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Bills from the 2019–20 session

Assembly Bill 528

Grants to support peer-to-peer suicide prevention programs in high schools, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)

Became law

The governor signed it on Feb 5, 2020. It's ⁠.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Oct 14, 2019

  2. Committee, passed

    Approved

  3. Assembly vote, passed

    Passed 93 to 2

  4. Senate vote, passed

    Passed 33 to 0

  5. Governor, passed

    Signed

  6. Law, here now

    2019 Wisconsin Act 83

Latest entry in the official record, Feb 5, 2020: “Published 2-5-2020”

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What it does

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

This bill requires the Department of Public Instruction to establish a competitive grant program to award grants for the purpose of supporting peer-to-peer suicide prevention programs in public, private, and tribal high schools.

Under the bill, a grant may be awarded to support an existing peer-to-peer suicide prevention program or to implement a peer-to-peer suicide prevention program at a high school. However, for the purposes of awarding grants, the bill requires DPI to give a preference to applications to implement peer-to-peer suicide prevention programs.

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Under the bill, for each high school for which a grant is awarded, DPI may award the governing body of the high school up to $1,000. The bill further specifies that DPI may renew a grant for an individual school for up to three additional school years.

Who's behind it

41 lawmakers are its ⁠. 29 are Republicans and 12 are Democrats.

11 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 52 names

Authors (41)

Signed on in support (11)

What it would cost

State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.

How lawmakers voted

There were 6 votes on this bill.

Assembly Committee on Education vote to recommend it

Passed, 14 to 0 · Nov 5, 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 Education, Ayes 14, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Assembly vote to pass it

Passed, 93 to 2 · Nov 7, 2019 · 4 didn't vote

See how each of the 99 representatives voted

D: Democrat, R: Republican

Yes (93)

No (2)

Didn't vote (4)

Official motion: “PASSAGE”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Senate vote

Passed, 5 to 0 · Jan 17, 2020

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Referred to joint committee on Finance by Committee on Senate Organization pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 5, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Senate vote

Passed, 5 to 0 · Jan 17, 2020

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and made Available for Scheduling by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 5, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Senate vote

Passed, 5 to 0 · Jan 17, 2020

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 5, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Senate vote to pass it

Passed, 33 to 0 · Jan 21, 2020

See how each of the 33 senators voted

D: Democrat, R: Republican

Official motion: “CONCURRENCE”. Official record · This vote on its own page

What happened

  1. Feb 5, 2020

    The new law was published.

  2. Feb 5, 2020

    The governor signed it. It became 2019 Wisconsin Act 83.

  3. Jan 30, 2020

    Sent to the governor.

  4. Jan 21, 2020

    1 more senator signed on in support.

  5. Jan 21, 2020

    The Senate passed it too, 33 to 0.

  6. Jan 21, 2020

    1 more senator signed on in support.

  7. Jan 17, 2020

    “Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0” (the official wording)

  8. Jan 17, 2020

    “Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and made Available for Scheduling by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 5, Noes 0” (the official wording)

  9. Jan 17, 2020

    Sent to the Joint Committee on Finance.

  10. Jan 9, 2020

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Senate Organization.

  11. Nov 8, 2019

    The Senate received it.

  12. Nov 7, 2019

    The Assembly passed it, 93 to 2.

  13. Nov 5, 2019

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.

  14. Nov 5, 2019

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 14 to 0.

  15. Oct 24, 2019

    The committee held a public hearing.

  16. Oct 18, 2019

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  17. Oct 18, 2019

    1 more representative signed on in support.

  18. Oct 14, 2019

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Education.

  19. Oct 14, 2019

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Oct 14, 2019 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Duchow, Doyle, Stafsholt, Bowen, Schraa, Felzkowski, Jagler, James, Edming, Petersen, Oldenburg, Ramthun, Tranel, Tittl, Mursau, Milroy, Kurtz, Rohrkaste, VanderMeer, Sanfelippo, Shankland, Loudenbeck, Zimmerman, Magnafici, Kulp, Petryk, Spiros, Cabrera, Anderson, Kitchens, Wichgers, Riemer, Vining, Vruwink, Spreitzer, Rodriguez, Ballweg, C. Taylor, Tusler, Neubauer and Dittrich; cosponsored by Senators Darling, Carpenter, Olsen, Nass, Schachtner, L. Taylor, Ringhand and Bernier

  2. Oct 14, 2019 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Education

  3. Oct 18, 2019 · Assembly

    Representative Subeck added as a coauthor

  4. Oct 18, 2019 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Oct 24, 2019 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  6. Oct 24, 2019 · Assembly

    LRB correction

  7. Oct 29, 2019 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  8. Nov 5, 2019 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 14, Noes 0

  9. Nov 5, 2019 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  10. Nov 5, 2019 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 11-7-2019 by Committee on Rules

  11. Nov 7, 2019 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  12. Nov 7, 2019 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  13. Nov 7, 2019 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  14. Nov 7, 2019 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 93, Noes 2

  15. Nov 7, 2019 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  16. Nov 8, 2019 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  17. Jan 9, 2020 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization

  18. Jan 9, 2020 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  19. Jan 17, 2020 · Senate

    Referred to joint committee on Finance by Committee on Senate Organization pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 5, Noes 0

  20. Jan 17, 2020 · Senate

    Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and made Available for Scheduling by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 5, Noes 0

  21. Jan 17, 2020 · Senate

    Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0

  22. Jan 17, 2020 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 1-21-2020 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  23. Jan 21, 2020 · Senate

    Senator Larson added as a cosponsor

  24. Jan 21, 2020 · Senate

    Read a second time

  25. Jan 21, 2020 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  26. Jan 21, 2020 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  27. Jan 21, 2020 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 33, Noes 0

  28. Jan 21, 2020 · Senate

    Senator Miller added as a cosponsor

  29. Jan 21, 2020 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  30. Jan 21, 2020 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  31. Jan 27, 2020 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled on 1-27-2020

  32. Jan 30, 2020 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 1-30-2020

  33. Feb 5, 2020 · Assembly

    Report approved by the Governor on 2-4-2020. 2019 Wisconsin Act 83

  34. Feb 5, 2020 · Assembly

    Published 2-5-2020

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Wisconsin Act

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Legislative Reference Bureau

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Author

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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

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Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary

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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