Senate Bill 639
Failing to provide a biological specimen for deoxyribonucleic acid analysis and providing a penalty
Topics: Fines, Genetics and genetic testing, Legislature: Criminal Penalties, Joint Review Committee on, Sentences and penalties
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 23, 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 Judiciary, Corrections, Insurance, Campaign Finance Reform, and Housing. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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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
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Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
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Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
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, 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. A person who is required 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.
Under this bill, a person who is required to provide a biological specimen for DNA analysis and intentionally fails to do so is subject to a fine of not less than $15,000 nor more than $25,000 or imprisonment for not longer than one year and six 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
4 senators are its . All 4 are Democrats.
8 more lawmakers .
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Authors (4)
- Tim Carpenter · Democrat, Senate
- Spencer Coggs · Democrat, Senate
- John Lehman · Democrat, Senate
- Jeffrey Plale · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (8)
- Peter Barca · Democrat, Assembly
- Garey Bies · Republican, Assembly
- David Cullen · Democrat, Assembly
- Sondy Pope · Democrat, Assembly
- Robert Turner · Democrat, Assembly
- Amy Sue Vruwink · Democrat, Assembly
- Leon Young · Democrat, Assembly
- Josh Zepnick · Democrat, 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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Apr 13, 2010
“Report of joint review committee on Criminal Penalties requested pursuant to s. 13.525 (5) Wisconsin Statutes” (the official wording)
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Apr 8, 2010
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Mar 23, 2010
Sent to the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Corrections, Insurance, Campaign Finance Reform, and Housing.
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Mar 23, 2010
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Mar 23, 2010 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Coggs, Carpenter, Lehman and Plale;Cosponsored by Representatives Barca, Cullen, Turner, Bies, Pope-Roberts, Young, Zepnick and Vruwink
- Mar 23, 2010 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary, Corrections, Insurance, Campaign Finance Reform, and Housing
- Apr 8, 2010 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Apr 8, 2010 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Apr 13, 2010 · Senate
Report of joint review committee on Criminal Penalties requested pursuant to s. 13.525 (5) Wisconsin Statutes
- 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