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Bills from the 2019–20 session

Senate Bill 347

Requiring sexual abuse prevention education. (FE)

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.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Aug 14, 2019

  2. Committee, stopped here

    Stopped here. No public hearing was held.

  3. Senate vote, not reached

  4. Assembly vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Apr 1, 2020: “Failed to pass pursuant to ⁠”

It never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Education. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.

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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 requires the Department of Public Instruction to develop, by July 1, 2020, a child sexual abuse prevention policy and instructional program to be provided to pupils in grades kindergarten to six. DPI must include in the program an age-appropriate curriculum to provide pupils with the knowledge and tools to escape from a sexual abuse situation and communicate incidents of sexual abuse.

Under the bill, beginning in the 2021-22 school year, each school board must provide a child sexual abuse prevention instructional program to pupils in grades kindergarten to six. Each school board must adopt and administer either DPI's program or its own child sexual abuse prevention instructional program.

Who's behind it

5 senators are its ⁠. 4 are Democrats and 1 is a Republican.

18 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 23 names

Authors (5)

Signed on in support (18)

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.

What happened

  1. Apr 1, 2020

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Aug 19, 2019

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  3. Aug 14, 2019

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Education.

  4. Aug 14, 2019

    Introduced in the Senate.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Aug 14, 2019 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Petrowski, Carpenter, Larson, Risser and Schachtner; cosponsored by Representatives Spiros, Sargent, Anderson, Bowen, Cabrera, Crowley, Doyle, Milroy, Mursau, Ohnstad, Quinn, Sinicki, Skowronski, Spreitzer, C. Taylor, Tusler, Vining and Zimmerman

  2. Aug 14, 2019 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Education

  3. Aug 19, 2019 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Oct 8, 2019 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Petrowski

  5. Oct 28, 2019 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 2 offered by Senator Petrowski

  6. Apr 1, 2020 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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Public hearing

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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

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

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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

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

Author

A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.

Official term: Author, coauthor

Signed on in support

Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.

Official term: Cosponsor

Cost estimate

A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.

Official term: Fiscal estimate