- 2020 LEGISLATURE LRBa0700/1LRB-4178/1 ARG&KRP:amnKRP&ARG:amn ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT 1, TO ASSEMBLY BILL 531 October 28,14, 2019 - OfferedIntroduced by RepresentatTAFSHOLT.RepresentativeTAFSHOLT, B.MEYERS , ALLWEG , C ABRERA, DOYLE , DUCHOW , EDMING , FELZKOWSKI , JAMES, KNODL , KURTZ , LOUDENBECK , MAGNAFICI, M ILRO, M URSAU , NEUBAUER , OLDENBURG , O TT, PETERSEN , PETRYK, PLUMER , RONSCHINSKE , RAMTHUN , RIEMER, RODRIGUEZ , R OHRKASTE, SANFELIPPO, CHRAA , SPIRO, C.T AYLOR, ITTL, TRANEL, VINING, V RUWINK, WICHGERS, WITTKEand ZIMMERMAN , cosponsored by SenatorsLSEN , B ERNIER, ARPENTER , .T AYLORand S CHACHTNER .

AtReferred theto locationsCommittee indicated,on amendEducation. the bill as follows:

A N A CT to renumber and amend 118.169;

and to create 39.54, 118.169 (title) and 118.169 (2) of the statutes;

relating to:

requiring that student identification cards include contact information for suicide prevention hotlines.

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau This bill provides that, if a school board, operator of an independent charter school, or governing body of a private school, or an institution of higher education (college), issues identification cards to, respectively, pupils or college students, the school board, operator, or governing body, or the college, shall include on the identification card certain contact information for suicide prevention and crisis support hotlines.

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:

S ECTION 1.

39.54 of the statutes is created to read:

39.54 Information on student identification cards.

(1) D EFINITION.In this section, “institution of higher education" has the meaning given in s.

39.53 (1).

- 2020 Legislature - 2 - LRB-4178/1 KRP&ARG:amn ASSEMBLY BILL 531 S ECTION 1 (2) SUICIDE PREVENTION INFORMATION ON IDENTIFICATION CARDS.

(a) If an institution of higher education issues identification cards to students, the institution of higher education shall include on each identification card issued to a student the telephone number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline or, if the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline ceases operations, another national network of local crisis centers that provides free and confidential emotional support to individuals in suicidal crisis or emotional distress 24 hours a day and 7 days a week.

The institution of higher education may also include on the identification card any of the following information:

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4.(a) on student identification cards by printing the information on, or by affixing a sticker that contains the information to, the identification cards.

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118.169 (title) Pupil identification.

S ECTION 3.

118.169 of the statutes is renumbered 118.169 (1) and amended to read:

118.169 (1) PUPIL IDENTIFICATIODENTIFICATION NUMBERS.

A school board, and the governing body of a private school, may assign to each pupil enrolled in the school LRB-4178/1 - 2020 Legislature - 3 - KRP&ARG:amn SECTION 3 ASSEMBLY BILL 531 district or private school a unique identification number.

The school board or governing body shall may not assign to any pupil an identification number that is identical to or incorporates the pupil's social security numberThis section subsection does not prohibit a school board or governing body from requiring a pupil to disclose his or her pupil's social security number, nor from using a student's pupil's social security number if such the use is required by a federal or state agency or private organization in order for the school district or private school to participate in a particular program.

S ECTION 4.

118.169 (2) of the statutes is created to read:

118.169 (2) IDENTIFICATION CARDS.(a) If a school board, operator of a charter school under s.

118.40 (2r) or (2x), or governing body of a private school issues identification cards to pupils, the school board, operator, or governing body shall include on each identification card issued to a pupil the telephone number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline or, if the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline ceases operations, another national network of local crisis centers that provides free and confidential emotional support to individuals in suicidal crisis or emotional distress 24 hours a day and 7 days a week.

The school board, operator, or governing body may also include on the identification card any of the following information:

1.

A statement that the text-based emotional support service of the Center for Suicide Awareness, Inc., may be accessed by texting HOPELINE to 741741 or, if applicable, by specifying any successor method.

2.