---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: reports of sexual abuse of children placed in out-of-home care."
description: "Relating to: reports of sexual abuse of children placed in out-of-home care."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 416"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 416 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joint Legislative Council"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 26
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-06-14T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-07T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6c3aaec4-6760-454b-8034-c4a738ead60f"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2021/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb416"
source_hash: "7a11b0032a2742bc1240b7eed34b2c4d4f0d8e0333f4c7ff52125290b3cc40ca"
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 SB 416 (2021) — Relating to: reports of sexual abuse of children placed in out-of-home care.

## 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/SB416)

## Votes

- Report passage recommended by Committee on Human Services, Children and Families, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Joint Legislative Council — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Joint Legislative Council `introduction`
- **2021-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Human Services, Children and Families `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-10-14T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2021-10-19T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2021-10-19T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Human Services, Children and Families, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-10-19T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2021-10-22T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 10-25-2021 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2021-10-25T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2021-10-25T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2021-10-25T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2021-10-25T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-10-25T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2021-10-25T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate `receipt`
- **2021-12-07T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 2-22-2022 by Committee on Rules
- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up `withdrawal`
- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in `receipt`
- **2022-02-25T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled `enrolled`
- **2022-03-03T06:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 3-3-2022 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 3-4-2022. 2021 Wisconsin Act 146 `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Published 3-5-2022 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6c3aaec4-6760-454b-8034-c4a738ead60f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).