Senate Bill 853
Private security persons practicing without a permit and carrying firearms. (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 13, 2022
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Senate vote, not reached
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, May 25, 2022: “Fiscal estimate received”
It never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Insurance, Licensing and Forestry. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill does the following related to the practice of private security persons:
1. Requires a private security person or private detective who holds a license to carry a concealed weapon to obtain a certificate from the Department of Safety and Professional Services to carry a weapon while on duty.
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2. Specifies that a city, village, town, or county may enact and enforce ordinances prohibiting persons from acting as a private security person without a permit granted by DSPS and from employing or contracting with an individual to act as a private security person without a DSPS permit. Current law generally requires a person to obtain a permit granted by DSPS to act as a private security person.
3. Requires local law enforcement personnel to report to DSPS alleged violations of the private security person, private detective, and private detective agency laws.
4. Prohibits a person from submitting to DSPS an application for a private security person permit on behalf of another individual. The bill also allows an individual's employer to reimburse the individual for the initial permit fee charged by DSPS and requires an individual to whom a permit is granted to notify the individual's employer.
5. Requires DSPS to submit an annual report to the legislature that includes information on complaints received related to private security persons, private detectives, and private detective agencies and DSPS's responses to those complaints.
Who's behind it
2 senators are its . All 2 are Republicans.
7 more lawmakers .
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Authors (2)
- Joan Ballweg · Republican, Senate
- Van Wanggaard · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (7)
- Dave Armstrong · Republican, Assembly
- David Bowen · Democrat, Assembly
- Rick Gundrum · Republican, Assembly
- Jessie Rodriguez · Republican, Assembly
- Adam Neylon · Republican, Assembly
- Timothy Ramthun · Republican, Assembly
- Donna Rozar · Republican, Assembly
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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May 25, 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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Feb 9, 2022
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Jan 13, 2022
Sent to the Senate Committee on Insurance, Licensing and Forestry.
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Jan 13, 2022
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Jan 13, 2022 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Wanggaard and Ballweg; cosponsored by Representatives J. Rodriguez, Armstrong, Gundrum, Neylon, Ramthun and Rozar
- Jan 13, 2022 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Insurance, Licensing and Forestry
- Feb 9, 2022 · Senate
Representative Bowen added as a cosponsor
- Mar 15, 2022 · Senate
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
- May 25, 2022 · Senate
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