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Bills from the January 2017 Special Session

Senate Bill 3

Immunity from revocation of probation, parole, or extended supervision for certain controlled substance offenses

Stopped before the full Senate voted

The recommended passing it, but the full Senate never voted on it. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Feb 21, 2017

  2. Committee, passed

    Approved

  3. Senate vote, stopped here

    Stopped here. The full Senate never voted on it.

  4. Assembly vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Jul 7, 2017: “Failed to pass pursuant to ⁠”

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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 grants immunity from having probation, parole, or extended supervision revoked for possessing a controlled substance or controlled substance analog to a person, called an aider, who summons or provides emergency medical assistance to another person because the aider believes the other person is suffering from an overdose or other adverse reaction to a controlled substance or controlled substance analog. This bill also grants immunity from prosecution or from having probation, parole, or extended supervision revoked for possessing a controlled substance or controlled substance analog to the aided person in this circumstance.

This is an extension of current law, which grants immunity from prosecution for possessing a controlled substance or controlled substance analog to an aider who summons or provides emergency medical assistance to another person because the aider believes the other person is suffering from an overdose or other adverse reaction to a controlled substance or controlled substance analog.

Who's behind it

The Committee on Senate Organization introduced it at the governor's request.

46 more lawmakers ⁠.

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Signed on in support (46)

How lawmakers voted

There was one vote on this bill.

Senate Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety vote to recommend it

Passed, 5 to 0 · Mar 2, 2017

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page

What happened

  1. Jul 7, 2017

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Apr 5, 2017

    1 more representative signed on in support.

  3. Mar 2, 2017

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 5 to 0.

  4. Mar 1, 2017

    1 more senator signed on in support.

  5. Feb 28, 2017

    The committee held a public hearing.

  6. Feb 21, 2017

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.

  7. Feb 21, 2017

    Introduced in the Senate.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Feb 21, 2017 · Senate

    Introduced by Committee on Senate Organization, Harsdorf, Darling, Vukmir, Olsen, Wanggaard, Testin, L. Taylor, Carpenter and Marklein; cosponsored by Representatives Nygren, Petryk, Mursau, Tittl, Horlacher, Rohrkaste, E. Brooks, Bernier, Edming, Krug, Petersen, Jagler, VanderMeer, R. Brooks, Murphy, Felzkowski, Skowronski, Novak, Quinn, Ripp, Swearingen, Kleefisch, Billings, Kolste, Subeck, Spreitzer, Brostoff, Stuck, Genrich, Ohnstad, C. Taylor, Zepnick, Sinicki, Doyle, Ballweg, Tranel, Vruwink, Fields, Kulp, Sargent, Allen, Spiros, Wachs and Zamarripa, by request of Governor Scott Walker

  2. Feb 21, 2017 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety

  3. Feb 28, 2017 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  4. Mar 1, 2017 · Senate

    Senator Johnson added as a coauthor

  5. Mar 2, 2017 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  6. Mar 2, 2017 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  7. Mar 2, 2017 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  8. Apr 5, 2017 · Senate

    Representative Considine added as a cosponsor

  9. Jul 7, 2017 · 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.

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

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

Roll call

A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.

Official term: Roll call vote. 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.

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

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

Roll call

A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.

Official term: Roll call vote

More in the glossary