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Bills · 2017-2018 Regular Session

AB 79

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Relating to: mandatory reporting of child abuse and neglect by juvenile correctional officers.

Children — Abuse and neglect Juvenile detention facility

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill adds juvenile correctional officers to the list of professionals who must

report suspected abuse and neglect of children. Under the bill, a juvenile correctional

officer is a person whose principal job duty is the supervision of juveniles held in a

juvenile detention facility, a juvenile correctional facility, or a secured residential

care center for children and youth. A person who must report suspected child abuse

and neglect must do so if he or she has reasonable cause to suspect that a child seen

in the course of his or her professional duties has been abused or neglected or has

reason to believe that a child seen in the course of his or her professional duties has

been threatened with abuse or neglect and that abuse or neglect will occur. Mandated

reporters are subject to criminal penalties if they fail to report.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Anderson (D) , Billings (D) , Bowen (D) , Brandtjen (R) , C. Taylor (D) , Considine (D) , Crowley (D) , E. Brooks (R) , Fields (D) , Genrich (D) , Goyke (D) , Kleefisch (R) , Kolste (D) , Kremer (R) , Mursau (R) , Novak (R) , Pope (D) , Quinn (R) , Sargent (D) , Schraa (R) , Sinicki (D) , Skowronski (R) , Spiros (R) , Spreitzer (D) , Subeck (D) , Tittl (R) , Zamarripa (D) , Zepnick (D)

13 cosponsors

Barca, Shankland and Meyers , C. Larson (D) , Carpenter (D) , Darling (R) , Erpenbach (D) , Johnson (D) , Kitchens (R) , L. Taylor (D) , Loudenbeck (R) , Olsen (R) , Shilling (D) , Wanggaard (R) , Wirch (D)

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Children and Families, Ayes 12, Noes 0

Passed 12–0 Apr 20, 2017 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. Feb 21, 2017 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Kleefisch, Spiros, Kolste, Crowley, C. Taylor, Subeck, Considine, Brandtjen, Goyke, Pope, Zepnick, E. Brooks, Mursau, Schraa, Bowen, Kremer, Anderson, Quinn, Novak, Fields, Zamarripa, Billings, Genrich, Sinicki, Skowronski, Spreitzer, Tittl and Sargent; cosponsored by Senators Johnson, Wanggaard, Carpenter, Erpenbach, Wirch, C. Larson, Olsen, L. Taylor, Darling and Shilling

  2. Feb 21, 2017 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Children and Families

  3. Mar 9, 2017 · Assembly

    Representative Loudenbeck added as a coauthor

  4. Mar 29, 2017 · Assembly

    Representative Kitchens added as a coauthor

  5. Mar 29, 2017 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  6. Apr 12, 2017 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  7. Apr 20, 2017 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Children and Families, Ayes 12, Noes 0

  8. Apr 20, 2017 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  9. May 4, 2017 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 5-10-2017 by Committee on Rules

  10. May 10, 2017 · Assembly

    Laid on the table

  11. May 10, 2017 · Assembly

    Representatives Barca, Shankland and Meyers added as coauthors

  12. Mar 28, 2018 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1