Senate Bill 395
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
Stopped before the full Senate voted
The recommended passing it, but the full Senate never voted on it. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Nov 18, 2009
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Senate vote, stopped here
Stopped here. The full Senate never voted on it.
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Assembly 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 ”
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Committee
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Senate Joint Resolution 1
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Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
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Signed on in support
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Cost estimate
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Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
Roll call
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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 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
6 senators are its . 4 are Democrats and 2 are Republicans.
16 more lawmakers .
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Authors (6)
- Alan Lasee · Republican, Senate
- Spencer Coggs · Democrat, Senate
- Dave Hansen · Democrat, Senate
- Jim Holperin · Democrat, Senate
- Dale Schultz · Republican, Senate
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (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
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 was one vote on this bill.
Senate Committee on Judiciary vote to recommend it
Passed, 4 to 1 · Jan 19, 2010
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report passage 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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Jan 21, 2010
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Jan 19, 2010
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 4 to 1.
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Jan 12, 2010
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Jan 12, 2010
The committee held a public hearing.
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Dec 16, 2009
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Dec 10, 2009
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 18, 2009
Sent to the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Corrections, Insurance, Campaign Finance Reform, and Housing.
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Nov 18, 2009
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Nov 18, 2009 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Hansen, Holperin, A. Lasee, Coggs, Schultz and Taylor;Cosponsored by Representatives Hraychuck, Bies, Danou, Gunderson, Young, Zepnick, Sinicki, Vruwink, Brooks, Cullen, Toles, Benedict, Berceau, Townsend, Ripp and Ziegelbauer
- Nov 18, 2009 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary, Corrections, Insurance, Campaign Finance Reform, and Housing
- Dec 4, 2009 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Dec 10, 2009 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Dec 10, 2009 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Dec 16, 2009 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Jan 12, 2010 · Senate
Public hearing held
- Jan 12, 2010 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Jan 19, 2010 · Senate
Executive action taken
- Jan 19, 2010 · Senate
Report passage recommended by committee on Judiciary, Corrections, Insurance, Campaign Finance Reform, and Housing, Ayes 4, Noes 1
- Jan 19, 2010 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- Jan 20, 2010 · Senate
Senate amendment 1 offered by Senator Hansen
- Jan 21, 2010 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Jan 27, 2010 · Senate
Senate amendment 2 offered by Senator Hansen
- Apr 28, 2010 · Senate
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Terms on this page
Committee
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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
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
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
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