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Bills · 2017-2018 Regular Session

AB 58

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Relating to: requirements for law enforcement dogs that have bitten a person.

Dogs Police Veterinary medicine

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Assembly, completed
  3. Passes Senate, completed
  4. Governor signs, completed
  5. Law, completed

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill makes changes to the requirements for law enforcement dogs that

have bitten a person.

Under current law, a dog that has bitten a person must be quarantined.

Current law exempts law enforcement dogs that bite a person while performing law

enforcement duties and that are immunized against rabies, but requires the dog to

be confined when not performing law enforcement functions until it can be examined

by a veterinarian on three separate occasions.

This bill eliminates the requirements that a law enforcement dog that has

bitten a person be examined by a veterinarian and that the dog be confined. The bill

requires the law enforcement agency to make the dog available for examination at

any reasonable time and, if the dog exhibits abnormal behavior, to notify the local

health department.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Allen (R) , Bernier (R) , Brandtjen (R) , E. Brooks (R) , Gannon (R) , Genrich (D) , Jacque (R) , Jarchow (R) , Kerkman (R) , Kremer (R) , Mursau (R) , Nygren (R) , Shankland (D) , Skowronski (R) , Spiros (R) , Steffen (R) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Tittl (R) , Tusler (R) , Wichgers (R)

4 cosponsors

Cowles (R) , Marklein (R) , Olsen (R) , Wanggaard (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 11, Noes 1

Passed 11–1 Mar 15, 2017 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 May 5, 2017 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Feb 6, 2017 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Jacque, Steffen, Spiros, Kremer, Bernier, Genrich, Nygren, Jarchow, Gannon, Kerkman, Tittl, Wichgers, Mursau, E. Brooks, Thiesfeldt, Tusler, Brandtjen, Skowronski, Allen and Shankland; cosponsored by Senators Cowles, Wanggaard, Olsen and Marklein

  2. Feb 6, 2017 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety

  3. Mar 2, 2017 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Mar 9, 2017 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  5. Mar 15, 2017 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 11, Noes 1

  6. Mar 15, 2017 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  7. Apr 27, 2017 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 5-2-2017 by Committee on Rules

  8. May 2, 2017 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed

  9. May 2, 2017 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  10. May 2, 2017 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  11. May 2, 2017 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  12. May 2, 2017 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  13. May 3, 2017 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  14. May 4, 2017 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization

  15. May 4, 2017 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  16. May 5, 2017 · Senate

    Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0

  17. May 5, 2017 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 5-10-2017 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  18. May 10, 2017 · Senate

    Read a second time

  19. May 10, 2017 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  20. May 10, 2017 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  21. May 10, 2017 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in

  22. May 10, 2017 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  23. May 10, 2017 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  24. May 23, 2017 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled on 5-23-2017

  25. Jun 21, 2017 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 6-21-2017

  26. Jun 26, 2017 · Assembly

    Report approved by the Governor on 6-23-2017. 2017 Wisconsin Act 23

  27. Jun 26, 2017 · Assembly

    Published 6-24-2017