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Special Committee on Reporting of Child Abuse and Child Neglect

Chair: Sen. Alberta Darling
Vice Chair: Sen. Jennifer Shilling
Legislative Council Staff:  Anna Henning and David Moore
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Subcommittee on Recodification

The Special Committee is directed to conduct a recodification of s. 48.981, Stats., Wisconsin’s child abuse and child neglect reporting requirements to reorganize the statute in a logical manner, renumber and retitle certain subsections, consolidate related provisions, modernize language, resolve ambiguities in language, and make other necessary organizational changes. The committee shall also: recommend changes to current law regarding who is required to report suspected abuse or neglect of children and the circumstances under which such a report is mandated; and study the reporting of suspected abuse of students at institutions of higher education.


 Travel Voucher

Joint Legislative Council Report to the Legislature

  • Joint Legislative Council's Report of the Special Committee on Reporting of Child Abuse and Child Neglect JLCR 2013-05 (March 25, 2013).

  • 2013 Senate Bill 18
Results of January 16, 2013 Joint Legislative Council Meeting
Recommendation to the Joint Legislative Council (January 16, 2013) Joint Legislative Council Agenda
  • Report to the Joint Legislative Council, LCR 2013-05 Special Committee on Reporting of Child Abuse and Child Neglect (January 8, 2013).
  • WLC: 0057/1, relating to recodification of child abuse and neglect reporting law; making probation agents, parole agents, and certain employees, contractors, and volunteers of schools and institutions of higher education mandated reporters of child abuse and neglect; requiring training for certain mandated reporters of child abuse and neglect; definitions of physical injury and neglect for purposes of mandated reporting of child abuse and neglect; requiring child protective service agencies to notify tribal agents of reports of suspected child abuse or child neglect; and granting rule-making authority.
Results of the December 12, 2012 Mail Ballot
  • Results of the December 12, 2012 mail ballot (January 4, 2013).
December 12, 2012 Mail Ballot
  • WLC: 0057/1, relating to recodification of child abuse and neglect reporting law; making probation agents, parole agents, and certain employees, contractors, and volunteers of schools and institutions of higher education mandated reporters of child abuse and neglect; requiring training for certain mandated reporters of child abuse and neglect; definitions of physical injury and neglect for purposes of mandated reporting of child abuse and neglect; requiring child protective service agencies to notify tribal agents of reports of suspected child abuse or child neglect; and granting rule-making authority.
  • Mail Ballot of the Special Committee on Reporting of Child Abuse and Child Neglect (December 12, 2012).
  • Notice of mail ballot.
December 4, 2012 Meeting Notice Agenda Audio Minutes
  • WLC: 0001/2, relating to recodification of child abuse and neglect reporting law.
  • WLC: 0036/P1, relating to making probation and parole agents mandated reporters of child abuse and neglect.
  • WLC: 0037/P1, relating to requiring training for certain mandated reporters of child abuse and neglect and granting rule-making authority.
  • WLC: 0043/P1, relating to definitions of physical injury and neglect for purposes of mandated reporting of child abuse and neglect.
  • WLC: 0044/P1, relating to making certain school volunteers and school contractors mandated reporters of child abuse and neglect.
  • WLC: 0045/P1, relating to making certain employees, volunteers, and contractors of institutions of higher education mandated reporters of child abuse and neglect.
  • WLC: 0050/P1, relating to requiring child protective service agencies to notify tribal agents of reports of suspected child abuse or child neglect.
  • Memo No. 5, Technical Changes to Bill Drafts (December 4, 2012).
  • Memorandum, to Members of the Special Committee on Reporting of Child Abuse and Child Neglect, from Dan Rossmiller, Director of Government Relations, Wisconsin Association of School Boards, regarding concerns related to drafts circulated for consideration by the Special Committee at the December 4, 2012 meeting (December 3, 2012).
  • Memorandum, to Members of the Special Committee on Reporting of Child Abuse and Child Neglect, from Eloise Anderson, Wisconsin Department of Children and Families, regarding department positions on bill drafts under consideration (December 4, 2012).
  • Memorandum, to Senator Alberta Darling, Chairperson, and Legislative Council Committee on Reporting of Child Abuse and Child Neglect, from Kevin P. Reilly, President, University of Wisconsin System, regarding UW recommendations regarding mandatory reporting of child abuse and neglect (November 29, 2012).
  • Letter, to Senator Alberta Darling, Chair, Special Committee on Reporting of Child Abuse and Child Neglect, from Senator Jennifer Shilling (December 5, 2012).
October 11, 2012 Meeting Notice Agenda Audio Minutes
  • Memo No. 4, Options for Legislation (October 4, 2012).
  • Letter, to Senator Alberta Darling, Chair, and Senator Jennifer Shilling, Vice-Chair, from J.B. Van Hollen, Attorney General, Department of Justice (October 11, 2012).
  • PowerPoint Presentation, submitted by the University of Wisconsin System, Update on Efforts to Safeguard Minors at the University of Wisconsin System (October 11, 2012).
Meeting of the Subcommittee on Recodification (October 3, 2012) Notice
  • WLC: 0001/2, relating to recodification of child abuse and neglect reporting law.
September 6, 2012 Meeting
  • Memo No. 2, Options for Committee Discussion (August 29, 2012).
  • Memo No. 3, State Laws Mandating That Every Person Report Child Abuse or Child Neglect (August 29, 2012).
  • PowerPoint presentation, Reporting of Child Abuse and Neglect in Department of Children and Families/Bureau of Milwaukee Child Welfare, by Fredi-Ellen Bove, Administrator, Division of Safety and Permanence, Department of Children and Families (September 6, 2012).
  • Handout from the Department of Children and Families (September 6, 2012).
  • PowerPoint presentation, Special Committee on Reporting of Child Abuse & Neglect, by Nic Dibble, LSSW, CISW, Education Consultant, School Social Work Services, Department of Public Instruction (September 6, 2012).
  • Testimony submitted by Wendy Volz Daniels, MSW, LCSW, on behalf of the Wisconsin School Social Work Association (WSSWA) to the Special Committee on Reporting of Child Abuse and Child Neglect (September 6, 2012).
Meeting of the Subcommittee on Recodification (September 6, 2012)
  • Memorandum to Members of the Recodification Subcommittee of the Special Committee on Reporting of Child Abuse and Child Neglect, from Anna Henning (August 10, 2012).
July 12, 2012 Meeting
  • Staff Brief 2012-02, Reporting Child Abuse and Child Neglect (July 3, 2012).
  • Memo No. 1, Wisconsin Department of Children and Families (DCF) Annual Wisconsin Child Abuse and Neglect Report for Calendar Year 2010 (July 2, 2012).
    • Report, Wisconsin Child Abuse and Neglect Report, Annual Report for Calendar Year 2010 to the Governor and Legislature s. 48.981 (9), Stats., Wisconsin Department of Children and Families (January 2012).
    • Appendices to Wisconsin Child Abuse and Neglect Report, 2010 Data.
  • PowerPoint presentation, Legislative Council Study Committee Reporting of Child Abuse and Neglect, by Robert B. Williams, Director, Bureau of Safety and Well Being, Division of Safety and Permanence, Wisconsin Department of Children and Families (July 12, 2012).
  • PowerPoint presentation, Child Maltreatment Prevention in Wisconsin, by Mary Anne Snyder, Executive Director, Wisconsin Children's Trust Fund (July 12, 2012).
  • PowerPoint presentation, University of Wisconsin System's Review of Policies Related to the Reporting of Crimes Against Children, by Elizabeth Dionne, Office of Operations Review and Audit, UW System Administration (July 12, 2012).
  • Presentation by Dawn Buchholz, Supervisor, Child and Family Services, Waushara County Department of Human Services; and Suzanne Mathison, CPS Social Worker, Marathon County Department of Social Services: