Senate Bill 731
Recreational opportunities and structured programming for inmates in state correctional institutions and county jails and houses of correction. (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.
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Introduced, passed
Nov 21, 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
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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
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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
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Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
Cost estimate
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Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill requires the Department of Corrections to ensure that all state correctional institutions provide, and sheriffs to ensure that all county jails and houses of correction provide, recreational opportunities and organized, structured programming that is relevant to the interests and needs of the inmates being held in the state correctional institutions, jails, and houses of correction.
The bill also requires that when staffing levels meet or exceed 80 percent for officer staffing and structured programming staffing, each inmate is allowed at least 35 hours per week to engage in recreational opportunities and structured programming with an average of at least five total hours per day for such activities and programming, and if such staffing levels are less than 80 percent, each inmate is allowed at least 21 hours per week to engage in recreational opportunities and structured programming with an average of at least three total hours per day for such activities and programming. Of the 35 or 21 hours per week, each inmate must be allowed at least seven hours per week to engage in recreational opportunities and at least 14 hours per week to engage in structured programming, of which at least five hours must be structured programming other than work experience. Under the bill, recreation and structured programming privileges may be denied for a period of up to 10 consecutive days if the inmate is subject to a partial or full prison or jail lockdown or is currently being held in solitary confinement.
Who's behind it
3 senators are its . All 3 are Democrats.
16 more lawmakers .
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Authors (3)
- Chris Larson · Democrat, Senate
- Kelda Roys · Democrat, Senate
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (16)
- Deb Andraca · Democrat, Assembly
- Ryan Clancy · Democrat, Assembly
- Sue Conley · Democrat, Assembly
- Dora Drake · Democrat, Senate
- Jodi Emerson · Democrat, Assembly
- Kalan Haywood · Democrat, Assembly
- Jimmy Anderson · Democrat, Assembly
- Jenna Jacobson · Democrat, Assembly
- Alex Joers · Democrat, Assembly
- Darrin Madison · Democrat, Assembly
- Greta Neubauer · Democrat, Assembly
- Lori Palmeri · Democrat, Assembly
- Kristina Shelton · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Shelia Stubbs · Democrat, Assembly
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Apr 15, 2024
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Jan 2, 2024
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Nov 27, 2023 to Dec 6, 2023
2 more representatives signed on in support.
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Nov 21, 2023
Sent to the Senate Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
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Nov 21, 2023
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Nov 21, 2023 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Roys, Larson and Taylor; cosponsored by Representatives Drake, Clancy, Madison, Sinicki, Conley, Joers, Shelton, Emerson, J. Anderson, Stubbs, Palmeri, Subeck, Andraca and Jacobson
- Nov 21, 2023 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety
- Nov 27, 2023 · Senate
Representative Haywood added as a cosponsor
- Dec 6, 2023 · Senate
Representative Neubauer added as a cosponsor
- Jan 2, 2024 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- 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
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
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