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Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

AB 36

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Relating to: a time limit for processing sexual assault kits. (FE)

Justice department of Sex crimes

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Assembly, completed
  3. Passes Senate, completed
  4. Governor signs, completed
  5. Law, completed

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Current law contains procedures for the transmission, processing, and storage

of sexual assault kits. Under current law, once the state crime laboratories takes

possession of a sexual assault kit, it must do one of the following: 1) if it has received

the kit of a person who has not consented to analysis, securely store the kit for a

period of 10 years; or 2) if it has received the kit of a person who has consented to

analysis, process the kit in accordance with Department of Justice procedures and

then send the kit to a law enforcement agency for storage for a statutorily prescribed

period of time.

This bill provides a specific timeline for the state crime laboratories to process

sexual assault kits. The bill requires that the state crime laboratories begin

processing a kit within five business days of receipt and complete processing it within

60 calendar days after beginning. The timeline applies only to the following sexual

assault kits:

1. Kits of a person who has consented to analysis by reporting the sexual

assault if the perpetrator of the sexual assault is unknown and there is a threat to

public safety.

2. Kits containing evidence collected from a sexual assault examination

performed as part of the investigation of a suspicious death.

3. Kits requested to be processed by persons who are authorized to request the

state crime laboratories to conduct a criminal investigation. Under current law, this

includes sheriffs, coroners, medical examiners, district attorneys, police chiefs, state

prison wardens or superintendents, the attorney general, or the governor.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Allen (R) , Armstrong (R) , Brooks (R) , Cabrera (D) , Donovan (R) , Green (R) , Gundrum (R) , Gustafson (R) , Kitchens (R) , Knodl (R) , Macco (R) , Moses (R) , Murphy (R) , Mursau (R) , Novak (R) , O'Connor (R) , Penterman (R) , Rettinger (R) , Steffen (R) , Subeck (D) , Tittl (R) , Tusler (R)

11 cosponsors

Agard (D) , Andraca (D) , Ballweg (R) , C. Anderson (D) , Cowles (R) , Hesselbein (D) , James (R) , Quinn (R) , Rozar (R) , Spreitzer (D) , Taylor (D)

Votes

Assembly: Report Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 14, Noes 0

Passed 14–0 Apr 12, 2023 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 14, Noes 0

Passed 14–0 Apr 12, 2023 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 14, Noes 0

Passed 14–0 Apr 12, 2023 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: PASSAGE

Passed 94–0 Apr 18, 2023 official source full page

Aye · 94

Senate: Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 7, Noes 0

Passed 7–0 Oct 24, 2023 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Feb 13, 2023 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Steffen, Allen, Armstrong, Brooks, Cabrera, Donovan, Green, Gundrum, Gustafson, Kitchens, Knodl, Macco, Moses, Murphy, Mursau, Novak, O'Connor, Penterman, Rettinger, Subeck, Tittl and Tusler; cosponsored by Senators James, Ballweg, Cowles, Quinn, Spreitzer and Taylor

  2. Feb 13, 2023 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety

  3. Feb 27, 2023 · Assembly

    Representative Andraca added as a coauthor

  4. Mar 9, 2023 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Steffen

  5. Mar 23, 2023 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  6. Mar 23, 2023 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Steffen

  7. Mar 28, 2023 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  8. Mar 28, 2023 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  9. Apr 12, 2023 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 14, Noes 0

  10. Apr 12, 2023 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  11. Apr 12, 2023 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 14, Noes 0

  12. Apr 12, 2023 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 14, Noes 0

  13. Apr 13, 2023 · Assembly

    Representative C. Anderson added as a coauthor

  14. Apr 13, 2023 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 4-18-2023 by Committee on Rules

  15. Apr 18, 2023 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  16. Apr 18, 2023 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Amendment 1 adopted

  17. Apr 18, 2023 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 adopted

  18. Apr 18, 2023 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  19. Apr 18, 2023 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  20. Apr 18, 2023 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 94, Noes 0

  21. Apr 18, 2023 · Assembly

    Representative Rozar added as a coauthor

  22. Apr 18, 2023 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  23. Apr 18, 2023 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  24. Apr 20, 2023 · Senate

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

  25. May 10, 2023 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  26. Oct 24, 2023 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  27. Oct 24, 2023 · Senate

    Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 7, Noes 0

  28. Oct 24, 2023 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  29. Nov 3, 2023 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 11-7-2023 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  30. Nov 6, 2023 · Senate

    Senator Agard added as a cosponsor

  31. Nov 7, 2023 · Senate

    Read a second time

  32. Nov 7, 2023 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  33. Nov 7, 2023 · Senate

    Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  34. Nov 7, 2023 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in

  35. Nov 7, 2023 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  36. Nov 7, 2023 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  37. Nov 8, 2023 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled on 11-8-2023

  38. Nov 30, 2023 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 11-30-2023

  39. Dec 6, 2023 · Assembly

    Report approved by the Governor on 12-6-2023. 2023 Wisconsin Act 58

  40. Dec 6, 2023 · Assembly

    Published 12-7-2023

  41. Apr 10, 2024 · Assembly

    Senator Hesselbein added as a cosponsor