child. If a

jury agrees that a person committed at least three acts of neglect against the same

child, but does not agree on which acts constitute the three acts, the person is

convicted of committing this crime. The penalties for repeated acts of neglect of the

same child vary from a Class B felony to a Class H felony, depending on the

consequence of the repeated acts of neglect.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Doyle (D) , Edming (R) , Horlacher (R) , Hutton (R) , Jacque (R) , Kitchens (R) , Kleefisch (R) , Krug (R) , Kulp (R) , Macco (R) , Murphy (R) , Novak (R) , Petryk (R) , R. Brooks (R) , Ripp (R) , Skowronski (R) , Tusler (R) , Vruwink (D)

8 cosponsors

Cowles (R) , Darling (R) , Kapenga (R) , Olsen (R) , Petrowski (R) , Pronschinske (R) , Stroebel (R) , Wanggaard (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 7, Noes 4

Passed 7–4 Nov 14, 2017 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 Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 7, Noes 4

Passed 7–4 Nov 14, 2017 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 Feb 16, 2018 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. May 31, 2017 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Horlacher, R. Brooks, Doyle, Edming, Hutton, Jacque, Kitchens, Kleefisch, Krug, Kulp, Macco, Murphy, Novak, Petryk, Ripp, Skowronski, Tusler and Vruwink; cosponsored by Senators Cowles, Darling, Kapenga, Olsen, Petrowski, Stroebel and Vinehout

  2. May 31, 2017 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety

  3. Jun 6, 2017 · Assembly

    Representative Pronschinske added as a coauthor

  4. Jun 8, 2017 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Jun 14, 2017 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. Jun 20, 2017 · Assembly

    Senator Wanggaard added as a cosponsor

  7. Jun 21, 2017 · Assembly

    Representative Ballweg added as a coauthor

  8. Jun 22, 2017 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  9. Jun 28, 2017 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  10. Jun 28, 2017 · Assembly

    Representative Ballweg withdrawn as a coauthor

  11. Jul 25, 2017 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  12. Aug 28, 2017 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  13. Oct 27, 2017 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Horlacher

  14. Oct 31, 2017 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  15. Nov 6, 2017 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Goyke

  16. Nov 6, 2017 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 2 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Goyke

  17. Nov 6, 2017 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 3 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Goyke

  18. Nov 6, 2017 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 4 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Goyke

  19. Nov 6, 2017 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 5 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Goyke

  20. Nov 6, 2017 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 6 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Goyke

  21. Nov 6, 2017 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 7 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Goyke

  22. Nov 7, 2017 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  23. Nov 14, 2017 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 7, Noes 4

  24. Nov 14, 2017 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 7, Noes 4

  25. Nov 14, 2017 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  26. Jan 18, 2018 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 1-23-2018 by Committee on Rules

  27. Jan 23, 2018 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  28. Jan 23, 2018 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted

  29. Jan 23, 2018 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  30. Jan 23, 2018 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  31. Jan 23, 2018 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed

  32. Jan 23, 2018 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  33. Jan 23, 2018 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  34. Jan 24, 2018 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization

  35. Jan 24, 2018 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  36. Feb 16, 2018 · Senate

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

  37. Feb 16, 2018 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 2-20-2018 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  38. Feb 20, 2018 · Senate

    Senator Vinehout withdrawn as a cosponsor

  39. Feb 20, 2018 · Senate

    Read a second time

  40. Feb 20, 2018 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  41. Feb 20, 2018 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  42. Feb 20, 2018 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in

  43. Feb 20, 2018 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  44. Feb 20, 2018 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  45. Feb 26, 2018 · Assembly

    LRB correction (Assembly Substitute Amendment 1)

  46. Feb 26, 2018 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled on 2-26-2018

  47. Apr 12, 2018 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 4-12-2018

  48. Apr 17, 2018 · Assembly

    Report approved by the Governor on 4-16-2018. 2017 Wisconsin Act 283

  49. Apr 17, 2018 · Assembly

    Published 4-17-2018