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Bills from the 2013–14 session

Assembly Bill 921

Training in traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder awareness for law enforcement officers, tribal officers, emergency medical technicians, and first responders and granting rule-making authority. (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

    Apr 3, 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, Apr 8, 2014: “Failed to pass pursuant to ⁠”

It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Health. 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, the Law Enforcement Standards Board (LESB) creates a training program that most law enforcement officers and tribal officers are required to complete. Current law requires the program to include some specialized training, including training in handling domestic abuse situations, training on emergency detention standards, awareness of Alzheimer's and other dementia-related diseases, responses to terrorist acts, and cultural diversity and sensitivity.

Under current law, the Department of Health Services (DHS) may license a person as an emergency medical technician or certify a person as a first responder if the person satisfactorily completes a course of instruction and training or otherwise demonstrates that he or she is sufficiently trained and educated in emergency care. Current law requires specialized training in responses to terrorist acts and allows DHS to set additional qualification requirements and to promulgate rules for specialized training.

Read the full summary

This bill requires LESB and DHS to develop, by rule, a portion of the training program for law enforcement officers and tribal officers and the course of instruction and training for emergency medical technicians and first responders, that includes specialized training in recognizing and interacting with persons who have suffered a traumatic brain injury or who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder. Under the bill, LESB and DHS may operate their training program and course of instruction under emergency rule authority until the permanent rules are promulgated.

Who's behind it

8 lawmakers are its ⁠. All 8 are Democrats.

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Authors (8)

What it would cost

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

What happened

  1. Apr 8, 2014

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Apr 4, 2014

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  3. Apr 3, 2014

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Health.

  4. Apr 3, 2014

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Apr 3, 2014 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Berceau, Wachs, Pope, Kahl, Ringhand, Ohnstad, Goyke and Hulsey

  2. Apr 3, 2014 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Health

  3. Apr 4, 2014 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Apr 8, 2014 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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Public hearing

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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

Cost estimate

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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

Cost estimate

A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.

Official term: Fiscal estimate