This bill requires public libraries and public schools, including charter schools,
to take steps to prevent pupils and minors from accessing harmful material on
computers. Under the bill, “harmful material” is defined as 1) any picture,
photograph, drawing, sculpture, motion picture film, or similar visual
representation or image of a person or portion of the human body that depicts nudity,
sexually explicit conduct, sadomasochistic abuse, physical torture, or brutality and
that is harmful to children; or 2) any book, pamphlet, magazine, printed matter
however reproduced or recording that contains matter described in item 1, or explicit
and detailed verbal descriptions or narrative accounts of sexual excitement, sexually
explicit conduct, sadomasochistic abuse, physical torture, or brutality and that,
taken as a whole, is harmful to children.
The bill requires any public library that provides a public access computer and
any school board or independent charter school to do at least one of the following with
respect to the public access computer or school computer to which pupils and minors
have access: 1) equip the computer with software that will limit a pupil's or minor's
ability to gain access to harmful material; 2) purchase Internet connectivity from an
Internet service provider that provides filter services to limit access to harmful
material; or 3) develop and implement a policy that establishes measures to keep

pupils and minors from gaining access to harmful material. Under the bill, a public
library or public school may allow a pupil or minor to access harmful material on the
Internet if the parent or guardian of the pupil or minor consents to that access.
The bill also provides that, if a public school pupil will view or otherwise have
access to harmful material as part of classroom instruction, the school must provide
the parent or guardian of the pupil with an outline of the curriculum and a summary
of the instructional materials that contain the harmful material, information
regarding how the parent or guardian may inspect the complete curriculum and
instructional materials, and an explanation of the exemption available to parents
and guardians under the bill. The bill requires each public school to make the
complete curriculum and all instructional materials available for inspection by
parents or guardians upon request. Under the bill, no pupil may be required to take
any such instruction if the pupil's parent or guardian files with the teacher or school
principal a written request that the pupil be exempted.
Finally, the bill provides that no public school or public school employee may
show or provide to any pupil harmful material for which the school did not follow the
requirements under the bill regarding parental notice and opportunity to exempt
pupil participation.
For further information see the local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as
an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
SB1102,1 1Section 1. 43.75 of the statutes is created to read:
SB1102,2,3 243.75 Responsibilities of public libraries with a public access
3computer.
(1) In this section:
SB1102,2,44 (a) “Harmful material” has the meaning given in s. 948.11 (1) (ar).
SB1102,2,55 (b) “Public access computer” means a computer that is all of the following:
SB1102,2,66 1. Located in an elementary or secondary public school or public library.
SB1102,2,77 2. Frequently or regularly used directly by a minor.
SB1102,2,88 3. Connected to any computer communication system.
SB1102,2,11 9(2) A public library that provides a public access computer shall ensure that
10minors do not have access to harmful material on the Internet by doing at least one
11of the following:
SB1102,3,2
1(a) Equipping each public access computer with software that will limit a
2minor's ability to gain access to harmful material.
SB1102,3,53 (b) Purchasing Internet connectivity for each public access computer from an
4Internet service provider that provides filter services to limit access to harmful
5material.
SB1102,3,76 (c) Developing and implementing by January 1, 2023, a policy that establishes
7measures to restrict minors from gaining computer access to harmful material.
SB1102,3,10 8(3) Notwithstanding sub. (2), a public library that provides a public access
9computer may allow a minor to access harmful material on the Internet if the parent
10or guardian of the minor consents to that access.
SB1102,2 11Section 2. 118.073 of the statutes is created to read:
SB1102,3,13 12118.073 Limiting pupil and minor access to harmful material. (1) In
13this section, “harmful material” has the meaning given in s. 948.11 (1) (ar).
SB1102,3,16 14(2) (a) A school board or the operator of a charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) or
15(2x) shall ensure that pupils and minors do not have access to harmful material on
16the Internet by doing at least one of the following:
SB1102,3,1817 1. Equipping each computer to which a pupil or minor has access with software
18that will limit the pupil's or minor's ability to gain access to harmful material.
SB1102,3,2119 2. Purchasing Internet connectivity for each computer to which a pupil or minor
20has access from an Internet service provider that provides filter services to limit
21access to harmful material.
SB1102,3,2422 3. Developing and implementing by January 1, 2023, a policy that establishes
23measures to restrict pupils and minors from gaining computer access to harmful
24material.
SB1102,4,3
1(b) Notwithstanding par. (a), a school board or the operator of a charter school
2under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) may allow a pupil or minor to access harmful material on
3the Internet if the parent or guardian of the pupil or minor consents to that access.
SB1102,4,13 4(3) Beginning in the 2022-23 school year, if a pupil will view or otherwise have
5access to harmful material as part of classroom instruction in a public school,
6including a charter school, the school board or the operator of the charter school
7under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) shall provide the parent or guardian of the pupil with an
8outline of the curriculum and a summary of the instructional materials that contain
9the harmful material, information regarding how the parent or guardian may
10inspect the complete curriculum and instructional materials, and an explanation of
11the exemption under sub. (4). The school board or operator shall make the complete
12curriculum and all instructional materials available for inspection by a parent or
13guardian upon request at any time, including prior to their use in the classroom.
SB1102,4,16 14(4) Beginning in the 2022-23 school year, no pupil may be required to take any
15instruction subject to sub. (3) if the pupil's parent or guardian files with the teacher
16or school principal a written request that the pupil be exempted.
SB1102,4,20 17(5) Beginning in the 2022-23 school year, no school board, operator of a charter
18school under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x), or employee of a school board or operator may show
19or provide to any pupil harmful material for which the school board or operator did
20not follow the requirements under subs. (3) and (4).
SB1102,3 21Section 3. 119.04 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1102,5,922 119.04 (1) Subchapters IV, V, and VII of ch. 115, ch. 121, and ss. 66.0235 (3) (c),
2366.0603 (1m) to (3), 115.01 (1) and (2), 115.28, 115.31, 115.33, 115.34, 115.343,
24115.345, 115.363, 115.364, 115.365 (3), 115.366, 115.367, 115.38 (2), 115.415, 115.445,
25118.001 to 118.04, 118.045, 118.06, 118.07, 118.075, to 118.076, 118.10, 118.12,

1118.125 to 118.14, 118.145 (4), 118.15, 118.153, 118.16, 118.162, 118.163, 118.164,
2118.18, 118.19, 118.196, 118.20, 118.223, 118.225, 118.24 (1), (2) (c) to (f), (6), (8), and
3(10), 118.245, 118.25, 118.255, 118.258, 118.291, 118.292, 118.293, 118.30 to 118.43,
4118.46, 118.50, 118.51, 118.52, 118.53, 118.55, 118.56, 120.12 (2m), (4m), (5), and (15)
5to (27), 120.125, 120.13 (1), (2) (b) to (g), (3), (14), (17) to (19), (26), (34), (35), (37),
6(37m), and (38), 120.137, 120.14, 120.20, 120.21 (3), and 120.25 are applicable to a
71st class city school district and board but not, unless explicitly provided in this
8chapter or in the terms of a contract, to the commissioner or to any school transferred
9to an opportunity schools and partnership program.
SB1102,4 10Section 4. Effective dates. This act takes effect on the day after publication,
11except as follows:
SB1102,5,1312 (1) The treatment of ss. 43.75 and 118.073 (2) takes effect on the first day of the
136th month beginning after publication.
SB1102,5,1414 (End)
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