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Bills from the 2019–20 session

Assembly Bill 951

Grants to political subdivisions for additional policing and strategic planning to combat crime and making an appropriation. (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.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Feb 24, 2020

  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 Criminal Justice and Public Safety. 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 creates two grant programs to be administered by the Department of Administration.

Grants for additional policing The bill authorizes DOA to award one or more grants to a city, village, town, or county for costs associated with additional policing to address automobile theft and carjacking. DOA must give priority to cities, villages, towns, or counties having a higher incidence of automobile theft or carjacking. Grants may be used to cover up to four years of additional policing costs but may not be used to supplant funding that is available from other sources.

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Before DOA implements the additional policing grant program, the bill requires DOA to submit a plan for the grant program to the Joint Committee on Finance for approval. The plan must ensure that the grants will be distributed throughout all geographic areas of Wisconsin and in both urban and rural communities.

The bill appropriates $5,000,000 for the additional policing grant program in the 2019-21 fiscal biennium. The bill also includes a requirement that grant recipients submit reports to DOA describing in detail how grant moneys were expended and the results of such expenditures, including any impact on the number of persons arrested and charged for automobile theft and carjacking.

Grants for strategic planning The bill further authorizes DOA to award one or more grants to a city, village, town, or county for costs associated with strategic planning to combat crime. Grants may be used to cover up to two years of strategic planning costs but may not be used to supplant funding that is available from other sources.

Before DOA implements the strategic planning grant program, the bill requires DOA to submit a plan for the grant program to JCF for approval. The plan must ensure that the grants will be distributed throughout all geographic areas of Wisconsin and in both urban and rural communities.

The bill appropriates $5,000,000 for the strategic planning grant program in the 2019-21 fiscal biennium. The bill also includes a requirement that grant recipients submit a report to DOA describing in detail how grant moneys were expended and the results of such expenditures.

Who's behind it

3 representatives are its ⁠. All 3 are Republicans.

3 more lawmakers ⁠.

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Authors (3)

Signed on in support (3)

What happened

  1. Apr 1, 2020

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Feb 24, 2020

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety.

  3. Feb 24, 2020

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Feb 24, 2020 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Ott, Knodl and Sanfelippo; cosponsored by Senators Darling, Fitzgerald and Wanggaard

  2. Feb 24, 2020 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety

  3. Apr 1, 2020 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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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

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Author

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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. 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

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

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