AB 69 — Relating to: reporting to law enforcement certain crimes and other incidents that occur in or on public school buildings and grounds, requiring certain schools to employ armed school resource officers, and allocating federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 funding to reimburse schools for costs of employing armed school resource officers. (FE)
Last action — Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
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This bill died with 2023-2024 Regular Session. It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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Bill Text
What changed in the latest version
128 added · 14 removedPlain-language change summary
The amendment to Bill AB 69 changes the timeline for schools to report incidents and hire armed school resource officers from a semester to a 5-month period during a school term. This adjustment simplifies the reporting process and aligns it more closely with the academic calendar. Additionally, some of the specific language regarding incidents that must be reported has been clarified, which helps ensure schools understand their obligations. This matters because it gives schools a clearer framework for handling safety concerns and responding to incidents effectively.
- 2024 LEGISLATURE LRBa0031/1LRB-1710/1 FFK:skwFFK:cdc ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT 1, TO ASSEMBLY BILL 69 MarchFebruary 13,27, 2023 - OfferedIntroduced by RepresentatiETTINGER.Representatives R ETTINGER, D UCHOW , PENTERMAN , BEHNKE , DONOVAN , GUNDRUM , MOSES, M URPHY and N EDWESKI , cosponsored by Senator C ABRAL-G UEVARA.
AtReferred theto locationsCommittee indicated,on amendEducation. the bill as follows:
A N A CT to create 118.07 (6) of the statutes;
relating to:
reporting to law enforcement certain crimes and other incidents that occur in or on public school buildings and grounds, requiring certain schools to employ armed school resource officers, and allocating federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 funding to reimburse schools for costs of employing armed school resource officers.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau This bill requires each public school, including a charter school, to report any incident that occurs in a school building or on school grounds to local law enforcement.
The bill provides that, if 100 or more incidents occur in and on public school buildings and grounds during a school semester, and at least 25 of those incidents result in an arrest, the school must, no later than the first day of the next school year, employ or contract for the employment of a law enforcement officer as an armed school resource officer (SRO) to work at the school.
Under the bill, “incident” is a defined term that includes violations of state and municipal disorderly conduct laws and certain crimes, including homicide, sexual assault, burglary, battery, and arson.
However, the bill provides that, for purposes of counting the number of incidents that resulted in arrest, “incident” does not include incidents related to use or possession of alcohol, cigarettes, nicotine, tobacco products, or vaping devices.
- 2024 Legislature - 2 - LRB-1710/1 FFK:cdc ASSEMBLY BILL 69 The bill also requires the Department of Public Instruction to reimburse a school board or the operator of an independent charter school that begins employing or enters into a new contract for the employment of a law enforcement officer as an armed SRO all of the following amounts:
1) 75 percent of the costs associated with the SRO for the 2023-24 school year;
2) 50 percent of the costs associated with the SRO for the 2024-25 school year;
and 3) 25 percent of the costs associated with the SRO for the 2025-26 school year.
Under the bill, the governor must allocate money received by the state under the federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 to reimburse DPI for these payments to school boards and independent charter school operators.
For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
118.07 (6) of the statutes is created to read:
118.07 (6) (a) In this subsection:
Page“Incident” 3,means lineany 5:of the following:
deletea. the material beginning with “a school" and ending with “semester" on line 6 and substitute “a 5-month period that occurs during a school term”.
An incident of homicide;
sexual assault;
burglary, robbery, or theft;
battery, substantial battery, or aggravated battery under s.
940.19;
arson;
use or possession of a controlled substance, as defined in s.
961.01 (4), or a controlled substance analog, as defined in s.
961.01 (4m);
possession of a firearm in violation of s.
948.605 (2);
disorderly conduct under s.
947.01;
or conduct that constitutes a violation of a municipal ordinance relating to disorderly conduct.
b.
An incident of use or possession of alcohol;
use or possession of a cigarette, nicotine product, or tobacco product in violation of s.
254.92 or a municipal ordinance;
or use or possession of a vaping device in violation of a municipal ordinance.
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Page“Law 3,enforcement lineofficer” 16:means an individual who is employed in this state by a public agency as a law enforcement officer and to whom s.
delete941.23 “school(1) semester"(g) and2. substitute “5-month period that occurs during a school term".
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and (2) (b) 1.
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applies.
LRB-1710/1 - 2024 Legislature - 3 - FFK:cdc SECTION 1 ASSEMBLY BILL 69 (b) Each school board and the operator of each charter school under s.
118.40 (2r) or (2x) shall report any incident that occurs in a school building or on school grounds to local law enforcement.
(c) If 100 or more incidents occur in and on the buildings and grounds of a public school, other than a charter school under s.
118.40 (2r) or (2x), during a school semester, and at least 25 of those incidents are incidents as defined in par.
(a) 1.
a.
that result in an arrest, the school board shall, no later than the first day of the next school year, employ or contract for the employment of a law enforcement officer as an armed school resource officer to work at the school.
Incidents are counted under this paragraph on a school-by-school basis, rather than at the school district level.
If a school meets the criteria under this paragraph, the school board may apply to the department for a waiver of the requirement under this paragraph.
The department may grant a waiver in the department's discretion, but the department may grant a waiver for a particular school only once.
(d) If 100 or more incidents occur in and on the buildings and grounds of a charter school under s.
118.40 (2r) or (2x) during a school semester, and at least 25 of those incidents are incidents as defined in par.
(a) 1.
a.
that result in an arrest, the operator of the charter school shall, no later than the first day of the next school year, employ or contract for the employment of a law enforcement officer as an armed school resource officer to work at the charter school.
If a charter school under s.
118.40 (2r) or (2x) meets the criteria under this paragraph, the operator of the charter school may apply to the department for a waiver of the requirement under this paragraph.
The department may grant a waiver in the department's discretion, but the department may grant a waiver for a particular charter school only once.
SECTION 2.0Nonstatutory provisions.
- 2024 Legislature - 4 - LRB-1710/1 FFK:cdc ASSEMBLY BILL 69 S ECTION 2 (1) REIMBURSEMENT FOR NEW ARMED SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER COSTS.
(a) Definitions.
In this subsection:
1.
“Department” means the department of public instruction.
2.
“Law enforcement officer” has the meaning given in s.
118.07 (6) (a) 2.
(b) Reimbursement amount.
If, after the effective date of this paragraph, a school board or the operator of a charter school under s.
118.40 (2r) or (2x) begins employing, or enters into a new contract for the employment of, a law enforcement officer as an armed school resource officer, the department shall reimburse the school board or the operator of a charter school under s.
118.40 (2r) or (2x) all of the following amounts:
1.
Seventy-five percent of the school board's or operator's costs associated with employing or contracting for the employment of the armed school resource officer described under par.
(b) for the 2023-24 school year.
2.
Fifty percent of the school board's or operator's costs associated with employing or contracting for the employment of the armed school resource officer described under par.
(b) for the 2024-25 school year.
PageTwenty-five 4,percent lineof 17:the school board's or operator's costs associated with employing or contracting for the employment of the armed school resource officer described under par.
delete(b) linesfor 17the to2025-26 19.school year.
4.(c) Federal ARPA funds.
PageOf 5,the linemoneys 5:the governor accepts from the federal government under s.
delete16.54 “semester"pursuant andto substitutesection “term".602 of the federal Social Security Act as amended by the federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, P.L.
117-2, by December 31, 2024, the governor shall allocate to the department an amount sufficient to reimburse school boards and operators of charter schools under par.
(b).
S ECTION 30Initial applicability.
LRB-1710/1 - 2024 Legislature - 5 - FFK:cdc S ECTION 3 ASSEMBLY BILL 69 (1) REPORTING INCIDENTS.
The treatment of s.
118.07 (6) (b) first applies to an incident, as defined in s.
118.07 (6) (a) 1., that occurs on the effective date of this subsection.
(2) REQUIREMENT TO EMPLOY ARMED SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS.
The treatment of s.
118.07 (6) (c) and (d) first applies to a school semester that begins after the effective date of this subsection.
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Action History
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Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
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Representative Knodl added as a coauthor
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Received from Assembly
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Ordered immediately messaged
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Read a third time and passed, Ayes 59, Noes 36
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Rules suspended
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Ordered to a third reading
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Assembly Amendment 1 adopted
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Read a second time
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Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Rettinger
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Placed on calendar 3-14-2023 by Committee on Rules
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Referred to committee on Rules
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Report passage recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 9, Noes 5
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Executive action taken
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Fiscal estimate received
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Fiscal estimate received
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Public hearing held
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Read first time and referred to Committee on Education
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Introduced by Representatives Rettinger, Duchow, Penterman, Behnke, Donovan, Gundrum, Moses, Murphy and Nedweski; cosponsored by Senator Cabral-Guevara
Sponsors
- Rettinger · Primary
- Cindi Duchow · Primary
- William Penterman · Primary
- Elijah Behnke · Primary
- Bob Donovan · Primary
- Rick Gundrum · Primary
- Clint Moses · Primary
- David Murphy · Primary
- Amanda Nedweski · Primary
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →9 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 123 not signed on · 25 voted No
Sponsors (9)
- Rettinger
- Duchow, Cindi Republican
- Penterman, William Republican
- Behnke, Elijah Republican
- Donovan, Bob Republican
- Gundrum, Rick Republican
- Moses, Clint Republican
- Murphy, David Republican
- Nedweski, Amanda Republican
Co-sponsors (0)
None.
Not signed on (123)
123 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 123 →"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Republican | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Democrat | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| Unaffiliated | 17 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 59 | 36 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 62% | 38% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (95)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| BALDEH | — | Nay |
| BINSFELD | — | Yea |
| BODDEN | — | Yea |
| CABRERA | — | Nay |
| CONLEY | — | Nay |
| CONSIDINE | — | Nay |
| EDMING | — | Yea |
| GOYKE | — | Nay |
| JOHNSON | — | Nay |
| KATSMA | — | Yea |
| MACCO | — | Yea |
| MAGNAFICI | — | Yea |
| MICHALSKI | — | Yea |
| MYERS | — | Nay |
| OHNSTAD | — | Nay |
| OLDENBURG | — | Yea |
| PETRYK | — | Yea |
| PLUMER | — | Yea |
| RETTINGER | — | Yea |
| RIEMER | — | Nay |
| ROZAR | — | Yea |
| SAPIK | — | Yea |
| SCHMIDT | — | Yea |
| SCHRAA | — | Yea |
| SCHUTT | — | Yea |
| SHANKLAND | — | Nay |
| SHELTON | — | Nay |
| SPEAKER | — | Yea |
| ANDERSON, J | — | Nay |
| Anderson, Clinton | Democrat | Nay |
| Andraca, Deb | Democrat | Nay |
| Bare, Mike | Democrat | Nay |
| Billings, Jill | Democrat | Nay |
| Clancy, Ryan | Democrat | Nay |
| Doyle, Steve | Democrat | Nay |
| Drake, Dora | Democrat | Nay |
| Emerson, Jodi | Democrat | Nay |
| Haywood, Kalan | Democrat | Nay |
| Hong, Francesca | Democrat | Nay |
| Jacobson, Jenna | Democrat | Nay |
| Joers, Alex | Democrat | Nay |
| Madison, Darrin | Democrat | Nay |
| McGuire, Tip | Democrat | Nay |
| Moore Omokunde, Supreme | Democrat | Nay |
| Neubauer, Greta | Democrat | Nay |
| Ortiz-Velez, Sylvia | Democrat | Nay |
| Palmeri, Lori | Democrat | Nay |
| Ratcliff, Melissa | Democrat | Nay |
| Sinicki, Christine | Democrat | Nay |
| Snodgrass, Lee | Democrat | Nay |
| Stubbs, Shelia | Democrat | Nay |
| Subeck, Lisa | Democrat | Nay |
| Vining, Robyn | Democrat | Nay |
| Allen, Scott | Republican | Yea |
| Armstrong, David | Republican | Yea |
| August, Tyler | Republican | Yea |
| Born, Mark | Republican | Yea |
| Brooks, Robert | Republican | Yea |
| Callahan, Calvin | Republican | Yea |
| Dallman, Alex | Republican | Yea |
| Dittrich, Barbara | Republican | Yea |
| Donovan, Bob | Republican | Yea |
| Goeben, Joy | Republican | Yea |
| Green, Chanz | Republican | Yea |
| Gundrum, Rick | Republican | Yea |
| Gustafson, Nate | Republican | Yea |
| Hurd, Karen | Republican | Yea |
| Kitchens, Joel | Republican | Yea |
| Knodl, Daniel | Republican | Yea |
| Krug, Scott | Republican | Yea |
| Kurtz, Tony | Republican | Yea |
| Maxey, Dave | Republican | Yea |
| Moses, Clint | Republican | Yea |
| Murphy, David | Republican | Yea |
| Mursau, Jeffrey | Republican | Yea |
| Nedweski, Amanda | Republican | Yea |
| Neylon, Adam | Republican | Yea |
| Novak, Todd | Republican | Yea |
| O'Connor, Jerry | Republican | Yea |
| Penterman, William | Republican | Yea |
| Petersen, Kevin | Republican | Yea |
| Pronschinske, Treig | Republican | Yea |
| Snyder, Patrick | Republican | Yea |
| Sortwell, Shae | Republican | Yea |
| Spiros, John | Republican | Yea |
| Steffen, David | Republican | Yea |
| Summerfield, Rob | Republican | Yea |
| Swearingen, Rob | Republican | Yea |
| Tittl, Paul | Republican | Yea |
| Tranel, Travis | Republican | Yea |
| Tusler, Ron | Republican | Yea |
| VanderMeer, Nancy | Republican | Yea |
| Wichgers, Chuck | Republican | Yea |
| Wittke, Robert | Republican | Yea |
| Zimmerman, Shannon | Republican | Yea |
Roll call published as PDF — view source.
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Frequently asked questions
- Who sponsors AB 69?
- AB 69 is sponsored by Rettinger, Duchow, Cindi (Republican), Penterman, William (Republican), Behnke, Elijah (Republican), Donovan, Bob (Republican), Gundrum, Rick (Republican), Moses, Clint (Republican), Murphy, David (Republican), and Nedweski, Amanda (Republican).
- What is the current status of AB 69?
- This bill died with 2023-2024 Regular Session. It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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