Wisconsin AB500: An Act to renumber and amend 118.31 (1); to amend 118.305 (3) (e), 118.31 (2), 118.31 (3) (intro.), 118.31 (4), 118.31 (5) and 118.31 (6); to create 118.31 (1) (b) and 118.31 (1) (c) of the statutes; Relating to: prohibiting corporal punishment in public and private schools.

What the bill says

To amend 118.305 (3) (e), 118.31 2(2), 118.31 (3) (intro.), 118.31 (4), 118.31 (5) and 118.31 (6); to create 118.31 3(1) (b) and 118.31 (1) (c) of the statutes; relating to: prohibiting corporal 4punishment in public and private schools. Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau Under current law, no official, employee, or agent of a school board may subject a pupil enrolled in the school district to corporal punishment…

From the introduced text, October 9, 2025:

to amend 118.305 (3) (e), 118.31 2(2), 118.31 (3) (intro.), 118.31 (4), 118.31 (5) and 118.31 (6); to create 118.31 3(1) (b) and 118.31 (1) (c) of the statutes; relating to: prohibiting corporal 4punishment in public and private schools. Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau Under current law, no official, employee, or agent of a school board may subject a pupil enrolled in the school district to corporal punishment. Current law defines "corporal punishment" as the intentional infliction of physical pain that is used as a means of discipline, which includes paddling, slapping, and prolonged maintenance of physically painful positions. This bill expands the prohibition against subjecting pupils to corporal punishment to apply to officials, employees, and agents of school boards, governing boards of charter schools, and governing bodies of private schools. The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows: AB500,15Section 1. 118.305 (3) (e) of the statutes is amended to read: AB500,2,21118.305 (3) (e) It does not constitute corporal punishment, as defined in s. 2118.31 (1) (a). AB500,23Section 2. 118.31 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 118.31 (1) (intro.) and 4amended to read: AB500,2,55118.31 (1) (intro.) In this section, "corporal: AB500,2,116(a) "Corporal punishment" means the intentional infliction of physical pain 7which that is used as a means of discipline. "Corporal punishment" …

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