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Bills from the 2023–24 session

Assembly Bill 940

Funding for victim services and domestic abuse services, training for grant recipients, grants to child advocacy centers, and making an appropriation. (FE)

Became law

The governor signed it on Mar 28, 2024. It's ⁠.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Jan 12, 2024

  2. Committee, passed

    Approved

  3. Assembly vote, passed

    Passed Feb 22, 2024

  4. Senate vote, passed

    Passed 32 to 0

  5. Governor, passed

    Signed

  6. Law, here now

    2023 Wisconsin Act 241

Latest entry in the official record, Mar 28, 2024: “Published 3-28-2024”

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What it does

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

Under current law, the Department of Justice awards grants to nonprofit or public organizations that provide services to victims of sexual assault. This bill increases the amount for such grants by $7,000,000 in fiscal year 2023-24 and $18,000,000 in fiscal year 2024-25. Under the bill, DOJ must also annually provide a grant to a nonstate entity to provide ongoing training and technical assistance to the recipients of the grants under current law in order to enhance the services to the victims.

Under current law, the Department of Children and Families awards grants to nonprofit or public organizations that provide domestic abuse services. This bill increases the amount for such grants by $7,000,000 in fiscal year 2023-24 and $18,000,000 in fiscal year 2024-25.

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Under current law, DOJ must provide $17,000 in each fiscal year to specified child advocacy centers for education, training, medical advice, and quality assurance activities. This bill increases the amount to $150,000 in each fiscal year and changes the purpose so that the funds are to enhance the multidisciplinary response to suspected child maltreatment. The bill adds two centers as recipients, the Lakeshore Regional Child Advocacy Center in Ozaukee County and Child Advocacy Centers of Wisconsin, and updates the names of the centers that are designated recipients under current law.

Who's behind it

34 lawmakers are its ⁠. 22 are Democrats and 12 are Republicans.

19 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 53 names

Authors (34)

Signed on in support (19)

What it would cost

State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.

Versions and amendments

Every text the Legislature printed for this bill, including proposed changes. Each opens on the Legislature's site.

How lawmakers voted

There were 6 votes on this bill.

Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety vote on an amendment

Passed, 15 to 0 · Feb 14, 2024

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 15, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety vote to recommend it

Passed, 15 to 0 · Feb 14, 2024

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 15, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Assembly vote to pass it

Passed, 97 to 0 · Feb 22, 2024 · 2 didn't vote

See how each of the 99 representatives voted

D: Democrat, R: Republican

Yes (97)

Didn't vote (2)

Official motion: “PASSAGE”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Joint Committee on Finance vote to recommend it

Passed, 14 to 0 · Mar 11, 2024

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Report concurrence recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 14, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Senate vote

Passed, 3 to 2 · Mar 11, 2024

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Senate vote to pass it

Passed, 32 to 0 · Mar 12, 2024

See how each of the 32 senators voted

D: Democrat, R: Republican

Official motion: “CONCURRENCE”. Official record · This vote on its own page

What happened

  1. Mar 28, 2024

    The new law was published.

  2. Mar 28, 2024

    The governor signed it. It became 2023 Wisconsin Act 241.

  3. Mar 21, 2024

    Sent to the governor.

  4. Mar 12, 2024

    The Senate passed it too, 32 to 0.

  5. Mar 11, 2024

    “Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2” (the official wording)

  6. Mar 11, 2024

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 14 to 0.

  7. Mar 11, 2024

    Sent to the Joint Committee on Finance.

  8. Mar 6, 2024

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Senate Organization.

  9. Feb 23, 2024

    The Senate received it.

  10. Feb 22, 2024

    The Assembly passed it, 97 to 0.

  11. Feb 22, 2024

    The Assembly adopted it.

  12. Feb 19, 2024

    1 more representative signed on in support.

  13. Feb 14, 2024

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.

  14. Feb 14, 2024

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 15 to 0.

  15. Feb 8, 2024

    The committee held a public hearing.

  16. Jan 25, 2024 to Feb 6, 2024

    5 more representatives and 1 senator signed on in support.

  17. Jan 18, 2024

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  18. Jan 18, 2024

    1 more representative signed on in support.

  19. Jan 12, 2024

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety.

  20. Jan 12, 2024

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Jan 12, 2024 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Snyder, Conley, Allen, Andraca, Baldeh, Bare, C. Anderson, Dittrich, Donovan, Doyle, Emerson, Gustafson, Hong, Jacobson, Joers, Madison, Mursau, Neubauer, Novak, Ohnstad, Ortiz-Velez, Palmeri, Rettinger, Rozar, Shankland, Shelton, Sinicki, Steffen, Stubbs, Subeck, Summerfield, Vining, Melotik and Ratcliff; cosponsored by Senators James, Agard, Carpenter, Hesselbein, Jacque, L. Johnson, Larson, Pfaff, Roys, Spreitzer, Taylor and Wirch

  2. Jan 12, 2024 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety

  3. Jan 18, 2024 · Assembly

    Representative Considine added as a coauthor

  4. Jan 18, 2024 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Jan 25, 2024 · Assembly

    Representative Brandtjen added as a coauthor

  6. Jan 25, 2024 · Assembly

    Senator Ballweg added as a cosponsor

  7. Jan 26, 2024 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Snyder

  8. Jan 29, 2024 · Assembly

    Representative Billings added as a coauthor

  9. Feb 1, 2024 · Assembly

    Representatives Haywood and Wichgers added as coauthors

  10. Feb 6, 2024 · Assembly

    Representative Moore Omokunde added as a coauthor

  11. Feb 8, 2024 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  12. Feb 13, 2024 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  13. Feb 14, 2024 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 15, Noes 0

  14. Feb 14, 2024 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 15, Noes 0

  15. Feb 14, 2024 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  16. Feb 19, 2024 · Assembly

    Representative Michalski added as a coauthor

  17. Feb 20, 2024 · Assembly

    Made a special order of business at 11:29 AM on 2-22-2024 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 29

  18. Feb 22, 2024 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  19. Feb 22, 2024 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Snyder

  20. Feb 22, 2024 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted

  21. Feb 22, 2024 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  22. Feb 22, 2024 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  23. Feb 22, 2024 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 97, Noes 0

  24. Feb 22, 2024 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  25. Feb 23, 2024 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  26. Mar 6, 2024 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization

  27. Mar 6, 2024 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  28. Mar 11, 2024 · Senate

    Withdrawn from committee on Senate Organization and rereferred to joint committee on Finance pursuant to Senate Rule 46(2)(c)

  29. Mar 11, 2024 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  30. Mar 11, 2024 · Senate

    Report concurrence recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 14, Noes 0

  31. Mar 11, 2024 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  32. Mar 11, 2024 · Senate

    Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2

  33. Mar 11, 2024 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 3-12-2024 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  34. Mar 12, 2024 · Senate

    Read a second time

  35. Mar 12, 2024 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  36. Mar 12, 2024 · Senate

    Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  37. Mar 12, 2024 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 32, Noes 0

  38. Mar 12, 2024 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  39. Mar 12, 2024 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  40. Mar 19, 2024 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled on 3-19-2024

  41. Mar 21, 2024 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 3-21-2024

  42. Mar 28, 2024 · Assembly

    Report approved by the Governor on 3-27-2024. 2023 Wisconsin Act 241

  43. Mar 28, 2024 · Assembly

    Published 3-28-2024

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Wisconsin Act

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Author

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Signed on in support

Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.

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Cost estimate

A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.

Official term: Fiscal estimate. 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

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Wisconsin Act

The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.

Official term: Act

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

Roll call

A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.

Official term: Roll call vote

More in the glossary