Assembly Bill 820
Using force against a certified or licensed social worker, school social worker, mental health worker, human services or social services worker, or public health worker
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.
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Introduced, passed
Feb 27, 2014
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Senate vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Apr 8, 2014: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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Committee
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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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Under current law, in general, a person may use force in self-defense or in the defense of another person if: 1) the amount of force used is reasonable under the circumstances; and 2) the person reasonably believes using the force is necessary to stop an unlawful interference with himself or herself or another person, such as the crime of battery.
Under current law, a fact finder in a criminal case or a civil case involving a person's use of force intended to or likely to cause death or great bodily harm must presume that the person reasonably believed the force was necessary to prevent death or bodily harm to himself or herself or to another person if: 1) the individual against whom the force was used was in the process of unlawfully and forcibly entering, or had already unlawfully and forcibly entered, the dwelling, motor vehicle, or, in the case of a business owner or operator, place of business, of the person who used the force; 2) the person was present in that dwelling, motor vehicle, or place of business; and 3) the person knew or reasonably believed that an unlawful and forcible entry was occurring or had occurred.
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Under current law, the presumption that the person reasonably believed the force was necessary does not apply if the individual against whom the force was used had identified himself or herself as a public safety worker (or was or should have been known to be a public safety worker) and was entering the dwelling, motor vehicle, or place of business in the performance of his or her official duties. Current law defines a "public safety worker" as a licensed emergency medical technician, a certified first responder, a peace officer, a fire fighter, or a person operating or staffing an ambulance.
This bill defines a "public safety, health, or welfare worker" as a public safety worker, a certified, licensed, or otherwise practicing social worker, a school social worker, a mental health worker, a human services or social services worker, or a public health worker. Under the bill, the presumption that the person reasonably believed the force was necessary does not apply if the individual against whom the force was used had identified himself or herself as a public safety, health, or welfare worker (or was known or should have been known by the person who used force to be a public safety, health, or welfare worker) and was entering the dwelling, motor vehicle, or place of business in the performance of his or her official duties.
Who's behind it
24 lawmakers are its . 20 are Democrats and 4 are Republicans.
10 more lawmakers .
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Authors (24)
- Alvin Ott · Republican, Assembly
- Mandela Barnes · Democrat, Assembly
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- Penny Bernard Schaber · Democrat, Assembly
- Janet Bewley · Democrat, Senate
- Garey Bies · Republican, Assembly
- Jill Billings · Democrat, Assembly
- Edward Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Chris Danou · Democrat, Assembly
- Evan Goyke · Democrat, Assembly
- Gary Hebl · Democrat, Assembly
- Dianne Hesselbein · Democrat, Senate
- Brett Hulsey · Democrat, Assembly
- LaTonya Johnson · Democrat, Senate
- Robb Kahl · Democrat, Assembly
- Debra Kolste · Democrat, Assembly
- Tod Ohnstad · Democrat, Assembly
- Sandy Pasch · Democrat, Assembly
- Sondy Pope · Democrat, Assembly
- Janis Ringhand · Democrat, Senate
- Melissa Sargent · Democrat, Assembly
- Pat Strachota · Republican, Assembly
- Mandy Wright · Democrat, Assembly
- Josh Zepnick · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (10)
- Tim Carpenter · Democrat, Senate
- Jon Erpenbach · Democrat, Senate
- Dave Hansen · Democrat, Senate
- Nikiya Harris Dodd · Democrat, Senate
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
- John Lehman · Democrat, Senate
- Fred A. Risser · Democrat, Senate
- Jennifer Shilling · Democrat, Senate
- Timothy Cullen · Democrat, Senate
- Bob Wirch · Democrat, Senate
What happened
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Apr 8, 2014
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Feb 27, 2014
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security.
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Feb 27, 2014
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Feb 27, 2014 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Goyke, Barnes, Ohnstad, Kahl, Bies, Strachota, A. Ott, Brooks, Danou, Wright, Billings, Johnson, Bernard Schaber, Bewley, Kolste, Pope, Hebl, Berceau, Sargent, Pasch, Ringhand, Hesselbein, Zepnick and Hulsey; cosponsored by Senators Shilling, Harris, L. Taylor, T. Cullen, Erpenbach, Risser, Wirch, Carpenter, Hansen and Lehman
- Feb 27, 2014 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security
- Apr 8, 2014 · Assembly
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
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