Senate Bill 728
Termination of parental rights if a child has been placed outside the home for 15 of the last 22 months. (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.
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Introduced, passed
Jan 29, 2020
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Senate vote, not reached
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Assembly 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 Senate Committee on Insurance, Financial Services, Government Oversight and Courts. 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
Legislative Reference Bureau
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Author
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Signed on in support
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Cost estimate
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Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill expands the termination of parental rights (TPR) ground based on a child's continuing need of protection or services.
Current law provides various grounds for an involuntary TPR, including continuing need of protection or services, which must be established by proving 1) that the child has been adjudged to be a child or juvenile in need of protection or services (CHIPS) and placed, or continued in a placement, outside the child's home pursuant to one or more orders of the court assigned to exercise jurisdiction under the Children's Code (juvenile court); 2) that the agency responsible for the care of the child has made a reasonable effort to provide the services ordered by the juvenile court; and 3) that the child has been outside the home for a cumulative total period of six months or longer, the parent has failed to meet the conditions established for the safe return of the child to the home, and there is a substantial likelihood that the parent will not meet those conditions by the time the child has been placed outside the home for 15 of the last 22 months.
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Under the bill, the involuntary TPR ground of continuing need of protection or services may also be established by proving that a child has been placed outside of his or her home on a continuing CHIPS order for 15 of the last 22 months and that a review panel or court has not, in the 22 months prior to the filing of the TPR petition, found that the agency failed to make reasonable efforts to achieve a permanency goal. Under the bill, if the child is an Indian child, the petitioner must also show that continued custody of the Indian child by the Indian child's parent or Indian custodian is likely to result in serious emotional or physical damage to the Indian child and that active efforts have been made to prevent the breakup of the Indian child's family but those efforts have proved to be unsuccessful.
Who's behind it
3 senators are its . All 3 are Republicans.
19 more lawmakers .
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Authors (3)
- Rob Cowles · Republican, Senate
- Luther S. Olsen · Republican, Senate
- Duey Stroebel · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (19)
- Barbara Dittrich · Republican, Assembly
- James Edming · Republican, Assembly
- Mary Felzkowski · Republican, Senate
- Cody Horlacher · Republican, Assembly
- Jesse James · Republican, Senate
- Terry Katsma · Republican, Assembly
- Samantha Kerkman · Republican, Assembly
- Bob Kulp · Republican, Assembly
- Tony Kurtz · Republican, Assembly
- Gae Magnafici · Republican, Assembly
- Nick Milroy · Democrat, Assembly
- Dave Murphy · Republican, Assembly
- Timothy Ramthun · Republican, Assembly
- Pat Snyder · Republican, Assembly
- Jeremy Thiesfeldt · Republican, Assembly
- Paul Tittl · Republican, Assembly
- Travis Tranel · Republican, Assembly
- Ron Tusler · Republican, Assembly
- Nancy VanderMeer · Republican, Assembly
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Apr 1, 2020
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Feb 18, 2020
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Feb 7, 2020
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Jan 29, 2020
Sent to the Senate Committee on Insurance, Financial Services, Government Oversight and Courts.
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Jan 29, 2020
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Jan 29, 2020 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Stroebel, Olsen and Cowles; cosponsored by Representatives Snyder, Kulp, Dittrich, Felzkowski, Horlacher, James, Katsma, Kerkman, Kurtz, Magnafici, Milroy, Murphy, Ramthun, Tusler, Tranel, Thiesfeldt, VanderMeer, Tittl and Edming
- Jan 29, 2020 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Insurance, Financial Services, Government Oversight and Courts
- Feb 7, 2020 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Feb 18, 2020 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Apr 1, 2020 · Senate
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
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
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