Senate Bill 987
Determining whether to hold or release a juvenile from custody
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
Feb 1, 2024
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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
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.
Under current law, when a juvenile who is possibly involved with a delinquent act is taken into custody and not released by the person who took the juvenile into custody, a court intake worker must interview the juvenile and determine whether to hold the juvenile temporarily in custody or release him or her. Current law requires the intake worker to base that decision on whether probable cause exists to believe that 1) the juvenile will commit injury to a person or property; 2) the parent, guardian, legal custodian, or other responsible adult is neglecting, refusing, unable, or unavailable to provide adequate supervision and that care and services to ensure the juvenile's safety and well-being are not available or would be inadequate; or 3) the juvenile will run away or be taken away so as to be unavailable for court proceedings or administrative proceedings relating to a violation of conditions of Department of Corrections supervision. Under current law, within 24 hours after the end of the day on which the intake worker makes this decision, the juvenile court must hold a hearing on whether to continue holding the juvenile in custody.
Instead of an intake worker determining whether to temporarily hold a juvenile in custody or release him or her, the bill requires a judge to make this determination.
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Under the bill, an intake worker must review the need to hold the juvenile in custody, make a recommendation to a judge, and request an order from that judge regarding whether or not to hold the juvenile in custody. Upon this request and recommendation by an intake worker, the bill requires the judge to issue a signed order stating whether the intake worker must hold or release the juvenile based on the same probable cause criteria as under current law. Under the bill, if the judge orders the juvenile to be released, the intake worker still determines to whom the juvenile is released. Under the bill, if the judge orders the juvenile to be held in custody, the intake worker still determines where a juvenile is placed and the juvenile court still holds a hearing on whether to continue holding the juvenile in custody within 24 hours after the end of the day on which the judge issues this order.
Who's behind it
6 senators are its . All 6 are Republicans.
8 more lawmakers .
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Authors (6)
- Julian Bradley · Republican, Senate
- Rob Hutton · Republican, Senate
- André Jacque · Republican, Senate
- Jesse James · Republican, Senate
- Duey Stroebel · Republican, Senate
- Van Wanggaard · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (8)
- Bob Donovan · Republican, Assembly
- Rick Gundrum · Republican, Assembly
- Dave Maxey · Republican, Assembly
- Tom Michalski · Republican, Assembly
- Todd Novak · Republican, Assembly
- Nik Rettinger · Republican, Assembly
- Ron Tusler · Republican, Assembly
- Chuck Wichgers · Republican, Assembly
What happened
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Apr 15, 2024
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Feb 1, 2024
Sent to the Senate Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
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Feb 1, 2024
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Feb 1, 2024 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Hutton, Wanggaard, Jacque, James, Stroebel and Bradley; cosponsored by Representatives Donovan, Tusler, Maxey, Michalski, Wichgers, Gundrum, Novak and Rettinger
- Feb 1, 2024 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety
- 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