Assembly Bill 79
Mandatory reporting of child abuse and neglect by juvenile correctional officers
Stopped before the full Assembly voted
The recommended passing it, but the full Assembly never voted on it. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Feb 21, 2017
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Assembly vote, stopped here
Stopped here. The full Assembly never voted on it.
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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, Mar 28, 2018: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
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Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote. 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 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.
Who's behind it
28 lawmakers are its . 17 are Democrats and 11 are Republicans.
13 more lawmakers .
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Authors (28)
- Jimmy Anderson · Democrat, Assembly
- Jill Billings · Democrat, Assembly
- David Bowen · Democrat, Assembly
- Janel Brandtjen · Republican, Assembly
- Chris Taylor · Democrat, Assembly
- Dave Considine · Democrat, Assembly
- David Crowley · Democrat, Assembly
- Edward Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Jason Fields · Democrat, Assembly
- Eric Genrich · Democrat, Assembly
- Evan Goyke · Democrat, Assembly
- Joel Kleefisch · Republican, Assembly
- Debra Kolste · Democrat, Assembly
- Jesse Kremer · Republican, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- Todd Novak · Republican, Assembly
- Sondy Pope · Democrat, Assembly
- Romaine Quinn · Republican, Senate
- Melissa Sargent · Democrat, Assembly
- Michael Schraa · Republican, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Ken Skowronski · Republican, Assembly
- John Spiros · Republican, Assembly
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
- Paul Tittl · Republican, Assembly
- JoCasta Zamarripa · Democrat, Assembly
- Josh Zepnick · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (13)
- Barca, Shankland and Meyers
- Chris Larson · Democrat, Senate
- Tim Carpenter · Democrat, Senate
- Alberta Darling · Republican, Senate
- Jon Erpenbach · Democrat, Senate
- LaTonya Johnson · Democrat, Senate
- Joel Kitchens · Republican, Assembly
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
- Amy Loudenbeck · Republican, Assembly
- Luther S. Olsen · Republican, Senate
- Jennifer Shilling · Democrat, Senate
- Van Wanggaard · Republican, Senate
- Bob Wirch · Democrat, Senate
How lawmakers voted
There was one vote on this bill.
Assembly Committee on Children and Families vote to recommend it
Passed, 12 to 0 · Apr 20, 2017
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report passage recommended by Committee on Children and Families, Ayes 12, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Mar 28, 2018
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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May 10, 2017
3 more representatives signed on in support.
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Apr 20, 2017
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Apr 20, 2017
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 12 to 0.
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Mar 29, 2017
The committee held a public hearing.
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Mar 9, 2017 to Mar 29, 2017
2 more representatives signed on in support.
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Feb 21, 2017
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Children and Families.
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Feb 21, 2017
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- 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
- Feb 21, 2017 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Children and Families
- Mar 9, 2017 · Assembly
Representative Loudenbeck added as a coauthor
- Mar 29, 2017 · Assembly
Representative Kitchens added as a coauthor
- Mar 29, 2017 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Apr 12, 2017 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Apr 20, 2017 · Assembly
Report passage recommended by Committee on Children and Families, Ayes 12, Noes 0
- Apr 20, 2017 · Assembly
Referred to committee on Rules
- May 4, 2017 · Assembly
Placed on calendar 5-10-2017 by Committee on Rules
- May 10, 2017 · Assembly
Representatives Barca, Shankland and Meyers added as coauthors
- May 10, 2017 · Assembly
Laid on the table
- Mar 28, 2018 · 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.
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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote. 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.
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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote