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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

AB 52

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Relating to: a minor contracting for admission to a shelter facility or transitional living program.

Children — Protection and services Contracts Housing Public assistance Youth

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

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under this bill, a minor is presumed to be competent to contract for admission

to a shelter facility or transitional living program if the minor is 17 years of age; a

local educational agency liaison designated under the federal McKinney–Vento

Homeless Assistance Act confirms that the minor is an unaccompanied youth as

defined under that act; and the minor is not under the supervision of a county

department of social or human services, a licensed child welfare agency, the

Department of Children and Families, or the Department of Corrections under the

Children's Code or the Juvenile Justice Code or under the jurisdiction of the court

assigned to exercise jurisdiction under the Children's Code and the Juvenile Justice

Code. Under the bill, a shelter facility is a temporary place of lodging for homeless

individuals or families. Under the McKinney–Vento Homeless Assistance Act, an

unaccompanied youth is a homeless child or youth not in the physical custody of a

parent or guardian. The bill exempts this type of contract with a minor from the

defense of infancy, which under current law is a defense to liability under a contract

that is available to minors.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Ballweg (R) , C. Taylor (D) , Felzkowski (R) , Fields (D) , Horlacher (R) , Knodl (R) , Kolste (D) , Loudenbeck (R) , Mursau (R) , Plumer (R) , Schraa (R) , Sinicki (D) , Skowronski (R) , Snyder (R) , Subeck (D) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Tittl (R) , Tusler (R) , Zimmerman (R)

9 cosponsors

Bowen (D) , Darling (R) , Gruszynski (D) , Johnson (D) , L. Taylor (D) , Miller (D) , Olsen (R) , Ramthun (R) , Ringhand (D)

Votes

Assembly: Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Children and Families, Ayes 12, Noes 0

Passed 12–0 Apr 29, 2019 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 Children and Families, Ayes 12, Noes 0

Passed 12–0 Apr 29, 2019 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 Universities, Technical Colleges, Children and Families, Ayes 7, Noes 0

Passed 7–0 Aug 29, 2019 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 Oct 4, 2019 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 28, 2019 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Loudenbeck, Snyder, Ballweg, Felzkowski, Fields, Horlacher, Knodl, Kolste, Mursau, Plumer, Sinicki, Skowronski, Subeck, C. Taylor, Thiesfeldt, Tittl, Tusler, Zimmerman and Schraa; cosponsored by Senators Darling, Johnson, Olsen and Ringhand

  2. Feb 28, 2019 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Children and Families

  3. Mar 27, 2019 · Assembly

    Representative Ramthun added as a coauthor

  4. Mar 27, 2019 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Mar 28, 2019 · Assembly

    Representative Bowen added as a coauthor

  6. Apr 8, 2019 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Loudenbeck

  7. Apr 10, 2019 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  8. Apr 29, 2019 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Children and Families, Ayes 12, Noes 0

  9. Apr 29, 2019 · Assembly

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

  10. Apr 29, 2019 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  11. May 9, 2019 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 5-15-2019 by Committee on Rules

  12. May 13, 2019 · Assembly

    Representative Gruszynski added as a coauthor

  13. May 15, 2019 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  14. May 15, 2019 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 adopted

  15. May 15, 2019 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  16. May 15, 2019 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  17. May 15, 2019 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed

  18. May 15, 2019 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  19. May 16, 2019 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  20. May 16, 2019 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Universities, Technical Colleges, Children and Families

  21. Aug 27, 2019 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  22. Aug 29, 2019 · Senate

    Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Universities, Technical Colleges, Children and Families, Ayes 7, Noes 0

  23. Aug 29, 2019 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  24. Oct 4, 2019 · Senate

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

  25. Oct 4, 2019 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 10-8-2019 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  26. Oct 8, 2019 · Senate

    Senator Miller added as a cosponsor

  27. Oct 8, 2019 · Senate

    Read a second time

  28. Oct 8, 2019 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  29. Oct 8, 2019 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  30. Oct 8, 2019 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in

  31. Oct 8, 2019 · Senate

    Senator L. Taylor added as a cosponsor

  32. Oct 8, 2019 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  33. Oct 8, 2019 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  34. Oct 11, 2019 · Assembly

    LRB correction (Assembly Amendment 1)

  35. Oct 11, 2019 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled on 10-11-2019

  36. Nov 15, 2019 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 11-15-2019 by directive of the Speaker

  37. Nov 20, 2019 · Assembly

    Report approved by the Governor on 11-19-2019. 2019 Wisconsin Act 22

  38. Nov 20, 2019 · Assembly

    Published 11-20-2019