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Bills from the 2013–14 session

Assembly Bill 314

Eliminating the collection of deoxyribonucleic acid at arrest. (FE)

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 23, 2013

  2. Committee, stopped here

    Stopped here. No public hearing was held.

  3. Assembly vote, not reached

  4. Senate vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Apr 8, 2014: “Failed to pass pursuant to ⁠”

It never got a hearing in the Joint Committee on Finance. 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, certain individuals are required to submit biological specimens to the crime laboratories in the Department of Justice (DOJ) for deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) analysis. These individuals include a juvenile who has been adjudicated delinquent for certain offenses and an individual who has been found guilty of a felony, fourth-degree sexual assault, lewd and lascivious behavior, or exposing genitals to a child for sexual gratification. In addition, beginning on April 1, 2015, law enforcement agencies must obtain a biological specimen from each individual arrested for a felony or taken into custody for a juvenile offense that would be a felony if committed by an adult. The law enforcement agency must submit the specimen to the crime laboratories if the individual was arrested or taken into custody under a warrant, the court finds probable cause that the individual committed the offense, or the individual fails to appear at the initial appearance, preliminary examination, or delinquency proceeding, whichever is appropriate;

otherwise, the law enforcement agency must destroy the specimen within one year of obtaining it.

Read the full summary

This bill eliminates the requirement beginning on April 1, 2015, that law enforcement agencies obtain a biological specimen from each individual arrested for a felony or taken into custody for a juvenile offense that would be a felony if committed by an adult.

Who's behind it

15 representatives are its ⁠. All 15 are Democrats.

1 more lawmaker ⁠.

See all 16 names

Authors (15)

Signed on in support (1)

What happened

  1. Apr 8, 2014

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Sep 10, 2013

    1 more representative signed on in support.

  3. Aug 23, 2013

    Sent to the Joint Committee on Finance.

  4. Aug 23, 2013

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Aug 23, 2013 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Goyke, Kessler, Hebl, Berceau, Kolste, Danou, Shankland, Sinicki, Zepnick, Richards, Wright, Young, Jorgensen, Ohnstad and Milroy

  2. Aug 23, 2013 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Joint Committee on Finance

  3. Sep 10, 2013 · Assembly

    Representative Craig added as a coauthor

  4. Apr 8, 2014 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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Senate Joint Resolution 1

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Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary

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Signed on in support

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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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