republic-os/legislation/us/states/wi/2019/ab-644.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: creating a school-based mental health consultation pilot program and making an appropriation. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: creating a school-based mental health consultation pilot program and making an appropriation. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "AB 644"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 644 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dittrich", "Krug", "Murphy", "Mursau", "Plumer", "Rohrkaste", "Skowronski", "Steineke", "Stuck", "Tittl", "Tusler", "Zimmerman"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 39
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2019-12-03T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-03-02T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6da297f0-091b-4eea-b085-51d567f33cf5"
source_url: "http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2019/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab644"
source_hash: "e41e66fea87cb73d14dfff575cb6c384c1035a83aecc1d85eb98bca07fd4d612"
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 644 (2019) — Relating to: creating a school-based mental health consultation pilot program and making an appropriation. (FE)

## Version chain

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

1. **Assembly Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2019/REG/AB644-AA1)
2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2019/REG/AB644)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Assembly Amendment 2 laid on table, Ayes 63, Noes 35 — **63–35** (pass) · lower
- Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0 — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Report passage as amended recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0 — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Report passage recommended by Committee on Mental Health, Ayes 11, Noes 0 — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCURRENCE — **31–2** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Amendment 3 laid on table, Ayes 62, Noes 36 — **62–36** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dittrich — primary (person)
- Krug — primary (person)
- Murphy — primary (person)
- Mursau — primary (person)
- Plumer — primary (person)
- Rohrkaste — primary (person)
- Skowronski — primary (person)
- Steineke — primary (person)
- Stuck — primary (person)
- Tittl — primary (person)
- Tusler — primary (person)
- Zimmerman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-12-03T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives Steineke, Rohrkaste, Zimmerman, Tittl, Murphy, Dittrich, Krug, Plumer, Tusler, Mursau, Stuck and Skowronski; cosponsored by Senators Darling, Roth, Olsen and Carpenter `introduction`
- **2019-12-03T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Mental Health `referral-committee`
- **2019-12-17T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2019-12-30T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received
- **2020-01-06T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Brostoff added as a coauthor
- **2020-01-08T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2020-01-15T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Mental Health, Ayes 11, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-01-15T06:00:00+00:00** Referred to joint committee on Finance
- **2020-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2020-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Joint Committee on Finance `amendment-introduction`
- **2020-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0
- **2020-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 1-21-2020 by Committee on Rules
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representatives Pope, Considine, Hintz, Hesselbein, Spreitzer, Doyle, Stubbs, Fields, Ohnstad, Billings, Kolste, B. Meyers, Sinicki, Vining, Riemer, Goyke, Neubauer, Cabrera, Emerson, Brostoff, McGuire, Vruwink, Subeck, C. Taylor and Sargent `amendment-introduction`
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 2 laid on table, Ayes 63, Noes 35 `amendment-deferral`
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 3 offered by Representatives Considine, Pope, Hintz, Hesselbein, Spreitzer, Doyle, Stubbs, Vining, Riemer, Goyke, Neubauer, Cabrera, Emerson, Brostoff, McGuire, Vruwink, Subeck, C. Taylor and Sargent `amendment-introduction`
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 3 laid on table, Ayes 62, Noes 36 `amendment-deferral`
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed, Ayes 98, Noes 0 `passage`
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2020-01-22T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly
- **2020-02-14T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-14T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2020-02-14T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0
- **2020-02-14T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 2-19-2020 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2020-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2020-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2020-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 31, Noes 2 `passage`
- **2020-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2020-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate concurred in
- **2020-02-25T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 2-25-2020
- **2020-02-25T06:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 2-25-2020 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-02T06:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 3-2-2020. 2019 Wisconsin Act 117 `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-02T06:00:00+00:00** Published 3-3-2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6da297f0-091b-4eea-b085-51d567f33cf5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).