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Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

AB 53

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Relating to: reporting certain crimes and other incidents that occur on school property or school transportation and granting rule-making authority. (FE)

Crime and criminals Parochial and private schools Public instruction department of School — Building School — Charter school School — Conveyance of pupil

  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

Beginning in the 2024-25 school year, this bill requires public high schools and

private high schools participating in a parental choice program to collect statistics

on violations of municipal disorderly conduct ordinances and certain crimes,

including homicide, sexual assault, burglary, battery, and arson, that occur on school

property or on transportation provided by the school. The high school must collect

statistics about the crime or disorderly conduct only if 1) it occurred on a weekday

between the hours of 6 a.m. and 10 p.m.; 2) it is reported to law enforcement; and 3)

a charge is filed or citation is issued. The bill further requires that the collected

statistics be reported to the Department of Public Instruction and included on the

annual school and school district accountability report. Finally, the bill clarifies that

DPI may not consider crimes statistics reported by a school or school district for

purposes of determining a school or school district's performance on the annual

school and school district accountability report.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Armstrong (R) , Donovan (R) , Duchow (R) , Moses (R) , Murphy (R) , Mursau (R) , Nedweski (R) , Novak (R) , Rettinger (R) , Sortwell (R)

9 cosponsors

Cowles (R) , Gustafson (R) , Jagler (R) , James (R) , Knodl (R) , Marklein (R) , Nass (R) , Stroebel (R) , Wanggaard (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 9, Noes 5

Passed 9–5 Mar 8, 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 61–35 Mar 14, 2023 official source full page

Aye · 61

Not voting · 3

Full history

  1. Feb 20, 2023 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Duchow, Armstrong, Donovan, Moses, Murphy, Mursau, Nedweski, Novak, Rettinger and Sortwell; cosponsored by Senators Jagler, Wanggaard, James, Nass, Stroebel, Cowles and Marklein

  2. Feb 20, 2023 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Education

  3. Mar 1, 2023 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Mar 2, 2023 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Mar 8, 2023 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  6. Mar 8, 2023 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 9, Noes 5

  7. Mar 8, 2023 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  8. Mar 8, 2023 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 3-14-2023 by Committee on Rules

  9. Mar 10, 2023 · Assembly

    Representative Knodl added as a coauthor

  10. Mar 14, 2023 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  11. Mar 14, 2023 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  12. Mar 14, 2023 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 61, Noes 35

  13. Mar 14, 2023 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  14. Mar 14, 2023 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  15. Mar 15, 2023 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  16. Mar 15, 2023 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Education

  17. Nov 7, 2023 · Senate

    Representative Gustafson added as a coauthor

  18. Apr 15, 2024 · Senate

    Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1