Assembly Bill 549
Psychological evaluations for law enforcement officers, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority
Topics: Collective bargaining, Fish and game warden, Indians and tribal issues, Law Enforcement Standards Board, Police, Privacy, Public employee: Labor union
Passed the Assembly, then stopped
The Assembly passed it on Feb 25, 2010, but the Senate never voted on it. A bill has to . To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Nov 5, 2009
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Assembly vote, passed
Passed Feb 25, 2010
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Senate vote, stopped here
Stopped here. The Senate never voted on it.
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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 concur in pursuant to ”
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Second chamber's vote
A bill has to pass both the Assembly and the Senate in the same form before it goes to the governor.
Official term: Concurrence. More in the glossary
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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Under current law, the Law Enforcement Standards Board (board) establishes minimum qualification standards for law enforcement officers. The board may establish, in addition to education and training standards, qualification standards relating to the competence and reliability of a person to assume and discharge the responsibilities of a law enforcement officer.
This bill provides that a candidate for a full-time law enforcement or tribal law enforcement officer position must submit to a psychological evaluation before being appointed as a full-time law enforcement or tribal law enforcement officer. This evaluation requirement applies to law enforcement or tribal law enforcement officers appointed on or after January 1, 2010. The bill also requires local law enforcement agencies, and state agencies that employ law enforcement officers, to review the psychological evaluation of a candidate for a law enforcement officer position before appointing the individual as a full-time law enforcement officer.
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Current law permits closure of access to public records concerning psychological evaluations under some circumstances. This bill specifies that all of the psychological evaluations provided for under the bill are confidential and not subject to inspection or copying under the public records access law.
The bill requires the board to promulgate rules for the content of a required psychological evaluation for full-time law enforcement and tribal law enforcement officers. The bill also requires the board to submit a report to the legislature by April 1, 2011, that evaluates the effect of the requirement for psychological evaluations for law enforcement officers, makes a recommendation as to whether psychological evaluations should be required for part-time or limited term law enforcement and tribal law enforcement officers, and makes a recommendation as to whether psychological evaluations should be required for officers appointed to serve on a special weapons and tactics unit. Finally, the bill makes the requirement for psychological evaluations for law enforcement officers a prohibited subject of bargaining under the State Employment Labor Relations Act.
Who's behind it
16 representatives are its . 10 are Democrats, 5 are Republicans and 1 is a Independent.
7 more lawmakers .
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Authors (16)
- Chuck Benedict · Democrat, Assembly
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- Garey Bies · Republican, Assembly
- Edward Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- David Cullen · Democrat, Assembly
- Chris Danou · Democrat, Assembly
- Scott Gunderson · Republican, Assembly
- Ann Hraychuck · Democrat, Assembly
- Keith Ripp · Republican, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Barbara Toles · Democrat, Assembly
- John Townsend · Republican, Assembly
- Amy Sue Vruwink · Democrat, Assembly
- Leon Young · Democrat, Assembly
- Josh Zepnick · Democrat, Assembly
- Bob Ziegelbauer · Independent, Assembly
Signed on in support (7)
- Alan Lasee · Republican, Senate
- Spencer Coggs · Democrat, Senate
- Dave Hansen · Democrat, Senate
- Jim Holperin · Democrat, Senate
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- Dale Schultz · Republican, Senate
- Lena Taylor · 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.
How lawmakers voted
There were 2 votes on this bill.
Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice vote on an amendment
Passed, 10 to 0 · Feb 12, 2010
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by committee on Criminal Justice, Ayes 10, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Senate Committee on Judiciary vote to recommend it
Passed, 4 to 1 · Mar 4, 2010
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report concurrence recommended by committee on Judiciary, Corrections, Insurance, Campaign Finance Reform, and Housing, Ayes 4, Noes 1”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Apr 28, 2010
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Mar 4, 2010
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 4 to 1.
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Mar 1, 2010
Sent to the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Corrections, Insurance, Campaign Finance Reform, and Housing.
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Feb 26, 2010
The Senate received it.
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Feb 25, 2010
The Assembly passed it.
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Feb 25, 2010
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Feb 25, 2010
The Assembly adopted it.
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Feb 12, 2010
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Feb 12, 2010
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 10 to 0.
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Dec 15, 2009
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Dec 10, 2009
The committee held a public hearing.
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Dec 10, 2009
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Dec 3, 2009
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Nov 10, 2009
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Nov 5, 2009
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice.
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Nov 5, 2009
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Nov 5, 2009 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Hraychuck, Bies, Danou, Gunderson, Young, Zepnick, Sinicki, Vruwink, Brooks, Cullen, Toles, Benedict, Berceau, Townsend, Ripp and Ziegelbauer;Cosponsored by Senators Hansen, Holperin, A. Lasee, Coggs, Schultz and Taylor
- Nov 5, 2009 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Criminal Justice
- Nov 10, 2009 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Dec 3, 2009 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Dec 10, 2009 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Dec 10, 2009 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Dec 15, 2009 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Jan 15, 2010 · Assembly
Assembly amendment 1 offered by Representative Hraychuck
- Jan 28, 2010 · Assembly
Assembly amendment 2 offered by Representative Hraychuck
- Feb 4, 2010 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Feb 12, 2010 · Assembly
Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by committee on Criminal Justice, Ayes 10, Noes 0
- Feb 12, 2010 · Assembly
Report Assembly Amendment 2 adoption recommended by committee on Criminal Justice, Ayes 10, Noes 0
- Feb 12, 2010 · Assembly
Report passage as amended recommended by committee on Criminal Justice, Ayes 10, Noes 0
- Feb 12, 2010 · Assembly
Referred to committee on Rules
- Feb 23, 2010 · Assembly
Placed on calendar 2-25-2010 by committee on Rules
- Feb 25, 2010 · Assembly
Read a second time
- Feb 25, 2010 · Assembly
Assembly amendment 1 adopted
- Feb 25, 2010 · Assembly
Assembly amendment 2 adopted
- Feb 25, 2010 · Assembly
Representative Mursau added as a coauthor
- Feb 25, 2010 · Assembly
Ordered to a third reading
- Feb 25, 2010 · Assembly
Rules suspended
- Feb 25, 2010 · Assembly
Read a third time and passed
- Feb 25, 2010 · Assembly
Ordered immediately messaged
- Feb 26, 2010 · Senate
Received from Assembly
- Mar 1, 2010 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary, Corrections, Insurance, Campaign Finance Reform, and Housing
- Mar 3, 2010 · Senate
Executive action taken
- Mar 4, 2010 · Senate
Report concurrence recommended by committee on Judiciary, Corrections, Insurance, Campaign Finance Reform, and Housing, Ayes 4, Noes 1
- Mar 4, 2010 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- Apr 28, 2010 · Senate
Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Terms on this page
Second chamber's vote
A bill has to pass both the Assembly and the Senate in the same form before it goes to the governor.
Official term: Concurrence. More in the glossary
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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary
From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source
Second chamber's vote
A bill has to pass both the Assembly and the Senate in the same form before it goes to the governor.
Official term: Concurrence
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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote