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Bills from the 2011–12 session

Assembly Bill 18

Collection and analysis of motor vehicle traffic stop information and law enforcement training standards

Topics: Administration, Department of: Agency and general functions, Data processing, Discrimination, Justice Assistance, Office of, Legislature: Finance, Joint Committee on, Minority groups, Motor vehicle: Regulation, Police, Reports

Stopped before the full Assembly voted

The recommended passing it, but the full Assembly never voted on it. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Feb 4, 2011

  2. Committee, passed

    Approved

  3. Assembly vote, stopped here

    Stopped here. The full Assembly never voted on it.

  4. Senate vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Mar 23, 2012: “Failed to pass pursuant to ⁠”

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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, as created in 2009 Wisconsin Act 28 (the biennial budget act), law enforcement officers must collect, at each motor vehicle traffic stop made after December 31, 2010, all information specified by rule promulgated by the Office of Justice Assistance (OJA) in the Department of Administration (DOA). This information must then be submitted by the law enforcement agency to OJA. OJA must analyze this information to determine whether the number of motor vehicle stops and searches involving racial minorities is disproportionate compared to nonminorities. OJA was required to submit its proposed rules to the Legislative Council staff by February 1, 2010. The biennial budget act also required DOA to submit a report to the Joint Committee on Finance (JCF) that includes certain information related to the development of a traffic stop information collection system. System development cannot begin until JCF approves the report.

This bill repeals the statutory provisions of the biennial budget act relating to the collection and analysis of traffic stop information and requires that, if the development of a traffic stop information system has already commenced, this system development must terminate on the effective date of the bill.

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Current law, as created in the biennial budget act, also requires law enforcement training programs to provide training designed to prevent racial profiling or race-based discrimination as a basis for detaining, searching, or arresting a person. The bill also repeals this training requirement.

Who's behind it

20 lawmakers are its ⁠. 19 are Republicans and 1 is a Independent.

6 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 26 names

Authors (20)

Signed on in support (6)

What it would cost

State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.

How lawmakers voted

There was one vote on this bill.

Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice and Corrections vote to recommend it

Passed, 5 to 3 · May 12, 2011

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 Criminal Justice and Corrections, Ayes 5, Noes 3”. Official record · This vote on its own page

What happened

  1. Mar 23, 2012

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. May 12, 2011

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.

  3. May 12, 2011

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 5 to 3.

  4. Apr 21, 2011

    The committee held a public hearing.

  5. Mar 2, 2011

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  6. Feb 28, 2011

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  7. Feb 22, 2011

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  8. Feb 4, 2011

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice and Corrections.

  9. Feb 4, 2011

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Feb 4, 2011 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Bernier, Jacque, Mursau, Thiesfeldt, Nass, Farrow, Brooks, LeMahieu, Vos, Ziegelbauer, Petersen, Kerkman, Ripp, Kooyenga, Bies, Strachota, Kleefisch, Kestell, Marklein and Spanbauer;Cosponsored by Senators Lazich, Wanggaard, Grothman, Schultz, Leibham and Jauch

  2. Feb 4, 2011 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Criminal Justice and Corrections

  3. Feb 22, 2011 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Feb 28, 2011 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Mar 2, 2011 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. Apr 21, 2011 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  7. May 12, 2011 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  8. May 12, 2011 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by committee on Criminal Justice and Corrections, Ayes 5, Noes 3

  9. May 12, 2011 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  10. May 12, 2011 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 5-17-2011 by committee on Rules

  11. Sep 13, 2011 · Assembly

    Laid on the table

  12. Mar 23, 2012 · Assembly

    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.

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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.

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