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Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

AB 940

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

Children — Abuse and neglect Children and families department of Crime victim Family Justice department of Organization miscellaneous Sex crimes

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Assembly, completed
  3. Passes Senate, completed
  4. Governor signs, completed
  5. Law, completed

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

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.

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.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Allen (R) , Andraca (D) , Baldeh (D) , Bare (D) , C. Anderson (D) , Conley (D) , Dittrich (R) , Donovan (R) , Doyle (D) , Emerson (D) , Gustafson (R) , Hong (D) , Jacobson (D) , Joers (D) , Madison (D) , Melotik (R) , Mursau (R) , Neubauer (D) , Novak (R) , Ohnstad (D) , Ortiz-Velez (D) , Palmeri (D) , Ratcliff (D) , Rettinger (R) , Rozar (R) , Shankland (D) , Shelton (D) , Sinicki (D) , Snyder (R) , Steffen (R) , Stubbs (D) , Subeck (D) , Summerfield (R) , Vining (D)

19 cosponsors

Agard (D) , Ballweg (R) , Billings (D) , Brandtjen (R) , Carpenter (D) , Considine (D) , Haywood and Wichgers , Hesselbein (D) , Jacque (R) , James (R) , L. Johnson (D) , Larson (D) , Michalski (R) , Moore Omokunde (D) , Pfaff (D) , Roys (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Taylor (D) , Wirch (D)

Votes

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

Passed 15–0 Feb 14, 2024 official source full page

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

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

Passed 15–0 Feb 14, 2024 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 97–0 Feb 22, 2024 official source full page

Aye · 97

Not voting · 2

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

Passed 14–0 Mar 11, 2024 official source full page

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

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

Passed 3–2 Mar 11, 2024 official source full page

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

Senate: CONCURRENCE

Passed 32–0 Mar 12, 2024 official source full page

Full history

  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