Assembly Bill 821
Intrastate telecommunications service and video communication service initiated from a telephone or video communication device designated for use by inmates in a jail or state prison, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority. (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
Jan 6, 2022
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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, Apr 4, 2022: “Fiscal estimate received”
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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Author
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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.
This bill prohibits the Department of Corrections and counties from entering into contracts for intrastate telecommunications service or video communication service that is initiated from a telephone or video communication device designated for use by inmates in a jail or state prison (inmate telephone or video communication service) if those contracts do not comply with rules promulgated by DOC.
The bill requires DOC to promulgate rules regarding the rates, tolls, and charges and the terms and conditions of inmate telephone or video communication service. Under the bill, these rules must follow the principle that inmates, whether convicted or awaiting trial, who place telephone calls or initiate video communication, and persons receiving telephone calls or video communication from inmates, should not be subject to rates, tolls, and charges that exceed those that major, national prepaid wireless telephone providers charge their customers. The bill also prohibits any rate, toll, or charge from being imposed for a telephone call or video communication with an inmate's attorney placed from a telephone or video communication device designated for use by inmates.
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Before a county may enter into a contract for inmate telephone or video communication service, the bill requires the county to submit the contract to DOC for approval. Under the bill, DOC may not approve such a contract unless it complies with its rules. The bill provides that a county contract entered into without prior DOC approval is void.
Under the bill, a DOC contract for inmate telephone or video communication service that violates DOC rules is void.
Who's behind it
27 lawmakers are its . 26 are Democrats and 1 is a Republican.
4 more lawmakers .
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Authors (27)
- Jimmy Anderson · Democrat, Assembly
- Deb Andraca · Democrat, Assembly
- Beth Meyers · Democrat, Assembly
- Samba Baldeh · Democrat, Assembly
- Jonathan Brostoff · Democrat, Assembly
- Rachael Cabral-Guevara · Republican, Senate
- Sue Conley · Democrat, Assembly
- Dave Considine · Democrat, Assembly
- Dora Drake · Democrat, Senate
- Jodi Emerson · Democrat, Assembly
- Evan Goyke · Democrat, Assembly
- Kalan Haywood · Democrat, Assembly
- Gary Hebl · Democrat, Assembly
- Dianne Hesselbein · Democrat, Senate
- Francesca Hong · Democrat, Assembly
- Supreme Moore Omokunde · Democrat, Assembly
- Tod Ohnstad · Democrat, Assembly
- Sylvia Ortiz-Velez · Democrat, Assembly
- Sondy Pope · Democrat, Assembly
- Kristina Shelton · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Lee Snodgrass · Democrat, Assembly
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
- Shelia Stubbs · Democrat, Assembly
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
- Robyn Vining · Democrat, Assembly
- Don Vruwink · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (4)
- Melissa Agard · Democrat, Senate
- Tim Carpenter · Democrat, Senate
- LaTonya Johnson · Democrat, Senate
- Kelda Roys · Democrat, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Apr 4, 2022
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Mar 15, 2022
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Jan 6, 2022
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Corrections.
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Jan 6, 2022
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Jan 6, 2022 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Baldeh, Goyke, Hong, Stubbs, Conley, Andraca, Snodgrass, Shelton, Anderson, Brostoff, Cabral-Guevara, Considine, Drake, Emerson, Haywood, Hebl, Hesselbein, Moore Omokunde, B. Meyers, Ohnstad, Ortiz-Velez, Pope, Sinicki, Spreitzer, Subeck, Vining and Vruwink; cosponsored by Senators Johnson, Agard, Carpenter and Roys
- Jan 6, 2022 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Corrections
- Mar 15, 2022 · Assembly
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
- Apr 4, 2022 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
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