Assembly Bill 540
Training in traumatic brain injury awareness for law enforcement officers, tribal officers, emergency medical technicians, and first responders and granting rule-making authority
Topics: Health Services, Department of: Health, Indians and tribal issues, Law Enforcement Standards Board, Medical service, Persons with disabilities, 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
Feb 7, 2012
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Senate vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Mar 23, 2012: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Public Health and Public Safety. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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Committee
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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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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 Law Enforcement Standards Board creates a training program that most law enforcement officers and tribal officers are required to complete. Current law requires the program to include some specialized training, including training in handling domestic abuse situations, training on emergency detention standards, awareness of Alzheimer's and other dementia-related diseases, responses to terrorist acts, and cultural diversity and sensitivity.
Under current law, the Department of Health Services (DHS) may license a person as an emergency medical technician or certify a person as a first responder if the person satisfactorily completes a course of instruction and training or otherwise demonstrates that he or she is sufficiently trained and educated in emergency care. Current law requires specialized training in responses to terrorist acts and allows DHS to set additional qualification requirements and to promulgate rules for specialized training.
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This bill requires the training program for law enforcement officers and tribal officers and the course of instruction and training for emergency medical technicians and first responders to include specialized training in recognizing and interacting with persons who have suffered a traumatic brain injury.
Who's behind it
8 lawmakers are its . 6 are Democrats and 1 is a Republican. 1 has no party on record.
3 more lawmakers .
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Authors (8)
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- Sandy Pasch · Democrat, Assembly
- Mark Pocan · Democrat, Assembly
- Mark Radcliffe · Democrat, Assembly
- Kelda Roys · Democrat, Senate
- Richard Spanbauer · Republican, Assembly
- Josh Zepnick · Democrat, Assembly
- by request of Brain Injury Association of Wisconsin
Signed on in support (3)
- Dave Hansen · Democrat, Senate
- Julie M. Lassa · Democrat, Senate
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Mar 23, 2012
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Mar 5, 2012
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Feb 7, 2012
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Public Health and Public Safety.
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Feb 7, 2012
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Feb 7, 2012 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Berceau, Pasch, Pocan, Radcliffe, Roys, Spanbauer and Zepnick, by request of Brain Injury Association of Wisconsin;Cosponsored by Senators Hansen, Lassa and Taylor
- Feb 7, 2012 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Public Health and Public Safety
- Mar 5, 2012 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- 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.
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