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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

SB 232

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

Children — Abuse and neglect Justice department of Organization miscellaneous

  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, 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: Habush Sinykin (D) , James (R)

22 cosponsors

Armstrong (R) , Bare (D) , Brill (R) , Dittrich (R) , Emerson and Snodgrass , Fitzgerald, McCarville, O'Connor, Sinicki, Ortiz-Velez and Stubbs , Franklin (R) , Gundrum (R) , J. Jacobson (D) , Joers (D) , Maxey (R) , Melotik (R) , Mursau (R) , Novak (R) , Piwowarczyk (R) , Rivera-Wagner (D) , Snyder (R) , Spiros (R) , Spreitzer, Ratcliff and Carpenter , Steffen (R) , Udell and Subeck , Wichgers (R)

Registered lobbying interests · 4

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

Senate: Report passage recommended by Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families, Ayes 4, Noes 1

Passed 4–1 Jun 13, 2025 official source full page

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

Senate: PASSAGE

Passed 32–0 Jun 18, 2025 official source full page

Not voting · 1

Full history

  1. Apr 29, 2025 · Senate

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

  2. Apr 29, 2025 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families

  3. May 7, 2025 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  4. May 19, 2025 · Senate

    Representatives Emerson and Snodgrass added as cosponsors

  5. May 20, 2025 · Senate

    Representative Bare added as a cosponsor

  6. May 21, 2025 · Senate

    Representatives Udell and Subeck added as cosponsors

  7. May 28, 2025 · Senate

    Representative J. Jacobson added as a cosponsor

  8. Jun 11, 2025 · Senate

    Representative Joers added as a cosponsor

  9. Jun 11, 2025 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  10. Jun 13, 2025 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  11. Jun 13, 2025 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families, Ayes 4, Noes 1

  12. Jun 17, 2025 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  13. Jun 17, 2025 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 6-18-2025 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  14. Jun 18, 2025 · Senate

    Senators Spreitzer, Ratcliff and Carpenter added as coauthors

  15. Jun 18, 2025 · Senate

    Read a second time

  16. Jun 18, 2025 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  17. Jun 18, 2025 · Senate

    Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  18. Jun 18, 2025 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 32, Noes 0

  19. Jun 18, 2025 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  20. Jun 19, 2025 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  21. Jun 20, 2025 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to calendar of 6-24-2025

  22. Jun 24, 2025 · Assembly

    Representatives Fitzgerald, McCarville, O'Connor, Sinicki, Ortiz-Velez and Stubbs added as cosponsors

  23. Jun 24, 2025 · Assembly

    Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up

  24. Jun 24, 2025 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  25. Jun 24, 2025 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  26. Jun 24, 2025 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  27. Jun 24, 2025 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in

  28. Jun 24, 2025 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  29. Jun 24, 2025 · Senate

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  30. Jun 25, 2025 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled

  31. Jun 25, 2025 · Senate

    Attempted to present to the Governor on 6-25-2025, pursuant to Senate Rule 44m (2)

  32. Jun 26, 2025 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 6-26-2025 by directive of the Majority Leader

  33. Jul 3, 2025 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 7-2-2025. 2025 Wisconsin Act 13

  34. Jul 3, 2025 · Senate

    Published 7-3-2025