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Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

SB 218

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Relating to: creating a grant program for public safety interoperable communication system upgrades. (FE)

Military affairs department of Military personnel Municipality — Finance Public safety Radio Telecommunications

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

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, the Department of Military Affairs is responsible for

administering and overseeing the operation of the current, and a future, statewide

public safety interoperable communication system, which is a radio system that may

be used for emergency communication by public safety agencies, public works and

transportation agencies, hospitals, and volunteer emergency services agencies.

This bill creates a grant program to be administered by DMA which will provide

grants to local units of government that use the statewide public safety interoperable

communication system for system upgrades.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Felzkowski (R) , James (R) , Marklein (R) , Quinn (R) , Smith (D) , Spreitzer (D)

20 cosponsors

Armstrong (R) , Binsfeld (R) , Brandtjen (R) , Duchow (R) , Edming (R) , Green (R) , Gundrum (R) , Jacobson (D) , Kurtz (R) , Moses (R) , Mursau (R) , Nedweski (R) , Novak (R) , O'Connor (R) , Palmeri (D) , Petryk (R) , Rettinger (R) , Shankland (D) , Spiros (R) , Swearingen (R)

Votes

Senate: Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Jun 2, 2023 official source full page

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

Senate: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Jun 2, 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. Apr 14, 2023 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Marklein, Felzkowski, James, Quinn, Smith and Spreitzer; cosponsored by Representatives Kurtz, Armstrong, Binsfeld, Brandtjen, Duchow, Edming, Green, Gundrum, Moses, Mursau, Nedweski, Novak, Palmeri, Petryk, Rettinger, Spiros and Swearingen

  2. Apr 14, 2023 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation and Local Government

  3. Apr 26, 2023 · Senate

    LRB correction

  4. May 8, 2023 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Marklein

  5. May 8, 2023 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. May 23, 2023 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  7. Jun 1, 2023 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  8. Jun 2, 2023 · Senate

    Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  9. Jun 2, 2023 · Senate

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  10. Jun 2, 2023 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  11. Jul 14, 2023 · Senate

    Representative Jacobson added as a cosponsor

  12. Sep 12, 2023 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 9-14-2023 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  13. Sep 14, 2023 · Senate

    Read a second time

  14. Sep 14, 2023 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 adopted

  15. Sep 14, 2023 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  16. Sep 14, 2023 · Senate

    Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  17. Sep 14, 2023 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed

  18. Sep 14, 2023 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  19. Sep 14, 2023 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  20. Jan 11, 2024 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  21. Jan 11, 2024 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 1-16-2024 by Committee on Rules

  22. Jan 16, 2024 · Assembly

    Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up

  23. Jan 16, 2024 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  24. Jan 16, 2024 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  25. Jan 16, 2024 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  26. Jan 16, 2024 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in

  27. Jan 16, 2024 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  28. Jan 16, 2024 · Senate

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  29. Jan 16, 2024 · Senate

    Representative O'Connor added as a cosponsor

  30. Jan 18, 2024 · Senate

    Representative Shankland added as a cosponsor

  31. Jan 19, 2024 · Senate

    LRB correction (Senate Amendment 1)

  32. Jan 19, 2024 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled

  33. Mar 21, 2024 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 3-21-2024

  34. Mar 28, 2024 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 3-27-2024. 2023 Wisconsin Act 221

  35. Mar 28, 2024 · Senate

    Published 3-28-2024