Assembly Bill 329
Reporting the use of no-knock entry in the execution of a search warrant. (FE)
Became law
The governor signed it on Mar 17, 2022. It's .
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Introduced, passed
May 18, 2021
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Assembly vote, passed
Passed Jun 16, 2021
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Senate vote, passed
Passed Feb 22, 2022
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Governor, passed
Signed
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Law, here now
2021 Wisconsin Act 183
Latest entry in the official record, Mar 17, 2022: “Published 3-18-2022”
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Wisconsin Act
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Author
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Cost estimate
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Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
Roll call
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Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary
What it does
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Under current law, a law enforcement officer executing a search warrant must knock and announce before entering unless, at the time the warrant is executed, the law enforcement officer has a reasonable suspicion that knocking and announcing will be dangerous or futile or will inhibit the effective investigation of a crime.
This bill requires the Department of Justice to collect information from law enforcement agencies and prepare an annual report to the legislature about the issuance of search warrants and the use of no-knock or unannounced entries upon execution of search warrants. The bill requires the report to specify, by jurisdiction, for the previous calendar year, all of the following:
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1. The total number of search warrants that were issued and denied.
2. The number of those warrants that explicitly authorized or declined to authorize an unannounced entry.
3. The number of warrants that did not authorize an unannounced entry that were executed using an announced entry and the number that were executed with an unannounced entry.
4. Of the warrants that did not authorize an unannounced entry that were executed using an unannounced entry, the number that returned an inventory of evidence; the number that resulted in great bodily harm to or death of any person;
and the age, race, and gender of any suspect present at the warrant execution.
5. The number of warrants that authorized an unannounced entry that were executed using an announced entry and the number that were executed with an unannounced entry.
6. The type of suspected crime for which any unannounced entry warrant was authorized.
7. Of the warrants that authorized an unannounced entry that were executed using an unannounced entry, the number that returned an inventory of evidence; the number that resulted in great bodily harm to or death of any person; and the age, race, and gender of any primary suspect present at the warrant execution.
Who's behind it
26 lawmakers are its . 21 are Republicans and 5 are Democrats.
9 more lawmakers .
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Authors (26)
- Dave Armstrong · Republican, Assembly
- Samba Baldeh · Democrat, Assembly
- Rachael Cabral-Guevara · Republican, Senate
- Marisabel Cabrera · Democrat, Assembly
- Cindi Duchow · Republican, Assembly
- James Edming · Republican, Assembly
- Evan Goyke · Democrat, Assembly
- Rick Gundrum · Republican, Assembly
- Joel Kitchens · Republican, Assembly
- Scott Krug · Republican, Assembly
- Tony Kurtz · Republican, Assembly
- Amy Loudenbeck · Republican, Assembly
- John Macco · Republican, Assembly
- Nick Milroy · Democrat, Assembly
- Dave Murphy · Republican, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- Todd Novak · Republican, Assembly
- Warren Petryk · Republican, Assembly
- Michael Schraa · Republican, Assembly
- Shae Sortwell · Republican, Assembly
- John Spiros · Republican, Assembly
- David Steffen · Republican, Assembly
- Jim Steineke · Republican, Assembly
- Shelia Stubbs · Democrat, Assembly
- Bob Wittke · Republican, Assembly
- Shannon Zimmerman · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (9)
- Scott Allen · Republican, Assembly
- Jimmy Anderson · Democrat, Assembly
- Joan Ballweg · Republican, Senate
- Dave Considine · Democrat, Assembly
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
- Tod Ohnstad · Democrat, Assembly
- Don Vruwink · Democrat, Assembly
- Van Wanggaard · Republican, Senate
- Eric Wimberger · Republican, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
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 3 votes on this bill.
Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety vote to recommend it
Passed, 11 to 4 · Jun 8, 2021
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report passage recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 11, Noes 4”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Assembly vote on an amendment
Passed, 58 to 38 · Jun 16, 2021
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Assembly Amendment 1 laid on table, Ayes 58, Noes 38”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Senate Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety vote to recommend it
Passed, 7 to 0 · Feb 16, 2022
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 7, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Mar 17, 2022
The new law was published.
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Mar 17, 2022
The governor signed it. It became 2021 Wisconsin Act 183.
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Mar 15, 2022
Sent to the governor.
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Mar 10, 2022
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Feb 22, 2022
The Senate passed it too.
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Feb 16, 2022
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 7 to 0.
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Oct 28, 2021
The committee held a public hearing.
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Aug 5, 2021
Sent to the Senate Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
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Jun 16, 2021
The Senate received it.
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Jun 16, 2021
The Assembly passed it.
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Jun 11, 2021
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Jun 8, 2021
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Jun 8, 2021
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 11 to 4.
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Jun 8, 2021
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Jun 3, 2021
1 more representative signed on in support.
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May 27, 2021
The committee held a public hearing.
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May 19, 2021 to May 25, 2021
2 more representatives signed on in support.
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May 18, 2021
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety.
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May 18, 2021
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- May 18, 2021 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Steineke, Stubbs, Armstrong, Baldeh, Cabral-Guevara, Cabrera, Duchow, Edming, Goyke, Gundrum, Kitchens, Krug, Kurtz, Loudenbeck, Macco, Milroy, Murphy, Mursau, Novak, Petryk, Schraa, Sortwell, Spiros, Steffen, Wittke and Zimmerman; cosponsored by Senators Wimberger, Wanggaard, L. Taylor and Ballweg
- May 18, 2021 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety
- May 19, 2021 · Assembly
LRB correction
- May 19, 2021 · Assembly
Representative Considine added as a coauthor
- May 25, 2021 · Assembly
Representative Allen added as a coauthor
- May 27, 2021 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Jun 3, 2021 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Jun 3, 2021 · Assembly
Representative Ohnstad added as a coauthor
- Jun 8, 2021 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Jun 8, 2021 · Assembly
Report passage recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 11, Noes 4
- Jun 8, 2021 · Assembly
Referred to committee on Rules
- Jun 9, 2021 · Assembly
Placed on calendar 6-16-2021 by Committee on Rules
- Jun 11, 2021 · Assembly
Representative Vruwink added as a coauthor
- Jun 16, 2021 · Assembly
Read a second time
- Jun 16, 2021 · Assembly
Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Bowen, Emerson, Ohnstad, Cabrera, Conley, Drake, Shelton, Pope, Anderson, Riemer, Baldeh, Sinicki, L. Myers and Hebl
- Jun 16, 2021 · Assembly
Assembly Amendment 1 laid on table, Ayes 58, Noes 38
- Jun 16, 2021 · Assembly
Ordered to a third reading
- Jun 16, 2021 · Assembly
Rules suspended
- Jun 16, 2021 · Assembly
Read a third time and passed
- Jun 16, 2021 · Assembly
Ordered immediately messaged
- Jun 16, 2021 · Senate
Received from Assembly
- Aug 5, 2021 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary and Public Safety
- Oct 28, 2021 · Senate
Public hearing held
- Feb 16, 2022 · Senate
Executive action taken
- Feb 16, 2022 · Senate
Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 7, Noes 0
- Feb 16, 2022 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- Feb 18, 2022 · Senate
Placed on calendar 2-22-2022 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- Feb 22, 2022 · Senate
Read a second time
- Feb 22, 2022 · Senate
Ordered to a third reading
- Feb 22, 2022 · Senate
Rules suspended
- Feb 22, 2022 · Senate
Read a third time and concurred in
- Feb 22, 2022 · Senate
Ordered immediately messaged
- Feb 23, 2022 · Assembly
Received from Senate concurred in
- Feb 28, 2022 · Assembly
Report correctly enrolled on 2-28-2022
- Mar 10, 2022 · Assembly
Representative Anderson added as a coauthor
- Mar 15, 2022 · Assembly
Presented to the Governor on 3-15-2022
- Mar 17, 2022 · Assembly
Report approved by the Governor on 3-17-2022. 2021 Wisconsin Act 183
- Mar 17, 2022 · Assembly
Published 3-18-2022
Terms on this page
Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act. 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
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
Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act
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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote