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Bills from the 2023–24 session

Assembly Bill 108

The definition of “strip search” for the purpose of the prohibition against strip-searching a pupil

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.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Mar 14, 2023

  2. Committee, passed

    Approved

  3. Assembly vote, stopped here

    Stopped here. The full Assembly never voted on it.

  4. Senate vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Apr 15, 2024: “Failed to pass pursuant to ⁠”

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What it would have done

Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

Under current law, it is a Class B misdemeanor for a school or school district official, employee, or agent to conduct a strip search of a pupil. For purposes of this prohibition, current law defines a “strip search” to mean a search in which a person's genitals, pubic area, buttock, or anus, or a female person's breast, is uncovered and either is exposed to view or is touched by a person conducting the search. This bill expands this definition to include a search in which a person's naked or underwear-clad genitalia, anus, buttocks, or female areola or nipple is uncovered and either is exposed to view or is touched by a person conducting the search.

The bill does not change current law with regard to strip searches conducted by law enforcement.

Who's behind it

16 representatives are its ⁠. 13 are Republicans and 3 are Democrats.

10 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 26 names

Authors (16)

Signed on in support (10)

How lawmakers voted

There was one vote on this bill.

Assembly Committee on Education vote to recommend it

Passed, 12 to 0 · Oct 5, 2023

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 Education, Ayes 12, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page

What happened

  1. Apr 15, 2024

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Jan 10, 2024 to Jan 17, 2024

    4 more representatives signed on in support.

  3. Oct 5, 2023

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.

  4. Oct 5, 2023

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 12 to 0.

  5. Jul 20, 2023

    The committee held a public hearing.

  6. Mar 14, 2023

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Education.

  7. Mar 14, 2023

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Mar 14, 2023 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Steffen, Behnke, Armstrong, Baldeh, Bodden, Brooks, Dittrich, Duchow, Mursau, Novak, Ortiz-Velez, Rodriguez, Rozar, Sortwell, Subeck and Tusler; cosponsored by Senators Wimberger, James, Felzkowski, Nass, Roys, Spreitzer, Stafsholt and Wanggaard

  2. Mar 14, 2023 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Education

  3. Jul 20, 2023 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Sep 28, 2023 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  5. Oct 5, 2023 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 12, Noes 0

  6. Oct 5, 2023 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  7. Jan 10, 2024 · Assembly

    Representative Gustafson added as a coauthor

  8. Jan 16, 2024 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 1-18-2024 by Committee on Rules

  9. Jan 17, 2024 · Assembly

    Representatives O'Connor, C. Anderson and Macco added as coauthors

  10. Jan 18, 2024 · Assembly

    Laid on the table

  11. Apr 15, 2024 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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Committee

A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.

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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

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.

More in the glossary

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