---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: expanding alerts for missing adults to include certain missing children. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: expanding alerts for missing adults to include certain missing children. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 981"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 981 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James", "L. Johnson", "Smith", "Testin", "Wirch"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 37
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-01-30T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-09T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e308c560-965b-4d95-af0a-9ead53fa194a"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb981"
source_hash: "96ad62e868c14cc326f436f351e31cf57fac311c0c76ca496620ee03cd114f76"
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 981 (2023) — Relating to: expanding alerts for missing adults to include certain missing children. (FE)

## 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/2023/REG/SB981)

## Votes

- Report passage recommended by Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- James — primary (person)
- L. Johnson — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Testin — primary (person)
- Wirch — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-30T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators James, L. Johnson, Smith, Wirch and Testin; cosponsored by Representatives Stubbs, Spiros, Bare, Conley, Dittrich, Gundrum, Jacobson, Joers, Maxey, Moore Omokunde, Novak, O'Connor, Ortiz-Velez, Ratcliff, Sinicki and Summerfield `introduction`
- **2024-01-30T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-31T06:00:00+00:00** Representatives Mursau, Edming, Snyder and Goeben added as cosponsors
- **2024-01-31T06:00:00+00:00** Senator Larson added as a coauthor
- **2024-02-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senators Spreitzer, Agard and Carpenter added as coauthors
- **2024-02-01T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2024-02-01T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Schraa added as a cosponsor
- **2024-02-02T06:00:00+00:00** Representative S. Johnson added as a cosponsor
- **2024-02-05T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Subeck added as a cosponsor
- **2024-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Clancy added as a cosponsor
- **2024-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2024-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2024-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Madison added as a cosponsor
- **2024-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2024-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 2-20-2024 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate `receipt`
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Made a special order of business at 10:58 AM on 2-22-2024 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 28
- **2024-02-21T06:00:00+00:00** Representative C. Anderson added as a cosponsor
- **2024-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2024-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2024-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in `receipt`
- **2024-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Shankland added as a cosponsor
- **2024-04-04T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 4-4-2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-05T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Vining added as a cosponsor
- **2024-04-09T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 4-9-2024. 2023 Wisconsin Act 272 `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-09T05:00:00+00:00** Published 4-10-2024 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e308c560-965b-4d95-af0a-9ead53fa194a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).