Assembly Bill 91
Throwing or expelling a bodily substance at a public safety worker or prosecutor. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted
The recommended passing it, but the full Assembly never voted on it. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Feb 18, 2021
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Assembly vote, stopped here
Stopped here. The full Assembly never voted on it.
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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 ”
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Terms on this page
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote. 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, if a prisoner throws or expels blood, semen, vomit, saliva, urine, feces, or other bodily substance at or toward an officer or other person in the prison or facility, a court may order the prisoner to undergo testing for communicable diseases if there is probable cause to believe that there was potential for transmitting a communicable disease to the victim. This bill allows a court to require such testing for any criminal defendant who throws or expels blood, semen, vomit, saliva, urine, feces, or other bodily substance at or toward a public safety worker or a prosecutor.
Who's behind it
22 lawmakers are its . 20 are Republicans and 2 are Democrats.
11 more lawmakers .
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Authors (22)
- Dave Armstrong · Republican, Assembly
- David Bowen · Democrat, Assembly
- Janel Brandtjen · Republican, Assembly
- Barbara Dittrich · Republican, Assembly
- James Edming · Republican, Assembly
- Rick Gundrum · Republican, Assembly
- Jessie Rodriguez · Republican, Assembly
- Jesse James · Republican, Senate
- Joel Kitchens · Republican, Assembly
- Scott Krug · Republican, Assembly
- Mike Kuglitsch · Republican, Assembly
- Gae Magnafici · Republican, Assembly
- Clint Moses · Republican, Assembly
- Dave Murphy · Republican, Assembly
- Loren Oldenburg · Republican, Assembly
- Jon Plumer · Republican, Assembly
- Timothy Ramthun · Republican, Assembly
- Donna Rozar · Republican, Assembly
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
- Paul Tittl · Republican, Assembly
- Ron Tusler · Republican, Assembly
- Chuck Wichgers · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (11)
- Scott Allen · Republican, Assembly
- Joan Ballweg · Republican, Senate
- Kathleen Bernier · Republican, Senate
- Rob Cowles · Republican, Senate
- Jodi Emerson · Democrat, Assembly
- André Jacque · Republican, Senate
- Howard Marklein · Republican, Senate
- Ken Skowronski · Republican, Assembly
- David Steffen · Republican, Assembly
- Duey Stroebel · Republican, Senate
- Van Wanggaard · Republican, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
How lawmakers voted
There was one vote on this bill.
Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety vote to recommend it
Passed, 14 to 0 · 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 14, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Mar 15, 2022
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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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, 14 to 0.
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Mar 19, 2021
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Mar 11, 2021
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Mar 11, 2021
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Mar 10, 2021
The committee held a public hearing.
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Mar 9, 2021
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Mar 5, 2021
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Mar 3, 2021 to Mar 5, 2021
2 more representatives signed on in support.
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Feb 18, 2021
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety.
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Feb 18, 2021
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Feb 18, 2021 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives James, Armstrong, Bowen, Brandtjen, Dittrich, Edming, Gundrum, Kitchens, Krug, Kuglitsch, Magnafici, Moses, Murphy, Oldenburg, Plumer, Ramthun, J. Rodriguez, Rozar, Subeck, Tittl, Tusler and Wichgers; cosponsored by Senators Bernier, Ballweg, Cowles, Jacque, Marklein, Stroebel and Wanggaard
- Feb 18, 2021 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety
- Mar 3, 2021 · Assembly
Representative Allen added as a coauthor
- Mar 5, 2021 · Assembly
Representative Skowronski added as a coauthor
- Mar 5, 2021 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Mar 9, 2021 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Mar 10, 2021 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Mar 11, 2021 · Assembly
Representative Steffen added as a coauthor
- Mar 11, 2021 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Mar 18, 2021 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Mar 19, 2021 · Assembly
Representative Emerson added as a coauthor
- Jun 8, 2021 · Assembly
Report passage recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 14, Noes 0
- Jun 8, 2021 · Assembly
Referred to committee on Rules
- Jun 9, 2021 · Assembly
Placed on calendar 6-16-2021 by Committee on Rules
- Jun 16, 2021 · Assembly
Laid on the table
- 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.
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
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
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote