---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: transfer of the authority to represent the public interest in proceedings under the Children's Code."
description: "Relating to: transfer of the authority to represent the public interest in proceedings under the Children's Code."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "AB 502"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 502 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["August", "Born", "Brooks", "Dittrich", "Kerkman", "Kuglitsch", "McGuire", "Neubauer", "Ohnstad", "Plumer", "Ramthun", "Sinicki", "Skowronski", "Spiros", "Thiesfeldt", "Tusler", "Vos", "Wittke"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-10-07T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-03-04T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3132bec4-c7aa-458a-affe-8bb9f7f4412a"
source_url: "http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2019/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab502"
source_hash: "5f2324b4e0680ba9c8aa141d54b456ec24178ef2f44621d8a7abde0aa8efad73"
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 502 (2019) — Relating to: transfer of the authority to represent the public interest in proceedings under the Children's Code.

## Version chain

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

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2019/REG/AB502)

## Votes

- Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Report passage recommended by Committee on Local Government, Ayes 9, Noes 0 — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- August — primary (person)
- Born — primary (person)
- Brooks — primary (person)
- Dittrich — primary (person)
- Kerkman — primary (person)
- Kuglitsch — primary (person)
- McGuire — primary (person)
- Neubauer — primary (person)
- Ohnstad — primary (person)
- Plumer — primary (person)
- Ramthun — primary (person)
- Sinicki — primary (person)
- Skowronski — primary (person)
- Spiros — primary (person)
- Thiesfeldt — primary (person)
- Tusler — primary (person)
- Vos — primary (person)
- Wittke — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-10-07T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives Vos, Wittke, August, Kerkman, Neubauer, McGuire, Brooks, Kuglitsch, Skowronski, Spiros, Plumer, Born, Dittrich, Tusler, Ramthun, Thiesfeldt, Ohnstad and Sinicki; cosponsored by Senators Wanggaard, Craig, Nass, Wirch, Stroebel and Petrowski `introduction`
- **2019-10-07T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2019-10-16T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2019-10-29T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2019-11-06T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Local Government, 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** 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
- **2020-02-14T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-14T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2020-02-14T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0
- **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** Report correctly enrolled on 2-25-2020
- **2020-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 2-28-2020 by directive of the Speaker `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 3-3-2020. 2019 Wisconsin Act 134 `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Published 3-4-2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3132bec4-c7aa-458a-affe-8bb9f7f4412a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).