Senate Bill 584
Mutual assistance between tribal and county or municipal law enforcement agencies
Topics: Indians and tribal issues, Justice, Department of, Police
Stopped in committee
It never got a , 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
Mar 2, 2010
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Senate vote, not reached
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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 ”
It never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Ethics Reform and Government Operations. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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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
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Author
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Signed on in support
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Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
Cost estimate
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Official term: Fiscal estimate. 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, one law enforcement agency may respond to a request for assistance from another law enforcement agency. The requesting agency is responsible for defending a responding officer in a civil action arising out of the officer's response and for indemnifying the officer for the amount of any civil penalties imposed or damages awarded in such an action. The responding agency is responsible for personnel costs (such as the salary and benefits of the responding officers) and other costs related to a response (such as damage to equipment), but may bill the requesting agency for these costs. Current law does not apply to tribal law enforcement agencies.
This bill authorizes tribal law enforcement agencies both to request assistance from state, county, and municipal law enforcement agencies and to respond to requests for assistance from such agencies. It assigns responsibility for defending and indemnifying officers in civil actions arising out of a response and responsibility for the costs associated with a response in the same manner as current law.
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To ensure that a tribe's responsibility for the costs of a law enforcement agency that responds to its request for assistance can be enforced, however, the bill limits the authority of a state, county, or municipal law enforcement agency to respond to a request for assistance from a tribal law enforcement agency to cases in which one of the following applies:
1. The tribe has adopted a resolution waiving its sovereign immunity to the extent required to allow enforcement of this responsibility in state courts or a resolution that the Department of Justice (DOJ) determines has the same effect.
2. The tribe maintains insurance to cover these costs up to specified limits.
3. The responding law enforcement agency has an agreement with the tribal law enforcement agency under which the responding law enforcement agency accepts the responsibility for these costs.
The bill requires that, for one of the foregoing actions to have the effect of allowing a nontribal law enforcement agency to respond to a request for assistance from a tribal law enforcement agency, the tribal law enforcement agency must have provided a copy of the resolution, insurance policy, or agreement to DOJ, and DOJ must have posted the document or a notice of the document on the Internet site that it maintains for exchanging information with law enforcement agencies.
Who's behind it
10 senators are its . 7 are Democrats and 3 are Republicans.
10 more lawmakers .
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Authors (10)
- Spencer Coggs · Democrat, Senate
- Glenn Grothman · Republican, Senate
- Sheila Harsdorf · Republican, Senate
- Jim Holperin · Democrat, Senate
- Robert Jauch · Democrat, Senate
- John Lehman · Democrat, Senate
- Mark Miller · Democrat, Senate
- Dale Schultz · Republican, Senate
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
- Kathleen Vinehout · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (10)
- Joan Ballweg · Republican, Senate
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- Ann Hraychuck · Democrat, Assembly
- Mary Hubler · Democrat, Assembly
- Louis Molepske Jr. · Democrat, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- Sandy Pasch · Democrat, Assembly
- Sherman
- Robert Turner · Democrat, Assembly
- Robin Vos · Republican, Assembly
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Apr 28, 2010
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Mar 11, 2010
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Mar 2, 2010
Sent to the Senate Committee on Ethics Reform and Government Operations.
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Mar 2, 2010
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Mar 2, 2010 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Jauch, Coggs, Taylor, Harsdorf, Holperin, Vinehout, Schultz, Lehman, Miller and Grothman;Cosponsored by Representatives Hraychuck, Turner, Sherman, Pasch, Hubler, Berceau, Ballweg, Mursau, Molepske Jr. and Vos
- Mar 2, 2010 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Ethics Reform and Government Operations
- Mar 11, 2010 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Apr 28, 2010 · Senate
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Terms on this page
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. 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