Subjects

Children — Abuse and neglect

175 bills across 7 sessions, from the Legislature's subject index.

• SB 45 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE) Became law 2025
• AB 156 Relating to: requiring child sexual abuse prevention education. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AB 233 Relating to: grants to child advocacy centers. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AB 244 Relating to: posting the child abuse and neglect reporting hotline in school buildings. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AB 252 Relating to: the notice of an investigation of child abuse or neglect or unborn child abuse provided to appropriate authorities of the U.S. Department of Defense. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AB 412 Relating to: mandatory reporting requirements and referring cases of threatened or suspected child abuse to law enforcement. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AB 711 Relating to: funding for the Family Foundations home visitation program and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AB 967 Relating to: funding for the Family Foundations home visitation program for social media education and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SB 171 Relating to: requiring child sexual abuse prevention education. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SB 232 Relating to: grants to child advocacy centers. (FE) Became law 2025
• SB 234 Relating to: posting the child abuse and neglect reporting hotline in school buildings. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SB 259 Relating to: the notice of an investigation of child abuse or neglect or unborn child abuse provided to appropriate authorities of the U.S. Department of Defense. (FE) Became law 2025
• SB 432 Relating to: mandatory reporting requirements and referring cases of threatened or suspected child abuse to law enforcement. (FE) Vetoed 2025
• SB 701 Relating to: funding for the Family Foundations home visitation program and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SB 968 Relating to: funding for the Family Foundations home visitation program for social media education and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AB 24 Relating to: posting the child abuse and neglect reporting hotline in school buildings. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• SB 23 Relating to: posting the child abuse and neglect reporting hotline in school buildings. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• AB 301 Relating to: the statute of limitations for sexual contact with a child. Died at session end 2023
• AB 864 Relating to: funding for the Family Foundations home visitation program and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• AB 940 Relating to: funding for victim services and domestic abuse services, training for grant recipients, grants to child advocacy centers, and making an appropriation. (FE) Became law 2023
• SB 302 Relating to: the statute of limitations for sexual contact with a child. Died at session end 2023
• SB 803 Relating to: funding for the Family Foundations home visitation program and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• SB 877 Relating to: funding for victim services and domestic abuse services, training for grant recipients, grants to child advocacy centers, and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• AB 68 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2021 legislature. (FE) Became law 2021
• AB 102 Relating to: judicial notice of certain court records relating to domestic violence or child abuse. Died at session end 2021
• AB 142 Relating to: immunity from liability resulting from good faith actions under the child abuse and neglect reporting law. Became law 2021
• AB 222 Relating to: posting the child abuse and neglect reporting hotline in school buildings. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AB 423 Relating to: reports of sexual abuse of children placed in out-of-home care. Died at session end 2021
• AB 424 Relating to: requiring the transmission of citizen review panel annual reports and the written responses of the Department of Children and Families to the appropriate legislative standing committees. Died at session end 2021
• AB 425 Relating to: annual reports to and hearings by the legislative standing committees on child abuse and neglect. Died at session end 2021
• AB 764 Relating to: requiring sexual abuse prevention education. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AJR 35 Relating to: proclaiming April as Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Month in Wisconsin. Died at session end 2021
• SB 106 Relating to: judicial notice of certain court records relating to domestic violence or child abuse. Died at session end 2021
• SB 111 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2021 legislature. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• SB 162 Relating to: immunity from liability resulting from good faith actions under the child abuse and neglect reporting law. Died at session end 2021
• SB 238 Relating to: posting the child abuse and neglect reporting hotline in school buildings. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• SB 416 Relating to: reports of sexual abuse of children placed in out-of-home care. Became law 2021
• SB 417 Relating to: requiring the transmission of citizen review panel annual reports and the written responses of the Department of Children and Families to the appropriate legislative standing committees. Became law 2021
• SB 418 Relating to: annual reports to and hearings by the legislative standing committees on child abuse and neglect. Became law 2021
• SB 746 Relating to: requiring sexual abuse prevention education. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• SJR 22 Relating to: proclaiming April as Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Month in Wisconsin. Died at session end 2021
• SB 1073 Relating to: the duty of a member of the clergy to report child abuse. Died at session end 2021
• AB 100 Relating to: judicial notice of certain court records relating to domestic violence or child abuse. Died at session end 2019
• AB 377 Relating to: requiring sexual abuse prevention education. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• AB 423 Relating to: the duty of a member of the clergy to report child abuse. Died at session end 2019
• AB 424 Relating to: the statute of limitations for sexual contact with a child. Died at session end 2019
• AB 671 Relating to: disclosure of child abuse and neglect reports and records. Died at session end 2019
• AB 749 Relating to: immunity from liability resulting from good faith actions under the child abuse and neglect reporting law. Died at session end 2019
• AB 761 Relating to: posting the child abuse and neglect reporting hotline in school buildings. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• AJR 18 Relating to: proclaiming April as Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Month in Wisconsin. Died at session end 2019
• SB 347 Relating to: requiring sexual abuse prevention education. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• SB 381 Relating to: the statute of limitations for sexual contact with a child. Died at session end 2019
• SB 382 Relating to: the duty of a member of the clergy to report child abuse. Died at session end 2019
• SB 610 Relating to: disclosure of child abuse and neglect reports and records. Died at session end 2019
• SB 668 Relating to: immunity from liability resulting from good faith actions under the child abuse and neglect reporting law. Died at session end 2019
• SB 692 Relating to: posting the child abuse and neglect reporting hotline in school buildings. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• SJR 19 Relating to: proclaiming April as Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Month in Wisconsin. Passed one chamber 2019
• SJR 88 Relating to: recognizing Bikers Against Child Abuse for its outstanding work in creating safer environments for abused children. Died at session end 2019
• AB 64 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2017 legislature. Became law 2017
• AB 79 Relating to: mandatory reporting of child abuse and neglect by juvenile correctional officers. Died at session end 2017
• SB 30 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2017 legislature. Died at session end 2017
• SB 35 Relating to: mandatory reporting of child abuse and neglect by juvenile correctional officers. Became law 2017
• AB 329 Relating to: prohibiting aiding and abetting sexual abuse. Died at session end 2017
• AB 355 Relating to: neglect of a child and providing criminal penalties. (FE) Became law 2017
• AB 413 Relating to: the display and sale of novelty lighters and providing a penalty. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• AB 451 Relating to: the Uniform Recognition and Enforcement of Canadian Domestic Violence Protection Orders Act and providing a criminal penalty. Became law 2017
• AB 455 Relating to: age and hunting restrictions applicable to the hunting mentorship program. Became law 2017
• AB 507 Relating to: allowing minors to operate temporary stands without a permit or license. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• AB 524 Relating to: furnishing, purchasing, or possessing a firearm for a person who is prohibited from possessing a firearm, mandatory minimum sentences for individuals who commit certain firearm violations, and providing criminal penalties. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• AB 535 Relating to: requiring sexual abuse prevention education. Died at session end 2017
• AB 575 Relating to: regulating the operation of recreational vessels carrying persons under the age of ten and providing a penalty. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• AB 581 Relating to: venue requirements for domestic abuse, child abuse, and harassment cases. Became law 2017
• AB 777 Relating to: University of Wisconsin and technical college tuition remissions for and grants to support foster care and other out-of-home placement students and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• AB 780 Relating to: notice to a school of a permanency review or hearing, notice to a school district of a foster home or group home license or out-of-home care placement, and transfer of pupil records. Became law 2017
• AB 782 Relating to: limited release of mental health information to out-of-home care providers and child welfare agencies. Became law 2017
• AB 785 Relating to: funding for child abuse and neglect prevention grants. (FE) Became law 2017
• AB 790 Relating to: elimination of a provision that excepts spiritual treatment of a child in the law criminalizing physical abuse of a child and in the laws governing the practice of medicine or surgery, the investigation of child abuse or neglect, the administration of psychotropic medication to juveniles in correctional custody, and the election of Christian Science treatment in lieu of medical or surgical treatment. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• AB 865 Relating to: address confidentiality, granting rule-making authority, and providing a criminal penalty. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• AB 949 Relating to: testing for lead in facilities serving certain children and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• AB 950 Relating to: testing for lead in homes of certain children, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and providing an exemption from rule-making procedures. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• AJR 25 Relating to: proclaiming April as Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Month in Wisconsin. Died at session end 2017
• AJR 73 Relating to: proclaiming September 2017 as Pediatric Cancer Awareness Month. Died at session end 2017
• AJR 74 Relating to: proclaiming October 9, 2017, as PANDAS and PANS Awareness Day. Passed one chamber 2017
• AJR 78 Relating to: upholding the articles of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. Died at session end 2017
• SB 253 Relating to: prohibiting aiding and abetting sexual abuse. Became law 2017
• SB 280 Relating to: neglect of a child and providing criminal penalties. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• SB 362 Relating to: age and hunting restrictions applicable to the hunting mentorship program. Died at session end 2017
• SB 369 Relating to: the Uniform Recognition and Enforcement of Canadian Domestic Violence Protection Orders Act and providing a criminal penalty. Died at session end 2017
• SB 384 Relating to: the display and sale of novelty lighters and providing a penalty. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• SB 408 Relating to: furnishing, purchasing, or possessing a firearm for a person who is prohibited from possessing a firearm, mandatory minimum sentences for individuals who commit certain firearm violations, and providing criminal penalties. (FE) Became law 2017
• SB 414 Relating to: allowing minors to operate temporary stands without a permit or license. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• SB 439 Relating to: requiring sexual abuse prevention education. Died at session end 2017
• SB 476 Relating to: venue requirements for domestic abuse, child abuse, and harassment cases. Died at session end 2017
• SB 486 Relating to: regulating the operation of recreational vessels carrying persons under the age of ten and providing a penalty. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• SB 655 Relating to: notice to a school of a permanency review or hearing, notice to a school district of a foster home or group home license or out-of-home care placement, and transfer of pupil records. Died at session end 2017
• SB 658 Relating to: funding for child abuse and neglect prevention grants. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• SB 674 Relating to: limited release of mental health information to out-of-home care providers and child welfare agencies. Died at session end 2017
• SB 704 Relating to: address confidentiality, granting rule-making authority, and providing a criminal penalty. (FE) Became law 2017
• SB 729 Relating to: University of Wisconsin and technical college tuition remissions for and grants to support foster care and other out-of-home placement students and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• SB 855 Relating to: testing for lead in facilities serving certain children and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• SB 856 Relating to: testing for lead in homes of certain children, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and providing an exemption from rule-making procedures. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• SJR 31 Relating to: proclaiming April as Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Month in Wisconsin. Passed one chamber 2017
• SJR 74 Relating to: proclaiming September 2017 as Pediatric Cancer Awareness Month. Died at session end 2017
• SJR 75 Relating to: proclaiming October 9, 2017, as PANDAS and PANS Awareness Day. Died at session end 2017
• AJR 114 Relating to: proclaiming March 20, 2018, as Mister Rogers Day in Wisconsin. Died at session end 2017
• SB 9 Relating to: jurisdiction in matters relating to domestic abuse restraining orders and injunctions, child abuse restraining orders and injunctions, and harassment restraining orders and injunctions. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• AB 10 Relating to: jurisdiction in matters relating to domestic abuse restraining orders and injunctions, child and at-risk adult abuse restraining orders and injunctions, and harassment restraining orders and injunctions. (FE) Became law 2015
• AB 21 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2015 legislature. Died at session end 2015
• SB 21 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2015 legislature. Became law 2015
• AB 218 Relating to: inheritance by a parent who abandons a child. Became law 2015
• AB 267 Relating to: the investigation of a child abuse report in which a person who is not a caregiver of the child is suspected of permitting, allowing, or encouraging the child to engage in prostitution; and prohibiting prosecuting a person under the age of 18 with committing an act of prostitution. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• AB 339 Relating to: eligibility for monthly subsidized guardianship payments of a person who develops a familial relationship with a child or the child's family during the child's placement in out-of-home care, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• AB 348 Relating to: the statute of limitations for sexual contact with a child. Died at session end 2015
• AB 401 Relating to: special distinguishing registration plates associated with childhood cancer and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• AB 406 Relating to: use of the reasonable and prudent parent standard for making decisions concerning the participation of a child placed in out-of-home care in age or developmentally appropriate activities, permanency planning for a child 14 years of age or over, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• AB 428 Relating to: repeated acts of physical abuse of the same child and providing a criminal penalty. Died at session end 2015
• AB 429 Relating to: referral of cases of suspected or threatened child abuse or neglect to the sheriff or police department, coordination of the investigation of those cases, and referral of those cases to the district attorney for criminal prosecution. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• AB 431 Relating to: neglect of a child and providing criminal penalties. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• AB 440 Relating to: child support income withholding orders, deferred prosecution agreements, determining the amount of a home visitation program grant, modifications to the references to Milwaukee County by population, modifications to certain appropriations, and making an appropriation. (FE) Became law 2015
• AB 489 Relating to: recodification of the child abuse and neglect reporting law; making probation agents, parole agents, and certain employees, contractors, and volunteers of schools and institutions of higher education mandated reporters of child abuse and neglect; training in child abuse and neglect identification, laws, and procedures and in human trafficking identification for certain employees, contractors, and volunteers of schools; eliminating an exception to the child abuse reporting requirement for providers of certain health care services when the suspected or threatened abuse consists of sexual intercourse or contact with a child; definitions of physical injury and neglect for purposes of mandated reporting of child abuse and neglect; and granting rule-making authority. Died at session end 2015
• AB 667 Relating to: model procedures for investigating reports of abuse or neglect involving children with disabilities. (FE) Became law 2015
• AB 673 Relating to: creating a program to protect the confidentiality of addresses for victims of domestic abuse, sexual assault, or stalking; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• AB 691 Relating to: requiring sexual abuse prevention education. Died at session end 2015
• AB 699 Relating to: regulating the operation of recreational vessels carrying persons under the age of 13. Died at session end 2015
• AB 702 Relating to: special registration plates associated with the Wisconsin Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, childhood cancer, Whitetails Unlimited, the Boy Scouts of America, and nurses and the nursing profession, registration numbers on special registration plates, and making appropriations. (FE) Became law 2015
• AB 737 Relating to: the crime of child sex trafficking, the inclusion of child sex trafficking in the definition of child abuse, the investigation of a child abuse report in which a person who is not a caregiver of the child is suspected of permitting, allowing, or encouraging the child to engage in prostitution or of child sex trafficking for purposes of a commercial sex act, and providing a penalty. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• AB 767 Relating to: injunctions against harrassment and abuse. Became law 2015
• AB 852 Relating to: expanding eligibility for the earned income tax credit; hospital best practices for postpartum patients and newborns; hospital staff privileges and written agreements required for nurse-midwives; coverage of nurse-midwives under the injured patients and families compensation fund; a report on information related to hospital neonatal intensive care units; an electronic application and information system to determine eligibility and register for public assistance programs; directing the Department of Health Services to request a Medical Assistance waiver; evidence-based home visitation program services for persons who are at risk of poor birth outcomes or of abusing or neglecting their children; designating race and ethnicity on birth certificates; a report on fetal and infant mortality and birth outcomes; requiring informed consent for performance on pregnant women of certain elective procedures prior to the full gestational term of a fetus; cultural competency training for certain students enrolled in the University of Wisconsin System and the technical college system; granting rule-making authority; and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• AB 955 Relating to: the definition of neglect in the Children's Code. Died at session end 2015
• AB 959 Relating to: elimination of a provision that excepts spiritual treatment of a child in the law criminalizing physical abuse of a child and in the laws governing the practice of medicine or surgery, the investigation of child abuse or neglect, the administration of psychotropic medication to juveniles in correctional custody, and the election of Christian Science treatment in lieu of medical or surgical treatment. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• AJR 27 Relating to: Wisconsin children's outdoor heritage. Passed one chamber 2015
• SB 200 Relating to: the investigation of a child abuse report in which a person who is not a caregiver of the child is suspected of permitting, allowing, or encouraging the child to engage in prostitution; and prohibiting prosecuting a person under the age of 18 with committing an act of prostitution. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• SB 253 Relating to: eligibility for monthly subsidized guardianship payments of a person who develops a familial relationship with a child or the child's family during the child's placement in out-of-home care, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Became law 2015
• SB 262 Relating to: the statute of limitations for sexual contact with a child. Died at session end 2015
• SB 309 Relating to: use of the reasonable and prudent parent standard for making decisions concerning the participation of a child placed in out-of-home care in age or developmentally appropriate activities, permanency planning for a child 14 years of age or over, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Became law 2015
• SB 317 Relating to: child support income withholding orders, deferred prosecution agreements, determining the amount of a home visitation program grant, modifications to the references to Milwaukee County by population, modifications to certain appropriations, and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• SB 324 Relating to: neglect of a child and providing criminal penalties. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• SB 325 Relating to: repeated acts of physical abuse of the same child and providing a criminal penalty. Became law 2015
• SB 326 Relating to: referral of cases of suspected or threatened child abuse or neglect to the sheriff or police department, coordination of the investigation of those cases, and referral of those cases to the district attorney for criminal prosecution. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• SB 480 Relating to: smoking in motor vehicles while a child is present, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• SB 488 Relating to: creating a program to protect the confidentiality of addresses for victims of domestic abuse, sexual assault, or stalking; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. (FE) Became law 2015
• SB 501 Relating to: requiring sexual abuse prevention education. Died at session end 2015
• SB 543 Relating to: special registration plates associated with the Wisconsin Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, childhood cancer, Whitetails Unlimited, the Boy Scouts of America, and nurses and the nursing profession, registration numbers on special registration plates, and making appropriations. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• SB 574 Relating to: model procedures for investigating reports of abuse or neglect involving children with disabilities. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• SB 597 Relating to: regulating the operation of recreational vessels carrying persons under the age of 13. Died at session end 2015
• SB 618 Relating to: the crime of child sex trafficking, the inclusion of child sex trafficking in the definition of child abuse, the investigation of a child abuse report in which a person who is not a caregiver of the child is suspected of permitting, allowing, or encouraging the child to engage in prostitution or of child sex trafficking for purposes of a commercial sex act, and providing a penalty. (FE) Became law 2015
• SB 626 Relating to: injunctions against harrassment and abuse. Died at session end 2015
• AJR 115 Relating to: congratulating First Lady Tonette Walker and the Fostering Futures Steering Committee. Passed one chamber 2015
• AB 40 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2013 legislature. (FE) Became law 2013
• SB 18 Relating to: recodification of the child abuse and neglect reporting law; making probation agents, parole agents, and certain employees, contractors, and volunteers of schools and institutions of higher education mandated reporters of child abuse and neglect; requiring training for certain mandated reporters of child abuse and neglect; definitions of physical injury and neglect for purposes of mandated reporting of child abuse and neglect; requiring child protective service agencies to notify tribal agents of reports of suspected child abuse or neglect; and granting rule-making authority. Died at session end 2013
• AB 152 Relating to: children in need of protection or services jurisdiction over, and grounds for involuntary termination of parental rights to, a child under 3 years of age whose parent had an involuntary termination of parental rights within 3 years prior to the child's birth; reasonable efforts by an agency to return a child safely home when the child has been adjudged to be in need of protection or services; requirements for further participation in an action to terminate parental rights by a man alleged to be the child's father; revising certain grounds for an involuntary termination of parental rights and certain notice exceptions for an involuntary termination of parental rights proceeding; waiver of counsel for a parent in an involuntary termination of parental rights or a contested adoption proceeding; and requiring a parent's signature on a petition for postdispositional relief or a notice of appeal of a termination of parental rights order or a child in need of protection or services or paternity adjudication. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• AB 171 Relating to: jurisdiction in matters relating to domestic abuse restraining orders and injunctions, child abuse restraining orders and injunctions, and harassment restraining orders and injunctions. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• AB 176 Relating to: temporary restraining orders and injunctions for domestic abuse, child abuse, individuals at risk, and harassment, confidential name change petitions, and ex parte orders with a judge substitution. (FE) Became law 2013
• AB 192 Relating to: the investigation of a child abuse report in which a person who is not a caregiver of the child is suspected of permitting, allowing, or encouraging the child to engage in prostitution. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• AB 265 Relating to: the statute of limitations for sexual contact with a child. Died at session end 2013
• AB 390 Relating to: parental notification for questioning pupils about criminal activity. Died at session end 2013
• AB 464 Relating to: providing notice of firearm prohibition when serving notice for certain injunction hearings and process for surrendering firearms following the granting of certain injunctions. (FE) Became law 2013
• AB 566 Relating to: minors acknowledging paternity; service of the summons and petition in a paternity action when the respondent is deceased; the form for a paternity action summons; releasing a frozen bank account of a support obligor; determining eligibility for Wisconsin Shares; notices to, and the exercise of rights by, a guardian ad litem in an unborn child in need of protection or services proceeding; requiring a diligent investigation by an agency that receives a report of child abuse or neglect if the agency cannot identify an individual who is suspected of the abuse or neglect; eliminating a voluntary foster care education program; the prohibition against a person who has committed armed robbery from showing that he or she has been rehabilitated for purposes of being licensed, certified, or contracted with to provide child care (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Children and Families). Became law 2013
• AB 626 Relating to: neglect of a child and providing penalties. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• AB 630 Relating to: elimination of a provision that excepts spiritual treatment of a child in the law criminalizing physical abuse of a child and in the laws governing the practice of medicine or surgery, the investigation of child abuse or neglect, the administration of psychotropic medication to juveniles in correctional custody, and the election of Christian Science treatment in lieu of medical or surgical treatment. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• AB 675 Relating to: evaluation of infants for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder and referral of infants who have that condition for services and treatment. (FE) Became law 2013
• AB 676 Relating to: prohibiting the disclosure of a determination that a person has abused or neglected a child for purposes of a caregiver background check when that abuse or neglect has not been substantiated. Became law 2013
• AB 754 Relating to: expanding eligibility for the earned income tax credit; hospital best practices for postpartum patients and newborns; hospital staff privileges and written agreements required for nurse-midwives; coverage of nurse-midwives under the injured patients and families compensation fund; a report on information related to hospital neonatal intensive care units; an electronic application and information system to determine eligibility and register for public assistance programs; directing the Department of Health Services to request a Medical Assistance waiver; evidence-based home visitation program services for persons who are at risk of poor birth outcomes or of abusing or neglecting their children; designating race and ethnicity on birth certificates; a report on fetal and infant mortality and birth outcomes; requiring informed consent for performance on pregnant women of certain elective procedures prior to the full gestational term of a fetus; cultural competency training for certain students enrolled in the University of Wisconsin System and the technical college system; granting rule-making authority; and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• AB 776 Relating to: child abuse investigations when a court suspects a person of permitting, allowing, or encouraging a child to engage in prostitution and consent decrees or deferred prosecution agreements for such a child. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• SB 153 Relating to: jurisdiction in matters relating to domestic abuse restraining orders and injunctions, child abuse restraining orders and injunctions, and harassment restraining orders and injunctions. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• SB 161 Relating to: temporary restraining orders and injunctions for domestic abuse, child abuse, individuals at risk, and harassment, confidential name change petitions, and ex parte orders with a judge substitution. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• SB 209 Relating to: the investigation of a child abuse report in which a person who is not a caregiver of the child is suspected of permitting, allowing, or encouraging the child to engage in prostitution. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• SB 225 Relating to: the statute of limitations for sexual contact with a child. Died at session end 2013
• SB 309 Relating to: parental notification for questioning pupils about criminal activity. Died at session end 2013
• SB 418 Relating to: minors acknowledging paternity; service of the summons and petition in a paternity action when the respondent is deceased; the form for a paternity action summons; releasing a frozen bank account of a support obligor; determining eligibility for Wisconsin Shares; notices to, and the exercise of rights by, a guardian ad litem in an unborn child in need of protection or services proceeding; requiring a diligent investigation by an agency that receives a report of child abuse or neglect if the agency cannot identify an individual who is suspected of the abuse or neglect; eliminating a voluntary foster care education program; the prohibition against a person who has committed armed robbery from showing that he or she has been rehabilitated for purposes of being licensed, certified, or contracted with to provide child care (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Children and Families). Died at session end 2013
• SB 471 Relating to: neglect of a child and providing penalties. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• SB 528 Relating to: prohibiting the disclosure of a determination that a person has abused or neglected a child for purposes of a caregiver background check when that abuse or neglect has not been substantiated. Died at session end 2013
• SB 529 Relating to: evaluation of infants for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder and referral of infants who have that condition for services and treatment. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• SB 546 Relating to: expanding eligibility for the earned income tax credit; hospital best practices for postpartum patients and newborns; hospital staff privileges and written agreements required for nurse-midwives; coverage of nurse-midwives under the injured patients and families compensation fund; a report on information related to hospital neonatal intensive care units; an electronic application and information system to determine eligibility and register for public assistance programs; directing the Department of Health Services to request a Medical Assistance waiver; evidence-based home visitation program services for persons who are at risk of poor birth outcomes or of abusing or neglecting their children; designating race and ethnicity on birth certificates; a report on fetal and infant mortality and birth outcomes; requiring informed consent for performance on pregnant women of certain elective procedures prior to the full gestational term of a fetus; cultural competency training for certain students enrolled in the University of Wisconsin System and the technical college system; granting rule-making authority; and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• SB 605 Relating to: providing notice of firearm prohibition when serving notice for certain injunction hearings and process for surrendering firearms following the granting of certain injunctions. (FE) Died at session end 2013