Date of enactment: March 2, 2020
2019 Senate Bill 527   Date of publication*: March 3, 2020

* Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes: Effective date of acts. “Every act and every portion of an act enacted by the legislature over the governor's partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication."

2019 WISCONSIN ACT 118

An Act to repeal 115.787 (2) (i), 118.305 (6) (a) 1. and 118.305 (6) (a) 3.; to renumber and amend 118.305 (1) (d), 118.305 (3) (f), 118.305 (4) (b) and 118.305 (5); to amend 118.305 (1) (f), 118.305 (2) (f), 118.305 (4) (a) (intro.), 118.305 (4) (a) 2. (intro.), 118.305 (4) (a) 2. d., 118.305 (4) (c) (intro.), 118.305 (4) (c) 1., 118.305 (4) (c) 2., 118.305 (6) (a) (intro.), 118.305 (6) (a) 6., 118.305 (6) (b) 1. and 118.305 (6) (c); and to create 118.305 (1) (d) 2., 118.305 (1) (dm), 118.305 (1) (ek), 118.305 (1) (em), 118.305 (3) (d) 4., 118.305 (3) (f) 2., 118.305 (4) (a) 3., 118.305 (4) (b) 2., 118.305 (4) (c) 3. to 6., 118.305 (4) (cm), 118.305 (4) (d), 118.305 (4) (e), 118.305 (5) (b), 118.305 (6) (a) 1f. and 118.305 (6) (a) 1m. of the statutes; relating to: the seclusion and physical restraint of pupils.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

118,1 Section 1 . 115.787 (2) (i) of the statutes is repealed.

118,2 Section 2 . 118.305 (1) (d) of the statutes is renumbered 118.305 (1) (d) (intro.) and amended to read:

118.305 (1) (d) (intro.) “Governing body" means the governing body in charge of a any of the following:

1. A school.

118,3 Section 3 . 118.305 (1) (d) 2. of the statutes is created to read:

118.305 (1) (d) 2. A private school at which an LEA placed pupil is placed by a local educational agency.

118,4 Section 4 . 118.305 (1) (dm) of the statutes is created to read: