Assembly Bill 1035
Expanding the Wisconsin deflection initiative and making an appropriation. (FE)
Topics: Alcohol and other drug abuse, Justice, Department of, Public employee
Stopped in committee
It never got a , so it never came up for a vote. The last day for votes this session was Mar 19, 2026. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Feb 11, 2026
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Senate vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Mar 23, 2026: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Mental Health and Substance Abuse Prevention. The committee's chair at the time was Paul Tittl. Chairs decide which bills get a hearing. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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The same bill was also filed in the Senate as SB 1014. That version died when the session ended.
Terms on this page
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Public hearing
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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
Legislative Reference Bureau
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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.
This bill requires the Department of Justice to expand the Wisconsin deflection initiative during the 2025-27 fiscal biennium. The Wisconsin deflection initiative is a program that focuses on identifying, treating, and supporting individuals affected by substance use in a way that limits criminal justice system exposure.
Under the bill, DOJ must expand the Wisconsin deflection initiative by providing grants to current deflection initiative sites for any of the following purposes: to hire additional employees to provide deflection care coordination, to contract with outside vendors for consultations and program evaluations, to acquire deflection care technology, or to contract with an outside vendor to provide deflection care coordination technology.
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The bill provides $507,100 in each fiscal year of the 2025-27 biennium and increases the authorized FTE employees for DOJ by 1.0 GPR position for the purpose of expanding the Wisconsin deflection initiative.
Who's behind it
4 representatives are its . 3 are Republicans and 1 is a Democrat.
2 more lawmakers .
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Authors (4)
- Dave Armstrong · Republican, Assembly
- Barbara Dittrich · Republican, Assembly
- Dean Kaufert · Republican, Assembly
- Shelia Stubbs · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (2)
- Jesse James · Republican, Senate
- Randy Udell · Democrat, Assembly
What happened
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Mar 23, 2026
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Feb 23, 2026
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Feb 11, 2026
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Mental Health and Substance Abuse Prevention.
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Feb 11, 2026
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Feb 11, 2026 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Kaufert, Armstrong, Dittrich and Stubbs; cosponsored by Senator James
- Feb 11, 2026 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Mental Health and Substance Abuse Prevention
- Feb 23, 2026 · Assembly
Representative Udell added as a coauthor
- Mar 23, 2026 · Assembly
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