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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

AB 233

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Relating to: grants to child advocacy centers. (FE)

Children — Abuse and neglect Justice department of Organization miscellaneous

  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, the Department of Justice must provide $17,000 in each fiscal year to specified child advocacy centers for education, training, medical advice, and quality assurance activities. This bill instead provides that DOJ must award grants in each fiscal year to specified child advocacy centers to enhance the multidisciplinary response to suspected child maltreatment. The bill adds two centers as recipients, the Lakeshore Regional Child Advocacy Center in Sheboygan 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: Armstrong (R) , Brill (R) , Dittrich (R) , Franklin (R) , Gundrum (R) , Maxey (R) , Melotik (R) , Mursau (R) , Novak (R) , Piwowarczyk (R) , Rivera-Wagner (D) , Snyder (R) , Spiros (R) , Steffen (R) , Wichgers (R)

10 cosponsors

Bare and Spaude , Carpenter (D) , DeSmidt, Emerson and Snodgrass , Fitzgerald and McCarville , Habush Sinykin (D) , James (R) , Joers (D) , O'Connor, Sinicki, Ortiz-Velez and Stubbs , Spreitzer and Ratcliff , Udell, Subeck, Miresse and J. Jacobson

Registered lobbying interests · 5

Organizations that registered lobbying activity on this bill with the Wisconsin Ethics Commission. Registration means interest, not a position for or against. Official record

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Children and Families, Ayes 9, Noes 0

Passed 9–0 May 29, 2025 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. May 2, 2025 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Snyder, Novak, Armstrong, Brill, Dittrich, Franklin, Gundrum, Maxey, Melotik, Mursau, Piwowarczyk, Rivera-Wagner, Spiros, Wichgers and Steffen; cosponsored by Senators James and Habush Sinykin

  2. May 2, 2025 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Children and Families

  3. May 7, 2025 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. May 19, 2025 · Assembly

    Representatives DeSmidt, Emerson and Snodgrass added as coauthors

  5. May 20, 2025 · Assembly

    Representatives Bare and Spaude added as coauthors

  6. May 21, 2025 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  7. May 21, 2025 · Assembly

    Representatives Udell, Subeck, Miresse and J. Jacobson added as coauthors

  8. May 29, 2025 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Children and Families, Ayes 9, Noes 0

  9. May 29, 2025 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  10. Jun 11, 2025 · Assembly

    Representative Joers added as a coauthor

  11. Jun 17, 2025 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  12. Jun 18, 2025 · Assembly

    Senators Spreitzer and Ratcliff added as cosponsors

  13. Jun 18, 2025 · Assembly

    Senator Carpenter added as a cosponsor

  14. Jun 20, 2025 · Assembly

    Withdrawn from Committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 6-24-2025

  15. Jun 23, 2025 · Assembly

    Representatives Fitzgerald and McCarville added as coauthors

  16. Jun 24, 2025 · Assembly

    Representatives O'Connor, Sinicki, Ortiz-Velez and Stubbs added as coauthors

  17. Jun 24, 2025 · Assembly

    Laid on the table

  18. Mar 23, 2026 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1