Senate Bill 986
Teen dating violence and sexual violence prevention education and training. (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
Feb 17, 2022
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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, Mar 15, 2022: “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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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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill requires school boards to provide age-appropriate instruction to pupils, at least once in grades six to eight and at least once in grades 9 to 12, in the prevention of teen dating violence and sexual violence and establishes certain criteria governing the instruction provided. The bill requires the Department of Public Instruction to prepare, by January 1, 2023, a policy governing the prevention of and appropriate responses to teen dating violence and sexual violence when pupils are at school and while pupils are under the supervision of a school authority. The bill also requires DPI to incorporate a teen dating violence and sexual violence prevention curriculum into DPI's model health problems education curriculum.
Each school board must adopt either DPI's policy and curriculum or the school board's own policy and curriculum by July 1, 2023.
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Finally, the bill requires DPI to provide training to all school district employees who have direct contact with pupils in grades 6 to 12 in the prevention of and appropriate responses to teen dating violence and sexual violence when pupils are at school and while pupils are under the supervision of a school authority. A school district employee must attend such training within the first six months after beginning employment with the school district and at least once every five years after the initial training.
Who's behind it
3 senators are its . 2 are Democrats and 1 is a Republican.
9 more lawmakers .
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Authors (3)
- Melissa Agard · Democrat, Senate
- Jerry Petrowski · Republican, Senate
- Kelda Roys · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (9)
- Scott Allen · Republican, Assembly
- Jodi Emerson · Democrat, Assembly
- Francesca Hong · Democrat, Assembly
- Samantha Kerkman · Republican, Assembly
- Nick Milroy · Democrat, Assembly
- Clint Moses · Republican, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Shelia Stubbs · Democrat, Assembly
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Mar 15, 2022
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Feb 23, 2022
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Feb 17, 2022
Sent to the Senate Committee on Education.
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Feb 17, 2022
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Feb 17, 2022 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Petrowski, Agard and Roys; cosponsored by Representatives Kerkman, Emerson, Hong, Milroy, Moses, Sinicki, Subeck, Stubbs and Allen
- Feb 17, 2022 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Education
- Feb 23, 2022 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Mar 15, 2022 · 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