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Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

SB 78

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Relating to: appointment of certain lawfully present aliens as law enforcement officers.

Alien Law enforcement standards board Legislative audit bureau Police Sheriff

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, no person may be appointed as a deputy sheriff of any

county or police officer of any city, village, or town unless that person is a citizen of

the United States. This bill allows the sheriff of a county or the appointing authority

of a local law enforcement agency to elect to authorize the appointment of aliens who

are the subject of a notice of decision from the federal Department of Homeland

Security (DHS) granting deferred action under the Deferred Action for Childhood

Arrivals program and who are in receipt of a valid employment authorization from

the DHS as deputy sheriffs or police officers. The bill also prevents the law

enforcement standards board from preventing such an alien from participating in a

law enforcement preparatory training program.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Jacque (R) , James (R) , Taylor (D)

32 cosponsors

Andraca and Cabrera , Armstrong (R) , Baldeh (D) , Ballweg (R) , Behnke (R) , C. Anderson (D) , Carpenter (D) , Duchow (R) , Edming (R) , Emerson (D) , Gustafson (R) , Hesselbein (D) , Jacobson (D) , Joers (D) , Kitchens (R) , Knodl (R) , Krug (R) , Macco (R) , Michalski (R) , Murphy (R) , Mursau (R) , O'Connor (R) , Ohnstad (D) , Ortiz-Velez (D) , S. Johnson (R) , Schmidt (R) , Schraa (R) , Snyder (R) , Spreitzer (D) , Steffen (R) , Subeck and Stubbs , Wichgers (R)

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 6, Noes 1

Passed 6–1 May 23, 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. Feb 21, 2023 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators James, Taylor and Jacque; cosponsored by Representatives Macco, Steffen, Kitchens, Armstrong, Baldeh, Behnke, Duchow, Edming, Emerson, S. Johnson, Krug, Michalski, Murphy, Mursau, O'Connor, Ohnstad, Ortiz-Velez, Schmidt, Schraa and Snyder

  2. Feb 21, 2023 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety

  3. Feb 22, 2023 · Senate

    Senator Spreitzer added as a coauthor

  4. Feb 22, 2023 · Senate

    Representatives Subeck and Stubbs added as cosponsors

  5. Feb 28, 2023 · Senate

    Representative Wichgers added as a cosponsor

  6. Mar 8, 2023 · Senate

    Senator Ballweg added as a coauthor

  7. Mar 10, 2023 · Senate

    Representative Knodl added as a cosponsor

  8. Mar 16, 2023 · Senate

    Representative C. Anderson added as a cosponsor

  9. Mar 22, 2023 · Senate

    Representatives Andraca and Cabrera added as cosponsors

  10. May 8, 2023 · Senate

    Representative Joers added as a cosponsor

  11. May 10, 2023 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  12. May 23, 2023 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  13. May 23, 2023 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 6, Noes 1

  14. May 23, 2023 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  15. Nov 7, 2023 · Senate

    Representative Gustafson added as a cosponsor

  16. Jan 2, 2024 · Senate

    Representative Jacobson added as a cosponsor

  17. Jan 19, 2024 · Senate

    Senator Carpenter added as a coauthor

  18. Apr 10, 2024 · Senate

    Senator Hesselbein added as a coauthor

  19. Apr 15, 2024 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1