Wisconsin 2023-2024 Regular Session Status: To Executive Bipartisan · 8 R · 7 D cosponsors

AB 981 — Relating to: instruction on human trafficking in licensed schools of barbering, schools of cosmetology, and specialty schools. (FE)

Last action — Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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    Enacted

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

73 added · 14 removed

Plain-language change summary

The amendment to Assembly Bill 981 removed the requirement for the Department of Safety and Professional Services and the Cosmetology Examining Board to collaborate in establishing instruction materials on human trafficking for barbering and cosmetology schools. Instead, it streamlined the bill, emphasizing that schools must directly provide instruction on the dynamics of exploitation and recognition of human trafficking, as identified by the Department of Justice. This simplification is important because it clarifies the responsibility of the schools in educating students about these critical issues without needing additional oversight or materials from other departments.

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- 2024 LEGISLATURE LRBa1295/1 JPC:cdc ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT 2, TO ASSEMBLY BILL 981 February 20, 2024 - Offered by RepresentatiTUBB.
- 2024 LEGISLATURE LRB-3999/1 JPC:amn ASSEMBLY BILL 981 January 19, 2024 - Introduced by Representatives S TUBBS, G OEBEN, BEHNKE , C ONLEY, CONSIDINE, DITTRIC, DRAKE , MERSON , GUNDRUM , HURD, KITCHENS, M ADISON, M OORE OMOKUNDE , MURPHY , O'CONNOR , OHNSTAD , PALMERI and S INICK, cosponsored by Senators .JOHNSON , AYLOR and W IRCH.
At the locations indicated, amend the bill as follows:
Referred to Committee on Jobs, Economy and Small Business Development.
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A N A CT to create 165.715, 440.62 (3) (ag) 4m., 440.62 (3) (ar) 7m., 440.62 (4) (a) 2m., 440.62 (4) (b) 2m., 440.62 (4) (c) 2m., 440.62 (5) (b) 1m.
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and 440.62 (5) (b) 2m.
delete the material beginning with “the department of safety and" and ending with “professional services," on line 4.
of the statutes;
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relating to:
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instruction on human trafficking in licensed schools of barbering, schools of cosmetology, and specialty schools.
delete lines 8 to 11 and substitute:
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau This bill requires the Department of Justice, in consultation with the Technical College System Board, the Department of Safety and Professional Services, and the Cosmetology Examining Board, to identify and establish industry specific materials for use in providing instruction to students in schools of barbering, schools of cosmetology, and specialty schools in the recognition and reporting of human trafficking.
“440.62 (5) (b) 2m.
Specialty schools are establishments that offer instruction in aesthetics, electrology, or manicuring.
Schools of barbering shall provide instruction on the dynamics of exploitation including vulnerabilities that put people at risk of being trafficked and how to recognize and report suspected human trafficking as identified by the department of justice under s.
Further, under the bill, DSPS and the Cosmetology Examining Board must require that schools of barbering, schools of cosmetology, and specialty schools provide instruction on the dynamics of exploitation including vulnerabilities that put people at risk of being trafficked and how to recognize and report suspected human trafficking as identified by DOJ under the bill.
165.715.”.
For further information see the state 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:
- 2024 Legislature - 2 - LRB-3999/1 JPC:amn ASSEMBLY BILL 981 SECTION 1 SECTION 1.
165.715 of the statutes is created to read:
165.715 Prevention of human trafficking.
The department of justice, in consultation with the technical college system board, the department of safety and professional services, and the cosmetology examining board, shall, no later than one year following the effective date of this section ....
[LRB insert date], identify and establish industry specific materials for use in providing instruction to students in schools of barbering licensed under s.
440.62 (3) (ag), schools of cosmetology licensed under s.
440.62 (3) (ar), and specialty schools licensed under s.
440.62 (4) in the recognition and reporting of human trafficking, including both sex trafficking and labor trafficking.
SECTION 2.
440.62 (3) (ag) 4m.
of the statutes is created to read:
440.62 (3) (ag) 4m.
Satisfies the requirements for schools of barbering established under sub.
(5) (b) 2m.
SECTION 3.
440.62 (3) (ar) 7m.
of the statutes is created to read:
440.62 (3) (ar) 7m.
Satisfies the requirements for schools of cosmetology established under sub.
(5) (b) 1m.
SECTION 4.
440.62 (4) (a) 2m.
of the statutes is created to read:
440.62 (4) (a) 2m.
Satisfies the requirements for specialty schools established under sub.
(5) (b) 1m.
SECTION 5.
440.62 (4) (b) 2m.
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of the statutes is created to read:
440.62 (4) (b) 2m.
Satisfies the requirements for specialty schools established under sub.
(5) (b) 1m.
SECTION 6.
440.62 (4) (c) 2m.
of the statutes is created to read:
440.62 (4) (c) 2m.
Satisfies the requirements for specialty schools established under sub.
(5) (b) 1m.
LRB-3999/1 - 2024 Legislature - 3 - JPC:amn SECTION 7 ASSEMBLY BILL 981 SECTION 7.
440.62 (5) (b) 1m.
of the statutes is created to read:
440.62 (5) (b) 1m.
The cosmetology examining board shall require that schools of cosmetology and specialty schools provide instruction on the dynamics of exploitation including vulnerabilities that put people at risk of being trafficked and how to recognize and report suspected human trafficking as identified by the department of justice under s.
165.715.
SECTION 8.
440.62 (5) (b) 2m.
of the statutes is created to read:
440.62 (5) (b) 2m.
The department shall require that schools of barbering provide instruction on the dynamics of exploitation including vulnerabilities that put people at risk of being trafficked and how to recognize and report suspected human trafficking as identified by the department of justice under s.
165.715.
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Action History

  1. Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

  2. Available for scheduling

  3. Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization

  4. Received from Assembly

  5. Ordered immediately messaged

  6. Read a third time and passed

  7. Rules suspended

  8. Ordered to a third reading

  9. Assembly Amendment 2 adopted

  10. Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representative Stubbs

  11. Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 withdrawn and returned to author

  12. Read a second time

  13. Representative C. Anderson added as a coauthor

  14. Placed on calendar 2-15-2024 by Committee on Rules

  15. Fiscal estimate received

  16. Referred to committee on Rules

  17. Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Jobs, Economy and Small Business Development, Ayes 10, Noes 1

  18. Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Jobs, Economy and Small Business Development, Ayes 10, Noes 1

  19. Executive action taken

  20. Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Stubbs and Goeben

  21. Public hearing held

  22. Senator Larson added as a cosponsor

  23. LRB correction (Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Amendment 1)

  24. Representative Brandtjen added as a coauthor

  25. Fiscal estimate received

  26. Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Stubbs and Goeben

  27. Representative Binsfeld added as a coauthor

  28. Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Stubbs and Goeben

  29. Read first time and referred to Committee on Jobs, Economy and Small Business Development

  30. Introduced by Representatives Stubbs, Goeben, Behnke, Conley, Considine, Dittrich, Drake, Emerson, Gundrum, Hurd, Kitchens, Madison, Moore Omokunde, Murphy, O'Connor, Ohnstad, Palmeri and Sinicki; cosponsored by Senators L. Johnson, Taylor and Wirch

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors AB 981?
AB 981 is sponsored by Stubbs, Shelia (Democrat), Goeben, Joy (Republican), Behnke, Elijah (Republican), Conley, Considine, Dittrich, Barbara (Republican), Drake, Dora (Democrat), Emerson, Jodi (Democrat), Gundrum, Rick (Republican), Hurd, Karen (Republican), Kitchens, Joel (Republican), Madison, Darrin (Democrat), Moore Omokunde, Supreme (Democrat), Murphy, David (Republican), O'Connor, Jerry (Republican), Ohnstad, Palmeri, Lori (Democrat), and Sinicki, Christine (Democrat).
What is the current status of AB 981?
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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