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Bills from the 2013–14 session

Senate Bill 199

Reporting the mistreatment of animals

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

    May 23, 2013

  2. Committee, stopped here

    Stopped here. No public hearing was held.

  3. Senate vote, not reached

  4. Assembly 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 Senate Committee on Judiciary and Labor. 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.

Current law requires a veterinarian to report to a humane officer or law enforcement officer when the veterinarian has reason to believe that an animal has been in a fight in violation of the law relating to animal fighting.

This bill expands the reporting requirement so that it applies to mistreatment of an animal in violation of any of the laws relating to crimes against animals. Under the bill, a veterinarian who makes a report of animal mistreatment in good faith is immune from civil liability for making the report.

Who's behind it

3 senators are its ⁠. All 3 are Democrats.

10 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 13 names

Authors (3)

Signed on in support (10)

What happened

  1. Apr 8, 2014

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. May 23, 2013

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Judiciary and Labor.

  3. May 23, 2013

    Introduced in the Senate.

See the official record, word for word
  1. May 23, 2013 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Risser, Carpenter and Harris; cosponsored by Representatives Stone, C. Taylor, Sinicki, Hebl, Goyke, Berceau, Pope, Ohnstad, Wright and Hulsey

  2. May 23, 2013 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Labor

  3. Apr 8, 2014 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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Committee

A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave 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

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