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Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

AJR 100

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Relating to: custody of the county jail and its inmates (first consideration).

Constitutional amendments — First consideration County — Board Jail

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Adopted, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has held that the county sheriff has the inherent

constitutional authority to exercise custody of the county jail and its inmates. See

State

ex rel.

Kennedy v. Brunst

, 26 Wis. 412 (1870);

Kocken v. Wisconsin Council of

Churches 40

2007 WI 72. This proposed constitutional amendment, proposed to the

2023 legislature on first consideration, amends the Wisconsin Constitution to

provide that the sheriff has custody of the county jail and its inmates except to the

extent the county board of supervisors delegates that authority to another public

officer or entity designated by the county board.

A proposed constitutional amendment requires adoption by two successive

legislatures, and ratification by the people, before it can become effective.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Clancy (D) , Conley (D) , Considine (D) , J. Anderson (D) , Madison (D) , Moore Omokunde (D) , Shelton (D) , Stubbs (D)

2 cosponsors

Neubauer (D) , Taylor (D)

Full history

  1. Dec 8, 2023 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Clancy, Madison, J. Anderson, Conley, Considine, Moore Omokunde, Shelton and Stubbs; cosponsored by Senator Taylor

  2. Dec 8, 2023 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Corrections

  3. Dec 11, 2023 · Assembly

    Representative Neubauer added as a coauthor

  4. Apr 15, 2024 · Assembly

    Failed to adopt pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1