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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

SB 278

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Relating to: sunset of the community-oriented policing-house grant program.

Housing Justice department of Municipality Police Sunset

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Senate, completed
  3. Passes Assembly, completed
  4. Governor signs, completed
  5. 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

Introduced by: Carpenter (D) , Wanggaard (R)

4 cosponsors

Melotik (R) , O'Connor (R) , Spiros (R) , Stubbs (D)

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 page

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

Full history

  1. May 22, 2025 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Wanggaard and Carpenter; cosponsored by Representatives Spiros and Stubbs

  2. May 22, 2025 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety

  3. May 27, 2025 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  4. Jun 2, 2025 · Senate

    Representative Melotik added as a cosponsor

  5. Jun 4, 2025 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  6. Jun 5, 2025 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 8, Noes 0

  7. Jun 5, 2025 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  8. Jun 13, 2025 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Wanggaard

  9. Jun 17, 2025 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 6-18-2025 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  10. Jun 18, 2025 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 adopted

  11. Jun 18, 2025 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  12. Jun 18, 2025 · Senate

    Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  13. Jun 18, 2025 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 32, Noes 0

  14. Jun 18, 2025 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  15. Jun 18, 2025 · Senate

    Read a second time

  16. Jun 19, 2025 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  17. Jun 20, 2025 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to calendar of 6-24-2025

  18. Jun 24, 2025 · Assembly

    Representative O'Connor added as a cosponsor

  19. Jun 24, 2025 · Assembly

    Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up

  20. Jun 24, 2025 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  21. Jun 24, 2025 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  22. Jun 24, 2025 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  23. Jun 24, 2025 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in

  24. Jun 24, 2025 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  25. Jun 24, 2025 · Senate

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  26. Jun 25, 2025 · Senate

    LRB correction

  27. Jun 25, 2025 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled

  28. Aug 7, 2025 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 8-7-2025

  29. Aug 11, 2025 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 8-8-2025. 2025 Wisconsin Act 27

  30. Aug 11, 2025 · Senate

    Published 8-9-2025