Senate Joint Resolution 113
Custody of the county jail and its inmates (first consideration)
Topics: Constitutional amendments: First consideration, County: Board, Jail, Sheriff
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 proposal.
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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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Adopted, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Mar 23, 2026: “Failed to adopt 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 proposal was also filed in the Assembly as AJR 121. That version died when the session ended.
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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has held that the county sheriff has the inherent constitutional authority to exercise custody of the county jail and its inmates. See State ex rel.
Kennedy v. Brunst , 26 Wis. 412 (1870);
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Kocken v. Wisconsin Council of Churches 40 , 2007 WI 72. This proposed constitutional amendment, proposed to the 2025 legislature on first consideration, amends the Wisconsin Constitution to provide that the sheriff has custody of the county jail and its inmates except to the extent the county board of supervisors delegates that authority to another public officer or public entity designated by the county board.
A proposed constitutional amendment requires adoption by two successive legislatures, and ratification by the people, before it can become effective.
Who's behind it
Chris Larson, a Democrat, is its .
10 more lawmakers .
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Author (1)
- Chris Larson · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (10)
- Margaret Arney · Democrat, Assembly
- Ryan Clancy · Democrat, Assembly
- Francesca Hong · Democrat, Assembly
- Darrin Madison · Democrat, Assembly
- Renuka Mayadev · Democrat, Assembly
- Supreme Moore Omokunde · Democrat, Assembly
- Greta Neubauer · Democrat, Assembly
- Christian Phelps · Democrat, Assembly
- Shelia Stubbs · Democrat, Assembly
- Angelito Tenorio · Democrat, Assembly
What happened
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Mar 23, 2026
The session ended, and the proposal died with it.
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Dec 3, 2025 to Mar 20, 2026
3 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 Senator Larson; cosponsored by Representatives Clancy, Madison, Arney, Hong, Phelps, Stubbs and Tenorio
- 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
- Jan 21, 2026 · Senate
Representative Moore Omokunde added as a cosponsor
- Mar 20, 2026 · Senate
Representative Mayadev added as a cosponsor
- Mar 23, 2026 · Senate
Failed to adopt 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
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