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Some Family Issue Bills of Interest of the 2009-2010 Session

To research any of these bills, click on the bill number.  This will take you to the history of the bill where you can read the bill or look at other information about the bill by clicking on the highlighted portion of the history.  Click on the SEN VOTE and ASSM VOTE following individual bills to see the vote on that particular bill.  This is page 1 of some of the currently listed bills.   Updated 5/18/2010.
2009-2010 REGUALR SESSION FAMILY ISSUE BILLS
AB 54  Requirements for ordering maintenance
AB 135 & SB 106 Allowing an individual income tax deduction for certain amounts contributed by a divorced or legally
                 separated parent to his or her child's college savings account or college tuition and expenses program and limiting
                 the deduction that may be claimed by a married person who files separately
AB 164  Notice of intent to remove a child from the home of a relative and review of decisions or orders involving the
               placement and care of a child placed in the home of a relative
ASSM VOICE  SEN VOICE  WI ACT 81
AB 231  The time within which a complaint may be filed or a civil action may be brought alleging a violation of the family
               and medical leave law and the procedures governing an appeal of a determination of the Department of Workforce
               Development under that law
AB 296 & SB 210 Children and their families who are involved in two or more systems of care and making an appropriation
                     
AB 296  ASSM VOICE  SEN VOTE 28-5  WI ACT 334
AB 298 & SB 212 Requiring notice to relatives when a child is taken into custody and disclosure of information to relatives
               for the purpose of facilitating a relationship or placement
AB 359 Creating a refundable individual income tax credit for certain married couples
AB 428 & SB 299 Public disclosure of certain information when child abuse or neglect results in death or serious injury or
                involves aggravated circumstances or when a child in an out-of-home placement commits suicide or is sexually
                abused by a caregiver

AB 485 & SB 346 Required judicial findings and orders when a child is placed outside the home, termination of parental
               rights warnings, mandatory child abuse or neglect reporters, the confidentiality of social services records, changing
               from day care to child care the term used to describe care and supervision for children for less than 24 hours a day,
               and renumbering the definition of neglect
AB 485 ASSM VOICE  SEN VOICE  WI ACT 185
AB 486 & SB 347 Requiring consultation with a child in determining and reviewing his or her permanency plan; requiring
               agencies, in making reasonable efforts to place a child in a permanent placement, to include efforts to place the child
               outside this state; requiring juvenile courts to take certain actions to expedite the interstate placement of children;
               requiring juvenile courts to give a child's out-of-home care provider the right to be heard in proceedings involving
               the child; requiring notice to relatives when a child is removed from the home; requiring reasonable efforts to place
               siblings together or to provide for visitation between siblings; requiring agencies to assist children in developing a
               plan for transition to independent living; requiring health care providers to report cases of infants with controlled
               substances in their bodily fluids to the agency responsible for investigating suspected child abuse or neglect;
               authorizing circuit court commissioners to conduct permanency plan reviews and hearings; specifying certain
               placements for purposes of calculating how long a child has been placed outside the home for purposes of filing a
               termination of parental rights petition; and permitting disclosure of information to a relative of a child for purposes
               of facilitating placement of the child with the relative or to a public or private agency in this state or any other state
               for purposes of investigating a proposed foster or adoptive placement 
SB 347 SEN VOICE  ASSM VOICE
AB 541 Substitute address for a victim of domestic abuse
AB 590 Elimination of an exception for 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, the election of Christian Science
              treatment in lieu of medical or surgical treatment, and providing a penalty

AB 676
& SB 325 Notification to a parent before chaperoning a sex offender SB 325 SEN VOICE
AB 722 & SB 501 Disclosure of the identity of a foster parent or treatment foster parent of a child; the rights of a foster
              parent, treatment foster parent, or other physical custodian of a child on removal of the child from the person's home;
              and placement of a child for adoption with a foster parent, treatment foster parent, or other physical custodian of the
              child
AB 732 The age at which a person who is alleged to have violated a criminal law, a civil law, or a municipal ordinance is
              subject to circuit court or municipal court jurisdiction rather than juvenile court jurisdiction; creating a community
              youth and family aids surcharge; authorizing the Department of Corrections to set the youth aids daily rates for care
              of a juvenile in a juvenile correctional facility or a treatment facility; providing an exemption from rule-making
              procedures; and making an appropriation
AB 822 & SB 568 Extended juvenile court jurisdiction for certain foster youth under the age of 21 years
AB 823 & SB 569 Training for foster parents AB 823 ASSM VOICE  SEN VOICE   WI ACT 336 
AB 824 & SB 570 Creating expectations for foster children and foster parents and requiring the exercise of rule-making
               authority
AB 825 & SB 571 Creating a family policy board and requiring counties to provide prevention resources
AB 886 & SB 654 Participation of minor parents in Wisconsin Shares and granting rule-making authority

SB 27
Requiring health insurance coverage of hearing aids and cochlear implants for persons under 18 years of age
                   
SEN VOICE   ASSM 80-16   WI ACT 14
SB 30 & AB 106  Underage persons possessing, consuming, or being provided alcohol beverages on licensed premises when
              accompanied by a parent, guardian, or spouse
SB 70 & AB 118  Coverage of dependents under health care plans
SB 122 & AB 164 Notice of intent to remove a child from the home of a relative and review of decisions or orders involving
               the placement and care of a child placed in the home of a relative
SB 140 & AB 214 Posttermination of parental rights contact between a child and a birth relative of the child and disclosure of
              the report of an investigation of the home of a proposed adoptive parent on the request of the proposed adoptive
              parent
SB 196 The time within which a complaint may be filed or a civil action may be brought alleging a violation of the family
             medical leave law and the procedures governing an appeal of a determination of the Dept of Workforce Development
             under that law

SB 210 & AB 296 Children and their families who are involved in two or more systems of care and making an appropriation
                             
AB 296  ASSM VOICE  SEN VOTE 28-5  WI ACT 334
SB 212 & AB 298 Requiring notice to relatives when a child is taken into custody and disclosure of information to relatives
             for the purpose of facilitating a relationship or placement
SB 299 & AB 428 Public disclosure of certain information when child abuse or neglect results in death or serious injury or
               involves aggravated circumstances or when a child in an out-of-home placement commits suicide or is sexually
               abused by a caregiver

SB 325
& AB 676 Notification to a parent before chaperoning a sex offender SB 325 SEN VOICE
SB 346  Required judicial findings and orders when a child is placed outside the home, termination of parental rights
              warnings, mandatory child abuse or neglect reporters, the confidentiality of social services records, changing from
              day care to child care the term used to describe care and supervision for children for less than 24 hours a day, and
              renumbering the definition of neglect
SEN VOICE
SB 347 & AB 486 Requiring consultation with a child in determining and reviewing his or her permanency plan; requiring
              agencies, in making reasonable efforts to place a child in a permanent placement, to include efforts to place the child
              outside this state; requiring juvenile courts to take certain actions to expedite the interstate placement of children;
              requiring juvenile courts to give a child's out-of-home care provider the right to be heard in proceedings involving
              the child; requiring notice to relatives when a child is removed from the home; requiring reasonable efforts to place
              siblings together or to provide for visitation between siblings; requiring agencies to assist children in developing a
              plan for transition to independent living; requiring health care providers to report cases of infants with controlled
              substances in their bodily fluids to the agency responsible for investigating suspected child abuse or neglect;
              authorizing circuit court commissioners to conduct permanency plan reviews and hearings; specifying certain
              placements for purposes of calculating how long a child has been placed outside the home for purposes of filing a
              termination of parental rights petition; and permitting disclosure of information to a relative of a child for purposes
              of facilitating placement of the child with the relative or to a public or private agency in this state or any other state
              for purposes of investigating a proposed foster or adoptive placement 
                             
SB 347 SEN VOICE ASSM VOICE WI ACT 79
SB 361 The monthly rates that are paid for foster care; the levels of care that a foster home may provide; licensing of kinship
              care relatives to operate foster homes and, subject to certain exceptions, time limits on the receipt of kinship care
              payments; and licensing of foster homes across county lines
SEN VOICE  ASSM VOICE
SB 384  Defense to criminal prosecutions for parent or guardian for using spiritual treatment in lieu of medical
               treatment on a child and the election of Christian Science treatment for a child in lieu of medical or surgical
               treatment for the cure of disease
SB 411 Disclosure of adoption records for purposes of determining the availability of a placement for a child with an
             adoptive parent or proposed adoptive parent of a sibling of the child
SB 433 Child in need of protection or services jurisdiction over a child based on another child from the child's home being
              placed outside the home under a juvenile court order and involuntary termination of parental rights on the grounds of
              three or more prior voluntary or involuntary terminations of parental rights
SB 464 temporary restraining orders and injunctions  SEN VOICE  ASSM VOICE  WI ACT 262
SB 501
& AB 722 Disclosure of the identity of a foster parent or treatment foster parent of a child; the rights of a foster
              parent, treatment foster parent, or other physical custodian of a child on removal of the child from the person's home;
              and placement of a child for adoption with a foster parent, treatment foster parent, or other physical custodian of the
              child
SB 544 Equalizing physical placement to the highest degree, requiring the court to state the reasons for ordering sole legal
             custody or not equalizing physical placement, and standards for modifying legal custody or physical placement
SB 568 & AB 822 Extended juvenile court jurisdiction for certain foster youth under the age of 21 years
SB 569 & AB 823 Training for foster parents  AB 823 ASSM VOICE  SEN VOICE   WI ACT 336
SB 570 & AB 824 Creating expectations for foster children and foster parents and requiring the exercise of rule-making
              authority
SB 571 & AB 825 Creating a family policy board and requiring counties to provide prevention resources
SB 654 & AB 886 Participation of minor parents in Wisconsin Shares and granting rule-making authority

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