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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

SB 620

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Relating to: tracking a person who is registered as a sex offender but unable to provide an address.

Corrections department of Data processing — Criminal acts and law enforcement Sex crimes

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

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, a person who has been convicted of certain sex offenses, found not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect of certain sex offenses, or found to be a sexually violent person must register with the Department of Corrections as a sex offender, and certain of these registrants are tracked using a global positioning system monitored by DOC. Current law requires all registrants to provide an address. Under this bill, if a registrant is unable to provide an address, the registrant must be tracked using a GPS system monitored by DOC.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Marklein (R) , Nass (R) , Tomczyk (R) , Wimberger (R)

14 cosponsors

Allen (R) , B. Jacobson (R) , Behnke (R) , Dassler-Alfheim (D) , Dittrich (R) , Gundrum (R) , Knodl (R) , Kreibich (R) , Maxey (R) , Melotik (R) , Mursau (R) , Piwowarczyk (R) , Tucker (R) , Wichgers (R)

Registered lobbying interests · 3

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 Jan 12, 2026 official source full page

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

Assembly: CONCURRENCE

Passed 89–9 Feb 12, 2026 official source full page

Aye · 89

Not voting · 1

Full history

  1. Nov 6, 2025 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Tomczyk, Marklein, Nass and Wimberger; cosponsored by Representatives Maxey, Allen, Behnke, Dittrich, Gundrum, B. Jacobson, Knodl, Kreibich, Melotik, Mursau, Piwowarczyk, Tucker and Wichgers

  2. Nov 6, 2025 · Senate

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

  3. Dec 17, 2025 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  4. Jan 12, 2026 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  5. Jan 12, 2026 · Senate

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

  6. Jan 12, 2026 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  7. Jan 16, 2026 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 1-21-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  8. Jan 21, 2026 · Senate

    Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  9. Jan 21, 2026 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed

  10. Jan 21, 2026 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  11. Jan 21, 2026 · Senate

    Senator Dassler-Alfheim added as a coauthor

  12. Jan 21, 2026 · Senate

    Read a second time

  13. Jan 21, 2026 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  14. Jan 22, 2026 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  15. Feb 9, 2026 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  16. Feb 10, 2026 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 2-12-2026 by Committee on Rules

  17. Feb 12, 2026 · Assembly

    Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up

  18. Feb 12, 2026 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  19. Feb 12, 2026 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  20. Feb 12, 2026 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  21. Feb 12, 2026 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 89, Noes 9

  22. Feb 12, 2026 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  23. Feb 13, 2026 · Senate

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  24. Feb 20, 2026 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled

  25. Mar 12, 2026 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 3-12-2026

  26. Mar 13, 2026 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 3-13-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 98

  27. Mar 13, 2026 · Senate

    Published 3-14-2026