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Bills from the 2017–18 session

Assembly Bill 658

Creating a reproductive health care facility safety program 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

    Nov 17, 2017

  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 Criminal Justice 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 directs the Department of Justice to create programs to address harassment, threats, and violence towards patients, prospective patients, and reproductive health care providers. Under the bill, DOJ must develop training programs for law enforcement officers and prosecuting attorneys to address anti-reproductive health care behaviors and a program to foster community collaboration in the prevention of and response to illegal anti-reproductive health care activities, and create a resource center to collect data and disseminate information on illegal anti-reproductive health care activities. The bill also creates a grant program under which DOJ may award grants to counties that need support in addressing illegal anti-reproductive health care activities.

Who's behind it

23 lawmakers are its ⁠. All 23 are Democrats.

11 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 34 names

Authors (23)

Signed on in support (11)

What it would cost

State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.

What happened

  1. Mar 28, 2018

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Dec 8, 2017

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  3. Dec 6, 2017

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  4. Nov 17, 2017

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety.

  5. Nov 17, 2017

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Nov 17, 2017 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives C. Taylor, Anderson, Berceau, Billings, Brostoff, Considine, Crowley, Fields, Goyke, Hebl, Hesselbein, Kolste, Ohnstad, Pope, Riemer, Sargent, Sinicki, Spreitzer, Stuck, Subeck, Wachs, Zamarripa and Zepnick; cosponsored by Senators Erpenbach, Bewley, Johnson, Larson, Miller, Ringhand, Risser, Shilling, L. Taylor, Vinehout and Wirch

  2. Nov 17, 2017 · Assembly

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

  3. Dec 6, 2017 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Dec 8, 2017 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Mar 28, 2018 · Assembly

    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.

More in the glossary

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

Signed on in support

Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.

Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary

Cost estimate

A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.

Official term: Fiscal estimate. 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

Signed on in support

Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.

Official term: Cosponsor

Cost estimate

A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.

Official term: Fiscal estimate