Assembly Bill 116
Civil cause of action for financial exploitation. (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
Mar 24, 2023
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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, Apr 15, 2024: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Judiciary. 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
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Author
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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 creates a civil cause of action for financial exploitation of a vulnerable person. The bill defines the term “vulnerable person" to include persons who are elderly, financially incapable, or incapacitated or those with a disability who are susceptible to force, threat, duress, coercion, persuasion, or physical or emotional injury because of a physical or mental impairment. Under the bill, an action for injury or damages suffered by reason of financial exploitation may be brought against a person who has caused the financial exploitation or allowed another person to engage in the financial exploitation by 1) the vulnerable person who suffered the alleged financial exploitation; 2) a guardian or conservator for the vulnerable person;
3) a personal representative for the estate of a decedent who was the vulnerable person when the cause of action arose; or 4) a trustee for a trust on behalf of either a trustor who is the vulnerable person or the spouse of a trustor who is the vulnerable person.
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The bill provides that an action may be brought if a person wrongfully takes or appropriates money or property of a vulnerable person, without regard to whether the person taking or appropriating the money or property has a fiduciary relationship with the vulnerable person. An action may also be brought under the bill in certain circumstances if a vulnerable person requests the transfer of money or property that is held in trust and the other person, without good cause, either continues to hold the money or property or fails to take reasonable steps to make the money or property readily available to the vulnerable person. The bill also allows for an action against a person for permitting another person to engage in financial exploitation if the person knowingly acts or fails to act under circumstances in which a reasonable person should have known of the financial exploitation.
Under the bill, a court must award a person who brings a successful action enhanced damages, attorney fees, and reasonable fees for any necessary services of a conservator or guardian ad litem.
Who's behind it
11 lawmakers are its . 10 are Democrats and 1 is a Republican.
6 more lawmakers .
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Authors (11)
- Samba Baldeh · Democrat, Assembly
- Elijah Behnke · Republican, Assembly
- Dora Drake · Democrat, Senate
- Alex Joers · Democrat, Assembly
- Supreme Moore Omokunde · Democrat, Assembly
- Tod Ohnstad · Democrat, Assembly
- Sylvia Ortiz-Velez · Democrat, Assembly
- Lori Palmeri · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Shelia Stubbs · Democrat, Assembly
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (6)
- Gus Gustafson · Republican, Assembly
- Dianne Hesselbein · Democrat, Senate
- Jeff Smith · Democrat, Senate
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
- Bob Wirch · Democrat, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Apr 15, 2024
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Jan 10, 2024
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Apr 3, 2023
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Mar 24, 2023
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Judiciary.
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Mar 24, 2023
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Mar 24, 2023 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Subeck, Baldeh, Drake, Joers, Moore Omokunde, Ohnstad, Ortiz-Velez, Palmeri, Sinicki, Stubbs and Behnke; cosponsored by Senators Wirch, Hesselbein, Smith, Spreitzer and Taylor
- Mar 24, 2023 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary
- Apr 3, 2023 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Jan 10, 2024 · Assembly
Representative Gustafson added as a coauthor
- Apr 15, 2024 · 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
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