Bills by subject

Corrections, Department of

97 bills and resolutions. 10 became law, 2 were vetoed, and 58 never got a public hearing. They span 3 sessions, from the 2009–10 session to the 2025–26 session.

This is the Legislature's own subject heading, not our category, so a bill is here only if the Legislature filed it under this term. Each count comes from the bill's official history.

Latest activity

The 5 bills on this subject with the newest recorded action.

AB 85 Recommendation to revoke extended supervision, parole, or probation if a person is charged with a crime. (FE)
Vetoed by the governor. Last action May 13, 2026
AB 595 Compliance with the federal Help America Vote Act, voter registration data sharing agreements, removing ineligible voters from the official voter registration list, and fees for obtaining the official voter registration list. (FE)
Vetoed by the governor. Last action May 13, 2026
SB 45 State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)
Became law. Last action May 13, 2026
SB 837 Grants for alternatives to prosecution and incarceration programs for persons with mental illness and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee. Last action Apr 15, 2026
AB 847 Grants for alternatives to prosecution and incarceration programs for persons with mental illness and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee. Last action Apr 14, 2026

Every bill on this subject

2025–26 session: 48

Mar 23, 2026
AB 50: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
May 13, 2026
AB 85: Recommendation to revoke extended supervision, parole, or probation if a person is charged with a crime. (FE)
Vetoed by the governor.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 297: Performance grants based on improving employment rates for individuals on probation, parole, or extended supervision. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
May 13, 2026
AB 595: Compliance with the federal Help America Vote Act, voter registration data sharing agreements, removing ineligible voters from the official voter registration list, and fees for obtaining the official voter registration list. (FE)
Vetoed by the governor.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 630: Tracking a person who is registered as a sex offender but unable to provide an address.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 723: Bathing periods for inmates of state correctional institutions and county jails or houses of correction. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 724: Department of Corrections reporting of complaints in state correctional institutions and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 725: Reporting of and notifications about restricted movement and solitary confinement in state correctional institutions and county jails and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 726: Minimum wage for all inmates and residents of state correctional institutions and county jails and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 727: Inmate access to the outdoors. (FE)
Stopped in committee.

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Mar 23, 2026
AB 728: Access to prisons and jails for oversight purposes. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 729: Inmate access to transparent windows and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 730: In-person visiting periods for inmates of state correctional institutions and county jails or houses of correction. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 731: Telecommunications service access by inmates and juveniles and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 733: Recreational opportunities and structured programming for inmates in state correctional institutions and county jails and houses of correction. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 734: Climate control in state correctional institutions and county jails and houses of correction and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 736: Free menstrual products for inmates of state correctional institutions or county jails or houses of correction. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 741: Personal hygiene products for inmates of state correctional institutions and county jails and houses of correction and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 841: Sex offender registration for certain crimes.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 14, 2026
AB 847: Grants for alternatives to prosecution and incarceration programs for persons with mental illness and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 860: Written resource guides informing inmates and juveniles in custody of their rights and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 1056: Firearm transfers and possession, law enforcement and prosecution, victims and witnesses, obstruction of justice, mental health and substance use services, hate crimes reporting portal, fraud, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 1132: Creating the penalty of death or life imprisonment for persons who are convicted of certain child sex offenses, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and providing a penalty. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 1238: Allocation of building trust funds to develop preliminary plans and specification for expansion of the mother-young child care program under the Department of Corrections. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
May 13, 2026
SB 45: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 93: Recommendation to revoke extended supervision, parole, or probation if a person is charged with a crime. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 302: Performance grants based on improving employment rates for individuals on probation, parole, or extended supervision. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 595: Compliance with the federal Help America Vote Act, voter registration data sharing agreements, removing ineligible voters from the official voter registration list, and fees for obtaining the official voter registration list. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 13, 2026
SB 620: Tracking a person who is registered as a sex offender but unable to provide an address.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 708: Telecommunications service access by inmates and juveniles and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 712: Inmate access to the outdoors. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 713: Access to prisons and jails for oversight purposes. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 714: Bathing periods for inmates of state correctional institutions and county jails or houses of correction. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 715: Climate control in state correctional institutions and county jails and houses of correction and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 724: Recreational opportunities and structured programming for inmates in state correctional institutions and county jails and houses of correction. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 725: In-person visiting periods for inmates of state correctional institutions and county jails or houses of correction. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 726: Department of Corrections reporting of complaints in state correctional institutions and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 727: Personal hygiene products for inmates of state correctional institutions and county jails and houses of correction and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 728: Free menstrual products for inmates of state correctional institutions or county jails or houses of correction. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 742: Inmate access to transparent windows and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 743: Minimum wage for all inmates and residents of state correctional institutions and county jails and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 744: Reporting of and notifications about restricted movement and solitary confinement in state correctional institutions and county jails and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Apr 15, 2026
SB 837: Grants for alternatives to prosecution and incarceration programs for persons with mental illness and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 847: Written resource guides informing inmates and juveniles in custody of their rights and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 866: Sex offender registration for certain crimes.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 1094: Creating the penalty of death or life imprisonment for persons who are convicted of certain child sex offenses, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and providing a penalty. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 1110: Allocation of building trust funds to develop preliminary plans and specification for expansion of the mother-young child care program under the Department of Corrections. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 1135: Revocation of probation, parole, or extended supervision and sanctions for violation of a condition or rule or probation, parole, or extended supervision. (FE)
Stopped in committee.

2011–12 session: 13

Aug 2, 2012
AB 40: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2011 legislature.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 76: Costs of prescription drugs and devices for incarcerated persons.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 157: Informing correctional officers about inmates with contagious diseases.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 175: Requiring persons who violate certain restraining orders or injunctions to be monitored by a global positioning system, granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 258: Requiring the Department of Corrections to increase participation in work release and treatment programs.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 444: Restoring the right to vote to certain persons barred from voting as a result of a felony conviction, changing the information required on voter registration forms, and changing voting procedure for certain persons who are convicted of felonies.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 452: Resolution of claims against the state for wrongful imprisonment of innocent persons, exempting from taxation certain amounts an individual receives from the claims board or legislature, and making appropriations.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 24, 2012
AB 660: Revocation of parole, probation, or extended supervision.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 27: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2011 legislature.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Apr 12, 2012
SB 104: Requiring persons who violate certain restraining orders or injunctions to be monitored by a global positioning system, granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty.
Became law.

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Mar 23, 2012
SB 105: Informing correctional officers about inmates with contagious diseases.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 329: Restoring the right to vote to certain persons barred from voting as a result of a felony conviction, changing the information required on voter registration forms, and changing voting procedure for certain persons who are convicted of felonies.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 2, 2012
SB 519: Renewable energy goals for state energy consumption and for energy use by certain state agencies.
Stopped in committee.

2009–10 session: 36

May 26, 2010
AB 75: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2009 legislature.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 199: Classifying members of the Parole Commission; psychologists and corrections classification specialists employed by the Department of Corrections who perform duties related to sexually violent person commitments; clerical employees employed at probation, extended supervision, and parole offices; and state employees who are employed at state correctional institutions, juvenile correctional facilities, the mental health institutes at Mendota and Winnebago, the Wisconsin Resource Center, and secure mental health units or facilities for sexually violent persons as protective occupation participants under the Wisconsin Retirement System.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 263: Requiring persons who violate certain restraining orders or injunctions to be monitored by a global positioning system, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Feb 22, 2010
AB 323: Information provided by a person required to register as a sex offender.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 329: Conditions of extended supervision, probation, and parole for persons convicted of certain sex offenses.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 345: Accepting prisoners or detainees from the Guantanamo Bay detention facility.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 353: Restoring the right to vote to certain persons barred from voting as a result of a felony conviction and changing the information required on voter registration forms.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Feb 9, 2010
AB 364: Council on Offender Reentry.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 365: Admitting prior testimony of a felony victim at a probation, parole, or extended supervision revocation hearing.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 5, 2010
AB 411: The prohibition against making, reproducing, or possessing a nude depiction of a person without the person's consent and the sex offender registry.
Became law.

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