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Bills from the 2019–20 session

Assembly Bill 644

Creating a school-based mental health consultation pilot program and making an appropriation. (FE)

Became law

The governor signed it on Mar 2, 2020. It's ⁠.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Dec 3, 2019

  2. Committee, passed

    Approved

  3. Assembly vote, passed

    Passed Jan 21, 2020

  4. Senate vote, passed

    Passed 31 to 2

  5. Governor, passed

    Signed

  6. Law, here now

    2019 Wisconsin Act 117

Latest entry in the official record, Mar 2, 2020: “Published 3-3-2020”

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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 Health Services to create and administer a school-based mental health consultation pilot program in Outagamie County to assist participating school-based providers in providing enhanced care to students with mental health care needs, to provide referral support for those students, and to provide additional services. The mental health consultation pilot program is not an emergency referral service. DHS must provide moneys to an organization that as of January 1, 2019, provided consultation services through the child psychiatry consultation program existing under current law, and the organization must meet certain criteria and provide consultation services through the consultation pilot program established by the bill. Under the bill, the consultation provider must have the capability to provide consultation services by telephone, and may also provide services by other means of communication. The consultation provider may also provide certain in-person or Internet site-based educational seminars and refresher courses provided to any participating school-based provider who uses the consultation pilot program, and these services are eligible for funding from DHS.

A consultation provider must report any information requested by DHS. The bill also requires DHS to conduct annual surveys of participating school-based providers who use the consultation pilot program and to submit a report on the program to the appropriate committees of the legislature by August 1, 2022.

Who's behind it

12 representatives are its ⁠. 11 are Republicans and 1 is a Democrat.

5 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 17 names

Authors (12)

Signed on in support (5)

What it would cost

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

Versions and amendments

Every text the Legislature printed for this bill, including proposed changes. Each opens on the Legislature's site.

How lawmakers voted

There were 8 votes on this bill.

Assembly Committee on Mental Health vote to recommend it

Passed, 11 to 0 · Jan 15, 2020

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 Mental Health, Ayes 11, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Joint Committee on Finance vote on an amendment

Passed, 15 to 0 · Jan 16, 2020

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

Official motion: “Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Joint Committee on Finance vote to recommend it

Passed, 15 to 0 · Jan 16, 2020

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

Official motion: “Report passage as amended recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Assembly vote on an amendment

Passed, 63 to 35 · Jan 21, 2020

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

Official motion: “Assembly Amendment 2 laid on table, Ayes 63, Noes 35”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Assembly vote on an amendment

Passed, 62 to 36 · Jan 21, 2020

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

Official motion: “Assembly Amendment 3 laid on table, Ayes 62, Noes 36”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Assembly vote to pass it

Passed, 98 to 0 · Jan 21, 2020 · 1 didn't vote

See how each of the 99 representatives voted

D: Democrat, R: Republican

Yes (98)

Didn't vote (1)

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

Senate vote

Passed, 5 to 0 · Feb 14, 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, 31 to 2 · Feb 19, 2020

See how each of the 33 senators voted

D: Democrat, R: Republican

No (2)

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

What happened

  1. Mar 2, 2020

    The new law was published.

  2. Mar 2, 2020

    The governor signed it. It became 2019 Wisconsin Act 117.

  3. Feb 25, 2020

    Sent to the governor.

  4. Feb 19, 2020

    The Senate passed it too, 31 to 2.

  5. Feb 14, 2020

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

  6. Feb 14, 2020

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Senate Organization.

  7. Jan 22, 2020

    The Senate received it.

  8. Jan 21, 2020

    The Assembly passed it, 98 to 0.

  9. Jan 21, 2020

    The Assembly adopted it.

  10. Jan 16, 2020

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.

  11. Jan 16, 2020

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 15 to 0.

  12. Jan 15, 2020

    Sent to the Joint Committee on Finance.

  13. Jan 15, 2020

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 11 to 0.

  14. Jan 6, 2020

    1 more representative signed on in support.

  15. Dec 30, 2019

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  16. Dec 17, 2019

    The committee held a public hearing.

  17. Dec 3, 2019

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Mental Health.

  18. Dec 3, 2019

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Dec 3, 2019 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Steineke, Rohrkaste, Zimmerman, Tittl, Murphy, Dittrich, Krug, Plumer, Tusler, Mursau, Stuck and Skowronski; cosponsored by Senators Darling, Roth, Olsen and Carpenter

  2. Dec 3, 2019 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Mental Health

  3. Dec 17, 2019 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Dec 30, 2019 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Jan 6, 2020 · Assembly

    Representative Brostoff added as a coauthor

  6. Jan 8, 2020 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  7. Jan 15, 2020 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Mental Health, Ayes 11, Noes 0

  8. Jan 15, 2020 · Assembly

    Referred to joint committee on Finance

  9. Jan 16, 2020 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  10. Jan 16, 2020 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Joint Committee on Finance

  11. Jan 16, 2020 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0

  12. Jan 16, 2020 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0

  13. Jan 16, 2020 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  14. Jan 16, 2020 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 1-21-2020 by Committee on Rules

  15. Jan 21, 2020 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  16. Jan 21, 2020 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 adopted

  17. Jan 21, 2020 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representatives Pope, Considine, Hintz, Hesselbein, Spreitzer, Doyle, Stubbs, Fields, Ohnstad, Billings, Kolste, B. Meyers, Sinicki, Vining, Riemer, Goyke, Neubauer, Cabrera, Emerson, Brostoff, McGuire, Vruwink, Subeck, C. Taylor and Sargent

  18. Jan 21, 2020 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 2 laid on table, Ayes 63, Noes 35

  19. Jan 21, 2020 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 3 offered by Representatives Considine, Pope, Hintz, Hesselbein, Spreitzer, Doyle, Stubbs, Vining, Riemer, Goyke, Neubauer, Cabrera, Emerson, Brostoff, McGuire, Vruwink, Subeck, C. Taylor and Sargent

  20. Jan 21, 2020 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 3 laid on table, Ayes 62, Noes 36

  21. Jan 21, 2020 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  22. Jan 21, 2020 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  23. Jan 21, 2020 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 98, Noes 0

  24. Jan 21, 2020 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  25. Jan 22, 2020 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  26. Feb 14, 2020 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization

  27. Feb 14, 2020 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  28. Feb 14, 2020 · Senate

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

  29. Feb 14, 2020 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 2-19-2020 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  30. Feb 19, 2020 · Senate

    Read a second time

  31. Feb 19, 2020 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  32. Feb 19, 2020 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  33. Feb 19, 2020 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 31, Noes 2

  34. Feb 19, 2020 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  35. Feb 20, 2020 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  36. Feb 25, 2020 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled on 2-25-2020

  37. Feb 25, 2020 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 2-25-2020

  38. Mar 2, 2020 · Assembly

    Report approved by the Governor on 3-2-2020. 2019 Wisconsin Act 117

  39. Mar 2, 2020 · Assembly

    Published 3-3-2020

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Cost estimate

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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

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