Assembly Bill 1085
Rescission of adoption by a stepparent and restoration of parental rights
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 7, 2022
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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, Mar 15, 2022: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Family Law. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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Committee
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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
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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
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Official term: Cosponsor. 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 establishes a process for an adult adoptee who was adopted by a stepparent and who had a parent whose rights were terminated to file a petition to rescind the adoption by the stepparent and restore the parental rights of the parent whose rights were terminated. Under the bill, the adult adoptee and the adult adoptee's parent whose rights were terminated may file the petition, but if the parent whose rights were terminated is deceased, the adult adoptee may file the petition without the terminated parent. The bill provides that a court must conduct a hearing regarding a rescission petition after notice is served on the interested parties. The court may order an investigation and extrinsic evidence may be used to construe the intent of the parent whose rights were terminated if that parent is deceased.
The bill provides that if the court finds it to be in the best interests of the persons involved, the court may enter an order of rescission of the adoption that restores the parental rights of the parent whose rights were terminated. If the petition is granted, the court must, if requested by the adoptee, provide a copy of the order to the state bureau of vital records, along with any other data necessary for the state registrar to prepare a new birth record based on the information on the adoptee's original birth record.
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In general, under the bill, if a court issues an order of rescission of adoption by a stepparent and restoration of parental rights, the adoptee ceases to be treated as a child of the stepparent and the stepparent ceases to be treated as a parent of the child for inheritance purposes, except that no right, title, or interest vesting before entry of the order of rescission may be divested by the order. Under the bill, once such an order has been issued, the previously terminated parent-child relationship is fully restored for purposes of transfers at death except, again, a right, title, or interest vesting before entry of the order of rescission may not be divested by the order. The bill also provides, however, that if the order is issued after the death of the parent whose rights were previously terminated, the restoration of parent-child inheritance rights does not apply.
Who's behind it
7 lawmakers are its . All 7 are Democrats.
1 more lawmaker .
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Authors (7)
- Deb Andraca · Democrat, Assembly
- Samba Baldeh · Democrat, Assembly
- Marisabel Cabrera · Democrat, Assembly
- Dianne Hesselbein · Democrat, Senate
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Shelia Stubbs · Democrat, Assembly
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (1)
- Kelda Roys · Democrat, Senate
What happened
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Mar 15, 2022
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Mar 7, 2022
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Family Law.
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Mar 7, 2022
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Mar 7, 2022 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Subeck, Sinicki, Andraca, Baldeh, Cabrera, Hesselbein and Stubbs; cosponsored by Senator Roys
- Mar 7, 2022 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Family Law
- 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.
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