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Bills from the 2015–16 session

Senate Bill 801

Grants to reduce recidivism and making an appropriation. (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

    Apr 7, 2016

  2. Committee, stopped here

    Stopped here. No public hearing was held.

  3. Senate vote, not reached

  4. Assembly 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 Senate Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety. 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 provide grants, in the total amount of $20,000,000 each fiscal biennium, to local units of government and nonprofit organizations that have established programs that reduce criminal recidivism.

Under the bill, in order to qualify for a grant, a local unit of government or a nonprofit organization must have a program that serves at least 50 persons who are released from confinement to parole or extended supervision, must have a lower recidivism rate among participants in its program than the state recidivism rate, and must be able to demonstrate that the cost of expanding the program would be less than the savings to the state achieved from the reduction in recidivism.

Who's behind it

Lena Taylor, a Democrat, is its ⁠.

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Author (1)

What happened

  1. Apr 13, 2016

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Apr 7, 2016

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.

  3. Apr 7, 2016

    Introduced in the Senate.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Apr 7, 2016 · Senate

    Introduced by Senator L. Taylor

  2. Apr 7, 2016 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety

  3. Apr 13, 2016 · Senate

    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

A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.

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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

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

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

Author

A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.

Official term: Author, coauthor