AB43,824 Section 824 . 48.025 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB43,655,8 48.025 (2) (b) A declaration under sub. (1) may be filed at any time before the birth of the child or within 14 days after the birth of the child, except that a man person who receives a notice under s. 48.42 (1g) (b) may file a declaration within 21 days after the date on which the notice was mailed. This paragraph does not apply to a declaration filed before July 1, 2006.

AB43,825 Section 825 . 48.025 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB43,655,23 48.025 (3) (c) A court in a proceeding under s. 48.13, 48.133, 48.14, or 938.13 or under a substantially similar law of another state or a person authorized to file a petition under s. 48.25, 48.42, 48.837, or 938.25 or under a substantially similar law of another state may request the department to search its files to determine whether a person who may be the father parent of the child who is the subject of the proceeding has filed a declaration under this section. If the department has on file a declaration of paternal parental interest in matters affecting the child, the department shall issue to the requester a copy of the declaration. If the department does not have on file a declaration of paternal parental interest in matters affecting the child, the department shall issue to the requester a statement that no declaration could be located. The department may require a person who requests a search under this paragraph to pay a reasonable fee that is sufficient to defray the costs to the department of maintaining its file of declarations and publicizing information relating to declarations of paternal parental interest under this section.

AB43,826 Section 826. 48.028 (2) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB43,656,9 48.028 (2) (e) “Out-of-home care placement" means the removal of an Indian child from the home of his or her parent or Indian custodian for temporary placement in a foster home, group home, residential care center for children and youth, or shelter care facility, in the home of a relative other than a parent, in the home of like-kin, or in the home of a guardian, from which placement the parent or Indian custodian cannot have the child returned upon demand. “Out-of-home care placement" does not include an adoptive placement, a preadoptive placement, a delegation of powers, as described in par. (d) 5., an emergency change in placement under s. 48.357 (2) (b), or holding an Indian child in custody under ss. 48.19 to 48.21.

AB43,827 Section 827. 48.028 (2) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB43,656,16 48.028 (2) (f) “Preadoptive placement" means the temporary placement of an Indian child in a foster home, group home, or residential care center for children and youth, in the home of a relative other than a parent, in the home of like-kin, or in the home of a guardian after a termination of parental rights but prior to or in lieu of an adoptive placement. “Preadoptive placement" does not include an emergency change in placement under s. 48.437 (2).

AB43,828 Section 828. 48.207 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB43,656,25 48.207 (1) (b) The home of a relative or like-kin, except that a child may not be held under this paragraph in the home of a relative if the relative person who has been convicted under s. 940.01 of the first-degree intentional homicide, or under s. 940.05 of the 2nd-degree intentional homicide, of a parent of the child, and the conviction has not been reversed, set aside or vacated, unless the person making the custody decision determines by clear and convincing evidence that the placement would be in the best interests of the child. The person making the custody decision shall consider the wishes of the child in making that determination.

AB43,829 Section 829. 48.207 (1) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB43,657,5 48.207 (1) (f) The home of a person not a relative or like-kin, if the placement does not exceed 30 days, though the placement may be extended for an additional 30 days for cause by the court, and if the person has not had a license under s. 48.62 refused, revoked, or suspended within the last 2 years.

AB43,830 Section 830. 48.233 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB43,657,8 48.233 (2) This section does not apply to a proceeding commenced under s. 48.13 after June 30, 2023 2025.

AB43,831 Section 831. 48.233 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB43,657,19 48.233 (3) The state public defender may promulgate rules necessary to implement the pilot program established under sub. (1). The state public defender may promulgate the rules under this subsection as emergency rules under s. 227.24. Notwithstanding s. 227.24 (1) (a) and (3), the state public defender is not required to provide evidence that promulgating a rule under this subsection as an emergency rule is necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health, safety, or welfare and is not required to provide a finding of emergency for a rule promulgated under this subsection. Notwithstanding s. 227.24 (1) (c) and (2), emergency rules promulgated under this subsection remain in effect until 2 4 years after June 30, 2021.

AB43,832 Section 832. 48.233 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB43,657,25 48.233 (4) By January 1, 2021, and by January 1, 2023 2025, the department and the state public defender shall each submit a report to the joint committee on finance, and to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature for distribution to the appropriate standing committees under s. 13.172 (3), regarding costs and data from implementing the pilot program under sub. (1).

AB43,833 Section 833. 48.27 (3) (b) 1. a. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB43,658,3 48.27 (3) (b) 1. a. A person who has filed a declaration of paternal parental interest under s. 48.025.

AB43,834 Section 834 . 48.27 (3) (b) 1. b. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB43,658,8 48.27 (3) (b) 1. b. A person alleged to the court to be the father a parent of the child or who may, based on the statements of the mother parent who gave birth to the child or other information presented to the court, be the father a parent of the child.

AB43,835 Section 835 . 48.27 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB43,658,16 48.27 (5) Subject to sub. (3) (b), the court shall make every reasonable effort to identify and notify any person who has filed a declaration of paternal parental interest under s. 48.025, any person conclusively determined from genetic test results to be the father under s. 767.804 (1), any person who has acknowledged paternity parentage of the child under s. 767.805 (1), and any person who has been adjudged to be the father parent of the child in a judicial proceeding unless the person's parental rights have been terminated.

AB43,836 Section 836 . 48.299 (6) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB43,658,22 48.299 (6) (intro.) If a man person who has been given notice under s. 48.27 (3) (b) 1., 48.977 (4) (c) 1., 48.978 (2) (c) 1., or 48.9795 (4) (c) 1. appears at any hearing for which he or she received the notice, alleges that he or she is the father a parent of the child, and states that he or she wishes to establish the paternity parentage of the child, all of the following apply:

AB43,837 Section 837 . 48.299 (6) (e) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB43,659,3 48.299 (6) (e) 1. In this paragraph, “genetic test" means a test that examines genetic markers present on blood cells, skin cells, tissue cells, bodily fluid cells or cells of another body material for the purpose of determining the statistical probability that a man person who is alleged to be a child's father parent is the child's biological father parent.

AB43,838 Section 838 . 48.299 (6) (e) 2. of the statutes is amended to read: