Senate Bill 824
Requests for restrictions on the availability of library materials, including school library materials
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 19, 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 Government Operations. 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
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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
The bill provides that, if a library board or school board has a procedure to evaluate and resolve a complaint alleging that library materials should be removed from the collection or restricted to certain users, the procedure may only be initiated upon a finding that 1) the complaint is made by an individual who resides in a political subdivision that established the public library or in the case of a school library, the individual is either the parent or guardian of a pupil attending a school in the school district or a resident of the school district, 2) the complaint is accompanied by a statement from the individual making the complaint averring that the individual has reviewed the library material in its entirety, 3) the complaint contains an explanation of the individual's objections to the material, and 4) the complaint is accompanied by the signatures of not less than 5 percent of the total number of electors in the political subdivision that established the public library or for a school library, 5 percent of the total number of the electors in the school district in which the school library is located.
Who's behind it
4 senators are its . All 4 are Democrats.
16 more lawmakers .
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Authors (4)
- Dianne Hesselbein · Democrat, Senate
- LaTonya Johnson · Democrat, Senate
- Chris Larson · Democrat, Senate
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (16)
- Samba Baldeh · 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
- Darrin Madison · Democrat, Assembly
- Supreme Moore Omokunde · Democrat, Assembly
- Tod Ohnstad · Democrat, Assembly
- Lori Palmeri · Democrat, Assembly
- Melissa Ratcliff · Democrat, Senate
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Lee Snodgrass · Democrat, Assembly
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
What happened
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Apr 15, 2024
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Dec 22, 2023
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Dec 19, 2023
Sent to the Senate Committee on Government Operations.
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Dec 19, 2023
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Dec 19, 2023 · Senate
Introduced by Senators L. Johnson, Hesselbein, Spreitzer and Larson; cosponsored by Representatives J. Anderson, Emerson, Baldeh, Clancy, Conley, Considine, Jacobson, Madison, Moore Omokunde, Ohnstad, Palmeri, Ratcliff, Sinicki, Snodgrass and Haywood
- Dec 19, 2023 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Government Operations
- Dec 22, 2023 · Senate
Representative Subeck added as a cosponsor
- 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