Senate Bill 831
Failure to charge a mandatory GPS device and providing a criminal penalty
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.
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Introduced, passed
Feb 21, 2018
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Senate vote, not reached
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Mar 28, 2018: “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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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
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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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Current law requires the Department of Corrections to track a person using a global positioning system tracking device if the person committed certain child sex offenses or if the person is on supervised release after having been committed for treatment as a sexually violent person. Under current law, a person who tampers with, or blocks, diffuses, or prevents the clear reception of a signal from, such a GPS device is guilty of a Class I felony. Under this bill, a person who is subject to such GPS tracking is guilty of a Class I felony if he or she intentionally fails to charge the GPS device.
Who's behind it
3 senators are its . 2 are Republicans and 1 is a Democrat.
10 more lawmakers .
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Authors (3)
- David Craig · Republican, Senate
- Jon Erpenbach · Democrat, Senate
- Dan Feyen · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (10)
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- Dave Considine · Democrat, Assembly
- Cindi Duchow · Republican, Assembly
- Dianne Hesselbein · Democrat, Senate
- André Jacque · Republican, Senate
- Bob Kulp · Republican, Assembly
- Mike Rohrkaste · Republican, Assembly
- John Spiros · Republican, Assembly
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
- Ron Tusler · Republican, Assembly
What happened
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Mar 28, 2018
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Feb 21, 2018
Sent to the Senate Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
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Feb 21, 2018
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Feb 21, 2018 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Feyen, Erpenbach and Craig; cosponsored by Representatives Hesselbein, Duchow, Jacque, Kulp, Considine, Spiros, Rohrkaste, Berceau, Spreitzer and Tusler
- Feb 21, 2018 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety
- Mar 28, 2018 · Senate
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Terms on this page
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. 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
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
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor