Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Relating to: sunset of the community-oriented policing-house grant program.
Housing Justice department of Municipality Police Sunset
- Introduced, completed
- Passes Senate, completed
- Passes Assembly, completed
- Governor signs, completed
- Law, completed
Unfamiliar terms? Glossary
What this bill does
Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, the Department of Justice awards grants to cities with a population of at least 30,000 to fund community-oriented policing-house programs.
2023 Wisconsin Act 19
sunsets this grant program on July 1, 2025. This bill extends the program by changing the sunset date to July 1, 2027.
Sponsors
Registered lobbying interests · 2
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
Senate: Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 8, Noes 0
Passed 8–0 Jun 5, 2025 official source full pageNo individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Aye · 32
- André Jacque (1)
- Bob Wirch (22)
- Brad Pfaff (32)
- Chris Kapenga (33)
- Chris Larson (7)
- Cory Tomczyk (29)
- Dan Feyen (20)
- Devin LeMahieu (9)
- Dianne Hesselbein (27)
- Dora Drake (4)
- Eric Wimberger (2)
- Howard Marklein (17)
- Jamie Wall (30)
- Jeff Smith (31)
- Jesse James (23)
- Jodi Habush Sinykin (8)
- John Jagler (13)
- Julian Bradley (28)
- Kelda Roys (26)
- Kristin Dassler-Alfheim (18)
- Mark Spreitzer (15)
- Mary Felzkowski (12)
- Melissa Ratcliff (16)
- Patrick Testin (24)
- Rachael Cabral-Guevara (19)
- Rob Hutton (5)
- Rob Stafsholt (10)
- Romaine Quinn (25)
- Sarah Keyeski (14)
- Steve Nass (11)
- Tim Carpenter (3)
- Van Wanggaard (21)
Not voting · 1
- LaTonya Johnson (6)
Full history
- May 22, 2025 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Wanggaard and Carpenter; cosponsored by Representatives Spiros and Stubbs
- May 22, 2025 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety
- May 27, 2025 · Senate
Public hearing held
- Jun 2, 2025 · Senate
Representative Melotik added as a cosponsor
- Jun 4, 2025 · Senate
Executive action taken
- Jun 5, 2025 · Senate
Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 8, Noes 0
- Jun 5, 2025 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- Jun 13, 2025 · Senate
Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Wanggaard
- Jun 17, 2025 · Senate
Placed on calendar 6-18-2025 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- Jun 18, 2025 · Senate
Senate Amendment 1 adopted
- Jun 18, 2025 · Senate
Ordered to a third reading
- Jun 18, 2025 · Senate
Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- Jun 18, 2025 · Senate
Read a third time and passed, Ayes 32, Noes 0
- Jun 18, 2025 · Senate
Ordered immediately messaged
- Jun 18, 2025 · Senate
Read a second time
- Jun 19, 2025 · Assembly
Received from Senate
- Jun 20, 2025 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to calendar of 6-24-2025
- Jun 24, 2025 · Assembly
Representative O'Connor added as a cosponsor
- Jun 24, 2025 · Assembly
Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up
- Jun 24, 2025 · Assembly
Read a second time
- Jun 24, 2025 · Assembly
Ordered to a third reading
- Jun 24, 2025 · Assembly
Rules suspended
- Jun 24, 2025 · Assembly
Read a third time and concurred in
- Jun 24, 2025 · Assembly
Ordered immediately messaged
- Jun 24, 2025 · Senate
Received from Assembly concurred in
- Jun 25, 2025 · Senate
LRB correction
- Jun 25, 2025 · Senate
Report correctly enrolled
- Aug 7, 2025 · Senate
Presented to the Governor on 8-7-2025
- Aug 11, 2025 · Senate
Report approved by the Governor on 8-8-2025. 2025 Wisconsin Act 27
- Aug 11, 2025 · Senate
Published 8-9-2025