Senate Bill 297
Reports to the Department of Justice from special units maintained by law enforcement agencies. (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
Oct 9, 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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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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill requires each law enforcement agency that maintains a special unit trained to deal with unusually violent or dangerous situations (commonly known as a SWAT team) to submit an annual report to the Department of Justice (DOJ). Under this bill, the report must contain certain information such as the number of times that the law enforcement agency deployed the team in the previous year, the reason and legal authority for the deployment, and the number of arrests made. This bill requires DOJ to submit to the legislature annually an analysis and summary of the reports from the law enforcement agencies and to post the analysis and summary on DOJ's Internet site.
Who's behind it
2 senators are its . 1 is a Democrat and 1 is a Republican.
18 more lawmakers .
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Authors (2)
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
- Duey Stroebel · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (18)
- Alvin Ott · Republican, Assembly
- Janel Brandtjen · Republican, Assembly
- David Craig · Republican, Senate
- Eric Genrich · Democrat, Assembly
- Evan Goyke · Democrat, Assembly
- Rob Hutton · Republican, Senate
- Adam Jarchow · Republican, Assembly
- Samantha Kerkman · Republican, Assembly
- Frederick Kessler · Democrat, Assembly
- Dean Knudson · Republican, Assembly
- Cory Mason · Democrat, Assembly
- Dave Murphy · Republican, Assembly
- Keith Ripp · Republican, Assembly
- Jessie Rodriguez · Republican, Assembly
- Thomas Larson · Republican, Assembly
- Gary Tauchen · Republican, Assembly
- Jeremy Thiesfeldt · Republican, Assembly
- Dana Wachs · Democrat, Assembly
What happened
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Apr 13, 2016
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Oct 9, 2015
Sent to the Senate Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
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Oct 9, 2015
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Oct 9, 2015 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Stroebel and L. Taylor; cosponsored by Representatives Knudson, Craig, Jarchow, Tauchen, Brandtjen, Hutton, Kerkman, T. Larson, Murphy, A. Ott, Thiesfeldt, Ripp, Rodriguez, Genrich, Goyke, Kessler, Mason and Wachs
- Oct 9, 2015 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety
- 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
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