Assembly Bill 986
Legal representation for an adult expectant mother of an unborn child who is alleged to be in need of protection or services
Stopped in committee
It never got a , so it never came up for a vote. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Mar 2, 2020
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Senate vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Apr 1, 2020: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Children and Families. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
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Author
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Signed on in support
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What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill expands the right to counsel of an adult expectant mother of an unborn child who is alleged to be in need of protection or services.
Current law grants to the court assigned to exercise jurisdiction under the Children's Code (juvenile court) jurisdiction over an unborn child alleged to be in need of protection or services that can be ordered by the juvenile court and whose expectant mother habitually lacks self-control in the use of alcohol beverages, controlled substances, or controlled substance analogs, exhibited to a severe degree, to the extent that there is a substantial risk that the physical health of the unborn child, and of the child when born, will be seriously affected or endangered unless the expectant mother receives prompt and adequate treatment for that habitual lack of self-control. Current law also grants to the juvenile court exclusive original jurisdiction over the expectant mother of such an unborn child, and permits the juvenile court to place an adult expectant mother outside her home under certain circumstances.
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Under this bill, an adult expectant mother of an unborn child who is alleged in a petition to be in need of protection or services must be represented by counsel at all proceedings. Under current law, such an adult expectant mother must be represented by counsel at the fact-finding hearing and subsequent proceedings, if the petition is contested; and at the hearing at which the placement outside the home is made, if the petition is not contested. As under current law, the bill allows an adult expectant mother to waive counsel if the juvenile court is satisfied that the waiver is knowingly and voluntarily made.
Who's behind it
16 lawmakers are its . All 16 are Democrats.
1 more lawmaker .
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Authors (16)
- Jimmy Anderson · Democrat, Assembly
- Jonathan Brostoff · Democrat, Assembly
- Chris Taylor · Democrat, Assembly
- Marisabel Cabrera · Democrat, Assembly
- Dave Considine · Democrat, Assembly
- David Crowley · Democrat, Assembly
- Jodi Emerson · Democrat, Assembly
- Jason Fields · Democrat, Assembly
- Greta Neubauer · Democrat, Assembly
- Sondy Pope · Democrat, Assembly
- Melissa Sargent · Democrat, Assembly
- Katrina Shankland · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
- Shelia Stubbs · Democrat, Assembly
- JoCasta Zamarripa · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (1)
- Jeff Smith · Democrat, Senate
What happened
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Apr 1, 2020
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Mar 2, 2020
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Children and Families.
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Mar 2, 2020
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Mar 2, 2020 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives C. Taylor, Stubbs, Zamarripa, Emerson, Sargent, Crowley, Sinicki, Considine, Shankland, Cabrera, Brostoff, Neubauer, Fields, Anderson, Pope and Spreitzer; cosponsored by Senator Smith
- Mar 2, 2020 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Children and Families
- Apr 1, 2020 · Assembly
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Terms on this page
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. 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
From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1
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