Senate Bill 172
Requiring racial impact statements for bills that create a new crime, modify an existing crime, or modify the penalty for an existing crime. (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
May 21, 2015
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Senate vote, not reached
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Assembly 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 Senate Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate. 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 provides that any bill that creates a new crime, modifies an existing crime, or modifies the penalty for an existing crime must have a racial impact statement. The racial impact statement must be prepared by the Joint Review Committee on Criminal Penalties (JRCCP). Under the bill, JRCCP may obtain the assistance of any agency in the executive branch of state government in preparing the racial impact statement.
The bill requires that a racial impact statement include an estimate of the number of criminal cases per year that the bill will affect, the impact of the bill on members of racial minority groups, the effect of the bill on the operations of correctional institutions, and any other matter JRCCP considers appropriate. In preparing the racial impact statement, JRCCP must also issue a finding as to whether the bill has a disparate impact on members of racial minority groups. The racial impact statement must be printed as an appendix to the bill and distributed in the same manner as amendments.
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Under the bill, if JRCCP finds that a bill will have a disparate impact on members of racial minority groups, the author of the bill must either offer an amendment to the bill to reduce the disparate impact of the bill on members of racial minority groups or provide in writing his or her reasons for advancing the bill without amendment despite the disparate impact of the bill on members of racial minority groups.
Finally, under the bill, no house of the legislature may pass a bill that creates a new crime, modifies an existing crime, or modifies the penalty for an existing crime without a racial impact statement and without any applicable actions required of the bill's author.
Who's behind it
3 senators are its . All 3 are Democrats.
15 more lawmakers .
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Authors (3)
- Nikiya Harris Dodd · Democrat, Senate
- Julie M. Lassa · Democrat, Senate
- Kathleen Vinehout · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (15)
- Mandela Barnes · Democrat, Assembly
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- David Bowen · Democrat, Assembly
- Jonathan Brostoff · Democrat, Assembly
- Chris Taylor · Democrat, Assembly
- Evan Goyke · Democrat, Assembly
- LaTonya Johnson · Democrat, Senate
- Frederick Kessler · Democrat, Assembly
- Tod Ohnstad · Democrat, Assembly
- Sondy Pope · Democrat, Assembly
- Daniel Riemer · Democrat, Assembly
- Melissa Sargent · Democrat, Assembly
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
- JoCasta Zamarripa · Democrat, Assembly
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Apr 13, 2016
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Jun 3, 2015
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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May 21, 2015
Sent to the Senate Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
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May 21, 2015
Introduced in the Senate.
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- May 21, 2015 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Harris Dodd, Vinehout and Lassa; cosponsored by Representatives Barnes, Zamarripa, Subeck, Berceau, Bowen, Brostoff, Goyke, Johnson, Kessler, Ohnstad, Pope, Riemer, Spreitzer, C. Taylor and Sargent
- May 21, 2015 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety
- Jun 3, 2015 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Apr 13, 2016 · Senate
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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
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.
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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate