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Bills from the 2023–24 session

Assembly Bill 1110

Time limitations for prosecuting a felony or related crime based on a DNA profile

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

    Feb 23, 2024

  2. Committee, stopped here

    Stopped here. No public hearing was held.

  3. Assembly vote, not reached

  4. Senate vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Apr 15, 2024: “Failed to pass pursuant to ⁠”

It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Judiciary. 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 changes the applicable time limits on prosecution when DNA evidence implicates an individual in the commission of a felony.

Under current law, prosecution for a felony generally must be commenced within six years of the commission of the felony, and prosecution of a misdemeanor must be commenced within three years of the commission of the misdemeanor.

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Certain crimes have a longer time limit on prosecutions; for instance, a prosecution for second- or third-degree sexual assault must be commenced within 10 years of the commission, and prosecution for certain crimes, such as first-degree homicide and first-degree sexual assault, may be commenced at any time.

Under current law, if a DNA sample is collected that implicates a person in the commission of a felony within the applicable time limit on prosecution or, if there is no time limit on prosecution, within six years of the commission of the felony, the state may commence prosecution of the person who is the source of the DNA sample for the felony or a crime that is related to the felony within 12 months after the DNA analysis results in a probable identification of the person or within the applicable time limit on prosecution, whichever is latest.

Under this bill, the statute of limitations that has expired is reset at the time a person is implicated in the commission of a felony by DNA evidence. Under the bill, notwithstanding that the statute of limitations has expired, the state may commence prosecution of the person for the felony or a crime related to the felony within three years beginning on the day that DNA evidence implicates the person in the crime.

Who's behind it

12 representatives are its ⁠. 7 are Democrats and 5 are Republicans.

7 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 19 names

Authors (12)

Signed on in support (7)

What happened

  1. Apr 15, 2024

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Feb 23, 2024

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Judiciary.

  3. Feb 23, 2024

    Introduced in the Assembly.

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  1. Feb 23, 2024 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Spiros, Billings, Brandtjen, Clancy, Considine, Joers, S. Johnson, Maxey, Stubbs, Subeck, Mursau and Jacobson; cosponsored by Senators Wanggaard, Agard, Feyen, Cowles, Ballweg, Testin and Smith

  2. Feb 23, 2024 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary

  3. Apr 15, 2024 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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Committee

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Public hearing

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

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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

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