Assembly Bill 219
Directing the federal COVID recovery rebates received by prisoners to restitution payments
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
Mar 31, 2021
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Senate vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Mar 15, 2022: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Corrections. 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
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, all money delivered to a prison for a prisoner may be used only under the direction of the superintendent or warden and only to pay certain surcharges, to pay victim restitution, or for the benefit of the prisoner. This bill requires that any federal COVID recovery rebates received by a person who is incarcerated in this state must be used to pay any restitution the person has been ordered to pay.
Who's behind it
30 lawmakers are its . All 30 are Republicans.
13 more lawmakers .
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Authors (30)
- Dave Armstrong · Republican, Assembly
- Tyler August · Republican, Assembly
- Janel Brandtjen · Republican, Assembly
- Rachael Cabral-Guevara · Republican, Senate
- Calvin Callahan · Republican, Assembly
- Barbara Dittrich · Republican, Assembly
- Cindi Duchow · Republican, Assembly
- James Edming · Republican, Assembly
- Rick Gundrum · Republican, Assembly
- Cody Horlacher · Republican, Assembly
- John Jagler · Republican, Senate
- Samantha Kerkman · Republican, Assembly
- Dan Knodl · Republican, Assembly
- Scott Krug · Republican, Assembly
- Mike Kuglitsch · Republican, Assembly
- Gae Magnafici · Republican, Assembly
- Clint Moses · Republican, Assembly
- Dave Murphy · Republican, Assembly
- Treig Pronschinske · Republican, Assembly
- Donna Rozar · Republican, Assembly
- Joe Sanfelippo · Republican, Assembly
- Ken Skowronski · Republican, Assembly
- Shae Sortwell · Republican, Assembly
- John Spiros · Republican, Assembly
- David Steffen · Republican, Assembly
- Gary Tauchen · Republican, Assembly
- Jeremy Thiesfeldt · Republican, Assembly
- Nancy VanderMeer · Republican, Assembly
- Chuck Wichgers · Republican, Assembly
- Shannon Zimmerman · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (13)
- Joan Ballweg · Republican, Senate
- Kathleen Bernier · Republican, Senate
- Mark Born · Republican, Assembly
- Julian Bradley · Republican, Senate
- Rob Cowles · Republican, Senate
- Mary Felzkowski · Republican, Senate
- Dan Feyen · Republican, Senate
- Howard Marklein · Republican, Senate
- Steve Nass · Republican, Senate
- Duey Stroebel · Republican, Senate
- Patrick Testin · Republican, Senate
- Van Wanggaard · Republican, Senate
- Eric Wimberger · Republican, Senate
What happened
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Mar 15, 2022
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Apr 26, 2021
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Mar 31, 2021
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Corrections.
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Mar 31, 2021
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Mar 31, 2021 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Sanfelippo, Armstrong, August, Cabral-Guevara, Dittrich, Duchow, Edming, Gundrum, Horlacher, Jagler, Knodl, Krug, Kuglitsch, Magnafici, Moses, Murphy, Pronschinske, Rozar, Skowronski, Spiros, Steffen, Tauchen, Thiesfeldt, Wichgers, VanderMeer, Zimmerman, Kerkman, Callahan, Brandtjen and Sortwell; cosponsored by Senators Bradley, Stroebel, Wimberger, Ballweg, Bernier, Cowles, Felzkowski, Feyen, Marklein, Nass, Testin and Wanggaard
- Mar 31, 2021 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Corrections
- Apr 26, 2021 · Assembly
Representative Born added as a coauthor
- Mar 15, 2022 · Assembly
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