ASSEMBLY SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT 1,
TO ASSEMBLY BILL 3
March 21, 2018 - Offered by Representative Rodriguez.
AB3-ASA1,1,4 1An Act to amend 51.17 (2), 118.07 (5), 118.126 (1) (c), 118.126 (2), 904.085 (4)
2(d), 905.045 (4) and 905.06 (4); and to create 146.816 (2) (b) 5., 175.32 and
3905.04 (4) (em) of the statutes; relating to: mandatory reporting of threats of
4violence in a school and providing a criminal penalty.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB3-ASA1,1 5Section 1 . 51.17 (2) of the statutes, as created by 2017 Wisconsin Act 140, is
6amended to read:
AB3-ASA1,1,117 51.17 (2) Authorization. Any health care provider, as permitted by s. 146.816
8(2) (b) 4. or 5., and any law enforcement officer may make a disclosure of information
9evidencing that an individual poses a substantial probability of serious bodily harm
10to any other person in a good faith effort to prevent or lessen a serious and imminent
11threat to the health or safety of a person or the public.
AB3-ASA1,2
1Section 2. 118.07 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB3-ASA1,2,92 118.07 (5) Each school board shall require every employee of the school district
3governed by the school board to receive training provided by the department in
4identifying children who have been abused or neglected and, in the laws and
5procedures under s. 48.981 governing the reporting of suspected or threatened child
6abuse and neglect, and in the laws under s. 175.32 governing the reporting of a threat
7of violence
. A school district employee shall receive that training within the first 6
8months after commencing employment with the school district and at least once
9every 5 years after that initial training.
AB3-ASA1,3 10Section 3 . 118.126 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB3-ASA1,2,1211 118.126 (1) (c) The information is required to be reported under s. 48.981 or
12175.32
.
AB3-ASA1,4 13Section 4 . 118.126 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB3-ASA1,2,1914 118.126 (2) A school psychologist, counselor, social worker, or nurse, or any
15teacher or administrator designated by the school board who engages in alcohol or
16drug abuse program activities, who in good faith discloses or fails to disclose
17information under sub. (1) is immune from civil liability for such acts or omissions.
18This subsection does not apply to information required to be reported under s. 48.981
19or 175.32.
AB3-ASA1,5 20Section 5 . 146.816 (2) (b) 5. of the statutes is created to read:
AB3-ASA1,2,2421 146.816 (2) (b) 5. For purposes of disclosing under s. 175.32 any threat made
22by a patient regarding violence in or targeted at a school in a good faith effort to
23prevent or lessen a serious and imminent threat to the health or safety of a student
24or school employee or the public.
AB3-ASA1,6 25Section 6 . 175.32 of the statutes is created to read:
AB3-ASA1,3,1
1175.32 School violence. (1) In this section:
AB3-ASA1,3,32 (a) “Law enforcement agency" has the meaning given in s. 165.77 (1) (b) and
3includes a tribal law enforcement agency, as defined in s. 165.83 (1) (e).
AB3-ASA1,3,44 (b) “Member of the clergy” has the meaning given in s. 48.981 (1) (cx).
AB3-ASA1,3,55 (c) “School” means a public, private, or tribal elementary or secondary school.
AB3-ASA1,3,10 6(2) (a) Any person listed under s. 48.981 (2) (a) shall report as provided in sub.
7(3) if the person believes in good faith, based on a threat made by an individual seen
8in the course of professional duties regarding violence in or targeted at a school, that
9there is a serious and imminent threat to the health or safety of a student or school
10employee or the public.
AB3-ASA1,3,1511 (b) A court-appointed special advocate under s. 48.236 shall report as provided
12under sub. (3) if he or she believes in good faith, based on a threat made by a child
13seen in the course of activities under s. 48.236 (3) regarding violence in or targeted
14at a school, that there is a serious and imminent threat to the health or safety of a
15student or school employee or the public.
AB3-ASA1,3,2016 (c) 1. Except as provided in subd. 2., a member of the clergy shall report as
17provided in sub. (3) if the member of the clergy believes in good faith, based on a
18threat of violence made by an individual seen in the course of professional duties,
19that there is a serious and imminent threat to the health or safety of a person or the
20public.
AB3-ASA1,4,221 2. A member of the clergy is not required to report a threat of violence that he
22or she receives solely through confidential communications made to him or her
23privately or in a confessional setting if he or she is authorized to hear or is
24accustomed to hearing such communications and, under the disciplines, tenets, or
25traditions of his or her religion, has a duty or is expected to keep those

1communications secret. Those disciplines, tenets, or traditions need not be in
2writing.
AB3-ASA1,4,6 3(3) A person required to report under sub. (2) shall immediately inform, by
4telephone or personally, a law enforcement agency of the facts and circumstances
5contributing to the belief that there is a serious and imminent threat to the health
6or safety of a student or school employee or the public.
AB3-ASA1,4,14 7(4) Any person or institution participating in good faith in the making of a
8report under this section shall have immunity from any liability, civil or criminal,
9that results by reason of the action. Any health care provider, as defined in s. 146.81
10(1), who believes in good faith and in his or her professional judgment that a report
11is not required under this section shall have immunity from any civil liability or
12criminal penalty for not making such a report. For the purpose of any proceeding,
13civil or criminal, the good faith of any person reporting under this section shall be
14presumed.
AB3-ASA1,4,16 15(5) Whoever intentionally violates this section by failure to report as required
16may be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than 6 months or both.
AB3-ASA1,7 17Section 7 . 904.085 (4) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB3-ASA1,4,2118 904.085 (4) (d) A mediator reporting child or unborn child abuse under s.
1948.981, reporting a threat of violence in or targeted at a school under s. 175.32, or
20reporting nonidentifying information for statistical, research, or educational
21purposes does not violate this section.
AB3-ASA1,8 22Section 8 . 905.04 (4) (em) of the statutes is created to read:
AB3-ASA1,4,2523 905.04 (4) (em) School violence. There is no privilege for information contained
24in a report of a threat of violence in or targeted at a school that is provided under s.
25175.32 (3).
AB3-ASA1,9
1Section 9. 905.045 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB3-ASA1,5,52 905.045 (4) Exceptions. Subsection (2) does not apply to any report concerning
3child abuse that a victim advocate is required to make under s. 48.981 or concerning
4a threat of violence in or targeted at a school that a victim advocate is required to
5make under s. 175.32
.
AB3-ASA1,10 6Section 10 . 905.06 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB3-ASA1,5,107 905.06 (4) Exceptions. There is no privilege under this section concerning
8observations or information that a member of the clergy, as defined in s. 48.981 (1)
9(cx), is required to report as suspected or threatened child abuse under s. 48.981 (2)
10(bm) or as a threat of violence in or targeted at a school under s. 175.32.
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