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Bills from the 2011–12 session

Senate Bill 170

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.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Aug 11, 2011

  2. Committee, stopped here

    Stopped here. No public hearing was held.

  3. Senate vote, not reached

  4. Assembly 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 ⁠”

It never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor, Public Safety, and Urban Affairs. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.

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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, the following people are generally 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; a person found not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect of, or institutionalized for, committing a felony or certain misdemeanors; and a juvenile adjudicated delinquent for certain felony sexual assaults or certain misdemeanors.

Under current law, the requirement to submit a DNA sample does not expire when the person completes serving his or her sentence or delinquency disposition or is released from a civil commitment. 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.

Read the full summary

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

2 senators are its ⁠. 1 is a Democrat and 1 is a Republican.

4 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 6 names

Authors (2)

Signed on in support (4)

What happened

  1. Mar 23, 2012

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Aug 11, 2011

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Labor, Public Safety, and Urban Affairs.

  3. Aug 11, 2011

    Introduced in the Senate.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Aug 11, 2011 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators S. Coggs and Wanggaard;Cosponsored by Representatives Barca, Berceau, Staskunas and Fields

  2. Aug 11, 2011 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Labor, Public Safety, and Urban Affairs

  3. Mar 23, 2012 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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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

Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.

Official term: Cosponsor. 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

Public hearing

A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.

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

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Signed on in support

Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.

Official term: Cosponsor

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