Assembly Bill 22
Driver education instruction on human trafficking. (FE)
Became law
The governor signed it on Nov 20, 2019. It's .
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Introduced, passed
Feb 12, 2019
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Assembly vote, passed
Passed May 15, 2019
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Senate vote, passed
Passed Oct 8, 2019
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Governor, passed
Signed
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Law, here now
2019 Wisconsin Act 27
Latest entry in the official record, Nov 20, 2019: “Published 11-21-2019”
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Wisconsin Act
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Legislative Reference Bureau
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Author
A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.
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Signed on in support
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Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate. 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 does
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Under current law, the Technical College System Board must approve courses of study for each program offered in technical college district schools, including driver education courses. TCSB may not approve a driver education course unless the course includes certain content, such as acquainting students with the hazards posed by farm machinery and animals on highways and by railroad grade crossings and providing instruction in safely dealing with these hazards. The Department of Transportation licenses private driver schools and DOT may not license a driver school unless its course of instruction includes the content required for TCSB approval of a driver education course.
Under this bill, commercial motor vehicle driver education courses offered by technical colleges or licensed private driver schools must provide instruction in the recognition and prevention of human trafficking.
Who's behind it
35 lawmakers are its . 19 are Republicans and 16 are Democrats.
20 more lawmakers .
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Authors (35)
- Jill Billings · Democrat, Assembly
- David Bowen · Democrat, Assembly
- Chris Taylor · Democrat, Assembly
- Dave Considine · Democrat, Assembly
- Jodi Emerson · Democrat, Assembly
- Jason Fields · Democrat, Assembly
- Rick Gundrum · Republican, Assembly
- Rob Hutton · Republican, Senate
- Debra Kolste · Democrat, Assembly
- Mike Kuglitsch · Republican, Assembly
- Bob Kulp · Republican, Assembly
- Dave Murphy · Republican, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- Tod Ohnstad · Democrat, Assembly
- Jon Plumer · Republican, Assembly
- Timothy Ramthun · Republican, Assembly
- Jessie Rodriguez · Republican, Assembly
- Mike Rohrkaste · Republican, Assembly
- Joe Sanfelippo · Republican, Assembly
- Melissa Sargent · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Ken Skowronski · Republican, Assembly
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
- Amanda Stuck · Democrat, Assembly
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
- Jeremy Thiesfeldt · Republican, Assembly
- Paul Tittl · Republican, Assembly
- Ron Tusler · Republican, Assembly
- Robyn Vining · Democrat, Assembly
- Tyler Vorpagel · Republican, Assembly
- Don Vruwink · Democrat, Assembly
- Chuck Wichgers · Republican, Assembly
- Bob Wittke · Republican, Assembly
- JoCasta Zamarripa · Democrat, Assembly
- Shannon Zimmerman · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (20)
- Kathleen Bernier · Republican, Senate
- Marisabel Cabrera · Democrat, Assembly
- Tim Carpenter · Democrat, Senate
- Rob Cowles · Republican, Senate
- Alberta Darling · Republican, Senate
- Dianne Hesselbein · Democrat, Senate
- André Jacque · Republican, Senate
- Jesse James · Republican, Senate
- LaTonya Johnson · Democrat, Senate
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
- Chris Larson · Democrat, Senate
- Steve Nass · Republican, Senate
- Luther S. Olsen · Republican, Senate
- Janis Ringhand · Democrat, Senate
- Fred A. Risser · Democrat, Senate
- Patty Schachtner · Democrat, Senate
- Katrina Shankland · Democrat, Assembly
- Jeff Smith · Democrat, Senate
- Shelia Stubbs · Democrat, Assembly
- Van Wanggaard · Republican, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
How lawmakers voted
There were 3 votes on this bill.
Assembly Committee on Colleges and Universities vote to recommend it
Passed, 13 to 0 · Apr 29, 2019
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 Colleges and Universities, Ayes 13, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Senate Committee on Universities vote to recommend it
Passed, 7 to 0 · Aug 29, 2019
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Universities, Technical Colleges, Children and Families, Ayes 7, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Senate vote
Passed, 3 to 2 · Oct 4, 2019
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Nov 20, 2019
The new law was published.
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Nov 20, 2019
The governor signed it. It became 2019 Wisconsin Act 27.
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Nov 15, 2019
Sent to the governor.
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Nov 4, 2019
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Oct 8, 2019
The Senate passed it too.
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Oct 4, 2019
“Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2” (the official wording)
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Aug 29, 2019
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 7 to 0.
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May 16, 2019
Sent to the Senate Committee on Universities, Technical Colleges, Children and Families.
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May 16, 2019
The Senate received it.
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May 15, 2019
1 more representative signed on in support.
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May 15, 2019
The Assembly passed it.
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Apr 29, 2019
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Apr 29, 2019
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 13 to 0.
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Mar 27, 2019 to Apr 11, 2019
2 more representatives signed on in support.
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Mar 14, 2019
The committee held a public hearing.
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Mar 12, 2019
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Mar 5, 2019
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Feb 27, 2019
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Feb 22, 2019
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Feb 12, 2019
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Colleges and Universities.
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Feb 12, 2019
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Feb 12, 2019 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Thiesfeldt, Bowen, Billings, Considine, Dittrich, Emerson, Fields, Gundrum, Hutton, Kolste, Kuglitsch, Kulp, Murphy, Mursau, Ohnstad, Plumer, Ramthun, Rodriguez, Rohrkaste, Sanfelippo, Sargent, Skowronski, Sinicki, Spreitzer, Stuck, Subeck, C. Taylor, Tittl, Tusler, Vining, Vorpagel, Vruwink, Wichgers, Wittke, Zamarripa and Zimmerman; cosponsored by Senators Johnson, Darling, Schachtner, Bernier, Carpenter, Cowles, Jacque, Larson, Nass, Olsen, Ringhand, Risser, Smith, L. Taylor and Wanggaard
- Feb 12, 2019 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Colleges and Universities
- Feb 22, 2019 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Feb 27, 2019 · Assembly
Representative Cabrera added as a coauthor
- Mar 5, 2019 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Mar 12, 2019 · Assembly
Representative Shankland added as a coauthor
- Mar 14, 2019 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Mar 21, 2019 · Assembly
Representative Dittrich withdrawn as a coauthor
- Mar 27, 2019 · Assembly
Representative Stubbs added as a coauthor
- Mar 28, 2019 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Apr 11, 2019 · Assembly
Representative James added as a coauthor
- Apr 29, 2019 · Assembly
Report passage recommended by Committee on Colleges and Universities, Ayes 13, Noes 0
- Apr 29, 2019 · Assembly
Referred to committee on Rules
- May 9, 2019 · Assembly
Placed on calendar 5-15-2019 by Committee on Rules
- May 15, 2019 · Assembly
Read a second time
- May 15, 2019 · Assembly
Ordered to a third reading
- May 15, 2019 · Assembly
Rules suspended
- May 15, 2019 · Assembly
Read a third time and passed
- May 15, 2019 · Assembly
Representative Hesselbein added as a coauthor
- May 15, 2019 · Assembly
Ordered immediately messaged
- May 16, 2019 · Senate
Received from Assembly
- May 16, 2019 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Universities, Technical Colleges, Children and Families
- Aug 27, 2019 · Senate
Executive action taken
- Aug 29, 2019 · Senate
Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Universities, Technical Colleges, Children and Families, Ayes 7, Noes 0
- Aug 29, 2019 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- Oct 4, 2019 · Senate
Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2
- Oct 4, 2019 · Senate
Placed on calendar 10-8-2019 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- Oct 8, 2019 · Senate
Read a second time
- Oct 8, 2019 · Senate
Ordered to a third reading
- Oct 8, 2019 · Senate
Rules suspended
- Oct 8, 2019 · Senate
Read a third time and concurred in
- Oct 8, 2019 · Senate
Ordered immediately messaged
- Oct 8, 2019 · Assembly
Received from Senate concurred in
- Oct 11, 2019 · Assembly
Report correctly enrolled on 10-11-2019
- Nov 4, 2019 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Nov 15, 2019 · Assembly
Presented to the Governor on 11-15-2019 by directive of the Speaker
- Nov 20, 2019 · Assembly
Report approved by the Governor on 11-20-2019. 2019 Wisconsin Act 27
- Nov 20, 2019 · Assembly
Published 11-21-2019
Terms on this page
Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act. 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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate. 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
Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act
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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote