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Bills from the 2013–14 session

Assembly Bill 896

Length of time in confinement following revocation of extended supervision or probation for violating a condition. (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

    Mar 31, 2014

  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, May 22, 2014: “Fiscal estimate received”

It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Corrections. 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, if a person not serving a life sentence is released to extended supervision and violates a condition of extended supervision, the person's release may be revoked. If the person's release is revoked, the person must return to prison for a period that does not exceed the time remaining on the bifurcated sentence.

Under this bill, if a person released to extended supervision violates a condition of extended supervision and the violation is not a crime and the person did not abscond, the person must return to prison for a period not to exceed 90 days if the person is not required to register with the Department of Corrections (DOC) as a sex offender.

Read the full summary

Under current law, if a person on probation violates a condition of probation, the person's probation may be revoked. If the person's probation is revoked, the person is ordered to prison for a length of time imposed by the sentencing court.

Under this bill, if a person on probation violates a condition of probation and the violation is not a crime and the person did not abscond, the person must be ordered to prison for a period not to exceed 90 days if the person is not required to register with the DOC as a sex offender.

Who's behind it

6 representatives are its ⁠. All 6 are Democrats.

1 more lawmaker ⁠.

See all 7 names

Authors (6)

Signed on in support (1)

What it would cost

State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.

What happened

  1. May 22, 2014

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  2. Apr 16, 2014

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  3. Apr 8, 2014

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  4. Mar 31, 2014

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Corrections.

  5. Mar 31, 2014

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Mar 31, 2014 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Goyke, Hebl, Berceau, Kessler, Ohnstad and Pasch; cosponsored by Senator Harris

  2. Mar 31, 2014 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Corrections

  3. Apr 8, 2014 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

  4. Apr 16, 2014 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. May 22, 2014 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

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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.

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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

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

Author

A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.

Official term: Author, coauthor

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