AB626-ASA1,14 4Section 14. 48.981 (3) (c) 2. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB626-ASA1,6,115 48.981 (3) (c) 2. a. If the person making the investigation is an employee of the
6county department or, in a county having a population of 500,000 or more, the
7department or a licensed child welfare agency under contract with the department
8and he or she determines that it is consistent with the child's best interest in terms
9of physical safety and physical and emotional health to remove the child from his or
10her home for immediate protection, he or she shall take the child into custody under
11s. 48.08 (2) or 48.19 (1) (c) and deliver the child to the intake worker under s. 48.20.
AB626-ASA1,15 12Section 15. 48.981 (7) (a) 10. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB626-ASA1,6,1813 48.981 (7) (a) 10. A court conducting proceedings under s. 48.21 or 48.213, a
14court conducting proceedings related to a petition under s. 48.13, 48.133 or 48.42 or
15a court conducting dispositional proceedings under subch. VI or VIII in which abuse
16or neglect, or contribution to the neglect, of the child who is the subject of the report
17or record or abuse of the unborn child who is the subject of the report or record is an
18issue.
AB626-ASA1,16 19Section 16. 50.065 (1) (e) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB626-ASA1,7,220 50.065 (1) (e) 2. For the purposes of an entity that serves persons under the age
21of 18, "serious crime" includes a violation of s. 948.02 (2), 948.03 (2) (b) or (c), 948.05,
22948.051, 948.055, 948.06, 948.07, 948.08, 948.085, 948.11 (2) (a) or (am), 948.12,
23948.13, 948.21 (1) (2), 948.30, or 948.53 or a violation of the law of any other state or
24United States jurisdiction that would be a violation of s. 948.02 (2), 948.03 (2) (b) or

1(c), 948.05, 948.051, 948.055, 948.06, 948.07, 948.08, 948.085, 948.11 (2) (a) or (am),
2948.12, 948.13, 948.21 (1) (2), 948.30, or 948.53 if committed in this state.
AB626-ASA1,17 3Section 17. 103.34 (1) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB626-ASA1,7,104 103.34 (1) (b) 2. A violation of s. 940.01, 940.02, 940.03, 940.05, 940.06, 940.07,
5940.08, 940.09, 940.10, 940.19 (2), (4), (5), or (6), 940.21, 940.225 (1), (2), or (3),
6940.23, 940.235, 940.24, 940.25, 940.30, 940.302, 940.305, 940.31, 943.02, 943.03,
7943.04, 943.10, 943.30, 943.31, 943.32, 944.32, 944.33 (2), 944.34, 946.10, 948.02 (1)
8or (2), 948.025, 948.03 (2) or (3), 948.04, 948.05, 948.051, 948.055, 948.06, 948.07,
9948.075, 948.08, 948.085, 948.11 (2) (a) or (am), 948.12, 948.13, 948.21 (1) (2), or
10948.30 or of a substantially similar federal law or law of another state.
AB626-ASA1,18 11Section 18. 948.21 of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
AB626-ASA1,7,12 12948.21 Neglecting a child. (1) Definitions. In this section:
AB626-ASA1,7,1413 (a) "Child sex offense" means an offense under s. 948.02, 948.025, 948.05,
14948.051, 948.055, 948.06, 948.07, 948.10, 948.11, or 948.12.
AB626-ASA1,7,1715 (am) "Contributes to the neglect" includes the act of contributing to neglect
16even if the child does not actually suffer from neglect if the natural and probable
17consequences of the act or failure to act would be that the child suffers from neglect.
AB626-ASA1,7,1918 (ar) "Course of conduct" means a pattern of conduct composed of a series of
19actions or inactions over a period of time, however short.
AB626-ASA1,7,2020 (b) "Emotional damage" has the meaning given in s. 48.02 (5j).
AB626-ASA1,7,2421 (c) "Necessary care" means the care that is critical to a child's physical or
22emotional health, safety, welfare, or development, based on all of the facts and
23circumstances, such as the child's age, physical or emotional condition, and any
24special needs of the child. "Necessary care" includes any of the following:
AB626-ASA1,7,2525 1. Appropriate food.
AB626-ASA1,8,1
12. Appropriate clothing.
AB626-ASA1,8,22 3. Appropriate medical care.
AB626-ASA1,8,33 4. Appropriate dental care.
AB626-ASA1,8,44 5. The opportunity for education.
AB626-ASA1,8,55 6. Appropriate shelter.
AB626-ASA1,8,66 7. Appropriate supervision.
AB626-ASA1,8,87 8. The protection from the exposure to the distribution, manufacture, or use of
8controlled substances, as defined in s. 961.01 (4).
AB626-ASA1,8,119 (d) "Neglect" means to fail, for reasons other than poverty, to provide a child
10necessary care as provided in par. (c) 1. to 7., or to fail to provide a child necessary
11care as provided in par. (c) 8.
AB626-ASA1,8,14 12(2) Neglect. Any person who is responsible for a child's welfare who neglects,
13or contributes to the neglect of, the child for whom he or she is responsible is guilty
14of the following:
AB626-ASA1,8,1515 (a) A Class D felony if the child suffers death as a consequence.
AB626-ASA1,8,1716 (b) A Class E felony if the person engages in a course of conduct that the person
17knows or should know creates an unreasonable and substantial risk of death.
AB626-ASA1,8,1818 (c) A Class F felony if any of the following applies:
AB626-ASA1,8,1919 1. The child suffers great bodily harm as a consequence.
AB626-ASA1,8,2020 2. The child becomes a victim of a child sex offense as a consequence.
AB626-ASA1,8,2121 (d) A Class G felony if any of the following applies:
AB626-ASA1,8,2322 1. The person engages in a course of conduct that the person knows or should
23know creates an unreasonable and substantial risk of great bodily harm to the child.
AB626-ASA1,9,3
12. The person engages in a course of conduct that the person knows or should
2know creates an unreasonable and substantial risk that the child could become a
3victim of a child sex offense.
AB626-ASA1,9,44 3. The child suffers emotional damage as a consequence.
AB626-ASA1,9,55 (e) A Class H felony if any of the following applies:
AB626-ASA1,9,66 1. The child suffers bodily harm as a consequence.
AB626-ASA1,9,87 2. The person engages in a course of conduct that the person knows or should
8know creates an unreasonable and substantial risk of emotional damage to the child.
AB626-ASA1,9,119 (f) A Class I felony if the person engages in a course of conduct that the person
10knows or should know creates an unreasonable and substantial risk of bodily harm
11to the child.
AB626-ASA1,9,1212 (g) A Class A misdemeanor.
AB626-ASA1,9,16 13(2m) Rebuttable presumption. A rebuttable presumption of a course of
14conduct creating an unreasonable and substantial risk of the harm described under
15sub. (2) (b), (d) 1. or 2., (e) 2., or (f), whichever is applicable, exists under any of the
16following circumstances:
AB626-ASA1,9,1817 (a) The child had not attained the age of 6 years at the start of the conduct or
18course of conduct.
AB626-ASA1,9,2119 (b) The child has a physical, cognitive, or developmental disability that is
20discernible by an ordinary person viewing the child or that is actually known by the
21actor.
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