Senate Bill 727
Personal hygiene products for inmates of state correctional institutions and county jails and houses of correction and making an appropriation. (FE)
Topics: Corrections, Department of, House of correction, Jail, Prison, Public health
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
Dec 2, 2025
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Senate vote, not reached
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Assembly 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 Senate Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety. The committee's chair at the time was Van Wanggaard. 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 Assembly as AB 741. That version died when the session ended.
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Committee
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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
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Author
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Signed on in support
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Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
Cost estimate
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Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill requires the Department of Corrections to provide all of the following personal hygiene products in each state correctional institution commissary:
1. At no more than 125 percent of the sales price of the product at the highest-grossing retail chain in the state, at least two varieties of the following personal hygiene products: deodorant, antiperspirant, shampoo, hair conditioner, liquid body wash, bar soap, body lotion, face wash, facial lotion, toothpaste, toothbrush, dental floss, razor, shaving cream, sunscreen, comb, hairbrush, and cleansing wipes.
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2. At no more than 100 percent of the sales price of the product at the highest-grossing retail chain in the state, at least two varieties of the following culturally sensitive personal hygiene products: shampoo, conditioner, natural hair oil, and shaving cream that are appropriate for types 2, 3, and 4 hair, bar soap, and cocoa-butter-based body lotion.
The bill also requires DOC to provide each inmate with a monthly personal hygiene stipend of $25 to purchase personal hygiene products from the commissary. The bill provides $6,450,000 to DOC in each year of the 2025-27 biennium to provide personal hygiene stipends.
The bill also requires sheriffs to provide the same personal hygiene products in the commissaries of county jails and houses of correction at the prices established by DOC for those products in state correctional institutions and requires sheriffs to provide each inmate, beginning on the inmate’s 91st day of confinement, with a monthly personal hygiene stipend of $25 to purchase personal hygiene products from the commissary.
Who's behind it
4 senators are its . All 4 are Democrats.
21 more lawmakers .
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Authors (4)
- Tim Carpenter · Democrat, Senate
- Dianne Hesselbein · Democrat, Senate
- LaTonya Johnson · Democrat, Senate
- Chris Larson · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (21)
- Margaret Arney · Democrat, Assembly
- Brienne Brown · Democrat, Assembly
- Ryan Clancy · Democrat, Assembly
- Francesca Hong · Democrat, Assembly
- Jenna Jacobson · Democrat, Assembly
- Alex Joers · Democrat, Assembly
- Darrin Madison · Democrat, Assembly
- Vinnie Miresse · Democrat, Assembly
- Supreme Moore Omokunde · Democrat, Assembly
- Greta Neubauer · Democrat, Assembly
- Christian Phelps · Democrat, Assembly
- Amaad Rivera-Wagner · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Lee Snodgrass · Democrat, Assembly
- Angela Stroud · Democrat, Assembly
- Shelia Stubbs · Democrat, Assembly
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
- Sequanna Taylor · Democrat, Assembly
- Angelito Tenorio · Democrat, Assembly
- Randy Udell · Democrat, Assembly
- Robyn Vining · Democrat, Assembly
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Mar 23, 2026
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Mar 19, 2026
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Jan 14, 2026
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Dec 3, 2025 to Dec 17, 2025
2 more representatives signed on in support.
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Dec 2, 2025
Sent to the Senate Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
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Dec 2, 2025
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Dec 2, 2025 · Senate
Introduced by Senators L. Johnson, Larson, Carpenter and Hesselbein; cosponsored by Representatives Stubbs, Madison, Arney, Brown, Clancy, Hong, Phelps, Tenorio, Joers, Miresse, Moore Omokunde, Rivera-Wagner, Sinicki, Snodgrass, Stroud, Subeck, Taylor and Udell
- Dec 2, 2025 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety
- Dec 3, 2025 · Senate
Representative Neubauer added as a cosponsor
- Dec 17, 2025 · Senate
Representative Vining added as a cosponsor
- Jan 14, 2026 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Mar 19, 2026 · Senate
Representative J. Jacobson added as a cosponsor
- Mar 23, 2026 · Senate
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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate. 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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate