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Bills from the 2013–14 session

Senate Bill 668

Notifications to law enforcement officers and dissemination to the public when registered out-of-state sex offenders enter a community

Became law

The governor signed it on Apr 24, 2014. It's ⁠.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Mar 10, 2014

  2. Committee, passed

    Approved

  3. Senate vote, passed

    Passed Mar 18, 2014

  4. Assembly vote, passed

    Passed Mar 20, 2014

  5. Governor, passed

    Signed

  6. Law, here now

    2013 Wisconsin Act 343

Latest entry in the official record, Apr 24, 2014: “Published 4-24-2014”

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What it does

Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

Under current law, a person must register with the Department of Corrections (DOC) as a sex offender if he or she has been convicted of certain sex offenses, found not guilty of certain sex offenses by reason of mental disease or defect, or adjudicated delinquent on the basis of certain sex offenses. Under current law, when a registrant is released into the community from confinement or other care, DOC or the Department of Health Services (DHS), whichever agency has authority over the registrant, has the option to notify the police chief of the community, and the sheriff of the county, in which the registrant will be residing, employed, or attending school if the registrant has been convicted, or found not guilty by reason of mental defect or disease, of a sex offense only one time and must notify the police chief of the community, and the sheriff of the county, in which the registrant will be residing, employed, or attending school or through which the registrant will be traveling if the registrant has been, on two or more occasions, convicted, or found not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect, of a sex offense or if the registrant has been found to be a sexually violent person. This bill applies identical notification provisions to a sex offender in another state, or a person on supervision in another state following the commission of a sex offense, who becomes a resident of this state under an interstate compact, becomes employed or a student in this state, or becomes subject to a sanction in this state other than confinement in a prison or jail.

Who's behind it

6 senators are its ⁠. 4 are Republicans and 2 are Democrats.

28 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 34 names

Authors (6)

Signed on in support (28)

Versions and amendments

Every text the Legislature printed for this bill, including proposed changes. Each opens on the Legislature's site.

How lawmakers voted

There was one vote on this bill.

Senate Committee on Transportation vote to recommend it

Passed, 5 to 0 · Mar 13, 2014

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Report passage recommended by Committee on Transportation, Public Safety, and Veterans and Military Affairs, Ayes 5, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page

What happened

  1. Apr 24, 2014

    The new law was published.

  2. Apr 24, 2014

    The governor signed it. It became 2013 Wisconsin Act 343.

  3. Apr 22, 2014

    Sent to the governor.

  4. Mar 20, 2014

    The Assembly passed it too.

  5. Mar 18, 2014

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.

  6. Mar 18, 2014

    The Assembly received it.

  7. Mar 18, 2014

    The Senate passed it.

  8. Mar 13, 2014

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 5 to 0.

  9. Mar 13, 2014

    The committee held a public hearing.

  10. Mar 10, 2014

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Transportation, Public Safety, and Veterans and Military Affairs.

  11. Mar 10, 2014

    Introduced in the Senate.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Mar 10, 2014 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Grothman, Carpenter, Lassa, Petrowski, Kedzie and Schultz; cosponsored by Representatives Kahl, Williams, Bies, Doyle, Jacque, Spiros, Kooyenga, Krug, Ringhand, Weininger, Jagler, Strachota, Nass, A. Ott, Brooks, Bewley, Ballweg, Born, Ripp, Berceau, Kolste, Kulp, Ohnstad, Bernier, Wright, Zamarripa, Kaufert and Pope

  2. Mar 10, 2014 · Senate

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

  3. Mar 13, 2014 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  4. Mar 13, 2014 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  5. Mar 13, 2014 · Senate

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

  6. Mar 13, 2014 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  7. Mar 14, 2014 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 3-18-2014 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  8. Mar 18, 2014 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Erpenbach

  9. Mar 18, 2014 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 withdrawn and returned to author

  10. Mar 18, 2014 · Senate

    Read a second time

  11. Mar 18, 2014 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  12. Mar 18, 2014 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  13. Mar 18, 2014 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed

  14. Mar 18, 2014 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  15. Mar 18, 2014 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  16. Mar 18, 2014 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  17. Mar 18, 2014 · Assembly

    Made a special order of business at 10:53 AM on 3-20-2014 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 28

  18. Mar 20, 2014 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  19. Mar 20, 2014 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  20. Mar 20, 2014 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  21. Mar 20, 2014 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in

  22. Mar 20, 2014 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  23. Mar 21, 2014 · Senate

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  24. Mar 26, 2014 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled

  25. Apr 22, 2014 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 4-22-2014

  26. Apr 24, 2014 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 4-23-2014. 2013 Wisconsin Act 343

  27. Apr 24, 2014 · Senate

    Published 4-24-2014

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Signed on in support

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Roll call

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Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary

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Wisconsin Act

The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.

Official term: Act

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

Roll call

A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.

Official term: Roll call vote

More in the glossary