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Bills from the 2023–24 session

Senate Bill 804

Small law enforcement agency training grant pilot program, granting rule-making authority, 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.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Dec 12, 2023

  2. Committee, stopped here

    Stopped here. No public hearing was held.

  3. Senate vote, not reached

  4. Assembly vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. 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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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 Administration to establish and administer a pilot program for grants for payment of training costs for new law enforcement officers at small law enforcement agencies. Under the bill, “small law enforcement agency” means a police department, tribal police department, combined protective services department, or sheriff's office that employs fewer than 25 full-time equivalent law enforcement officers who are not supervisors. The grants may be used to pay for training a preservice student who is enrolled in a program to become a law enforcement officer or tribal law enforcement officer and to pay for employment costs during the first six months of employment of such an officer. Also under the bill, if a small law enforcement agency has received reimbursement for training a preservice student or recruit from the Law Enforcement Standards Board, the agency may not also receive a grant under the program that duplicates the amounts reimbursed. The bill requires any individual whose training or recruitment period of six months is paid for under the pilot program to commit to remain with the employing small law enforcement agency for one year after the training or service paid for with the grant has ended. If such an individual does not complete 12 months of employment, the department may seek from the individual repayment of the grant on a prorated basis. Under the bill, DOA must administer the pilot program until the appropriation for the program is fully depleted.

Who's behind it

5 senators are its ⁠. 3 are Democrats and 2 are Republicans.

32 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 37 names

Authors (5)

Signed on in support (32)

What happened

  1. Apr 15, 2024

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Dec 22, 2023 to Jan 18, 2024

    2 more representatives signed on in support.

  3. Dec 12, 2023

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.

  4. Dec 12, 2023

    Introduced in the Senate.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Dec 12, 2023 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators James, Pfaff, Nass, Smith and Spreitzer; cosponsored by Representatives Donovan, C. Anderson, Armstrong, Bare, Behnke, Brandtjen, Conley, Dittrich, Edming, Emerson, Goeben, Gundrum, Jacobson, S. Johnson, Kitchens, Krug, Maxey, Melotik, Mursau, Nedweski, Novak, O'Connor, Ohnstad, Ortiz-Velez, Petryk, Ratcliff, Rettinger, Shankland, Spiros and Tusler

  2. Dec 12, 2023 · Senate

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

  3. Dec 22, 2023 · Senate

    Representative Subeck added as a cosponsor

  4. Jan 18, 2024 · Senate

    Representative Palmeri added as a cosponsor

  5. Apr 15, 2024 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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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

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Author

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Signed on in support

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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.

More in the glossary

Public hearing

A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.

More in the glossary

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

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Signed on in support

Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.

Official term: Cosponsor

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