---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: parental notification of alleged sexual misconduct by a school staff member. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: parental notification of alleged sexual misconduct by a school staff member. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "AB 74"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 74 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Jacobson", "Behnke", "Brill", "Dittrich", "Franklin", "Kaufert", "Knodl", "Kreibich", "Melotik", "Murphy", "Mursau", "O'Connor", "Steffen", "Tittl", "Wichgers"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 38
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-28T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-12-10T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e02c90b1-cd86-4a85-97c9-0af92b3d705c"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab74"
source_hash: "9ab5456bd3d3b27618e4adca236488f4105a154de767ebed46d8a5f83e1815fa"
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 74 (2025) — Relating to: parental notification of alleged sexual misconduct by a school staff member. (FE)

## Version chain

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

1. **Assembly Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2025/REG/AB74-AA1-AA1)
2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/AB74)

## Votes

- Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 12, Noes 3 — **12–3** (pass) · lower
- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 13, Noes 2 — **13–2** (pass) · lower
- Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- B. Jacobson — primary (person)
- Behnke — primary (person)
- Brill — primary (person)
- Dittrich — primary (person)
- Franklin — primary (person)
- Kaufert — primary (person)
- Knodl — primary (person)
- Kreibich — primary (person)
- Melotik — primary (person)
- Murphy — primary (person)
- Mursau — primary (person)
- O'Connor — primary (person)
- Steffen — primary (person)
- Tittl — primary (person)
- Wichgers — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives Franklin, Behnke, Brill, Dittrich, B. Jacobson, Knodl, Kreibich, Melotik, Murphy, Mursau, O'Connor, Steffen, Tittl, Wichgers and Kaufert; cosponsored by Senators Tomczyk and Nass `introduction`
- **2025-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2025-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Franklin
- **2025-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2025-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 12, Noes 3 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 13, Noes 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to calendar of 3-13-2025 pursuant to Assembly Rule 45 (1) `referral`
- **2025-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Prado added as a coauthor
- **2025-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2025-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Miresse added as a coauthor
- **2025-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Stubbs added as a coauthor
- **2025-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2025-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Franklin and Spiros
- **2025-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2025-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2025-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly `receipt`
- **2025-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Brooks added as a coauthor
- **2025-10-08T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2025-11-12T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2025-11-12T06:00:00+00:00** Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-11-12T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2025-11-14T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 11-18-2025 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2025-11-18T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2025-11-18T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2025-11-18T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- **2025-11-18T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-11-18T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2025-11-19T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate concurred in `receipt`
- **2025-11-19T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 11-19-2025 `enrolled`
- **2025-12-04T06:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 12-4-2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-12-10T06:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 12-9-2025. 2025 Wisconsin Act 57 `executive-signature`
- **2025-12-10T06:00:00+00:00** Published 12-10-2025 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e02c90b1-cd86-4a85-97c9-0af92b3d705c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).