---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: guardianships of children. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: guardianships of children. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "AB 47"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 47 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joint Legislative Council"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 37
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-02-28T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-02-28T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/90d4e479-4326-4091-881f-75cf752fe5d1"
source_url: "http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2019/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab47"
source_hash: "c0d2144e0026d3eccc8b5d48b3f9640e51e425ccbf90f479bb01c345ae96f33b"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wi"]
---

# Wisconsin AB 47 (2019) — Relating to: guardianships of children. (FE)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Assembly Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2019/REG/AB47-AA1)
2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2019/REG/AB47)

## Votes

- Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Family Law, Ayes 9, Noes 0 — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Family Law, Ayes 9, Noes 0 — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Universities, Technical Colleges, Children and Families, Ayes 6, Noes 1 — **6–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Joint Legislative Council — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Joint Legislative Council `introduction`
- **2019-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Family Law `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received
- **2019-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received
- **2019-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received
- **2019-03-20T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received
- **2019-05-21T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2019-09-04T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Steineke `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-09-10T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2019-11-06T06:00:00+00:00** Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Family Law, Ayes 9, Noes 0
- **2019-11-06T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Family Law, Ayes 9, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-11-06T06:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2019-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 11-12-2019 by Committee on Rules
- **2019-11-12T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2019-11-12T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2019-11-12T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2019-11-12T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2019-11-12T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage`
- **2019-11-12T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2019-11-12T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly
- **2019-11-22T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Universities, Technical Colleges, Children and Families `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-22T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2020-01-31T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2020-01-31T06:00:00+00:00** Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Universities, Technical Colleges, Children and Families, Ayes 6, Noes 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-01-31T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2020-02-14T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 2-19-2020 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2020-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2020-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2020-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage`
- **2020-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2020-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate concurred in
- **2020-02-25T06:00:00+00:00** LRB correction
- **2020-02-25T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 2-25-2020
- **2020-02-26T06:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 2-26-2020 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 2-28-2020. 2019 Wisconsin Act 109 `executive-signature`
- **2020-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Published 2-29-2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/90d4e479-4326-4091-881f-75cf752fe5d1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).