Skip to content

Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

AB 24

Vetoed Official bill text Atom feed

Relating to: county sheriff assistance with certain federal immigration functions. (FE)

Crime and criminals — Felony Immigration In memoriam Jail Justice department of Juvenile court Revenue department of Sheriff Shoreland zoning United states — Homeland security department of

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Assembly, completed
  3. Passes Senate, stopped here
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill requires sheriffs to request proof of legal presence status from individuals held in a county jail for an offense punishable as a felony. The bill also requires sheriffs to comply with detainers and administrative warrants received from the federal department of homeland security regarding individuals held in the county jail for a criminal offense.

Under the bill, sheriffs must annually certify to the Department of Revenue that they have complied with each of these requirements. If a sheriff fails to provide such a certification, DOR must reduce the county’s shared revenue payments for the next year by 15 percent. The bill also requires sheriffs to maintain a record of the number of individuals from whom proof of legal presence is requested who are verified as unlawfully present in this state and a list of the types of crimes for which those individuals were confined in the jail. The information must be provided to the Department of Justice upon request, and DOJ must compile the information and submit a report to the legislature.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Allen (R) , Armstrong (R) , August (R) , B. Jacobson (R) , Behnke (R) , Brill (R) , Callahan (R) , Dallman (R) , Dittrich (R) , Donovan (R) , Duchow (R) , Goeben (R) , Green (R) , Gundrum (R) , Hurd (R) , Knodl (R) , Kreibich (R) , Krug (R) , Maxey (R) , Murphy (R) , Mursau (R) , Nedweski (R) , O'Connor (R) , Penterman (R) , Petersen (R) , Piwowarczyk (R) , Sortwell (R) , Spiros (R) , Steffen (R) , Swearingen (R) , Tittl (R) , Tucker (R) , Tusler (R) , Vos (R) , Wichgers (R) , Zimmerman (R)

9 cosponsors

Bradley (R) , Gustafson (R) , Jacque (R) , Kapenga (R) , Nass (R) , Quinn (R) , Testin (R) , Tomczyk (R) , Wanggaard (R)

Registered lobbying interests · 19

Organizations that registered lobbying activity on this bill with the Wisconsin Ethics Commission. Registration means interest, not a position for or against. Official record

Votes

Assembly: Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 14, Noes 1

Passed 14–1 Mar 11, 2025 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 10, Noes 5

Passed 10–5 Mar 11, 2025 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: PASSAGE

Passed 51–43 Mar 18, 2025 official source full page

Aye · 51

Nay · 43

Not voting · 3

Senate: Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Licensing, Regulatory Reform, State and Federal Affairs, Ayes 3, Noes 2

Passed 3–2 Jun 12, 2025 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Senate Substitute Amendment 1 rejected, Ayes 19, Noes 14

Passed 19–14 Mar 17, 2026 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Feb 12, 2025 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Vos, Piwowarczyk, Allen, Armstrong, August, Behnke, Brill, Callahan, Dallman, Dittrich, Donovan, Duchow, Goeben, Green, Gundrum, Hurd, B. Jacobson, Knodl, Kreibich, Krug, Maxey, Murphy, Mursau, Nedweski, O'Connor, Penterman, Petersen, Sortwell, Spiros, Steffen, Swearingen, Tittl, Tucker, Tusler, Wichgers and Zimmerman; cosponsored by Senators Bradley, Jacque, Kapenga, Nass, Quinn, Testin, Tomczyk and Wanggaard

  2. Feb 12, 2025 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety

  3. Feb 18, 2025 · Assembly

    Representative Gustafson added as a coauthor

  4. Feb 26, 2025 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Mar 6, 2025 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. Mar 7, 2025 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Vos and Piwowarczyk

  7. Mar 10, 2025 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representative Spaude

  8. Mar 11, 2025 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  9. Mar 11, 2025 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  10. Mar 11, 2025 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 14, Noes 1

  11. Mar 11, 2025 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 10, Noes 5

  12. Mar 13, 2025 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 3-18-2025 by Committee on Rules

  13. Mar 14, 2025 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  14. Mar 18, 2025 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  15. Mar 18, 2025 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 adopted

  16. Mar 18, 2025 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  17. Mar 18, 2025 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  18. Mar 18, 2025 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 51, Noes 43, Paired 2

  19. Mar 18, 2025 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  20. Mar 18, 2025 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  21. Mar 19, 2025 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Licensing, Regulatory Reform, State and Federal Affairs

  22. May 13, 2025 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  23. Jun 12, 2025 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  24. Jun 12, 2025 · Senate

    Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Licensing, Regulatory Reform, State and Federal Affairs, Ayes 3, Noes 2

  25. Jun 12, 2025 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  26. Mar 16, 2026 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 3-17-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  27. Mar 17, 2026 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senators L. Johnson, Carpenter, Dassler-Alfheim, Drake, Habush Sinykin, Hesselbein, Keyeski, Larson, Pfaff, Ratcliff, Roys, Smith, Spreitzer, Wall and Wirch

  28. Mar 17, 2026 · Senate

    Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senators Wall, Dassler-Alfheim, Habush Sinykin, Hesselbein, Keyeski, Pfaff, Ratcliff, Roys, Smith and Wirch

  29. Mar 17, 2026 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 2 offered by Senators Carpenter, Dassler-Alfheim, Drake, Habush Sinykin, Hesselbein, L. Johnson, Keyeski, Larson, Pfaff, Ratcliff, Roys, Smith, Spreitzer, Wall and Wirch

  30. Mar 17, 2026 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 3 offered by Senators Carpenter, Dassler-Alfheim, Drake, Habush Sinykin, Hesselbein, L. Johnson, Keyeski, Larson, Ratcliff, Roys, Spreitzer, Wall and Wirch

  31. Mar 17, 2026 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 4 offered by Senators Carpenter, Dassler-Alfheim, Drake, Hesselbein, L. Johnson, Keyeski, Larson, Ratcliff, Roys and Spreitzer

  32. Mar 17, 2026 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 5 offered by Senators Carpenter, Dassler-Alfheim, Drake, Habush Sinykin, Hesselbein, L. Johnson, Keyeski, Larson, Ratcliff, Roys, Spreitzer, Wall and Wirch

  33. Mar 17, 2026 · Senate

    Read a second time

  34. Mar 17, 2026 · Senate

    Senate Substitute Amendment 1 rejected, Ayes 19, Noes 14

  35. Mar 17, 2026 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 withdrawn and returned to author

  36. Mar 17, 2026 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 2 withdrawn and returned to author

  37. Mar 17, 2026 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 3 withdrawn and returned to author

  38. Mar 17, 2026 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 4 withdrawn and returned to author

  39. Mar 17, 2026 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 5 withdrawn and returned to author

  40. Mar 17, 2026 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  41. Mar 17, 2026 · Senate

    Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  42. Mar 17, 2026 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in

  43. Mar 17, 2026 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  44. Mar 18, 2026 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  45. Mar 26, 2026 · Assembly

    LRB correction

  46. Mar 26, 2026 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled on 3-26-2026

  47. Apr 2, 2026 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 4-2-2026

  48. Apr 3, 2026 · Assembly

    Report vetoed by the Governor on 4-3-2026

  49. May 12, 2026 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 5-12-2026 pursuant to Joint Rule 82 (2)(a)

  50. May 13, 2026 · Assembly

    Failed to pass notwithstanding the objections of the Governor pursuant to Joint Rule 82