---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: the notice of an investigation of child abuse or neglect or unborn child abuse provided to appropriate authorities of the U.S. Department of Defense. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: the notice of an investigation of child abuse or neglect or unborn child abuse provided to appropriate authorities of the U.S. Department of Defense. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 259"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 259 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jacque"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-05-20T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-13T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3ef078d0-d8cc-4341-bb2d-181890ebd27e"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb259"
source_hash: "4b5ec5afb71bac1b55cbff746b346a1c3379b972f494e08e5e9295cc8b6656e8"
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 259 (2025) — Relating to: the notice of an investigation of child abuse or neglect or unborn child abuse provided to appropriate authorities of the U.S. Department of Defense. (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/2025/REG/SB259)
2. **Senate Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2025/REG/SB259-SA1)

## Votes

- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Natural Resources, Veteran and Military Affairs, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Natural Resources, Veteran and Military Affairs, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jacque — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-20T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senator Jacque; cosponsored by Representatives Brooks, Dittrich, Gundrum, Maxey, Murphy, Mursau, Snyder, Wichgers and Behnke `introduction`
- **2025-05-20T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources, Veteran and Military Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-13T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2025-07-01T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2025-07-21T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Jacque
- **2025-10-07T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2025-10-08T05:00:00+00:00** Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Natural Resources, Veteran and Military Affairs, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `amendment-passage`
- **2025-10-08T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Natural Resources, Veteran and Military Affairs, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-10-08T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2025-10-13T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 10-14-2025 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2025-10-14T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2025-10-14T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2025-10-14T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2025-10-14T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- **2025-10-14T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-10-14T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2025-10-14T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-01-07T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-08T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 1-13-2026 by Committee on Rules
- **2026-01-13T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up `withdrawal`
- **2026-01-13T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2026-01-13T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2026-01-13T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2026-01-13T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-01-13T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2026-01-14T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in `receipt`
- **2026-01-15T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 3-12-2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 3-13-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 96 `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Published 3-14-2026 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3ef078d0-d8cc-4341-bb2d-181890ebd27e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).