---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: immunity from liability resulting from good faith actions under the child abuse and neglect reporting law."
description: "Relating to: immunity from liability resulting from good faith actions under the child abuse and neglect reporting law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "AB 142"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 142 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Armstrong", "Baldeh", "Billings", "Dittrich", "Emerson", "Gundrum", "Hebl", "Moses", "Ortiz-Velez", "Ramthun", "Rozar", "S. Rodriguez", "Skowronski", "Snyder", "Spiros", "Spreitzer", "Stubbs", "Subeck", "Tauchen", "Vruwink"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 27
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-05T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-05-21T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dc67f196-5ad3-4d36-b9d6-7d506cff8af8"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2021/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab142"
source_hash: "0515bec6c866a1a81856f4360db4aed3719e2b0a286b38a1321f5043fbb542f3"
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 142 (2021) — Relating to: immunity from liability resulting from good faith actions under the child abuse and neglect reporting law.

## Version chain

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

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2021/REG/AB142)

## Votes

- Report passage recommended by Committee on Children and Families, Ayes 12, Noes 0 — **12–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Armstrong — primary (person)
- Baldeh — primary (person)
- Billings — primary (person)
- Dittrich — primary (person)
- Emerson — primary (person)
- Gundrum — primary (person)
- Hebl — primary (person)
- Moses — primary (person)
- Ortiz-Velez — primary (person)
- Ramthun — primary (person)
- Rozar — primary (person)
- S. Rodriguez — primary (person)
- Skowronski — primary (person)
- Snyder — primary (person)
- Spiros — primary (person)
- Spreitzer — primary (person)
- Stubbs — primary (person)
- Subeck — primary (person)
- Tauchen — primary (person)
- Vruwink — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-05T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives Rozar, Snyder, Armstrong, Baldeh, Billings, Dittrich, Emerson, Gundrum, Hebl, Moses, Ortiz-Velez, Ramthun, S. Rodriguez, Spiros, Spreitzer, Stubbs, Subeck, Tauchen, Vruwink and Skowronski; cosponsored by Senators Darling, Johnson, Ballweg, Carpenter, Felzkowski, Jacque, Larson, L. Taylor and Wanggaard `introduction`
- **2021-03-05T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Children and Families `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Bowen added as a coauthor
- **2021-03-24T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2021-03-31T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2021-05-06T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Children and Families, Ayes 12, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-06T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-06T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 5-11-2021 by Committee on Rules
- **2021-05-11T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-11T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2021-05-11T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2021-05-11T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-11T05:00:00+00:00** Representative L. Myers added as a coauthor
- **2021-05-11T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2021-05-11T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly `receipt`
- **2021-05-11T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-11T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from committee on Senate Organization and take up
- **2021-05-11T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-11T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2021-05-11T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2021-05-11T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 30, Noes 3 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-11T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2021-05-11T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate concurred in `receipt`
- **2021-05-14T05:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 5-14-2021 `enrolled`
- **2021-05-20T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 5-20-2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-21T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 5-21-2021. 2021 Wisconsin Act 41 `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-21T05:00:00+00:00** Published 5-22-2021 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dc67f196-5ad3-4d36-b9d6-7d506cff8af8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).