Wisconsin House Bill 152 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: Failed on April 8 2014 - 100% progression
Action: 2014-04-08 - Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

An Act to renumber and amend 48.23 (2), 48.355 (2d) (c) and 938.355 (2d) (c); to amend 48.21 (5) (b) 3., 48.27 (3) (b) 2., 48.32 (1) (b) 2., 48.355 (2) (b) 6r., 48.355 (2d) (b) (intro.), 48.357 (2v) (a) 3., 48.365 (2m) (a) 2., 48.415 (2) (a) 2. b., 48.415 (2) (a) 3., 48.415 (3) (a), 48.415 (5) (a), 48.415 (8), 48.415 (9) (a), 48.415 (9) (b), 48.415 (9m) (a), 48.415 (10) (a), 48.42 (2) (b) 3., 48.42 (2m) (a), 48.423 (1), 48.427 (7), 48.46 (1), (1m) and (2), 48.977 (2) (a), 48.977 (4) (b) 3., 938.21 (5) (b) 3., 938.32 (1) (c) 2., 938.355 (2) (b) 6r., 938.355 (2d) (b) (intro.), 938.357 (2v) (a) 3. and 938.365 (2m) (a) 2.; and to create 48.13 (14), 48.23 (2) (c) and (d), 48.355 (2d) (c) 1., 48.415 (9) (c), 809.10 (1) (b) 7., 809.107 (2) (bm) 6. and 938.355 (2d) (c) 1. of the statutes; Relating to: children in need of protection or services jurisdiction over, and grounds for involuntary termination of parental rights to, a child under 3 years of age whose parent had an involuntary termination of parental rights within 3 years prior to the child's birth; reasonable efforts by an agency to return a child safely home when the child has been adjudged to be in need of protection or services; requirements for further participation in an action to terminate parental rights by a man alleged to be the child's father; revising certain grounds for an involuntary termination of parental rights and certain notice exceptions for an involuntary termination of parental rights proceeding; waiver of counsel for a parent in an involuntary termination of parental rights or a contested adoption proceeding; and requiring a parent's signature on a petition for postdispositional relief or a notice of appeal of a termination of parental rights order or a child in need of protection or services or paternity adjudication. (FE)

Children in need of protection or services jurisdiction over, and grounds for involuntary termination of parental rights to, a child under 3 years of age whose parent had an involuntary termination of parental rights within 3 years prior to the child's birth; reasonable efforts by an agency to return a child safely home when the child has been adjudged to be in need of protection or services; requirements for further participation in an action to terminate parental rights by a man alleged to be the child's father; revising certain grounds for an involuntary termination of parental rights and certain notice exceptions for an involuntary termination of parental rights proceeding; waiver of counsel for a parent in an involuntary termination of parental rights or a contested adoption proceeding; and requiring a parent's signature on a petition for postdispositional relief or a notice of appeal of a termination of parental rights order or a child in need of protection or services or paternity adjudication. (FE)

House Joint Legislative Council Committee

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-04-08	House	Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
2014-01-21	House	Fiscal estimate received
2013-07-23	House	Withdrawn from committee on Family Law and referred to committee on Children and Families pursuant to Assembly Rule 42 (3)(c)
2013-05-03	House	Fiscal estimate received
2013-04-25	House	Fiscal estimate received
2013-04-15	House	Read first time and referred to Committee on Family Law
2013-04-15	House	Introduced

Type	Source
Summary	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2013/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab152
Text	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2013/REG/AB152.pdf