Assembly Bill 233
Grants to child advocacy centers. (FE)
Topics: Children: Abuse and neglect, Justice, Department of, Organization, Miscellaneous
Stopped before the full Assembly voted
The recommended passing it, but the full Assembly never voted on it. The last day for votes this session was Mar 19, 2026. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
May 2, 2025
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Assembly vote, stopped here
Stopped here. The full Assembly never voted on it.
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Senate vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Mar 23, 2026: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
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The same bill was also filed in the Senate as SB 232. That version became law.
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Committee
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Senate Joint Resolution 1
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Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
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Author
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Signed on in support
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Cost estimate
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Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
Roll call
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Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
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.
Who's behind it
15 representatives are its . 14 are Republicans and 1 is a Democrat.
10 more lawmakers .
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Authors (15)
- Dave Armstrong · Republican, Assembly
- Lindee Brill · Republican, Assembly
- Barbara Dittrich · Republican, Assembly
- Ben Franklin · Republican, Assembly
- Rick Gundrum · Republican, Assembly
- Dave Maxey · Republican, Assembly
- Paul Melotik · Republican, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- Todd Novak · Republican, Assembly
- Jim Piwowarczyk · Republican, Assembly
- Amaad Rivera-Wagner · Democrat, Assembly
- Pat Snyder · Republican, Assembly
- John Spiros · Republican, Assembly
- David Steffen · Republican, Assembly
- Chuck Wichgers · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (10)
- Bare and Spaude
- Tim Carpenter · Democrat, Senate
- DeSmidt, Emerson and Snodgrass
- Fitzgerald and McCarville
- Jodi Habush Sinykin · Democrat, Senate
- Jesse James · Republican, Senate
- Alex Joers · Democrat, Assembly
- O'Connor, Sinicki, Ortiz-Velez and Stubbs
- Spreitzer and Ratcliff
- Udell, Subeck, Miresse and J. Jacobson
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
How lawmakers voted
There was one vote on this bill.
Assembly Committee on Children and Families vote to recommend it
Passed, 9 to 0 · May 29, 2025
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report passage recommended by Committee on Children and Families, Ayes 9, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Mar 23, 2026
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Jun 18, 2025 to Jun 24, 2025
6 more representatives and 3 senators signed on in support.
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Jun 17, 2025
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Jun 11, 2025
1 more representative signed on in support.
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May 29, 2025
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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May 29, 2025
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 9 to 0.
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May 19, 2025 to May 21, 2025
9 more representatives signed on in support.
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May 7, 2025
The committee held a public hearing.
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May 2, 2025
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Children and Families.
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May 2, 2025
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- 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
- May 2, 2025 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Children and Families
- May 7, 2025 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- May 19, 2025 · Assembly
Representatives DeSmidt, Emerson and Snodgrass added as coauthors
- May 20, 2025 · Assembly
- May 21, 2025 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- May 21, 2025 · Assembly
Representatives Udell, Subeck, Miresse and J. Jacobson added as coauthors
- May 29, 2025 · Assembly
Report passage recommended by Committee on Children and Families, Ayes 9, Noes 0
- May 29, 2025 · Assembly
Referred to committee on Rules
- Jun 11, 2025 · Assembly
Representative Joers added as a coauthor
- Jun 17, 2025 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Jun 18, 2025 · Assembly
- Jun 18, 2025 · Assembly
Senator Carpenter added as a cosponsor
- Jun 20, 2025 · Assembly
Withdrawn from Committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 6-24-2025
- Jun 23, 2025 · Assembly
Representatives Fitzgerald and McCarville added as coauthors
- Jun 24, 2025 · Assembly
Representatives O'Connor, Sinicki, Ortiz-Velez and Stubbs added as coauthors
- Jun 24, 2025 · Assembly
Laid on the table
- Mar 23, 2026 · Assembly
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Terms on this page
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. 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
From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1
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
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote