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Bills from the 2015–16 session

Assembly Bill 378

The age at which a person who is alleged to have violated a criminal law, a civil law, or a municipal ordinance and who has not been charged with certain violent offenses, and has not, after previously being convicted of a crime or adjudicated delinquent, been charged with a crime or alleged in a complaint or citation to have violated a civil law or municipal ordinance, is subject to juvenile court jurisdiction. (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

    Oct 8, 2015

  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 13, 2016: “Failed to pass pursuant to ⁠”

It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Judiciary. 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, a person 17 years of age or older who is alleged to have violated a criminal law is subject to the procedures specified in the Criminal Procedure Code and, on conviction, is subject to sentencing under the Criminal Code, which may include a sentence of imprisonment in the Wisconsin state prisons.

Currently, subject to certain exceptions, a person under 17 years of age who is alleged to have violated a criminal law is subject to the procedures specified in the Juvenile Justice Code and, on being adjudicated delinquent, is subject to an array of dispositions under that code including placement in a juvenile correctional facility.

Read the full summary

This bill raises from 17 to 18 the age at which a person who is alleged to have violated a criminal law is subject to the procedures specified in the Criminal Procedure Code and, on conviction, to sentencing under the Criminal Code, if the person has not been charged with committing certain violent offenses and has not, after previously being convicted of a crime or adjudicated delinquent, been charged with a crime. The bill, however, does not affect the age at which a person who has been charged with committing certain violent offenses or who has, after previously being convicted of a crime or adjudicated delinquent, been charged with a crime is subject to those procedures and that sentencing.

Similarly, under current law, a person 17 years of age or older who is alleged to have violated a civil law or municipal ordinance is subject to the jurisdiction and procedures of the circuit court or, if applicable, the municipal court, while a person under 17 years of age who is alleged to have violated a civil law or municipal ordinance, subject to certain exceptions, is subject to the jurisdiction and procedures of the court assigned to exercise jurisdiction under the Juvenile Justice Code. This bill raises from 17 to 18 the age at which a person who is alleged to have violated a civil law or municipal ordinance is subject to the jurisdiction and procedures of the circuit court or, if applicable, the municipal court, if the person has not been alleged, in a complaint or citation filed with the court, to have violated a civil law or municipal ordinance after previously being convicted of a crime or adjudicated delinquent. The bill, however, does not affect the age at which a person who has been alleged, in a complaint or citation filed with the court, to have violated a civil law or municipal ordinance, after previously being convicted of a crime or adjudicated delinquent, is subject to that jurisdiction and those procedures.

Who's behind it

56 lawmakers are its ⁠. 32 are Republicans and 24 are Democrats.

16 more lawmakers ⁠.

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Authors (56)

Signed on in support (16)

What it would cost

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

What happened

  1. Apr 13, 2016

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Feb 18, 2016 to Feb 19, 2016

    4 more representatives signed on in support.

  3. Dec 8, 2015

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  4. Nov 6, 2015

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  5. Oct 21, 2015

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  6. Oct 8, 2015

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Judiciary.

  7. Oct 8, 2015

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Oct 8, 2015 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Hutton, Czaja, Allen, Ballweg, Barnes, Billings, Brandtjen, Brostoff, Berceau, Craig, Doyle, Edming, Gannon, Genrich, Goyke, Hebl, Hesselbein, Hintz, Jarchow, Johnson, Kahl, Kessler, Kitchens, Knudson, Kolste, Kooyenga, Kuglitsch, Kulp, T. Larson, Loudenbeck, Macco, Milroy, Murphy, Mursau, Murtha, Neylon, Novak, Ohnstad, A. Ott, Petryk, Pope, Riemer, Ripp, Rodriguez, Rohrkaste, Sargent, Schraa, Spiros, Spreitzer, Stuck, Subeck, Tauchen, C. Taylor, Thiesfeldt, Weatherston and Zamarripa; cosponsored by Senators Petrowski, Bewley, Carpenter, Erpenbach, Harris Dodd, Harsdorf, Kapenga, C. Larson, Moulton, Olsen, Ringhand, Shilling, L. Taylor and Wirch

  2. Oct 8, 2015 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary

  3. Oct 21, 2015 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Nov 6, 2015 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Dec 8, 2015 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. Feb 18, 2016 · Assembly

    Representatives Barca, Wachs and Zepnick added as coauthors

  7. Feb 19, 2016 · Assembly

    Representative Shankland added as a coauthor

  8. Apr 13, 2016 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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Senate Joint Resolution 1

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Author

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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

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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.

More in the glossary

Public hearing

A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.

More in the glossary

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

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Signed on in support

Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.

Official term: Cosponsor

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Cost estimate

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

Official term: Fiscal estimate

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