Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session
Relating to: prohibiting local ordinances, resolutions, and policies that prohibit immigration status inquiries and reports to, and cooperation with, other units of government about the presence of illegal aliens, authorizing certain elective officeholders to commence an enforcement action, and providing a reduction in shared revenue payments. (FE)
Alien Attorney general Circuit court County Court — Procedure District attorney Divorce Immigration Municipality Ordinance Revenue, department of Shared revenue Sheriff Town Village
- Introduced, stopped here
- Passes Senate, not reached
- Passes Assembly, not reached
- Governor signs, not reached
- Law, not reached
Unfamiliar terms? Glossary
What this bill does
Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill prohibits a city, village, town, or county (political subdivision) from
enacting or enforcing an ordinance, resolution, or policy that prohibits an employee
of that political subdivision from inquiring about the immigration status of an
individual who has been lawfully detained or arrested, or from otherwise cooperating
with or assisting the federal government, or other units of government, with
immigration enforcement. The bill also authorizes the attorney general or the
appropriate district attorney or sheriff to file a writ of mandamus with the circuit
court to require compliance with the requirements created by the bill if he or she
believes that the political subdivision is failing to comply with the requirements.
If a court finds that a political subdivision has failed to comply, the department
of revenue must reduce the political subdivision's shared revenue payments in the
next year by $500 to $5,000, depending on the political subdivision's population, for
each day of noncompliance.
What it would cost
Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs
Sponsors
Votes
Senate: Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Labor and Government Reform, Ayes 5, Noes 0
Passed 5–0 Feb 12, 2016 official source full pageNo individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Senate: Report adoption of Senate Amendment 2 recommended by Committee on Labor and Government Reform, Ayes 5, Noes 0
Passed 5–0 Feb 12, 2016 official source full pageNo individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Senate: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Labor and Government Reform, Ayes 3, Noes 2
Passed 3–2 Feb 12, 2016 official source full pageNo individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Full history
- Oct 29, 2015 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Nass, Vukmir and Stroebel; cosponsored by Representatives Spiros, Kremer, Jacque, Gannon, Horlacher, Craig, Tittl, A. Ott, Murphy, Kleefisch, Rohrkaste, Edming, T. Larson and J. Ott
- Oct 29, 2015 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Labor and Government Reform
- Nov 10, 2015 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Jan 21, 2016 · Senate
Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Nass
- Jan 21, 2016 · Senate
Senate Amendment 2 offered by Senator Nass
- Feb 10, 2016 · Senate
Public hearing held
- Feb 12, 2016 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- Feb 12, 2016 · Senate
Executive action taken
- Feb 12, 2016 · Senate
Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Labor and Government Reform, Ayes 5, Noes 0
- Feb 12, 2016 · Senate
Report adoption of Senate Amendment 2 recommended by Committee on Labor and Government Reform, Ayes 5, Noes 0
- Feb 12, 2016 · Senate
Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Labor and Government Reform, Ayes 3, Noes 2
- Feb 23, 2016 · Senate
Senate Amendment 3 offered by Senator Nass
- Apr 13, 2016 · Senate
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1