Senate Bill 214
Requiring a person arrested for or charged with certain offenses, or a juvenile taken into custody for certain offenses, to provide a biological specimen for deoxyribonucleic acid analysis; inclusion of the analysis results in the deoxyribonucleic acid data bank; requiring the exercise of rule-making authority; and providing a penalty
Topics: Crime and criminals: Felony, Genetics and genetic testing, Justice, Department of, Juvenile delinquency, Legislature: Criminal Penalties, Joint Review Committee on, Police, Sex crimes
Stopped in committee
It had a but no committee vote, 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
Oct 5, 2011
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. It had a hearing but no committee vote.
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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, Mar 23, 2012: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It sat with the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Utilities, Commerce, and Government Operations.
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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
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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, certain persons are required to submit biological specimens to the crime laboratories for deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) analysis. These persons include: a juvenile who has been adjudicated delinquent for certain offenses; a person who is or was in prison for a felony or found guilty of a felony; a person who was found guilty of fourth-degree sexual assault, lewd and lascivious behavior, or exposing genitals to a child for sexual gratification; a person who has been found not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect for certain sexual assaults; a person who has been found to be a sexually violent person; and a person who is required by a court to provide a biological specimen.
This bill requires law enforcement agencies to collect a biological specimen for DNA analysis from every adult who is arrested for a felony or for fourth-degree sexual assault, lewd and lascivious behavior, failure to submit a required biological specimen, or exposing genitals to a child for sexual gratification and from each juvenile taken into custody for certain sexual assault offenses. The bill requires the law enforcement agency to submit the specimen to the crime laboratories for DNA analysis and inclusion of the adult's or minor's DNA profile in the data bank. The bill provides that the crime laboratories must, at the person's request, expunge information about a person who was required to submit a biological specimen in connection only with an arrest if the person is not charged with a crime within one year of the arrest or, if the person is a juvenile, a delinquency petition is not filed;
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criminal charges are dismissed; or the person is found not guilty of the crime.
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
3 senators are its . All 3 are Republicans.
9 more lawmakers .
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Authors (3)
- Sheila Harsdorf · Republican, Senate
- Luther S. Olsen · Republican, Senate
- Dale Schultz · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (9)
- Alvin Ott · Republican, Assembly
- Joan Ballweg · Republican, Senate
- Edward Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Mike Endsley · Republican, Assembly
- Dean Kaufert · Republican, Assembly
- Samantha Kerkman · Republican, Assembly
- Howard Marklein · Republican, Senate
- Lee Nerison · Republican, Assembly
- Robin Vos · Republican, Assembly
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
Versions and amendments
Every text the Legislature printed for this bill, including proposed changes. Each opens on the Legislature's site.
What happened
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Mar 23, 2012
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Feb 17, 2012
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Feb 16, 2012
The committee held a public hearing.
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Oct 17, 2011
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Oct 13, 2011
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Oct 10, 2011
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Oct 5, 2011
Sent to the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Utilities, Commerce, and Government Operations.
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Oct 5, 2011
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Oct 5, 2011 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Harsdorf, Olsen and Schultz;Cosponsored by Representatives Vos, Kerkman, Ballweg, Kaufert, Nerison, Brooks, Endsley, Marklein and A. Ott
- Oct 5, 2011 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary, Utilities, Commerce, and Government Operations
- Oct 10, 2011 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Oct 13, 2011 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Oct 17, 2011 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Feb 16, 2012 · Senate
Public hearing held
- Feb 17, 2012 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Feb 29, 2012 · Senate
Senate substitute amendment 1 offered by Senator Harsdorf
- Mar 6, 2012 · Senate
LRB correction
- Mar 23, 2012 · 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