Assembly Bill 511
Requiring a person arrested for a felony or a juvenile taken into custody for certain sexual assault offenses to provide a biological specimen for deoxyribonucleic acid analysis, inclusion of the analysis results in the Department of Justice deoxyribonucleic acid data bank, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and providing a penalty
Topics: Crime and criminals: Felony, Genetics and genetic testing, Justice, Department of, Juvenile delinquency, Legislature: Criminal Penalties, Joint Review Committee on, Police, Sex crimes
Stopped in committee
It had a but no committee vote, so it never came up for a vote. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Oct 20, 2009
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. It had a hearing but no committee vote.
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Senate vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Apr 28, 2010: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It sat with the Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice.
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What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Under current law, the following people are required to submit biological specimens to the crime laboratories for deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) analysis: a person sentenced or placed on probation in Wisconsin for a felony (a crime for which a person may be sentenced to prison) or one of the several specified misdemeanors;
a person found to be a sexually violent person; a person on probation, parole, or extended supervision in Wisconsin for a crime committed in another state that would be a felony if committed in Wisconsin; and a person found not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect or adjudicated delinquent for certain felony sexual assaults.
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In addition, a court may order a juvenile who is adjudicated delinquent for certain other offenses to provide a biological specimen for DNA analysis. The crime laboratories are required to analyze the DNA in the biological specimens and maintain a DNA data bank of information obtained from the analyses. The crime laboratories may compare data obtained from the analysis of specimens and may share the results of analyses or comparisons with law enforcement agencies, prosecutors, the person who submitted a specimen, and defense attorneys. The crime laboratories must expunge all data relating to a person from the data bank if the person's conviction or adjudication is reversed, set aside, or vacated and the person requests that the data be expunged. A person who is required to submit a biological specimen for DNA analysis, except a person who is committed for mental health reasons, and intentionally fails to provide a specimen is subject to a criminal penalty.
This bill requires law enforcement agencies to collect a biological specimen for DNA analysis from every adult who is arrested for a felony and every juvenile who is taken into custody for certain sexual assault offenses that would be felonies if committed by an adult. The bill further requires the crime laboratories to analyze the specimens and include information obtained from the analyses in the DNA data bank. Under the bill, the crime laboratories must expunge information about a person from the DNA data bank, at the person's request, if the person was required to submit a biological specimen only in connection with an arrest and the person is not charged with a crime within one year after the arrest, criminal charges are dismissed, or the court reaches final disposition with respect to charges in connection with the arrest and the person is not found guilty of a crime or, if found guilty of a crime, the conviction is later reversed, set aside, or vacated. Similarly, the crime laboratories must expunge information about a person from the DNA data bank, at the person's request, if the person was required to submit a biological specimen only in connection with being taken into custody as a juvenile and the state does not file a criminal complaint or delinquency petition alleging certain sexual assault offenses within a year after taking the juvenile into custody, sexual assault allegations are dismissed, or the court reaches final disposition with respect to allegations in connection with the taking into custody and the person is not found to have committed certain sexual offenses or, if found to have committed such an offense, the finding is later reversed, set aside, or vacated. A person who is required under the bill to provide a biological specimen for DNA analysis and intentionally fails to do so is subject to a fine not to exceed $10,000 or imprisonment not to exceed nine months or both.
Because this bill creates a new crime or revises a penalty for an existing crime, the Joint Review Committee on Criminal Penalties may be requested to prepare a report concerning the proposed penalty and the costs or savings that are likely to result if the bill is enacted.
Who's behind it
11 lawmakers are its . 7 are Republicans and 4 are Democrats.
6 more lawmakers .
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Authors (11)
- Alvin Ott · Republican, Assembly
- Garey Bies · Republican, Assembly
- Ann Hraychuck · Democrat, Assembly
- Margaret Krusick · Democrat, Assembly
- Thomas Lothian · Republican, Assembly
- Jerry Petrowski · Republican, Senate
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Pat Strachota · Republican, Assembly
- John Townsend · Republican, Assembly
- Robin Vos · Republican, Assembly
- Josh Zepnick · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (6)
- Alberta Darling · Republican, Senate
- Sheila Harsdorf · Republican, Senate
- Pat Kreitlow · Democrat, Senate
- Jeffrey Plale · Democrat, Senate
- Jim Sullivan · Democrat, Senate
- Kathleen Vinehout · Democrat, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
Versions and amendments
Every text the Legislature printed for this bill, including proposed changes. Each opens on the Legislature's site.
What happened
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Apr 28, 2010
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Apr 14, 2010
The committee held a public hearing.
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Apr 8, 2010
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Dec 4, 2009
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Nov 3, 2009
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Oct 22, 2009
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Oct 20, 2009
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice.
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Oct 20, 2009
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Oct 20, 2009 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Hraychuck, Sinicki, Krusick, Vos, Lothian, Townsend, A. Ott, Zepnick, Petrowski, Bies and Strachota;Cosponsored by Senators Harsdorf, Plale, Vinehout, Kreitlow, Darling and Sullivan
- Oct 20, 2009 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Criminal Justice
- Oct 22, 2009 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Nov 3, 2009 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Dec 4, 2009 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Apr 8, 2010 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Apr 9, 2010 · Assembly
Assembly substitute amendment 1 offered by Representative Kessler
- Apr 14, 2010 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Apr 28, 2010 · Assembly
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Terms on this page
Committee
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Public hearing
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Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.
Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate