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Bills from the 2017–18 session

Senate Bill 439

Requiring sexual abuse prevention education

Stopped in committee

It never got a ⁠, so it never came up for a vote. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Oct 9, 2017

  2. Committee, stopped here

    Stopped here. No public hearing was held.

  3. Senate vote, not reached

  4. Assembly vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Mar 28, 2018: “Failed to pass pursuant to ⁠”

It never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Education. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.

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What it would have done

Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

This bill requires the Department of Public Instruction to develop, by the beginning of the 2018-19 school year, a child sexual abuse prevention policy and instructional program to be provided to pupils in grades kindergarten through grade six. DPI must include in the program an age-appropriate curriculum to provide pupils with the knowledge and tools to escape from a sexual abuse situation and communicate incidents of sexual abuse. Each school board must adopt and administer either DPI's program or its own policy or program beginning in the 2018-19 school year.

Who's behind it

6 senators are its ⁠. 4 are Democrats and 2 are Republicans.

23 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 29 names

Authors (6)

Signed on in support (23)

What happened

  1. Mar 28, 2018

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Oct 9, 2017

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Education.

  3. Oct 9, 2017

    Introduced in the Senate.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Oct 9, 2017 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Petrowski, Carpenter, Johnson, Ringhand, L. Taylor and Wanggaard; cosponsored by Representatives Spiros, Horlacher, Sargent, Anderson, Ballweg, Berceau, Billings, E. Brooks, Brostoff, Crowley, Milroy, Mursau, Ohnstad, Petryk, Pope, Quinn, Ripp, Skowronski, Spreitzer, Stafsholt, Subeck, C. Taylor and Zepnick

  2. Oct 9, 2017 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Education

  3. Mar 28, 2018 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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Committee

A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.

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Public hearing

A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.

More in the glossary

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

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.

Public hearing

A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.

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

Author

A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.

Official term: Author, coauthor

Signed on in support

Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.

Official term: Cosponsor