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Bills from the 2019–20 session

Assembly Bill 27

The collection of victim restitution

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

    Feb 22, 2019

  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, Apr 1, 2020: “Failed to pass pursuant to ⁠”

It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Corrections. 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 prohibits the Department of Corrections from collecting supervision fees from an individual who is or was previously on probation, parole, or supervised release until all restitution owed by that individual has been paid. Under current law, DOC may not collect supervision fees from an individual who owes restitution debt while that person is on probation, parole, or supervised release, but current law is silent as to whether supervision fees may be collected once that individual is no longer on probation, parole, or supervised release if a civil judgment has been entered for that individual's restitution debt.

This bill also directs the director of state courts to ensure that the court system website organizes restitution debt by the individual who owes restitution, not by the case in which restitution is owed, and that it apportions all payments made by an individual across all victims to whom he or she owes restitution. Currently, the court system website organizes restitution debt by the case in which restitution debt is owed, which allows an individual making a payment through the website to select which case to pay restitution towards.

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This bill changes the statute of limitations for a civil action to enforce a restitution order so that such an action may be filed at any time. Under current law, a civil action to enforce a restitution order must be filed within 20 years.

The bill requires that DOC or clerks of courts certify outstanding restitution debt to the Department of Revenue unless the victim requests that the debt not be certified. Under current law, clerks of courts may certify restitution debt but are not required to do so. This bill also requires DOR to begin collection efforts at the time of certification. Under current law, there is no required time frame in which DOR must begin collection efforts. The bill also requires DOR to apply collected amounts to outstanding child support and restitution debt before any other debt.

Who's behind it

13 lawmakers are its ⁠. All 13 are Republicans.

4 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 17 names

Authors (13)

Signed on in support (4)

What happened

  1. Apr 1, 2020

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Feb 22, 2019

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Corrections.

  3. Feb 22, 2019

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Feb 22, 2019 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Horlacher, Brandtjen, Hutton, Knodl, Kuglitsch, Kulp, Murphy, Ramthun, Skowronski, Sortwell, Steffen, Tittl and Tusler; cosponsored by Senators Jacque, Nass, Olsen and Darling

  2. Feb 22, 2019 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Corrections

  3. Apr 1, 2020 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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Senate Joint Resolution 1

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Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary

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Signed on in support

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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.

More in the glossary

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

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Signed on in support

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

Official term: Cosponsor

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