City of Milwaukee - File #: 240852

• File #: 240852
• Version: 2
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 9/24/2024
• In control: COMMON COUNCIL
• Final action: 10/15/2024
• Title: Substitute resolution amending the City of Milwaukee’s legislative package to seek introduction and passage of state legislation requiring nursing home and community-based residential facility management to notify staff, residents and residents’ families if a sex offender resides or works in the facility.
• Sponsors: ALD. TAYLOR, ALD. CHAMBERS JR., ALD. JACKSON

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
10/24/2024	2	MAYOR	SIGNED
10/15/2024	2	COMMON COUNCIL	SUBSTITUTED	Pass	15:0
10/15/2024	2	COMMON COUNCIL	ADOPTED	Pass	15:0
10/7/2024	0	JUDICIARY & LEGISLATION COMMITTEE	SUBSTITUTED; Minutes note: Appearing: Sponsor Ald Taylor IRD Jordan Primakow IRD CC Calvin Lee Ald. Bauman requested additional language be ADDED by Council meeting (10/15/24) in order to satisfy clarification of what constitutes a "Sex Offender" CoSponsors Added: Chambers and Jackson	Pass	5:0
10/7/2024	1	JUDICIARY & LEGISLATION COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION	Pass	5:0
9/24/2024	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
240852
Version
SUBSTITUTE 2
Reference

Sponsor
ALD. TAYLOR, CHAMBERS, JACKSON
Title
Substitute resolution amending the City of Milwaukee’s legislative package to seek introduction and passage of state legislation requiring nursing home and community-based residential facility management to notify staff, residents and residents’ families if a sex offender resides or works in the facility.
Analysis
This resolution amends the City of Milwaukee’s Legislative Package to include support for legislation requiring nursing home and community-based residential facility management to notify staff, residents and residents’ families if a sex offender resides or works in the facility.
Body
Whereas, Wisconsin law does not require management at nursing homes or community-based residential facilities (CBRF) to notify staff, residents or residents’ families that a sex offender resides or works in the facility; and

Whereas, A CBRF is a place where five or more unrelated people live together in a community setting; and

Whereas, Individual families must seek information about whether sex offenders reside or work in specific nursing home facilities and CBRFs; and

Whereas, For the purposes of this resolution, “family members” are defined as individuals related either by blood or by marriage, individuals holding power of attorney over others, and individuals recorded as emergency contacts; and

Whereas, For the purposes of this resolution, “sex offenders” are defined as individuals who have committed first, second or third degree sexual assault and have subsequently registered as sex offenders as a mandatory condition of their convictions; and

Whereas, First, second and third degree sexual assault charges typically involve defendants engaging in some form of non-consensual sex, sexually violent offenses, sexual exploitation by therapists, or sex crimes involving children; and

Whereas, By cross-referencing licensed nursing home facilities with the Dru Sjodin Nati...