Assembly Bill 444
Prohibitions concerning use of state and local facilities to detain individuals on the basis of immigration status
Topics: Immigration, Municipality, Public building, Sheriff, State agencies
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
Sep 19, 2025
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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 Corrections. The committee's chair at the time was Dean Kaufert. 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 484. 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
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 this bill, no state agency or other body in state government, political subdivision of the state, or county sheriff may use or permit the federal government to use a facility owned or operated by the state agency, political subdivision, or county sheriff to detain or hold in custody an individual if the individual is being detained or held in custody solely on the basis of the individual’s immigration status.
The bill additionally provides that no state agency, political subdivision, or county sheriff may expend moneys to establish or operate, or to assist in the establishment or operation of, an immigrant detention facility in Wisconsin.
Who's behind it
25 representatives are its . All 25 are Democrats.
11 more lawmakers .
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Authors (25)
- Clint Anderson · Democrat, Assembly
- Margaret Arney · Democrat, Assembly
- Mike Bare · Democrat, Assembly
- Brienne Brown · Democrat, Assembly
- Ryan Clancy · Democrat, Assembly
- Angelina Cruz · Democrat, Assembly
- Kalan Haywood · Democrat, Assembly
- Francesca Hong · Democrat, Assembly
- Alex Joers · Democrat, Assembly
- Tara Johnson · Democrat, Assembly
- Karen Kirsch · Democrat, Assembly
- Darrin Madison · Democrat, Assembly
- Renuka Mayadev · Democrat, Assembly
- Vinnie Miresse · Democrat, Assembly
- Supreme Moore Omokunde · Democrat, Assembly
- Greta Neubauer · Democrat, Assembly
- Sylvia Ortiz-Velez · Democrat, Assembly
- Christian Phelps · Democrat, Assembly
- Ann Roe · Democrat, Assembly
- Joe Sheehan · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Angela Stroud · Democrat, Assembly
- Shelia Stubbs · Democrat, Assembly
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
- Angelito Tenorio · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (11)
- Tim Carpenter · Democrat, Senate
- Dora Drake · Democrat, Senate
- Sarah Keyeski · Democrat, Senate
- Chris Larson · Democrat, Senate
- Maureen McCarville · Democrat, Assembly
- Melissa Ratcliff · Democrat, Senate
- Kelda Roys · Democrat, Senate
- Lee Snodgrass · Democrat, Assembly
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
- Randy Udell · Democrat, Assembly
- Robyn Vining · Democrat, Assembly
What happened
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Mar 23, 2026
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Jan 16, 2026 to Mar 17, 2026
4 more representatives and 1 senator signed on in support.
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Sep 19, 2025
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Corrections.
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Sep 19, 2025
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Sep 19, 2025 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Phelps, Cruz, Miresse, Anderson, Arney, Bare, Brown, Clancy, Haywood, Hong, Joers, Johnson, Kirsch, Madison, Mayadev, Moore Omokunde, Neubauer, Ortiz-Velez, Roe, Sheehan, Sinicki, Stroud, Stubbs, Subeck and Tenorio; cosponsored by Senators Larson, Roys, Drake, Carpenter, Keyeski and Spreitzer
- Sep 19, 2025 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Corrections
- Jan 16, 2026 · Assembly
Representative Udell added as a coauthor
- Jan 20, 2026 · Assembly
Representative Vining added as a coauthor
- Jan 30, 2026 · Assembly
Representative Snodgrass added as a coauthor
- Feb 11, 2026 · Assembly
Representative McCarville added as a coauthor
- Mar 17, 2026 · Assembly
Senator Ratcliff added as a cosponsor
- 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