Assembly Bill 107
Factors relating to the physical placement of a child
Stopped before the full Assembly voted
The recommended passing it, but the full Assembly never voted on it. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Feb 18, 2021
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Assembly vote, stopped here
Stopped here. The full Assembly never voted on it.
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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, Mar 15, 2022: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
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Committee
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Senate Joint Resolution 1
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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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Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Under current law, in an action affecting a family that involves a child, the court is required to determine the legal custody and the physical placement of the child.
Current law requires the court to set a physical placement schedule that allows a child to have regularly occurring, meaningful periods of physical placement with each parent and that maximizes the amount of time for a child with each parent. In determining a physical placement schedule, a court must, in each case, consider a statutory list of best-interest factors.
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This bill specifies that if a court grants less than 25 percent of physical placement to one parent in a temporary or final order in an action affecting the family, specific findings of fact must be entered as to the reason greater physical placement with that parent is not in the best interest of the child.
The bill also reorganizes the statutory best-interest factors, removing two considerations: the stability in placement and availability of child care services. The bill also specifies that the factors are not necessarily listed in order of importance.
Who's behind it
10 representatives are its . All 10 are Republicans.
4 more lawmakers .
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Authors (10)
- Janel Brandtjen · Republican, Assembly
- Rob Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Barbara Dittrich · Republican, Assembly
- Clint Moses · Republican, Assembly
- Dave Murphy · Republican, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- Ken Skowronski · Republican, Assembly
- John Spiros · Republican, Assembly
- Ron Tusler · Republican, Assembly
- Chuck Wichgers · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (4)
- Joan Ballweg · Republican, Senate
- Kathleen Bernier · Republican, Senate
- Steve Nass · Republican, Senate
- Eric Wimberger · Republican, Senate
How lawmakers voted
There was one vote on this bill.
Assembly Committee on Family Law vote to recommend it
Passed, 6 to 3 · Mar 25, 2021
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 Family Law, Ayes 6, Noes 3”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Mar 15, 2022
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Mar 25, 2021
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Mar 25, 2021
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 6 to 3.
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Mar 9, 2021
The committee held a public hearing.
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Feb 18, 2021
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Family Law.
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Feb 18, 2021
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Feb 18, 2021 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Brooks, Brandtjen, Dittrich, Moses, Murphy, Mursau, Skowronski, Tusler, Wichgers and Spiros; cosponsored by Senators Bernier, Ballweg, Wimberger and Nass
- Feb 18, 2021 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Family Law
- Mar 9, 2021 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Mar 17, 2021 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Mar 25, 2021 · Assembly
Report passage recommended by Committee on Family Law, Ayes 6, Noes 3
- Mar 25, 2021 · Assembly
Referred to committee on Rules
- May 6, 2021 · Assembly
Placed on calendar 5-11-2021 by Committee on Rules
- May 11, 2021 · Assembly
Laid on the table
- Mar 15, 2022 · 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.
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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote. 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.
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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote