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Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

SB 111

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Relating to: the definition of “strip search” for the purpose of the prohibition against strip searching a pupil.

School — Discipline and student rights School — Employee School — Finance

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

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, it is a Class B misdemeanor for a school or school district

official, employee, or agent to conduct a strip search of a pupil. For purposes of this

prohibition, current law defines a “strip search” to mean a search in which a person's

genitals, pubic area, buttock, or anus, or a female person's breast, is uncovered and

either is exposed to view or is touched by a person conducting the search. This bill

expands this definition to include a search in which a person's naked or

underwear-clad genitalia, anus, buttocks, or female areola or nipple is uncovered

and either is exposed to view or is touched by a person conducting the search.

The bill does not change current law with regard to strip searches conducted

by law enforcement.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Felzkowski (R) , James (R) , Nass (R) , Roys (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Stafsholt (R) , Wanggaard (R) , Wimberger (R)

20 cosponsors

Armstrong (R) , Baldeh (D) , Behnke (R) , Bodden (R) , Brooks (R) , C. Anderson (D) , Dittrich (R) , Duchow (R) , Gustafson (R) , Mursau (R) , Novak (R) , O'Connor (R) , Ortiz-Velez (D) , Rodriguez (R) , Rozar (R) , Sortwell (R) , Steffen (R) , Subeck (D) , Taylor (D) , Tusler (R)

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 7, Noes 0

Passed 7–0 Oct 12, 2023 official source full page

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

Full history

  1. Mar 1, 2023 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Wimberger, James, Felzkowski, Nass, Roys, Spreitzer, Stafsholt and Wanggaard; cosponsored by Representatives Steffen, Behnke, Armstrong, Baldeh, Bodden, Brooks, Dittrich, Duchow, Mursau, Novak, Ortiz-Velez, Rodriguez, Rozar, Sortwell, Subeck and Tusler

  2. Mar 1, 2023 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety

  3. Sep 1, 2023 · Senate

    Representative O'Connor added as a cosponsor

  4. Sep 5, 2023 · Senate

    Senator Taylor added as a coauthor

  5. Sep 5, 2023 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  6. Oct 12, 2023 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  7. Oct 12, 2023 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 7, Noes 0

  8. Oct 12, 2023 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  9. Oct 16, 2023 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 10-17-2023 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  10. Oct 17, 2023 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  11. Oct 17, 2023 · Senate

    Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  12. Oct 17, 2023 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed

  13. Oct 17, 2023 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  14. Oct 17, 2023 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  15. Oct 17, 2023 · Senate

    Read a second time

  16. Oct 19, 2023 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  17. Jan 10, 2024 · Assembly

    Representative Gustafson added as a cosponsor

  18. Jan 16, 2024 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 1-18-2024 by Committee on Rules

  19. Jan 17, 2024 · Assembly

    Representative C. Anderson added as a cosponsor

  20. Jan 18, 2024 · Assembly

    Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up

  21. Jan 18, 2024 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  22. Jan 18, 2024 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  23. Jan 18, 2024 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  24. Jan 18, 2024 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in

  25. Jan 18, 2024 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  26. Jan 18, 2024 · Senate

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  27. Jan 22, 2024 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled

  28. Mar 18, 2024 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 3-18-2024

  29. Mar 26, 2024 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 3-22-2024. 2023 Wisconsin Act 198

  30. Mar 26, 2024 · Senate

    Published 3-23-2024