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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

AB 564

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Relating to: eligibility for adoption assistance. (FE)

Administrative rules Children — Adoption Children — Special educational needs Children and families, department of — Administrative rules

  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

This bill changes the definition of children with special needs who are eligible

for adoption assistance under the rules promulgated by the Department of Children

and Families. Under the bill, a child is considered to have special needs if the child

is seven years of age or older if age is the only factor in determining eligibility, and

if the child is a member of a sibling group of two or more children that must be placed

together.

Under current law, DCF can provide adoption assistance payments to adoptive

parents or proposed adoptive parents of a child with special needs, which are

designed to assist in the cost of care of that child upon adoption. Under current rules,

a child is considered to have special needs if the child is 10 years of age or older if age

is the only factor in determining eligibility, and if the child is a member of a sibling

group of three or more children that must be placed together.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Ballweg (R) , Considine (D) , Dittrich (R) , Felzkowski (R) , James (R) , Kulp (R) , Kurtz (R) , Magnafici (R) , Milroy (D) , Murphy (R) , Mursau (R) , Ramthun (R) , Sinicki (D) , Subeck (D) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Tittl (R) , Tranel (R) , Tusler (R) , Vining (D)

5 cosponsors

Darling (R) , Edming (R) , L. Myers (D) , Olsen (R) , Snyder (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Family Law, Ayes 9, Noes 0

Passed 9–0 Dec 26, 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 Family Law, Ayes 9, Noes 0

Passed 9–0 Dec 26, 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 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Jan 17, 2020 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. Oct 23, 2019 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Mursau, Subeck, Ballweg, Considine, Dittrich, Felzkowski, James, Kulp, Kurtz, Magnafici, Milroy, Murphy, Ramthun, Sinicki, Tusler, Vining, Thiesfeldt, Tranel and Tittl; cosponsored by Senators Darling and Olsen

  2. Oct 23, 2019 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Family Law

  3. Oct 28, 2019 · Assembly

    Representative L. Myers added as a coauthor

  4. Oct 29, 2019 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Oct 30, 2019 · Assembly

    Representative Edming added as a coauthor

  6. Oct 31, 2019 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  7. Dec 6, 2019 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Mursau

  8. Dec 17, 2019 · Assembly

    Representative Snyder added as a coauthor

  9. Dec 17, 2019 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  10. Dec 26, 2019 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Family Law, Ayes 9, Noes 0

  11. Dec 26, 2019 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  12. Dec 26, 2019 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Family Law, Ayes 9, Noes 0

  13. Jan 13, 2020 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 1-15-2020 by Committee on Rules

  14. Jan 15, 2020 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  15. Jan 15, 2020 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 adopted

  16. Jan 15, 2020 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  17. Jan 15, 2020 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  18. Jan 15, 2020 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed

  19. Jan 15, 2020 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  20. Jan 15, 2020 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  21. Jan 16, 2020 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization

  22. Jan 16, 2020 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  23. Jan 17, 2020 · Senate

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

  24. Jan 17, 2020 · Senate

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

  25. Jan 21, 2020 · Senate

    Read a second time

  26. Jan 21, 2020 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  27. Jan 21, 2020 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  28. Jan 21, 2020 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in

  29. Jan 21, 2020 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  30. Jan 21, 2020 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  31. Jan 27, 2020 · Assembly

    LRB correction (Assembly Amendment 1)

  32. Jan 27, 2020 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled on 1-27-2020

  33. Feb 3, 2020 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 2-3-2020

  34. Feb 6, 2020 · Assembly

    Report approved by the Governor on 2-5-2020. 2019 Wisconsin Act 92

  35. Feb 6, 2020 · Assembly

    Published 2-6-2020