Assembly Bill 541
Expungement of deoxyribonucleic acid from crime laboratories if the person is not found guilty or adjudicated delinquent. (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
Sep 10, 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 Criminal Justice and Public Safety. 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
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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.
Current law requires certain persons who have not been convicted of a crime to provide a biological sample to the Department of Justice for deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) analysis, including a person who has been charged with or arrested for a violent crime or a juvenile who has been taken in custody on the basis of a violation that would be a violent crime if committed by an adult. Under current law, if final disposition is reached on all charges without a guilty or delinquent verdict, the person may request DOJ to purge all DNA records and information, and destroy all biological samples, pertaining to that person.
Under this bill, if a court reaches final disposition for all charges and allegations for which a person was required to provide a biological sample to DOJ for DNA analysis and the person is not found guilty or delinquent on any such charge or allegation, the court must inform DOJ. DOJ must then purge all DNA records and information, and destroy all biological samples, pertaining to that person.
Who's behind it
11 lawmakers are its . 10 are Democrats and 1 is a Republican.
5 more lawmakers .
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Authors (11)
- Samba Baldeh · Democrat, Assembly
- David Bowen · Democrat, Assembly
- Dora Drake · Democrat, Senate
- Gary Hebl · Democrat, Assembly
- LaKeshia Myers · Democrat, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- Tod Ohnstad · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
- Shelia Stubbs · Democrat, Assembly
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (5)
- Melissa Agard · Democrat, Senate
- Janet Bewley · Democrat, Senate
- Tim Carpenter · Democrat, Senate
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
- Duey Stroebel · Republican, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Mar 15, 2022
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Nov 16, 2021
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Sep 10, 2021
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety.
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Sep 10, 2021
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Sep 10, 2021 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Hebl, Baldeh, Bowen, Drake, L. Myers, Ohnstad, Sinicki, Spreitzer, Subeck, Mursau and Stubbs; cosponsored by Senators L. Taylor, Agard, Bewley, Carpenter and Stroebel
- Sep 10, 2021 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety
- Nov 16, 2021 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- 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
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