republic-os/legislation/us/states/wi/2023/ab-576.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: public safety peer counseling and privilege for peer support and critical incident stress management services communications and granting rule-making authority. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: public safety peer counseling and privilege for peer support and critical incident stress management services communications and granting rule-making authority. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "AB 576"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 576 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dittrich", "Donovan", "Kitchens", "Michalski", "O'Connor", "Snyder", "Wichgers"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 43
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-10-30T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-03-28T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a9045d7e-6079-4eb9-ac2c-66a04e3ea8e9"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab576"
source_hash: "ee88076cbc6c846fad1c6f2798a950d7eb7f11e7db591cd3e6689f59cf8dbd34"
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 576 (2023) — Relating to: public safety peer counseling and privilege for peer support and critical incident stress management services communications and granting rule-making authority. (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/2023/REG/AB576-AA1)
2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2023/REG/AB576)

## Votes

- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Mental Health and Substance Abuse Prevention, Ayes 11, Noes 1 — **11–1** (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 concurrence recommended by Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Mental Health and Substance Abuse Prevention, Ayes 11, Noes 1 — **11–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dittrich — primary (person)
- Donovan — primary (person)
- Kitchens — primary (person)
- Michalski — primary (person)
- O'Connor — primary (person)
- Snyder — primary (person)
- Wichgers — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-10-30T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives Kitchens, Dittrich, Donovan, Michalski, O'Connor, Snyder and Wichgers; cosponsored by Senators James, Ballweg and Jacque `introduction`
- **2023-10-30T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Mental Health and Substance Abuse Prevention `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-11-01T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2023-11-01T05:00:00+00:00** Senators Nass and Felzkowski added as cosponsors
- **2023-11-02T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Goeben added as a coauthor
- **2023-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2023-11-08T06:00:00+00:00** LRB correction
- **2023-11-09T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Kitchens
- **2023-11-09T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2023-11-09T06:00:00+00:00** Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Mental Health and Substance Abuse Prevention, Ayes 11, Noes 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-11-09T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Mental Health and Substance Abuse Prevention, Ayes 11, Noes 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-11-09T06:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-11-09T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 11-14-2023 by Committee on Rules
- **2023-11-13T06:00:00+00:00** Representatives Nedweski, C. Anderson, Gustafson, Schutt, Rettinger, Ohnstad, McGuire and Palmeri added as coauthors
- **2023-11-14T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2023-11-14T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2023-11-14T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2023-11-14T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2023-11-14T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-11-14T06:00:00+00:00** Representatives Cabrera, Subeck and Krug added as coauthors
- **2023-11-14T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2023-11-15T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly `receipt`
- **2023-11-21T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families `referral-committee`
- **2023-11-29T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2023-12-13T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Jacobson added as a coauthor
- **2023-12-13T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2023-12-14T06:00:00+00:00** Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-12-14T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2024-01-05T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Ratcliff added as a coauthor
- **2024-01-12T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0
- **2024-01-12T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 1-16-2024 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Senators Carpenter and Hesselbein added as cosponsors
- **2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- **2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate concurred in `receipt`
- **2024-01-18T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 1-18-2024 `enrolled`
- **2024-01-18T06:00:00+00:00** LRB correction
- **2024-03-21T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 3-21-2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 3-27-2024. 2023 Wisconsin Act 220 `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Published 3-28-2024 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a9045d7e-6079-4eb9-ac2c-66a04e3ea8e9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).