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Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

AB 392

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Relating to: allowing certified child care operators to provide care to up to six children. (FE)

Children and families department of Day care

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, a person must obtain a license from the Department of

Children and Families in order to, for compensation including payments under

Wisconsin Shares, provide care and supervision for four or more children under the

age of seven for less than 24 hours a day. A person who provides care for fewer than

four children under the age of seven for less than 24 hours a day may receive

Wisconsin Shares payments if the person is certified by DCF. Under current DCF

rules, a person certified by DCF, called a certified child care operator, may care for

up to three children who are unrelated to the operator and up to six children in total.

Under this bill, certified child care operators may care for up to six children

under the age of seven in total, regardless of whether the children are related to the

operator.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Binsfeld (R) , Brandtjen (R) , Edming (R) , Goeben (R) , Green (R) , Gundrum (R) , Gustafson (R) , Hurd (R) , Krug (R) , Magnafici (R) , Maxey (R) , O'Connor (R) , Penterman (R) , Petersen (R) , Petryk (R) , Plumer (R) , Rozar (R) , Schmidt (R) , Steffen (R) , Summerfield (R) , Swearingen (R) , Tranel (R) , VanderMeer (R)

6 cosponsors

Ballweg (R) , Cabral-Guevara (R) , Felzkowski (R) , Quinn (R) , Stroebel (R) , Wichgers (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Children and Families, Ayes 8, Noes 4

Passed 8–4 Sep 12, 2023 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: PASSAGE

Passed 63–35 Sep 14, 2023 official source full page

Aye · 63

Not voting · 1

Full history

  1. Sep 1, 2023 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Goeben, Hurd, Binsfeld, Brandtjen, Edming, Green, Gundrum, Gustafson, Krug, Magnafici, Maxey, O'Connor, Penterman, Petersen, Petryk, Plumer, Rozar, Schmidt, Steffen, Summerfield, Swearingen, Tranel and VanderMeer; cosponsored by Senators Quinn, Cabral-Guevara and Stroebel

  2. Sep 1, 2023 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Children and Families

  3. Sep 5, 2023 · Assembly

    Senator Ballweg added as a cosponsor

  4. Sep 6, 2023 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Sep 6, 2023 · Assembly

    Representative Wichgers added as a coauthor

  6. Sep 7, 2023 · Assembly

    Senator Felzkowski added as a cosponsor

  7. Sep 8, 2023 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  8. Sep 12, 2023 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 9-14-2023 by Committee on Rules

  9. Sep 12, 2023 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  10. Sep 12, 2023 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Children and Families, Ayes 8, Noes 4

  11. Sep 12, 2023 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  12. Sep 14, 2023 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  13. Sep 14, 2023 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  14. Sep 14, 2023 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  15. Sep 14, 2023 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 63, Noes 35

  16. Sep 14, 2023 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  17. Sep 15, 2023 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  18. Sep 20, 2023 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families

  19. Oct 18, 2023 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  20. Apr 15, 2024 · Senate

    Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1