Subjects

Children — Protection and services

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

• AB 50 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AB 70 Relating to: a disclaimer of parental rights and payments allowed in connection with an adoption. Died at session end 2025
• SB 45 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE) Became law 2025
• SB 79 Relating to: a disclaimer of parental rights and payments allowed in connection with an adoption. 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 328 Relating to: providing permanency plan and comments to out-of-home care providers in advance of a permanency plan review or hearing. (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 491 Relating to: video monitoring or recording in residential care centers for children and youth, group homes, and shelter care facilities. Died at session end 2025
• AB 519 Relating to: the appointment of a guardian ad litem in a proceeding to grant reasonable visitation rights to a nonparent. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AB 834 Relating to: courtroom supports for and sealing the identifying information of child victims and child witnesses of human trafficking crimes. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AB 897 Relating to: elimination of a jury trial in a child in need of protection or services (CHIPS) proceeding and substitution of judge in a proceeding for the termination of parental rights. Died at session end 2025
• AB 903 Relating to: termination of parental rights under the safe haven law. (FE) Vetoed 2025
• AJR 34 Relating to: honoring the 50th anniversary of the child support program. 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 313 Relating to: providing permanency plan and comments to out-of-home care providers in advance of a permanency plan review or hearing. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SB 432 Relating to: mandatory reporting requirements and referring cases of threatened or suspected child abuse to law enforcement. (FE) Vetoed 2025
• SB 485 Relating to: video monitoring or recording in residential care centers for children and youth, group homes, and shelter care facilities. Became law 2025
• SB 522 Relating to: the appointment of a guardian ad litem in a proceeding to grant reasonable visitation rights to a nonparent. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SB 864 Relating to: courtroom supports for and sealing the identifying information of child victims and child witnesses of human trafficking crimes. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SB 886 Relating to: elimination of a jury trial in a child in need of protection or services (CHIPS) proceeding and substitution of judge in a proceeding for the termination of parental rights. Died at session end 2025
• SB 893 Relating to: termination of parental rights under the safe haven law. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SB 990 Relating to: the state or federal benefits of a child in out-of-home care. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SJR 34 Relating to: honoring the 50th anniversary of the child support program. Passed one chamber 2025
• AB 1053 Relating to: the state or federal benefits of a child in out-of-home care. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AB 1127 Relating to: coverage of speech therapies as a treatment for stuttering under health insurance policies and plans and the Medical Assistance program and providing speech therapy to a child in need of protection or services. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AB 1196 Relating to: authorizing a respite care provider home to be a runaway home. Died at session end 2025
• AB 1233 Relating to: notifying a child welfare agency and a parent, guardian, and legal custodian of the presence of a child in a runaway home. Died at session end 2025
• AB 43 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2023 legislature. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• AB 83 Relating to: providing permanency plan and comments to out-of-home care providers in advance of a permanency plan review or hearing. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• SB 70 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2023 legislature. (FE) Became law 2023
• SB 80 Relating to: a disclaimer of parental rights and payments allowed in connection with an adoption. Died at session end 2023
• SB 81 Relating to: providing permanency plan and comments to out-of-home care providers in advance of a permanency plan review or hearing. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• AB 107 Relating to: a disclaimer of parental rights and payments allowed in connection with an adoption. Died at session end 2023
• AB 600 Relating to: housing and homelessness; emergency rental assistance program; indigent civil legal services; workforce development; community action agencies; poverty reports; mental health; economic security; reimbursement for nonemergency medical transportation services; urban mass transit aid; lead exposure and abatement services; lead service line replacement; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; granting rule-making authority; and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• AB 794 Relating to: harboring or transporting a child runaway without the consent of the child's parent or guardian and providing a penalty. Died at session end 2023
• SB 557 Relating to: housing and homelessness; emergency rental assistance program; indigent civil legal services; workforce development; community action agencies; poverty reports; mental health; economic security; reimbursement for nonemergency medical transportation services; urban mass transit aid; lead exposure and abatement services; lead service line replacement; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; granting rule-making authority; and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• SB 749 Relating to: harboring or transporting a child runaway without the consent of the child's parent or guardian and providing a penalty. Died at session end 2023
• SB 914 Relating to: video monitoring or recording in psychiatric residential treatment facilities, residential care centers for children and youth, group homes, and shelter care facilities and granting rule-making authority. Died at session end 2023
• SB 949 Relating to: courtroom supports for and sealing the identifying information of child victims and child witnesses of human trafficking crimes. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• AB 1002 Relating to: video monitoring or recording in psychiatric residential treatment facilities, residential care centers for children and youth, group homes, and shelter care facilities and granting rule-making authority. Died at session end 2023
• AB 1052 Relating to: courtroom supports for and sealing the identifying information of child victims and child witnesses of human trafficking crimes. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• AB 1142 Relating to: University of Wisconsin System and technical college tuition remissions for and grants to support foster care and other out-of-home care placement students and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• SB 1046 Relating to: University of Wisconsin System and technical college tuition remissions for and grants to support foster care and other out-of-home care placement students and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• AB 26 Relating to: prohibiting the out-of-home placement of a child with a person with a record of a crime against a child. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AB 68 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2021 legislature. (FE) Became law 2021
• SB 24 Relating to: prohibiting the out-of-home placement of a child with a person with a record of a crime against a child. (FE) Became law 2021
• SB 29 Relating to: a disclaimer of parental rights and payments allowed in connection with an adoption. Died at session end 2021
• AB 138 Relating to: a disclaimer of parental rights and payments allowed in connection with an adoption. Died at session end 2021
• AB 143 Relating to: qualified residential treatment programs and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Became law 2021
• AB 197 Relating to: pre-adoption training formats. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AB 284 Relating to: notifying a child welfare agency and a parent, guardian, and legal custodian of the presence of a child in a runaway home. Died at session end 2021
• AB 323 Relating to: mandatory parenting classes. Died at session end 2021
• AB 418 Relating to: the appointment of a guardian ad litem in a proceeding to grant reasonable visitation rights to a nonparent. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AB 502 Relating to: access to an original impounded birth record. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AB 503 Relating to: subsidized guardianship payments. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AB 577 Relating to: access to a deceased adoptee's original birth certificate and information about birth parents by an adult child of the adoptee. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AB 626 Relating to: grounds for finding a child in need of protection or services or for terminating parental rights. Died at session end 2021
• AB 627 Relating to: terminating parental rights based on the parent's incarceration. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AB 628 Relating to: elimination of a jury trial in a proceeding under the Children's Code. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AB 629 Relating to: postadoption contact agreements. Died at session end 2021
• AB 630 Relating to: termination of parental rights by motion in CHIPS proceeding. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AB 632 Relating to: duty to participate in an appeal of an order terminating parental rights. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AB 651 Relating to: allowing a parent to change a minor child's name when the other parent is convicted of certain homicide or sex offenses. Died at session end 2021
• AB 978 Relating to: scholarships for sibling connections and making an appropriation. (FE) 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 161 Relating to: qualified residential treatment programs and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• SB 256 Relating to: providing permanency plan and comments to out-of-home care providers in advance of a permanency plan review or hearing. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• SB 294 Relating to: pre-adoption training formats. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• SB 331 Relating to: notifying a child welfare agency and a parent, guardian, and legal custodian of the presence of a child in a runaway home. Died at session end 2021
• SB 333 Relating to: mandatory parenting classes. Died at session end 2021
• SB 414 Relating to: the appointment of a guardian ad litem in a proceeding to grant reasonable visitation rights to a nonparent. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• SB 464 Relating to: adopting gender-neutral terminology and incorporating gender-neutral marriage and parentage rights. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• SB 483 Relating to: access to an original impounded birth record. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• SB 491 Relating to: subsidized guardianship payments. (FE) Became law 2021
• SB 524 Relating to: access to a deceased adoptee's original birth certificate and information about birth parents by an adult child of the adoptee. (FE) Became law 2021
• SB 595 Relating to: terminating parental rights based on the parent's incarceration. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• SB 599 Relating to: elimination of a jury trial in a proceeding under the Children's Code. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• SB 601 Relating to: duty to participate in an appeal of an order terminating parental rights. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• SB 627 Relating to: allowing a parent to change a minor child's name when the other parent is convicted of certain homicide or sex offenses. Became law 2021
• SB 686 Relating to: postadoption contact agreements. Died at session end 2021
• SB 879 Relating to: scholarships for sibling connections and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AB 1085 Relating to: rescission of adoption by a stepparent and restoration of parental rights. Died at session end 2021
• AB 1088 Relating to: University of Wisconsin System and technical college tuition remissions for and grants to support foster care and other out-of-home care placement students and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AB 1094 Relating to: Department of Children and Families license continuation process for certain accredited entities. Died at session end 2021
• AB 1145 Relating to: housing and homelessness; rental assistance program; indigent civil legal services; workforce development; community action agencies; poverty reports; mental health; economic security; reimbursement for nonemergency medical transportation services; urban mass transit aid; lead exposure and abatement services; lead service line replacement; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; granting rule-making authority; and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• SB 1045 Relating to: housing and homelessness; rental assistance program; indigent civil legal services; workforce development; community action agencies; poverty reports; mental health; economic security; reimbursement for nonemergency medical transportation services; urban mass transit aid; lead exposure and abatement services; lead service line replacement; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; granting rule-making authority; and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AB 47 Relating to: guardianships of children. (FE) Became law 2019
• AB 52 Relating to: a minor contracting for admission to a shelter facility or transitional living program. Became law 2019
• AB 56 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2019 legislature. Became law 2019
• SB 59 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2019 legislature. Died at session end 2019
• SB 61 Relating to: a minor contracting for admission to a shelter facility or transitional living program. Died at session end 2019
• AB 209 Relating to: mandatory parenting classes. Died at session end 2019
• AB 263 Relating to: termination of parental rights; the rights of alleged fathers in certain proceedings; and payments allowed in connection with an adoption. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• AB 337 Relating to: marriage between persons of the same sex and extending parentage rights to married couples of the same sex. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• AB 386 Relating to: attempted homicide of a parent as a ground for involuntary termination of parental rights and evidence necessary to support homicide or attempted homicide of a parent as a ground for involuntary termination of parental rights. Died at session end 2019
• AB 508 Relating to: housing and homelessness; workforce development; community action agencies; poverty reports; mental health; public assistance advisory committee; economic security; adverse childhood experiences reports; creating a nonrefundable individual income tax credit for household and dependent care services; reimbursement for nonemergency medical transportation services; urban mass transit aid; and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• AB 559 Relating to: grounds for finding a child in need of protection or services or for terminating parental rights, right to a jury trial in a termination of parental rights proceeding, and permanency plan reviews. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• AB 560 Relating to: termination of parental rights if a child has been placed outside the home for 15 of the last 22 months. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• AB 561 Relating to: postadoption contact agreements. Died at session end 2019
• AB 562 Relating to: the rights of a foster parent or other physical custodian of a child on removal of the child from the person's home. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• AB 565 Relating to: placement of a child with a relative under the Children's Code or the Juvenile Justice Code. Died at session end 2019
• AB 566 Relating to: the procedure in a CHIPS or JIPS proceeding for an involuntary termination of parental rights. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• AB 625 Relating to: searching for a biological sibling who has been adopted, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• AB 643 Relating to: qualified residential treatment programs, providing an exemption from rule-making procedures, and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• AB 656 Relating to: the Wisconsin Adoption and Permanency Support program and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• AB 657 Relating to: scholarships for sibling connections and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• AB 658 Relating to: adoption of children in foster care and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• AB 659 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 2019
• AB 777 Relating to: the appointment of a guardian ad litem in a proceeding to grant reasonable visitation rights to a nonparent. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• AB 778 Relating to: prohibiting the out-of-home placement of a child with a person with a record of a crime against a child. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• AB 848 Relating to: the exception to the requirement to give notice of a termination of parental rights proceeding to an alleged father based on sexual assault. Died at session end 2019
• AB 926 Relating to: notifying a child welfare agency and a parent, guardian, and legal custodian of the presence of a child in a runaway home. Died at session end 2019
• AB 983 Relating to: notification of a juvenile's parent, guardian, legal custodian, or Indian custodian prior to a custodial interrogation of the juvenile. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• AB 986 Relating to: legal representation for an adult expectant mother of an unborn child who is alleged to be in need of protection or services. Died at session end 2019
• SB 191 Relating to: creating a nonrefundable individual income tax credit for certain adoption expenses and modifying eligibility for the adoption expenses tax deduction. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• SB 232 Relating to: termination of parental rights; the rights of alleged fathers in certain proceedings; and payments allowed in connection with an adoption. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• SB 250 Relating to: mandatory parenting classes. Died at session end 2019
• SB 352 Relating to: attempted homicide of a parent as a ground for involuntary termination of parental rights and evidence necessary to support homicide or attempted homicide of a parent as a ground for involuntary termination of parental rights. Died at session end 2019
• SB 467 Relating to: housing and homelessness; workforce development; community action agencies; poverty reports; mental health; public assistance advisory committee; economic security; adverse childhood experiences reports; creating a nonrefundable individual income tax credit for household and dependent care services; reimbursement for nonemergency medical transportation services; urban mass transit aid; and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• SB 532 Relating to: the rights of a foster parent or other physical custodian of a child on removal of the child from the person's home. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• SB 534 Relating to: postadoption contact agreements. Died at session end 2019
• SB 548 Relating to: placement of a child with a relative under the Children's Code or the Juvenile Justice Code. Died at session end 2019
• SB 566 Relating to: marriage between persons of the same sex and extending parentage rights to married couples of the same sex. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• SB 609 Relating to: qualified residential treatment programs, providing an exemption from rule-making procedures, and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• SB 634 Relating to: the exception to the requirement to give notice of a termination of parental rights proceeding to an alleged father based on sexual assault. Died at session end 2019
• SB 694 Relating to: the appointment of a guardian ad litem in a proceeding to grant reasonable visitation rights to a nonparent. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• SB 695 Relating to: searching for a biological sibling who has been adopted, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• SB 727 Relating to: a motion to terminate parental rights. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• SB 728 Relating to: termination of parental rights if a child has been placed outside the home for 15 of the last 22 months. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• SB 729 Relating to: grounds for finding a child in need of protection or services or for terminating parental rights, right to a jury trial in a termination of parental rights proceeding, and permanency plan reviews. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• SB 730 Relating to: prohibiting the out-of-home placement of a child with a person with a record of a crime against a child. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• SB 832 Relating to: notifying a child welfare agency and a parent, guardian, and legal custodian of the presence of a child in a runaway home. 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
• SB 30 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2017 legislature. Died at session end 2017
• AB 113 Relating to: the collection and sharing of information regarding an Indian child relinquished under the safe haven law and restoration of physical custody of an Indian child less than 11 days of age to a parent. Died at session end 2017
• AB 290 Relating to: the authority for counties to enter into contracts to perform child protective services functions. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• AB 486 Relating to: patronization of a child and providing a criminal penalty. Died at session end 2017
• AB 634 Relating to: administrative subpoenas for the investigation of human trafficking crimes and Internet crimes against children. Died at session end 2017
• AB 775 Relating to: the showing of a substantial likelihood that a parent will not meet the conditions established for the safe return of the child to the home in a termination of parental rights proceeding. Became law 2017
• AB 776 Relating to: foster home licensing. (FE) 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 778 Relating to: appellate procedure in proceedings related to termination of parental rights. Became law 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 781 Relating to: defining dental care for the purpose of consenting for services for a child in out-of-home care. 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 783 Relating to: a committee to study and make recommendations on the caseloads of child welfare workers. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• AB 784 Relating to: a parent's right to counsel in a child in need of protection or services proceeding, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (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 825 Relating to: battery of an officer of the court and providing a criminal penalty. Became law 2017
• AB 940 Relating to: mandatory parenting classes. 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
• SB 226 Relating to: the authority for counties to enter into contracts to perform child protective services functions. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• SB 396 Relating to: patronization of a child and providing a criminal penalty. Became law 2017
• SB 541 Relating to: administrative subpoenas for the investigation of human trafficking crimes and Internet crimes against children. Became law 2017
• SB 652 Relating to: the showing of a substantial likelihood that a parent will not meet the conditions established for the safe return of the child to the home in a termination of parental rights proceeding. Died at session end 2017
• SB 653 Relating to: foster home licensing. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• SB 654 Relating to: appellate procedure in proceedings related to termination of parental rights. 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 656 Relating to: a committee to study and make recommendations on the caseloads of child welfare workers. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• SB 657 Relating to: a parent's right to counsel in a child in need of protection or services proceeding, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• SB 673 Relating to: defining dental care for the purpose of consenting for services for a child in out-of-home care. 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 694 Relating to: battery of an officer of the court and providing a criminal penalty. Died at session end 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 757 Relating to: attempted homicide of a parent as a ground for involuntary termination of parental rights and evidence necessary to support homicide or attempted homicide of a parent as a ground for involuntary termination of parental rights. 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 878 Relating to: definition of serious child sex offender for purposes of placing a sexually violent person on supervised release. Died at session end 2017
• AB 1027 Relating to: definition of serious child sex offender for purposes of placing a sexually violent person on supervised release. Died at session end 2017
• AB 21 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2015 legislature. Died at session end 2015
• AB 40 Relating to: preadoption preparation requirements and referrals to postadoption resource centers. Became law 2015
• AB 41 Relating to: readoption of a child adopted by a resident of this state under an order of a court of a foreign jurisdiction. (FE) Became law 2015
• AB 42 Relating to: including a statement as to whether a child has been adopted in a petition for a proceeding under the Children's Code or Juvenile Justice Code, in a petition for guardianship of a minor, in an informal disposition under the Children's Code or the Juvenile Justice Code, or in a voluntary out-of-home care agreement under the Children's Code, and requiring an annual report to the governor and the legislature on children who enter out-of-home care after they have been adopted or placed under a guardianship. (FE) Became law 2015
• SB 21 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2015 legislature. Became law 2015
• AB 193 Relating to: the notification of relatives when a child is removed from the custody of the child's parent and placement of a child with a parent of a sibling of the child who has custody of the sibling. 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 284 Relating to: causing or threatening bodily harm to certain child welfare and juvenile justice workers, and providing a criminal penalty. (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 385 Relating to: amending various rules promulgated by the Department of Children and Families governing the certification of child care operators, governing the licensing of child welfare agencies, and establishing standards for the operation of child care centers; and eliminating rules promulgated by the Department of Children and Families related to retaining public assistance case records. 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 407 Relating to: appointment of a successor guardian for a child in need of protection or services and eligibility of a successor guardian for subsidized guardianship payments, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• AB 513 Relating to: access by a birth parent whose parental rights have been terminated in this state to identifying information about his or her child and access to medical and genetic information about such a birth parent. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• AB 514 Relating to: procedures for changing the placement of a child who is subject to a temporary physical custody order or termination of parental rights order of the juvenile court, procedures for amending a consent decree of the juvenile court, emergency change-in-placement procedures for a child who is placed in his or her own home under a dispositional order of the juvenile court, venue in post-dispositional proceedings under the Children's Code and Juvenile Justice Code, procedures for requesting and objecting to a proposed change in placement of a child and for changing the placement of a child when no objection is filed, the appointment of a successor guardian for a child who is subject to a termination of parental rights order of the juvenile court, case closure orders with respect to a child whose dispositional order is terminated, and the effective period of a temporary physical custody order of the juvenile court. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• AB 528 Relating to: the disclaimer of parental rights by a birth parent and his or her appearance in court. Died at session end 2015
• AB 574 Relating to: the disclosure of electronic juvenile court records to a county department of human services or social services for purposes of providing intake and depositional services. (FE) Became law 2015
• AB 630 Relating to: capturing and distributing a representation of a nude child and providing a criminal penalty. Became law 2015
• AB 650 Relating to: contact preference forms for birth parents whose parental rights have been terminated in this state; access by such a birth parent to identifying information about his or her child or an offspring of that child; access to medical and genetic information about such a birth parent; and access by an adult adoptee or an adult born to a surrogate mother to his or her original birth certificate. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• AB 666 Relating to: administrative subpoena for investigating Internet crimes against children, creating an Internet crimes against children surcharge, and making an appropriation. (FE) 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 677 Relating to: appointing a guardian ad litem in certain cases where a paternity action is barred by a statute of limitations (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Children and Families). Died at session end 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 745 Relating to: notification of a local law enforcement agency and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children when a child over whom the Department of Children and Families, the Department of Corrections, a county department of human services or social services, or a licensed child welfare agency has placement, care, or supervision responsibility is missing and granting rule-making authority. Became law 2015
• AB 749 Relating to: surplus retention limitations for providers of rate-based services purchased by the Department of Children and Families, the Department of Corrections, the Department of Health Services, or a county department of human services, social services, community programs, or developmental disabilities services. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• AB 816 Relating to: marriage between persons of the same sex and extending parentage rights to married couples of the same sex. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• AB 877 Relating to: notice to an alleged father's parents and siblings of a juvenile court proceeding concerning a child in need of protection or services. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• AB 926 Relating to: creating a surcharge to be paid by persons convicted of certain crimes against children and certain crimes against sexual morality to fund services relating to crimes against children, and making an appropriation. (FE) 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
• SB 141 Relating to: the notification of relatives when a child is removed from the custody of the child's parent and placement of a child with a parent of a sibling of the child who has custody of the sibling. Died at session end 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 204 Relating to: causing or threatening bodily harm to certain child welfare and juvenile justice workers, and providing a criminal penalty. (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 304 Relating to: amending various rules promulgated by the Department of Children and Families governing the certification of child care operators, governing the licensing of child welfare agencies, and establishing standards for the operation of child care centers; and eliminating rules promulgated by the Department of Children and Families related to retaining public assistance case records. Became law 2015
• SB 308 Relating to: appointment of a successor guardian for a child in need of protection or services and eligibility of a successor guardian for subsidized guardianship payments, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Became law 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 323 Relating to: granting victims of certain crimes the right to be accompanied by a victim advocate. (FE) Became law 2015
• SB 386 Relating to: access by a birth parent whose parental rights have been terminated in this state to identifying information about his or her child and access to medical and genetic information about such a birth parent. (FE) Became law 2015
• SB 387 Relating to: procedures for changing the placement of a child who is subject to a temporary physical custody order or termination of parental rights order of the juvenile court, procedures for amending a consent decree of the juvenile court, emergency change-in-placement procedures for a child who is placed in his or her own home under a dispositional order of the juvenile court, venue in post-dispositional proceedings under the Children's Code and Juvenile Justice Code, procedures for requesting and objecting to a proposed change in placement of a child and for changing the placement of a child when no objection is filed, the appointment of a successor guardian for a child who is subject to a termination of parental rights order of the juvenile court, case closure orders with respect to a child whose dispositional order is terminated, and the effective period of a temporary physical custody order of the juvenile court. (FE) Became law 2015
• SB 426 Relating to: the disclosure of electronic juvenile court records to a county department of human services or social services for purposes of providing intake and depositional services. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• SB 546 Relating to: administrative subpoena for investigating Internet crimes against children, creating an Internet crimes against children surcharge, and making an appropriation. (FE) Became law 2015
• SB 552 Relating to: appointing a guardian ad litem in certain cases where a paternity action is barred by a statute of limitations (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Children and Families). 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 614 Relating to: capturing and distributing a representation of a nude child and providing a criminal penalty. Died at session end 2015
• SB 617 Relating to: surplus retention limitations for providers of rate-based services purchased by the Department of Children and Families, the Department of Corrections, the Department of Health Services, or a county department of human services, social services, community programs, or developmental disabilities services. (FE) 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 652 Relating to: notice to an alleged father's parents and siblings of a juvenile court proceeding concerning a child in need of protection or services. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• AB 1011 Relating to: extended out-of-home care to 21 years of age for persons who are completing secondary education, enrolled in postsecondary or vocational education, participating in an employment program or activity, employed at least part-time, or incapable of doing any of those activities due to a medical condition, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from rule-making procedures, and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• AB 1012 Relating to: the right of a parent to have counsel in a proceeding for a child alleged to be in need of protection or services; the power of the juvenile court to appoint counsel in such a proceeding; granting rule-making authority; and making appropriations. (FE) Died at session end 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 150 Relating to: posttermination of parental rights contact between a child and a birth relative of the child; disclosure of the name and address of an out-of-home placement of a child; sharing of home study reports with another agency; elimination of home studies for certain proposed adoptive parents; disclosure of the name and last-known address of a proposed adoptive parent of a child to an agency that is determining the availability of an adoptive placement for a sibling of the child; providing full faith and credit to a tribal court proceeding for a suspension of parental rights or an adoption under tribal law or custom; and jurisdiction over and venue for an adoption petition. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• AB 151 Relating to: the right of a parent to have counsel in a proceeding for a child alleged to be in need of protection or services; the power of the juvenile court to appoint counsel in such a proceeding; and elimination of the right to a jury trial in such a proceeding or in a proceeding for termination of parental rights; granting rule-making authority; and making appropriations. (FE) 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 204 Relating to: granting victims of certain offenses a right to be accompanied by a victim advocate. Died at session end 2013
• AB 212 Relating to: seizure of property used in the crime of child enticement. 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 312 Relating to: providing services to children on the waiting list for the Children's Long-term Support waiver programs and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• AB 390 Relating to: parental notification for questioning pupils about criminal activity. Died at session end 2013
• AB 458 Relating to: mental health benefits and reimbursement for mental health services under the Medical Assistance program. (FE) Became law 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 581 Relating to: advertising related to adoption or other permanent physical placements of a child, delegation of parental power regarding the care and custody of a child for more than one year, unauthorized interstate placements of children, requesting a study of adoption disruption and dissolution, and providing penalties. (FE) Became law 2013
• AB 599 Relating to: rule-making procedures and modifying and repealing various administrative rules promulgated by the Department of Public Instruction. Died at session end 2013
• AB 620 Relating to: human trafficking, human trafficking victims, property forfeitures, rights of victims, admitting evidence of past actions, definitions of certain offenses, and providing penalties. (FE) Became law 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 664 Relating to: waiver of a parent's right to counsel in a contested adoption or an involuntary termination of parental rights proceeding for failure to personally appear as ordered by the juvenile court. Died at session end 2013
• AB 674 Relating to: placement of a child in a shelter care facility under a voluntary agreement. (FE) Became law 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 677 Relating to: rule-making procedures; amending various rules promulgated by the Department of Children and Families governing the certification of child care operators, governing the licensing of child welfare agencies, and establishing standards for the operation of child care centers; and eliminating rules promulgated by the Department of Children and Families related to retaining public assistance case records and the transitional jobs demonstration project. Died at session end 2013
• AB 741 Relating to: the requirement that a Wisconsin works agency establish a children's services network and the membership of the Milwaukee Child Welfare Partnership Council. 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 860 Relating to: legal representation for an adult expectant mother of an unborn child who is alleged to be in need of protection or services. 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 226 Relating to: seizure of property used in the crime of child enticement. Became law 2013
• SB 309 Relating to: parental notification for questioning pupils about criminal activity. Died at session end 2013
• SB 354 Relating to: granting victims of certain offenses a right to be accompanied by a victim advocate. Died at session end 2013
• SB 410 Relating to: mental health benefits and reimbursement for mental health services under the Medical Assistance program. (FE) 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 461 Relating to: advertising related to adoption or other permanent physical placements of a child, delegation of parental power regarding the care and custody of a child for more than one year, unauthorized interstate placements of children, requesting a study of adoption disruption and dissolution, and providing penalties. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• SB 468 Relating to: rule-making procedures and modifying and repealing various administrative rules promulgated by the Department of Public Instruction. Died at session end 2013
• SB 481 Relating to: prohibiting sexual orientation change efforts on minors and providing a penalty. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• SB 492 Relating to: human trafficking, human trafficking victims, property forfeitures, rights of victims, admitting evidence of past actions, definitions of certain offenses, and providing penalties. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• SB 504 Relating to: waiver of a parent's right to counsel in a contested adoption or an involuntary termination of parental rights proceeding for failure to personally appear as ordered by the juvenile court. Became law 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 532 Relating to: placement of a child in a shelter care facility under a voluntary agreement. (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 551 Relating to: the requirement that a Wisconsin works agency establish a children's services network and the membership of the Milwaukee Child Welfare Partnership Council. 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