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Bills · 2013-2014 Regular Session

AB 409

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Relating to: investigation of deaths involving a law enforcement officer. (FE)

Crime victim Criminal identification and investigation Culvert Death District attorney Justice, department of Law enforcement standards board Police Sheriff

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

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill requires each law enforcement agency to have a written policy, subject

to the approval of the law enforcement standards board, regarding the handling of

deaths involving a law enforcement officer. The policy must require a team of

investigators consisting of three individuals, two of whom must be from an agency

that does not employ an officer involved in the death being investigated, to prepare

a report and provide it to the district attorney of the county in which the death

occurred. The district attorney must give the report to the board for the review of

officer-involved deaths, which this bill creates and attaches to the Department of

Justice. The board must review the report to ensure it addresses all aspects of the

death and may request further information from the investigative team. The board

may then submit recommendations to the district attorney and may forward the

report to any person responsible for the discipline of a law enforcement officer

involved in the death.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Berceau (D) , Bies (R) , C. Taylor (D) , Goyke (D) , Kahl (D) , Kessler (D) , T. Larson (R)

5 cosponsors

Carpenter (D) , Hulsey (D) , L. Taylor (D) , Lehman (D) , Risser (D)

Votes

Assembly: Report Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice, Ayes 10, Noes 0

Passed 10–0 Feb 7, 2014 official source full page

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

Assembly: Report Assembly Amendment 2 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice, Ayes 10, Noes 0

Passed 10–0 Feb 7, 2014 official source full page

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

Assembly: Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice, Ayes 7, Noes 3

Passed 7–3 Feb 7, 2014 official source full page

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

Assembly: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice, Ayes 8, Noes 2

Passed 8–2 Feb 7, 2014 official source full page

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

Senate: Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Transportation, Public Safety, and Veterans and Military Affairs, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Mar 7, 2014 official source full page

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

Full history

  1. Oct 4, 2013 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Bies, C. Taylor, Berceau, Goyke, Kahl, Kessler and T. Larson; cosponsored by Senators L. Taylor, Lehman and Risser

  2. Oct 4, 2013 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary

  3. Nov 6, 2013 · Assembly

    Withdrawn from committee on Judiciary and referred to committee on Criminal Justice pursuant to Assembly Rule 42 (3)(c)

  4. Nov 20, 2013 · Assembly

    Representative Hulsey added as a coauthor

  5. Dec 12, 2013 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. Dec 12, 2013 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  7. Jan 22, 2014 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Goyke

  8. Jan 22, 2014 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Bies

  9. Jan 23, 2014 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  10. Jan 23, 2014 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Bies

  11. Jan 23, 2014 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 2 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Bies

  12. Feb 3, 2014 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 3 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Goyke, Johnson, Kessler and Wachs

  13. Feb 7, 2014 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice, Ayes 10, Noes 0

  14. Feb 7, 2014 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 2 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice, Ayes 10, Noes 0

  15. Feb 7, 2014 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice, Ayes 7, Noes 3

  16. Feb 7, 2014 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice, Ayes 8, Noes 2

  17. Feb 7, 2014 · Assembly

    Referred to Committee on Rules

  18. Feb 10, 2014 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Representative Bies

  19. Feb 13, 2014 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 2-18-2014 by Committee on Rules

  20. Feb 18, 2014 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  21. Feb 18, 2014 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 adopted

  22. Feb 18, 2014 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  23. Feb 18, 2014 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  24. Feb 18, 2014 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed

  25. Feb 18, 2014 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  26. Feb 19, 2014 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  27. Feb 19, 2014 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Transportation, Public Safety, and Veterans and Military Affairs

  28. Feb 27, 2014 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  29. Mar 6, 2014 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  30. Mar 7, 2014 · Senate

    Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Transportation, Public Safety, and Veterans and Military Affairs, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  31. Mar 7, 2014 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  32. Mar 31, 2014 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 4-1-2014 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  33. Apr 1, 2014 · Senate

    Senator Carpenter added as a cosponsor

  34. Apr 1, 2014 · Senate

    Read a second time

  35. Apr 1, 2014 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  36. Apr 1, 2014 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  37. Apr 1, 2014 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in

  38. Apr 1, 2014 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  39. Apr 2, 2014 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  40. Apr 3, 2014 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled on 4-3-2014

  41. Apr 22, 2014 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 4-22-2014

  42. Apr 23, 2014 · Assembly

    Report approved by the Governor on 4-23-2014. 2013 Wisconsin Act 348

  43. Apr 23, 2014 · Assembly

    Published 4-24-2014