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Bills · 2017-2018 Regular Session

AB 581

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Relating to: venue requirements for domestic abuse, child abuse, and harassment cases.

Children — Abuse and neglect Court — Procedure Crime victim Criminal identification and investigation Women Wood county

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Assembly, completed
  3. Passes Senate, completed
  4. Governor signs, completed
  5. Law, completed

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill changes the venue requirements for actions growing out of domestic

abuse, child abuse, and harassment. Under the bill, if a petitioner is a victim

advocate, an employee of the county court system, a legal professional practicing law,

or a current or former law enforcement officer, or is the spouse or dating partner of

one of those persons, an action for a restraining order or injunction in a case of

domestic abuse, child abuse, or harassment may be brought in any county within a

100-mile radius of the county seat of the county in which the petitioner resides or

is temporarily living.

Under current law, action for a restraining order or injunction in a case of

domestic abuse must be brought in the county in which the cause of action arose,

where the petitioner or the respondent resides, or where the petitioner is temporarily

living, and an action for a restraining order or injunction in a case of child abuse or

harassment must be brought in the county in which the cause of action arose or

where the petitioner or the respondent resides.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Anderson (D) , Berceau (D) , Billings (D) , C. Taylor (D) , Crowley (D) , Horlacher (R) , Jacque (R) , Kitchens (R) , Kleefisch (R) , Kolste (D) , Kremer (R) , Quinn (R) , Sargent (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Subeck (D) , Tusler (R) , Vruwink (D)

11 cosponsors

Barca and Shankland , Cowles (R) , Darling (R) , Harsdorf (R) , Johnson (D) , Marklein (R) , Olsen (R) , Ringhand (D) , Vinehout (D) , Wirch (D) , Zepnick (D)

Votes

Assembly: Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Family Law, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Nov 7, 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 Family Law, Ayes 8, Noes 0

Passed 8–0 Nov 7, 2017 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 Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Mar 15, 2018 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 3, Noes 2

Passed 3–2 Mar 15, 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. Oct 24, 2017 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Tusler, Crowley, Anderson, Berceau, Billings, Horlacher, Jacque, Kitchens, Kleefisch, Kolste, Kremer, Quinn, Sargent, C. Taylor, Vruwink, Subeck and Spreitzer; cosponsored by Senators Harsdorf, Johnson, Cowles, Darling, Marklein, Ringhand, Vinehout, Wirch and Olsen

  2. Oct 24, 2017 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Family Law

  3. Oct 31, 2017 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Nov 3, 2017 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Tusler

  5. Nov 6, 2017 · Assembly

    Representative Zepnick added as a coauthor

  6. Nov 7, 2017 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  7. Nov 7, 2017 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Family Law, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  8. Nov 7, 2017 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Family Law, Ayes 8, Noes 0

  9. Nov 7, 2017 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  10. Nov 7, 2017 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 11-9-2017 by Committee on Rules

  11. Nov 9, 2017 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  12. Nov 9, 2017 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 adopted

  13. Nov 9, 2017 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  14. Nov 9, 2017 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  15. Nov 9, 2017 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed

  16. Nov 9, 2017 · Assembly

    Representatives Barca and Shankland added as coauthors

  17. Nov 9, 2017 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  18. Nov 9, 2017 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  19. Nov 14, 2017 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary and Public Safety

  20. Mar 14, 2018 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  21. Mar 15, 2018 · Senate

    Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  22. Mar 15, 2018 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  23. Mar 15, 2018 · Senate

    Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2

  24. Mar 15, 2018 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 3-20-2018 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  25. Mar 20, 2018 · Senate

    Read a second time

  26. Mar 20, 2018 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  27. Mar 20, 2018 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  28. Mar 20, 2018 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in

  29. Mar 20, 2018 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  30. Mar 21, 2018 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  31. Apr 5, 2018 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled on 4-5-2018

  32. Apr 12, 2018 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 4-12-2018

  33. Apr 17, 2018 · Assembly

    Report approved by the Governor on 4-16-2018. 2017 Wisconsin Act 302

  34. Apr 17, 2018 · Assembly

    Published 4-17-2018