Senate Bill 824
School safety plans. (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 20, 2020
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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 Education. 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
Signed on in support
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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.
Under the bill, the requirements related to school safety plans that apply to school boards and governing bodies of private schools also apply to operators of independent charter schools. Specifically, under the bill, an operator of an independent charter school must do the following:
1. Have in effect a school safety plan that includes a) an individualized safety plan for each school building and facility that is regularly occupied by pupils; b) general guidelines specifying procedures for emergency prevention and mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery; c) guidelines and procedures to address school violence and attacks, threats of school violence and attacks, bomb threats, fire, weather-related emergencies, intruders, parent-student reunification, and threats to extracurricular events; and d) a process for reviewing the methods for conducting drills required to comply with the safety plan.
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2. Review and approve the school safety plan at least once every three years after the plan goes into effect 3. Upon the creation and review of the school safety plan, submit blueprints of each charter school building and facility to local law enforcement and to the Office of School Safety in the Department of Justice.
4. Annually, conduct a drill at each school building regularly occupied by pupils to practice the proper response to a school violence event in accordance with the school safety plan in effect for that school building.
5. File a copy of the school safety plan with the OSS.
The bill also reduces the frequency with which school boards, private schools, and independent charter schools must submit school safety plans to the OSS. Under current law, school safety plans must be submitted to the OSS annually. Under the bill, school safety plans must be submitted to the OSS at least once every three years and following a modification to the school safety plan.
Finally, under the bill, the OSS must annually review a random sampling of school safety plans and provide feedback to the school board, independent charter school, or private school that submitted the plan on whether the school safety plan complies with state law and, if applicable, how to improve the school safety plan.
Who's behind it
3 senators are its . 2 are Democrats and 1 is a Republican.
6 more lawmakers .
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Authors (3)
- Tim Carpenter · Democrat, Senate
- Rob Cowles · Republican, Senate
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (6)
- Barbara Dittrich · Republican, Assembly
- James Edming · Republican, Assembly
- Samantha Kerkman · Republican, Assembly
- John Macco · Republican, Assembly
- Nick Milroy · Democrat, Assembly
- Melissa Sargent · 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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Feb 28, 2020
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Feb 20, 2020
Sent to the Senate Committee on Education.
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Feb 20, 2020
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Feb 20, 2020 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Cowles, Carpenter and L. Taylor; cosponsored by Representatives Kerkman, Dittrich, Sargent, Milroy, Macco and Edming
- Feb 20, 2020 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Education
- Feb 28, 2020 · 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