Assembly Bill 979
Grants for law enforcement officers to use risk assessment tools prior to arresting persons, and making an appropriation. (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.
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Introduced, passed
Mar 10, 2016
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Senate vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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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 Criminal Justice and Public Safety. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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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.
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
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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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill creates a grant program, administered by the department of justice (DOJ), in which grants are distributed to law enforcement agencies to incorporate a prearrest risk assessment tool into their arrest practices. Under the bill, in order to receive a grant, a law enforcement agency must identify an evidence-based risk assessment tool that its law enforcement officers will use to determine whether a person should be arrested for a crime.
Under the bill, law enforcement agencies that receive a grant will provide information to DOJ regarding the use of the evidence-based risk assessment tool, including the number of persons screened, the number of persons arrested after screening, and the number of persons not arrested after screening. DOJ must analyze the data submitted each year and prepare a progress report that evaluates the effectiveness of the program. Every five years, DOJ must submit a report summarizing the grant program and its effects to the legislature.
Who's behind it
10 lawmakers are its . All 10 are Democrats.
2 more lawmakers .
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Authors (10)
- Mandela Barnes · Democrat, Assembly
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- David Bowen · Democrat, Assembly
- Jonathan Brostoff · Democrat, Assembly
- Dave Considine · Democrat, Assembly
- Evan Goyke · Democrat, Assembly
- LaTonya Johnson · Democrat, Senate
- Frederick Kessler · Democrat, Assembly
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
- JoCasta Zamarripa · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (2)
- Chris Larson · Democrat, Senate
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
What happened
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Apr 13, 2016
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Mar 10, 2016
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety.
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Mar 10, 2016
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Mar 10, 2016 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Goyke, Bowen, Barnes, Brostoff, Kessler, Berceau, Johnson, Spreitzer, Considine and Zamarripa; cosponsored by Senators C. Larson and L. Taylor
- Mar 10, 2016 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety
- Apr 13, 2016 · Assembly
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Terms on this page
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. 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
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor