Senate Bill 459
Temporary employee interchanges between the Department of Justice and an office of the district attorney
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.
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Introduced, passed
Sep 29, 2023
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Senate vote, not reached
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Apr 15, 2024: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
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
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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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Under current law, a state agency or local government may participate in a temporary employee interchange program as part of intergovernmental cooperation.
Under current law, the governmental entity that sends an employee to another governmental entity continues to be the employer of the employee, but the entities may have an agreement on the supervision of the employee during the period of the interchange.
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This bill specifies that a district attorney may request the attorney general to assign attorneys at the Department of Justice to perform the duties of an attorney for the district attorney. Under the bill, the district attorney would supervise the attorney. The bill requires DOJ to create a division for such attorneys that may be assigned to a district attorney.
Who's behind it
Van Wanggaard, a Republican, is its .
8 more lawmakers .
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Author (1)
- Van Wanggaard · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (8)
- Rob Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Bob Donovan · Republican, Assembly
- James Edming · Republican, Assembly
- Dave Murphy · Republican, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- Shae Sortwell · Republican, Assembly
- John Spiros · Republican, Assembly
- Paul Tittl · Republican, Assembly
What happened
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Apr 15, 2024
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Sep 29, 2023
Sent to the Senate Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
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Sep 29, 2023
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Sep 29, 2023 · Senate
Introduced by Senator Wanggaard; cosponsored by Representatives Sortwell, Tittl, Brooks, Donovan, Edming, Murphy, Mursau and Spiros
- Sep 29, 2023 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety
- Apr 15, 2024 · Senate
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Terms on this page
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. 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
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor