Senate Bill 797
Personal hygiene products for inmates of state correctional institutions and county jails and houses of correction and making an appropriation. (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
Dec 12, 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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Senate Joint Resolution 1
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Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
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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 provide all of the following personal hygiene products in each state correctional institution commissary:
1. At no more than 125 percent of the sales price of the product at the highest-grossing retail chain in the state, at least two varieties of the following personal hygiene products: deodorant, antiperspirant, shampoo, hair conditioner, liquid body wash, bar soap, body lotion, face wash, facial lotion, toothpaste, toothbrush, dental floss, razor, shaving cream, sunscreen, comb, hairbrush, and cleansing wipes.
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2. At no more than 100 percent of the sales price of the product at the highest-grossing retail chain in the state, at least two varieties of the following culturally sensitive personal hygiene products: shampoo, conditioner, natural hair oil, and shaving cream that are appropriate for types 2, 3, and 4 hair, bar soap, and cocoa-butter-based body lotion.
The bill also requires DOC to provide each inmate with a monthly personal hygiene stipend of $25 to purchase personal hygiene products from the commissary.
The bill provides $6,450,000 to DOC in each year of the 2023-25 biennium to provide personal hygiene stipends.
The bill also requires sheriffs to provide the same personal hygiene products in the commissaries of county jails and houses of correction at the prices established by DOC for those products in state correctional institutions and requires sheriffs to provide each inmate with a monthly personal hygiene stipend of $25 to purchase personal hygiene products from the commissary.
Who's behind it
3 senators are its . All 3 are Democrats.
17 more lawmakers .
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Authors (3)
- Dianne Hesselbein · Democrat, Senate
- LaTonya Johnson · Democrat, Senate
- Chris Larson · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (17)
- Deb Andraca · Democrat, Assembly
- Ryan Clancy · Democrat, Assembly
- Sue Conley · Democrat, Assembly
- Dave Considine · Democrat, Assembly
- Jodi Emerson · Democrat, Assembly
- Kalan Haywood · Democrat, Assembly
- Jimmy Anderson · Democrat, Assembly
- Jenna Jacobson · Democrat, Assembly
- Alex Joers · Democrat, Assembly
- Darrin Madison · Democrat, Assembly
- Supreme Moore Omokunde · Democrat, Assembly
- Tod Ohnstad · 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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Feb 14, 2024
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Dec 12, 2023
Sent to the Senate Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
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Dec 12, 2023
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Dec 12, 2023 · Senate
Introduced by Senators L. Johnson, Larson and Hesselbein; cosponsored by Representatives Stubbs, Madison, Considine, Moore Omokunde, Conley, Joers, Clancy, Ohnstad, Jacobson, Shelton, Emerson, J. Anderson, Palmeri, Subeck, Andraca, Haywood and Sinicki
- Dec 12, 2023 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety
- Feb 14, 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