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Bills from the 2023–24 session

Assembly Bill 759

Technology service access by inmates of state correctional institutions and county jails and houses of correction 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

    Dec 6, 2023

  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 Corrections. 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 provides that inmates of a state correctional institution or county jail or house of correction be allowed access to email, live audiovisual calling services, and electronic media services if they have a personal computing device. Under the bill, the Department of Corrections or the sheriff or person in charge of a county jail or house of correction may charge the inmate for the services, but the charge to the inmate may not exceed the cost charged to DOC or the county by the service provider for such services, and each inmate must be provided a weekly stipend of $17.50 to purchase such services.

This bill provides to DOC $13,213,800 in the 2023-24 fiscal year and $19,820,700 in the 2024-25 fiscal year to pay for DOC inmate technology access stipends and $3,033,300 in the 2023-24 fiscal year and $4,550,000 in the 2024-25 fiscal year to reimburse counties for county jail or house of correction inmate technology access stipends.

Who's behind it

12 representatives are its ⁠. All 12 are Democrats.

5 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 17 names

Authors (12)

Signed on in support (5)

What it would cost

State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.

What happened

  1. Apr 15, 2024

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Dec 22, 2023

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  3. Dec 6, 2023

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Corrections.

  4. Dec 6, 2023

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Dec 6, 2023 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Emerson, Clancy, Madison, Hong, Conley, Joers, Ohnstad, Shelton, Palmeri, Sinicki, Jacobson and Haywood; cosponsored by Senators Roys, Hesselbein, Taylor, L. Johnson and Spreitzer

  2. Dec 6, 2023 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Corrections

  3. Dec 22, 2023 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Apr 15, 2024 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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Public hearing

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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

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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

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

Cost estimate

A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.

Official term: Fiscal estimate