Senate Bill 60
Applicability of 2017 Wisconsin Act 184; time frame for reports for sexually violent persons petitioning for supervised release; and placement of sexually violent persons on supervised release
Vetoed by the governor
Both chambers passed it, and the governor vetoed it on Nov 25, 2019. Lawmakers did not , so it stands.
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Introduced, passed
Mar 1, 2019
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Senate vote, passed
Passed Oct 8, 2019
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Assembly vote, passed
Passed Nov 12, 2019
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Governor, stopped here
Vetoed Nov 25, 2019.
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, May 12, 2020: “Failed to pass notwithstanding the objections of the Governor pursuant to Joint Rule 82”
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Veto override
Lawmakers can still pass a bill the governor vetoed, but it takes two-thirds of each chamber.
Legislative Reference Bureau
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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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
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 the Department of Health Services to identify any person on supervised release whose residence is not in his or her county of residence and who had been physically placed in a residence on supervised release on or after March 30, 2018. If DHS identifies any such person, DHS must notify the court, and the court must revoke the person's supervised release and order the person's county of residence to prepare a new report.
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Under 2017 Wisconsin Act 184 , a county was required to prepare its report for the court within 180 days of the court order if the order was made on or after March 30, 2018, and before April 1, 2019, and within 120 days if the order was made on or after April 1, 2019. If the county failed to prepare its report in that time frame, the county would violate the person's rights as a patient and would be subject to enforcement and damages for each violation. This bill eliminates the shortening of the time frame beginning on April 1, 2019, so that a county is required to prepare its report for the court within 180 days of the court order. This bill also allows a county, if it fails to prepare its report within 180 days, to request that the court make a finding that the county is making a good faith effort to prepare the report, and, if the court makes such a finding, the county is not subject to enforcement and damages.
Under current law, when a sexually violent person is placed on supervised release, he or she may not be placed within 1,500 feet of a school, child care facility, place of worship, park, youth center, or other specified places. Under the bill, the county must consider the proximity of the placement to the places specified under current law, but the bill removes the exact distance.
Who's behind it
4 senators are its . All 4 are Republicans.
16 more lawmakers .
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Authors (4)
- Rob Cowles · Republican, Senate
- Dan Feyen · Republican, Senate
- Howard Marklein · Republican, Senate
- Patrick Testin · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (16)
- Rob Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- James Edming · Republican, Assembly
- Joel Kitchens · Republican, Assembly
- Scott Krug · Republican, Assembly
- Mike Kuglitsch · Republican, Assembly
- Bob Kulp · Republican, Assembly
- Dave Murphy · Republican, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- Michael Schraa · Republican, Assembly
- Katrina Shankland · Democrat, Assembly
- John Spiros · Republican, Assembly
- Jeremy Thiesfeldt · Republican, Assembly
- Ron Tusler · Republican, Assembly
- Nancy VanderMeer · Republican, Assembly
- Chuck Wichgers · Republican, Assembly
- Shannon Zimmerman · Republican, Assembly
Versions and amendments
Every text the Legislature printed for this bill, including proposed changes. Each opens on the Legislature's site.
How lawmakers voted
There were 2 votes on this bill.
Senate Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety vote on an amendment
Passed, 5 to 0 · Jun 19, 2019
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report adoption of Senate Amendment 2 recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Senate Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety vote to recommend it
Passed, 5 to 0 · Jun 19, 2019
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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May 12, 2020
The veto stood. Lawmakers didn't override it.
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Nov 25, 2019
The governor vetoed it.
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Nov 19, 2019
Sent to the governor.
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Nov 12, 2019
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Nov 12, 2019
The Assembly passed it too.
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Oct 8, 2019
The Assembly received it.
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Oct 8, 2019
The Senate passed it.
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Oct 8, 2019
The Senate adopted it.
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Jul 25, 2019
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Jun 19, 2019
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 5 to 0.
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Jun 19, 2019
“Report adoption of Senate Amendment 2 recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 0” (the official wording)
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May 7, 2019
The committee held a public hearing.
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Mar 1, 2019
Sent to the Senate Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
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Mar 1, 2019
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Mar 1, 2019 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Feyen, Testin, Cowles and Marklein; cosponsored by Representatives Schraa, Krug, Brooks, Edming, Kitchens, Kuglitsch, Kulp, Murphy, Mursau, Spiros, Thiesfeldt, Tusler, Wichgers and Zimmerman
- Mar 1, 2019 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety
- May 7, 2019 · Senate
Public hearing held
- May 7, 2019 · Senate
Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Feyen
- Jun 17, 2019 · Senate
Senate Amendment 2 offered by Senator Feyen
- Jun 18, 2019 · Senate
Executive action taken
- Jun 19, 2019 · Senate
Report adoption of Senate Amendment 2 recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 0
- Jun 19, 2019 · Senate
Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 0
- Jun 19, 2019 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- Jul 25, 2019 · Senate
Representative VanderMeer added as a cosponsor
- Oct 4, 2019 · Senate
Placed on calendar 10-8-2019 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- Oct 8, 2019 · Senate
Read a second time
- Oct 8, 2019 · Senate
Senate Amendment 2 adopted
- Oct 8, 2019 · Senate
Ordered to a third reading
- Oct 8, 2019 · Senate
Rules suspended
- Oct 8, 2019 · Senate
Read a third time and passed
- Oct 8, 2019 · Senate
Ordered immediately messaged
- Oct 8, 2019 · Assembly
Received from Senate
- Nov 12, 2019 · Assembly
Rules suspended to withdraw from Senate message and take up
- Nov 12, 2019 · Assembly
Read a second time
- Nov 12, 2019 · Assembly
Ordered to a third reading
- Nov 12, 2019 · Assembly
Rules suspended
- Nov 12, 2019 · Assembly
Read a third time and concurred in
- Nov 12, 2019 · Assembly
Ordered immediately messaged
- Nov 12, 2019 · Senate
Received from Assembly concurred in
- Nov 12, 2019 · Senate
Representative Shankland added as a cosponsor
- Nov 18, 2019 · Senate
LRB correction (Senate Amendment 2)
- Nov 18, 2019 · Senate
Report correctly enrolled
- Nov 19, 2019 · Senate
Presented to the Governor on 11-19-2019 by directive of the President, pursuant to Senate Rule 44m (3)
- Nov 25, 2019 · Senate
Report vetoed by the Governor on 11-22-2019
- May 12, 2020 · Senate
Placed on calendar 5-12-2020 pursuant to Joint Rule 82 (2)(a)
- May 12, 2020 · Senate
Failed to pass notwithstanding the objections of the Governor pursuant to Joint Rule 82
Terms on this page
Veto override
Lawmakers can still pass a bill the governor vetoed, but it takes two-thirds of each chamber.
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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary
From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source
Veto override
Lawmakers can still pass a bill the governor vetoed, but it takes two-thirds of each chamber.
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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote