Assembly Bill 947
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 24, 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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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
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Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
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 one appropriate residence for the person. Under this bill, the county must notify all state senators and assembly members, as well as mayors, who represent districts in which the person may be placed. Additionally, while preparing the report, this bill requires the county to hold a public hearing and provide notice of the hearing to persons who reside in areas in which the person may be placed and to local elected officials, including school board members, who represent areas in which the person may be placed. If an attendee objects to a proposed residence or area, the committee must review the objection. The bill also prohibits using a residence that is adjacent to or shares an aldermanic district with another residence of a person on supervised release or using the same residence for housing persons on supervised release for a total of more than three years.
Under current law, once the court approves a residence as part of a supervised release plan, the court must notify law enforcement agencies that a person will be placed on supervised release. The bill requires the law enforcement agencies to, at least ten working days before the person is placed, mail notification of the placement to community members. The community members entitled to receive notification under the bill are based on the assessment by the law enforcement agency of what best protects the public. Also, under the bill, at least five days before the person is placed, DHS must hold a public hearing in the neighborhood of placement. A representative from DHS and a representative from the Department of Corrections must attend the meeting to answer questions.
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The bill requires quarterly meetings, with representatives from DHS and DOC, to update residents and to hear complaints, answer questions, and address issues and requires DHS to appoint a person to be a local point of contact liaison while the person is on supervised release. The bill also requires DHS to ensure that residences housing persons on supervised release are maintained and that no person on supervised release is housed in a residence that is owned or managed by a person who has more than five ordinance or code violations involving building or property maintenance standards. Under the bill, DHS must reimburse local governments that incur policing costs due to the placement of a person on supervised release.
Under current law, persons on supervised released are tracked using global positioning system tracking monitored by DOC. The bill requires DOC to create a plan for responding to GPS alerts that the person has violated a condition of release.
The plan must include notification to persons who reside within a specified radius of the person on supervised release, the level of response needed for an alert, and a specific response time for an alert given the location of the person and the size of the law enforcement community.
Who's behind it
Christine Sinicki, a Democrat, is its .
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Author (1)
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
What happened
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Apr 1, 2020
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Feb 24, 2020
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Corrections.
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Feb 24, 2020
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Feb 24, 2020 · Assembly
Introduced by Representative Sinicki
- Feb 24, 2020 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Corrections
- 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
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