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Bills · 2017-2018 Regular Session

AB 189

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Relating to: grants for beat patrol and specialized officers.

Justice, department of Police

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, the Department of Justice awards grants to cities to pay for

uniformed beat patrol law enforcement officers. This bill makes the following

changes to the grant program: allows villages, town, and counties, not just cities, to

apply; eliminates the cap of $150,000 per grant; eliminates the requirement that

DOJ award the grant to the applicants with the highest rates of violent crime; allows

grant recipients to use grant funds to pay for law enforcement officers whose primary

duties relate to achieving a law enforcement or public safety goal; and requires

annual applications. Also, under the bill, a grant recipient that applies for an

additional grant must provide a statement to DOJ regarding its progress using the

grant money in achieving goals for which the previous grant was awarded.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Anderson (D) , Born (R) , Horlacher (R) , Jacque (R) , Jagler (R) , Kremer (R) , Krug (R) , Macco (R) , Mursau (R) , Novak (R) , R. Brooks (R) , Ripp (R) , Rohrkaste (R) , Sanfelippo (R) , Schraa (R) , Skowronski (R) , Spiros (R) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Tittl (R) , Tranel (R) , Tusler (R) , VanderMeer (R) , Weatherston (R)

3 cosponsors

Subeck (D) , Vukmir (R) , Wanggaard (R)

Full history

  1. Mar 28, 2017 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Sanfelippo, Jacque, Anderson, Born, R. Brooks, Horlacher, Jagler, Kremer, Macco, Mursau, Novak, Ripp, Rohrkaste, Schraa, Skowronski, Spiros, Thiesfeldt, Tittl, Tranel, Tusler, Weatherston, Krug and VanderMeer; cosponsored by Senators Vukmir and Wanggaard

  2. Mar 28, 2017 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Local Government

  3. Mar 28, 2018 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

  4. Apr 12, 2018 · Assembly

    Representative Subeck added as a coauthor