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Bills · 2011-2012 Regular Session

SB 15

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

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Senate, completed
  3. Passes Assembly, completed
  4. Governor signs, completed
  5. Law, completed

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

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.

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.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Grothman (R) , Jauch (D) , Lazich (R) , Leibham (R) , Olsen (R) , Schultz (R) , Wanggaard (R)

22 cosponsors

Bernier (R) , Bies (R) , Brooks (R) , Carpenter (D) , Cowles (R) , Farrow (R) , Jacque (R) , Kerkman (R) , Kestell (R) , Kleefisch (R) , Kooyenga (R) , LeMahieu (R) , Marklein (R) , Mursau (R) , Nass (R) , Petersen (R) , Ripp (R) , Spanbauer (R) , Strachota (R) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Vos (R) , Ziegelbauer (I)

Votes

Suspending the rules (to take a vote immediately) needs a two-thirds majority — a higher bar than passing the bill, which needs a simple majority. That's why a suspension motion can show more Ayes than the passage vote that follows it. Glossary

Senate: Report passage recommended by committee on Labor, Public Safety, and Urban Affairs, Ayes 4, Noes 1

Passed 4–1 Feb 22, 2011 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Read a third time and passed, Ayes 19, Noes 0

Passed 19–0 Feb 23, 2011 official source full page

Assembly: Refused to suspend rules to read a third time, Ayes 58, Noes 36

Passed 58–36 May 17, 2011 official source full page

Aye · 58

Not voting · 4

Assembly: Assembly substitute amendment 1 laid on table, Ayes 58, Noes 36

Passed 58–36 May 17, 2011 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 61, Noes 36

Passed 61–36 Jun 8, 2011 official source full page

Aye · 61

Not voting · 1

Full history

  1. Feb 2, 2011 · Senate

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

  2. Feb 2, 2011 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Transportation and Elections

  3. Feb 3, 2011 · Senate

    Representative Spanbauer added as a cosponsor

  4. Feb 3, 2011 · Senate

    Withdrawn from committee on Transportation and Elections and rereferred to committee on Labor, Public Safety, and Urban Affairs, pursuant to Senate Rule 46 (2)(c)

  5. Feb 14, 2011 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. Feb 14, 2011 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  7. Feb 14, 2011 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  8. Feb 16, 2011 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  9. Feb 22, 2011 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  10. Feb 22, 2011 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 2-23-2011 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  11. Feb 22, 2011 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  12. Feb 22, 2011 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by committee on Labor, Public Safety, and Urban Affairs, Ayes 4, Noes 1

  13. Feb 23, 2011 · Senate

    Senator Carpenter added as a coauthor

  14. Feb 23, 2011 · Senate

    Senator Cowles added as a coauthor

  15. Feb 23, 2011 · Senate

    Read a second time

  16. Feb 23, 2011 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  17. Feb 23, 2011 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  18. Feb 23, 2011 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 19, Noes 0

  19. Feb 23, 2011 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  20. Mar 1, 2011 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  21. Mar 1, 2011 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  22. May 12, 2011 · Assembly

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

  23. May 17, 2011 · Assembly

    Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up

  24. May 17, 2011 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  25. May 17, 2011 · Assembly

    Assembly substitute amendment 1 offered by Representatives Clark and Barca

  26. May 17, 2011 · Assembly

    Assembly substitute amendment 1 laid on table, Ayes 58, Noes 36

  27. May 17, 2011 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  28. May 17, 2011 · Assembly

    Refused to suspend rules to read a third time, Ayes 58, Noes 36

  29. Jun 8, 2011 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 61, Noes 36

  30. Jun 8, 2011 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  31. Jun 9, 2011 · Senate

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  32. Jun 17, 2011 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled on 6-17-2011

  33. Jun 22, 2011 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 6-22-2011

  34. Jun 23, 2011 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 6-22-2011. 2011 Wisconsin Act 29

  35. Jun 24, 2011 · Senate

    Published 6-29-2011