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Bills from the 2015–16 session

Assembly Bill 993

A program to reduce recidivism among youthful offenders. (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

    Mar 15, 2016

  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 Corrections. 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.

This bill requires the Department of Corrections to design and implement a program to reduce recidivism among offenders who were under the age of 25 when they committed crimes. The bill requires the department to identify offenders who are serving sentences for Class C to Class I felonies or for misdemeanors and whose risk of recidivism would be reduced after participating in the program. The bill requires the department to house the offenders and administer the program in a separate facility or in a unit of a facility that is separate from the general prison population.

Who's behind it

8 lawmakers are its ⁠. All 8 are Democrats.

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Authors (8)

What happened

  1. Apr 13, 2016

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Mar 15, 2016

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Corrections.

  3. Mar 15, 2016

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Mar 15, 2016 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Goyke, Bowen, Barnes, Brostoff, Zamarripa, Zepnick, Spreitzer and Considine

  2. Mar 15, 2016 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Corrections

  3. Apr 13, 2016 · Assembly

    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

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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

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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

More in the glossary