Senate Bill 460
Creation of a prosecutor board and a state prosecutors office 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.
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Introduced, passed
Sep 27, 2019
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Senate vote, not reached
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Assembly 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 Senate Committee on Insurance, Financial Services, Government Oversight and Courts. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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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
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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill creates an independent prosecutor board that oversees and sets policies for a state prosecutors office, also created in this bill. Under this bill, the executive director of the state prosecutors office manages the office; prepares personnel policies,
Who's behind it
2 senators are its . All 2 are Republicans.
17 more lawmakers .
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Authors (2)
- Kathleen Bernier · Republican, Senate
- Van Wanggaard · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (17)
- Mark Born · Republican, Assembly
- David Bowen · Democrat, Assembly
- James Edming · Republican, Assembly
- André Jacque · Republican, Senate
- Tony Kurtz · Republican, Assembly
- Tip McGuire · Democrat, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- Greta Neubauer · Democrat, Assembly
- Todd Novak · Republican, Assembly
- Jim Ott · Republican, Assembly
- Warren Petryk · Republican, Assembly
- Daniel Riemer · Democrat, Assembly
- Michael Schraa · Republican, Assembly
- Paul Tittl · Republican, Assembly
- Ron Tusler · Republican, Assembly
- Don Vruwink · Democrat, Assembly
- JoCasta Zamarripa · Democrat, 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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Nov 15, 2019
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Nov 14, 2019
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Nov 12, 2019
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Oct 31, 2019
1 more senator signed on in support.
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Oct 29, 2019
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Sep 27, 2019
Sent to the Senate Committee on Insurance, Financial Services, Government Oversight and Courts.
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Sep 27, 2019
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Sep 27, 2019 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Wanggaard and Bernier; cosponsored by Representatives Tusler, McGuire, Born, Ott, Bowen, Edming, Kurtz, Mursau, Neubauer, Novak, Petryk, Riemer, Schraa, Tittl, Zamarripa and Vruwink
- Sep 27, 2019 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Insurance, Financial Services, Government Oversight and Courts
- Oct 29, 2019 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Oct 31, 2019 · Senate
Senator Jacque added as a coauthor
- Nov 12, 2019 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Nov 14, 2019 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Nov 15, 2019 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Apr 1, 2020 · 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.
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
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
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
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate