Assembly Bill 900
Applicability of 2017 Wisconsin Act 184 and placement of sexually violent persons on supervised release. (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.
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Introduced, passed
Feb 11, 2020
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Senate vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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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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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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Cost estimate
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What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Residences of persons placed on supervised release Under current law, a person who has been found to be a sexually violent person may be involuntarily committed to the Department of Health Services for control, care, and treatment. If a person is committed and placed in institutional care, the person may periodically petition the court for supervised release. If a court determines that supervised release is appropriate, the court must order the person's county of residence to prepare a report that identifies an appropriate residence for the person. Under current law, the county may not identify a residence that is within 1,500 feet of a school, child care facility, place of worship, park, youth center, or, depending on the offense the person committed, other specified places. This bill allows the county to identify a residence that does not comply with the 1,500-foot radius requirements if the county demonstrates that it made a reasonable effort to identify a residential option that complied with the requirements and the residential option in the report complies with all other requirements, is in the interest of public safety, and works in the best interest of citizens with regard to community safety.
Under current law, the county submits the report to DHS, and DHS uses the report to prepare a supervised release plan. Under this bill, if DHS includes in its plan a residential option that is not the one identified by the county in the report, the county may appeal to the Department of Justice to review the plan. Under the bill, DOJ has 30 days to review the plan. If DOJ rejects the county's appeal, DHS is responsible for identifying a residential option for the person.
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Implementing 2017 Wisconsin Act 184 2017 Wisconsin Act 184 modified the procedure for determining the placement of a sexually violent person on supervised release. One change eliminated the ability of the court to choose a county other than the person's county of residence to prepare a report identifying appropriate residential options for the person. Prior law had allowed the court, with good cause, to choose another county. The effect of this change was that the person could not be placed in a county that was not his or her county of residence. The changes made in 2017 Wisconsin Act 184 applied to any petition for supervised release pending as of March 30, 2018. This bill clarifies that a petition for supervised release was pending if the person had not been physically placed in a residence on supervised release.
This bill also requires DHS to identify any person who was placed on supervised release in a residence outside his or her county of residence on or after March 30, 2018. If DHS identifies any such person, DHS must notify the court, and the court must order the person's county of residence to prepare a new report.
Who's behind it
2 representatives are its . 1 is a Democrat and 1 is a Republican.
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Authors (2)
- Katrina Shankland · Democrat, Assembly
- Rob Summerfield · Republican, Assembly
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Apr 1, 2020
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Mar 3, 2020
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Feb 11, 2020
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Corrections.
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Feb 11, 2020
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Feb 11, 2020 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Summerfield and Shankland
- Feb 11, 2020 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Corrections
- Mar 3, 2020 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Apr 1, 2020 · Assembly
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
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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate