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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

SB 279

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Relating to: grants to law enforcement agencies for data-sharing platforms.

Data processing Justice department of 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 and law enforcement agencies for various purposes, including to pay for uniformed beat patrol officers and to enable agencies to purchase body cameras. This bill requires DOJ to award grants to law enforcement agencies to acquire data-sharing platforms.

The bill sets forth criteria that data-sharing platforms must meet to be covered by the grant. The criteria include that the platform must be able to integrate data from common law enforcement systems on a real-time basis; eliminate redundant records; restrict access to information by data type, roles, and other parameters; allow for controlled data integration and sharing among law enforcement agencies; be accessed on devices commonly used by law enforcement agencies; and ensure that law enforcement agencies retain rights to agency data.

The bill also provides that the Joint Committee on Finance, upon request by DOJ, may provide up to $2,000,000 in each fiscal year of the 2025-27 biennium to implement the grant program.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Bradley (R) , Wanggaard (R)

18 cosponsors

Allen (R) , Brill (R) , Callahan (R) , Dittrich (R) , Donovan (R) , Knodl (R) , Kreibich (R) , Maxey (R) , Murphy (R) , Mursau (R) , Novak (R) , O'Connor (R) , Piwowarczyk (R) , Sortwell (R) , Spiros (R) , Subeck (D) , Tusler (R) , Wichgers (R)

Registered lobbying interests · 5

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 5, Noes 3

Passed 5–3 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.

Senate: PASSAGE

Passed 17–15 Jun 18, 2025 official source full page

Not voting · 1

Assembly: CONCURRENCE AS AMENDED

Passed 85–11 Oct 14, 2025 official source full page

Aye · 85

Not voting · 3

Full history

  1. May 22, 2025 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Wanggaard and Bradley; cosponsored by Representatives Donovan, Callahan, Spiros, Novak, Piwowarczyk, Wichgers, Dittrich, Mursau, Brill, Knodl, Murphy, Subeck, Tusler, Kreibich, Sortwell, O'Connor and Maxey

  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 4, 2025 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  5. Jun 5, 2025 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 3

  6. Jun 5, 2025 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  7. Jun 13, 2025 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Wanggaard

  8. Jun 17, 2025 · Senate

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

  9. Jun 18, 2025 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  10. Jun 18, 2025 · Senate

    Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  11. Jun 18, 2025 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 17, Noes 15

  12. Jun 18, 2025 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  13. Jun 18, 2025 · Senate

    Read a second time

  14. Jun 18, 2025 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 adopted

  15. Jun 19, 2025 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  16. Jun 20, 2025 · Assembly

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

  17. Aug 14, 2025 · Assembly

    LRB correction

  18. Oct 14, 2025 · Assembly

    Representative Allen added as a cosponsor

  19. Oct 14, 2025 · Assembly

    Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up

  20. Oct 14, 2025 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  21. Oct 14, 2025 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Donovan

  22. Oct 14, 2025 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 adopted

  23. Oct 14, 2025 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  24. Oct 14, 2025 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  25. Oct 14, 2025 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in as amended, Ayes 85, Noes 11

  26. Oct 14, 2025 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  27. Oct 15, 2025 · Senate

    Received from Assembly amended and concurred in as amended, Assembly Amendment 1 adopted

  28. Nov 14, 2025 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 11-18-2025 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  29. Nov 18, 2025 · Senate

    Assembly Amendment 1 concurred in

  30. Nov 18, 2025 · Senate

    Action ordered immediately messaged

  31. Nov 24, 2025 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled

  32. Dec 4, 2025 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 12-4-2025

  33. Dec 10, 2025 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 12-9-2025. 2025 Wisconsin Act 58

  34. Dec 10, 2025 · Senate

    Published 12-10-2025