---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: fire, tornado, and school safety drills for public and private schools."
description: "Relating to: fire, tornado, and school safety drills for public and private schools."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "AB 54"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 54 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ballweg", "Born", "C. Taylor", "Dittrich", "Jagler", "Mursau", "Novak", "Plumer", "Pronschinske", "Ramthun", "Rohrkaste", "Skowronski", "Spiros", "Thiesfeldt", "Vruwink"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-28T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-11-21T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5063c4bc-bb32-4b36-97ce-16162092da6b"
source_url: "http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2019/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab54"
source_hash: "f7181a7c122ce6f03152603f2598880dce05c900727d4e16470c38e21a0dc2fd"
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 54 (2019) — Relating to: fire, tornado, and school safety drills for public and private schools.

## 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/AB54)

## Votes

- Report passage recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 15, Noes 0 — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 9, Noes 0 — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ballweg — primary (person)
- Born — primary (person)
- C. Taylor — primary (person)
- Dittrich — primary (person)
- Jagler — primary (person)
- Mursau — primary (person)
- Novak — primary (person)
- Plumer — primary (person)
- Pronschinske — primary (person)
- Ramthun — primary (person)
- Rohrkaste — primary (person)
- Skowronski — primary (person)
- Spiros — primary (person)
- Thiesfeldt — primary (person)
- Vruwink — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives Born, Jagler, Plumer, Ballweg, Dittrich, Mursau, Novak, Pronschinske, Ramthun, Rohrkaste, Skowronski, Spiros, C. Taylor, Thiesfeldt and Vruwink; cosponsored by Senators Olsen, Bernier, Darling, Marklein, Kooyenga and L. Taylor `introduction`
- **2019-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-04T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2019-04-18T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2019-04-29T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 15, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-29T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-13T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 6-18-2019 by Committee on Rules
- **2019-06-18T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2019-06-18T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2019-06-18T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2019-06-18T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage`
- **2019-06-18T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2019-06-18T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly
- **2019-06-24T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-08-13T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2019-09-17T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2019-09-17T05:00:00+00:00** Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 9, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-09-17T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2019-10-04T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 10-8-2019 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2019-10-08T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2019-10-08T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2019-10-08T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2019-10-08T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage`
- **2019-10-08T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2019-10-08T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate concurred in
- **2019-10-11T05:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 10-11-2019
- **2019-11-15T06:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 11-15-2019 by directive of the Speaker `executive-receipt`
- **2019-11-21T06:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 11-21-2019. 2019 Wisconsin Act 39 `executive-signature`
- **2019-11-21T06:00:00+00:00** Published 11-22-2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5063c4bc-bb32-4b36-97ce-16162092da6b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).