Assembly Bill 984
Reasonable suspicion necessary to temporarily detain a person, search for weapons, and seize a weapon during questioning
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
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
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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 clarifies that a person's presence in a geographic area that has a higher rate of crime relative to other areas in the state or within a town, village, city, or county may not constitute reasonable suspicion that would enable a law enforcement officer to temporarily detain the person or search the person for weapons.
Under current law, if a law enforcement officer reasonably believes that a person is committing, is about to commit, or has committed a crime, the officer may stop the person and question him or her about his or her conduct. Current law allows the officer, if he or she reasonably believes that he or she or another person is in physical danger, to search the person for weapons during the questioning and, if any weapon is found, to take the weapon until the person is either arrested or released after questioning.
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Under the bill, the person's presence in a high-crime area may not constitute reasonable suspicion for a stop, a search, or a taking of a weapon.
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