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Bills from the 2017–18 session

Assembly Bill 1067

Quarantine requirements for a dog or cat that has bitten its owner

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 22, 2018

  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, Mar 28, 2018: “Failed to pass pursuant to ⁠”

It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Health. 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 changes the requirements for examining a quarantined dog or cat that has bitten its owner.

Under current law, if a dog or cat is required to be quarantined because it bit a person, the animal must be kept under strict isolation for at least ten days and must be examined by a veterinarian on the first day of isolation, the last day of isolation, and one intervening day. Under the bill, if the person that the dog or cat bit is the animal's owner, if the animal is currently vaccinated against rabies, and if the animal shows no signs of rabies during the isolation period, then during the isolation period the animal is required to be examined by a veterinarian only on the first day and last day of isolation.

Who's behind it

Katrina Shankland, a Democrat, is its ⁠.

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Author (1)

What happened

  1. Mar 28, 2018

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Mar 22, 2018

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Health.

  3. Mar 22, 2018

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Mar 22, 2018 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representative Shankland

  2. Mar 22, 2018 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Health

  3. Mar 28, 2018 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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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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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