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Bills from the 2021–22 session

Senate Bill 477

Grants for law enforcement officers to use risk assessment tools prior to making an arrest and making an appropriation. (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

    Aug 5, 2021

  2. Committee, stopped here

    Stopped here. No public hearing was held.

  3. Senate vote, not reached

  4. Assembly 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 Senate Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety. 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.

This bill creates a grant program administered by the Department of Justice for law enforcement agencies to incorporate a prearrest risk assessment tool into their arrest practices. Under the bill, in order to receive a grant, a law enforcement agency must identify an evidence-based risk assessment tool that its law enforcement officers will use to determine whether a person should be arrested for a crime.

A law enforcement agency that receives a grant will provide information to DOJ regarding the use of the evidence-based risk assessment tool, including the number of persons screened, the number of persons arrested after screening, and the number of persons not arrested after screening. DOJ must analyze the data submitted each year and prepare a progress report that evaluates the effectiveness of the program.

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Every five years, DOJ must submit a report summarizing the grant program and its effects to the legislature.

Who's behind it

3 senators are its ⁠. All 3 are Democrats.

14 more lawmakers ⁠.

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Authors (3)

Signed on in support (14)

What happened

  1. Mar 15, 2022

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Aug 5, 2021

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.

  3. Aug 5, 2021

    Introduced in the Senate.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Aug 5, 2021 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Larson, Carpenter and Roys; cosponsored by Representatives Bowen, Hong, Anderson, Baldeh, Conley, Emerson, Goyke, Hebl, Moore Omokunde, Neubauer, Shankland, Sinicki, Spreitzer and Subeck

  2. Aug 5, 2021 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety

  3. Mar 15, 2022 · Senate

    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.

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Public hearing

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

More in the glossary

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

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