Wisconsin 2021-2022 Regular Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 9 R · 1 D cosponsors

AB 82 — Relating to: information about sudden cardiac arrest during youth athletic activities.

Last action — Published 3-30-2022

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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 18, 2021. Enacted.

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  • 14 sponsors

    14 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (9 R · 1 D) — cross-party backing.

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    Passed 3 recorded votes so far.

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Plain-language change summary

The legislative amendment to Assembly Bill 82 adds a requirement for the Department of Public Instruction to consult with two pediatric cardiologists when creating information about sudden cardiac arrest for youth athletes. This ensures that the guidance provided is medically sound and reflects current best practices. Additionally, the bill clarifies how and when this information should be distributed to youth athletic programs and specifies that the requirements will expire after June 30, 2032. These changes are important because they strengthen the safety measures for young athletes by ensuring they have access to reliable health information.

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- 2022 LEGISLATURE LRBa1229/1 KRP:wlj ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT 4, TO ASSEMBLY BILL 82 February 7, 2022 - Offered by RepresentatiLLEN.
- 2022 LEGISLATURE LRB-0651/1 FFK:klm ASSEMBLY BILL 82 February 18, 2021 - Introduced by Representatives A LLEN, M URSAU, GUNDRUM , KERKMAN , KNODL , LOUDENBECK , NEYLON , ROZAR, SPIROS, UBECK , WICHGERS , W ITTKE, .
At the locations indicated, amend the bill as follows:
RODRIGUEZ and V RUWINK , cosponsored by Senators D ARLING, L.
1.
TAYLOR and C OWLES.
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Referred to Committee on Education.
after “Athletic Association" insert “and at least 2 pediatric cardiologists, one of whom is employed by the Medical College of Wisconsin and one of whom is employed by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Medical School".
A N A CT to amend 119.04 (1);
2.
and to create 118.2935 of the statutes;
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relating to:
delete the material beginning with “information, including" and ending with “distributed under sub.
information about sudden cardiac arrest during youth athletic activities.
(3)," on line 6 and substitute “information”.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau This bill requires the Department of Public Instruction, in consultation with the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association, to develop information, including an information sheet that may be distributed to participants, about the nature and risk of sudden cardiac arrest in youth athletic activities.
3.
The bill specifically requires that the information developed by DPI include information about 1) the risks associated with continuing to participate in a youth athletic activity after experiencing a sudden cardiac arrest symptom;
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2) the potential risks and benefits of, and evidentiary basis for, electrocardiogram testing;
delete lines 1 to 12 and substitute:
and 3) requesting an electrocardiogram from a pupil's health care provider.
“(3m) At the beginning of a season for a youth athletic activity offered to persons who are 12 years of age or older, the person operating the youth athletic activity shall ensure that the information developed under sub.
Under the bill, a youth athletic activity is defined as an organized athletic activity in which the participants, a majority of whom are under 19 years of age, are engaged in an athletic game or competition against another team, club, or entity, or in practice or preparation for an organized athletic game or competition against another team, club, or entity.
(2) is included in the information sheet required to be distributed under s.
This is the definition in current law that applies to requirements for providing information related to the nature and risk of concussion and head injuries in youth athletic activities.
118.293 (3) (a).”.
Under the bill, at the beginning of a youth athletic activity season, an operator of the youth athletic activity must distribute a sudden cardiac arrest information sheet to each person who wishes to participate in the activity.
4.
The bill prohibits a person from participating in a youth athletic activity until the person returns the - 2022 Legislature - 2 - LRB-0651/1 FFK:klm ASSEMBLY BILL 82 information sheet signed by the person and, if the person is 18 years old or younger, the person's parent or guardian.
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However, the bill specifies that the sudden cardiac arrest information sheet must be submitted to a private or public school only once each school year and to a private club only once in the 365-day period before participating in the athletic activity rather than prior to participation in each athletic activity during the respective time period.
after that line insert:
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
“(5) This section does not apply after June 30, 2032.”.
S ECTION 1.
LRBa1229/1 - 2022 Legislature - 2 - KRP:wlj 5.
118.2935 of the statutes is created to read:
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118.2935 Sudden cardiac arrest;
delete “s.
youth athletic activities.
118.2935 (3)" and substitute “s.
(1) In this section, “youth athletic activity” has the meaning given in s.
118.2935 (3m)".
118.293 (1) (c).
(2) In consultation with the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association, the department shall develop information, including an information sheet that may be distributed under sub.
(3), for the purpose of educating athletic coaches and pupil athletes and their parents or guardians about the nature and risk of sudden cardiac arrest during youth athletic activities.
The department shall include in the information developed under this subsection at least all of the following:
(a) Information about the risks associated with continuing to participate in a youth athletic activity after experiencing one or more symptoms of sudden cardiac arrest, including fainting, difficulty breathing, chest pains, dizziness, and abnormal racing heart rate.
(b) Information about electrocardiogram testing, including the potential risks, benefits, and evidentiary basis behind electrocardiogram testing.
(c) Information about how to request, from a pupil's health care provider, the administration of an electrocardiogram, in addition to a comprehensive physical examination required to participate in a youth athletic activity, at a cost to be incurred by the pupil's parent or guardian.
LRB-0651/1 - 2022 Legislature - 3 - FFK:klm SECTION 1 ASSEMBLY BILL 82 (3) (a) At the beginning of a season for a youth athletic activity, the person operating the youth athletic activity shall distribute a sudden cardiac arrest information sheet to each person who will be coaching that youth athletic activity and to each person who wishes to participate in that youth athletic activity.
No person may participate in a youth athletic activity unless the person returns the information sheet signed by the person and, if he or she is under the age of 19, by his or her parent or guardian.
(b) 1.
Notwithstanding par.
(a), the exception provided under s.
118.293 (3) (b) 1.
applies to the requirement for a private or public school to distribute a sudden cardiac arrest information sheet and the exception provided under s.
118.293 (3) (b) 2.
applies to the requirement for a private club to distribute a sudden cardiac arrest information sheet.
(4) This section does not create any liability for, or a cause of action against, any person.
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SECTION 2.
119.04 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
119.04 (1) Subchapters IV, V and VII of ch.
115, ch.
121 and ss.
66.0235 (3) (c), 66.0603 (1m) to (3), 115.01 (1) and (2), 115.28, 115.31, 115.33, 115.34, 115.343, 115.345, 115.363, 115.364, 115.365 (3), 115.366, 115.367, 115.38 (2), 115.415, 115.445, 118.001 to 118.04, 118.045, 118.06, 118.07, 118.075, 118.076, 118.10, 118.12, 118.125 to 118.14, 118.145 (4), 118.15, 118.153, 118.16, 118.162, 118.163, 118.164, 118.18, 118.19, 118.196, 118.20, 118.223, 118.225, 118.24 (1), (2) (c) to (f), (6), (8), and (10), 118.245, 118.25, 118.255, 118.258, 118.291, 118.292, 118.293, 118.2935, 118.30 to 118.43, 118.46, 118.50, 118.51, 118.52, 118.53, 118.55, 118.56, 120.12 (2m), (4m), (5), and (15) to (27), 120.125, 120.13 (1), (2) (b) to (g), (3), (14), (17) to (19), (26), (34), (35), (37), (37m), and (38), 120.137, 120.14, 120.20, 120.21 (3), and 120.25 are applicable - 2022 Legislature - 4 - LRB-0651/1 FFK:klm ASSEMBLY BILL 82 SECTION 2 to a 1st class city school district and board but not, unless explicitly provided in this chapter or in the terms of a contract, to the commissioner or to any school transferred to an opportunity schools and partnership program.
SECTION 3.Initial applicability.
(1) The treatment of s.
118.2935 (3) first applies to a youth athletic activity season that begins on the first day of the 4th month after the effective date of this subsection.
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Action History

  1. Published 3-30-2022

  2. Report approved by the Governor on 3-29-2022. 2021 Wisconsin Act 210

  3. Presented to the Governor on 3-28-2022

  4. Report correctly enrolled on 3-10-2022

  5. Received from Senate concurred in

  6. Ordered immediately messaged

  7. Senator Carpenter added as a cosponsor

  8. Read a third time and concurred in

  9. Rules suspended

  10. Ordered to a third reading

  11. Read a second time

  12. Placed on calendar 3-8-2022 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  13. Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2

  14. Available for scheduling

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

  16. Received from Assembly

  17. Ordered immediately messaged

  18. Representative Vining added as a coauthor

  19. Read a third time and passed

  20. Rules suspended

  21. Ordered to a third reading

  22. Assembly Amendment 4 adopted

  23. Read a second time

  24. Placed on calendar 2-22-2022 by Committee on Rules

  25. Referred to committee on Rules

  26. Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 12, Noes 0

  27. Report Assembly Amendment 4 adoption recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 12, Noes 0

  28. Executive action taken

  29. Assembly Amendment 4 offered by Representative Allen

  30. Representative Kurtz added as a coauthor

  31. Assembly Amendment 3 offered by Representative Allen

  32. Representative Drake added as a coauthor

  33. Representative Steffen added as a coauthor

  34. Representative Behnke added as a coauthor

  35. Representative Tranel added as a coauthor

  36. LRB correction (Assembly Amendment 1)

  37. Representative Rozar withdrawn as a coauthor

  38. Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Wittke

  39. Representative Wittke withdrawn as a coauthor

  40. Representative Ramthun added as a coauthor

  41. Public hearing held

  42. Representative Andraca added as a coauthor

  43. Representative L. Myers added as a coauthor

  44. Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representative Allen

  45. Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Allen

  46. Representative S. Rodriguez added as a coauthor

  47. Read first time and referred to Committee on Education

  48. Introduced by Representatives Allen, Mursau, Gundrum, Kerkman, Knodl, Loudenbeck, Neylon, Rozar, Spiros, Subeck, Wichgers, Wittke, J. Rodriguez and Vruwink; cosponsored by Senators Darling, L. Taylor and Cowles

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Who sponsors AB 82?
AB 82 is sponsored by Vruwink, Wittke, Robert (Republican), Wichgers, Chuck (Republican), Subeck, Lisa (Democrat), Spiros, John (Republican), Rozar, Neylon, Adam (Republican), Loudenbeck, Knodl, Daniel (Republican), Kerkman, Gundrum, Rick (Republican), Mursau, Jeffrey (Republican), Allen, Scott (Republican), and Rodriguez, Jessie (Republican).
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