Senate Bill 509
Allocation and payment of district attorneys
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
Oct 18, 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 Government Operations, Technology and Consumer Protection. 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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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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Under current law, a prosecutorial unit with a population of 750,000 or more may appoint seven deputy district attorneys, and a prosecutorial unit with a population of 200,000 to 749,999 may appoint three deputy district attorneys. Under the bill, a new category is created such that a prosecutorial unit with a population of 400,000 to 749,999 may appoint five deputy district attorneys and a prosecutorial unit with a population of 200,000 to 399,999 may appoint three deputy district attorneys.
Also under current law, a district attorney's salary is determined by the population of the prosecutorial unit. Under current law, there is a category for a prosecutorial unit with a population of 250,000 to 750,000, and the next category is for a prosecutorial unit with a population of more than 750,000. Under the bill, the population cutoff point between those categories is changed from 750,000 to 400,000.
Who's behind it
5 senators are its . 4 are Democrats and 1 is a Republican.
8 more lawmakers .
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Authors (5)
- Jon Erpenbach · Democrat, Senate
- Dale Kooyenga · Republican, Senate
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
- Mark Miller · Democrat, Senate
- Fred A. Risser · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (8)
- Jimmy Anderson · Democrat, Assembly
- Jonathan Brostoff · Democrat, Assembly
- Gary Hebl · Democrat, Assembly
- Dianne Hesselbein · Democrat, Senate
- Melissa Sargent · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
- Don Vruwink · Democrat, Assembly
What happened
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Apr 1, 2020
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Oct 18, 2019
Sent to the Senate Committee on Government Operations, Technology and Consumer Protection.
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Oct 18, 2019
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Oct 18, 2019 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Miller, Kooyenga, Erpenbach, Risser and L. Taylor; cosponsored by Representatives Subeck, Anderson, Brostoff, Hebl, Hesselbein, Sargent, Sinicki and Vruwink
- Oct 18, 2019 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Government Operations, Technology and Consumer Protection
- 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
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