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Bills from the 2021–22 session

Assembly Bill 448

Prosecution decisions following deaths involving law enforcement officers. (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.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Jul 12, 2021

  2. Committee, stopped here

    Stopped here. No public hearing was held.

  3. Assembly vote, not reached

  4. Senate vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. 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 Judiciary. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.

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What it would have done

Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

Current law requires an investigation following a death that involves a law enforcement officer and outlines specific requirements of the investigation. One requirement is that the investigators provide a report of the investigation to the district attorney of the county in which the death occurred, and that district attorney must determine whether to prosecute the officer. This bill requires instead that the district attorney provide the report to a special prosecutor appointed by the court and that special prosecutor then must determine whether to prosecute the officer.

Who's behind it

15 representatives are its ⁠. All 15 are Democrats.

4 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 19 names

Authors (15)

Signed on in support (4)

What it would cost

State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.

What happened

  1. Mar 15, 2022

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Aug 24, 2021

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  3. Aug 17, 2021

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  4. Aug 11, 2021

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  5. Jul 28, 2021

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  6. Jul 12, 2021

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Judiciary.

  7. Jul 12, 2021

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Jul 12, 2021 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Bowen, Hong, Anderson, Baldeh, Billings, Brostoff, Cabrera, Conley, Emerson, Goyke, Hebl, Moore Omokunde, Neubauer, Shelton and Sinicki; cosponsored by Senators Johnson, Larson, Agard and Roys

  2. Jul 12, 2021 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary

  3. Jul 28, 2021 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Aug 11, 2021 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Aug 17, 2021 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. Aug 24, 2021 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  7. Mar 15, 2022 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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Committee

A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.

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Public hearing

A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.

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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

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

Author

A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.

Official term: Author, coauthor

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