Bills by subject

District attorney

44 bills and resolutions. 10 became law, 2 were vetoed, and 14 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 903 Termination of parental rights under the safe haven law. (FE)
Vetoed by the governor. Last action May 13, 2026
SB 25 Court-issued criminal complaints in officer-involved deaths.
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
AB 320 Increasing certain court fees and surcharges and indexing those amounts for inflation. (FE)
Became law. Last action Apr 3, 2026
AB 34 Court-issued criminal complaints in officer-involved deaths.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted. Last action Mar 23, 2026

Every bill on this subject

2025–26 session: 12

Mar 23, 2026
AB 34: Court-issued criminal complaints in officer-involved deaths.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
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.
Apr 3, 2026
AB 320: Increasing certain court fees and surcharges and indexing those amounts for inflation. (FE)
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 417: Emergency testing of a criminal defendant for certain diseases. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 514: Authorizing additional circuit court and criminal justice system positions. (FE)
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
May 13, 2026
AB 903: Termination of parental rights under the safe haven law. (FE)
Vetoed by the governor.
May 13, 2026
SB 25: Court-issued criminal complaints in officer-involved deaths.
Vetoed by the governor.
May 13, 2026
SB 45: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)
Became law.
Mar 20, 2026
SB 419: Emergency testing of a criminal defendant for certain diseases. (FE)
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 546: Authorizing additional circuit court and criminal justice system positions. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.

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Mar 23, 2026
SB 879: Proxy advisory services.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 893: Termination of parental rights under the safe haven law. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.

2011–12 session: 13

Aug 2, 2012
AB 40: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2011 legislature.
Became law.
Apr 17, 2012
AB 232: Rights of crime victims and witnesses.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 424: Battery to or threatening a court employee or threatening damage to a courthouse and providing penalties.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 488: Establishing an assistant district attorney pay progression plan.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 537: The disclosure of electronic juvenile court records to other juvenile courts, municipal courts, courts of criminal jurisdiction, district attorneys and other prosecutors, and law enforcement agencies and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 620: Dispensing motor vehicle fuel for persons with disabilities, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 656: The prosecution and venue for trial of certain offenses by certain state residents.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 24, 2012
AB 660: Revocation of parole, probation, or extended supervision.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AJR 51: Nonpartisan elections for district attorney, sheriff, register of deeds, county clerk, treasurer, surveyor, coroner, and clerk of circuit court, and changing the election at which those officers are elected (first consideration).
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AR 8: Assistant district attorneys.
Stopped in committee.

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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 10, 2012
SB 394: Establishing an assistant district attorney pay progression plan.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 457: Dispensing motor vehicle fuel for persons with disabilities, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty.
Passed the Senate, then stopped.

2009–10 session: 19

Apr 28, 2010
AB 62: The prosecution and venue for trial of certain offenses by certain state residents.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
May 26, 2010
AB 75: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2009 legislature.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 78: Judicial discretion in certain John Doe proceedings and the provision of attorney representation of state employees at John Doe proceedings.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 285: Dispensing motor vehicle fuel for persons with disabilities, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 422: Battery, intimidation, or threats to a district attorney, deputy district attorney, or assistant district attorney and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 423: Battery to a district attorney or assistant district attorney and providing a penalty.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 479: Prohibiting a person who has been convicted or adjudicated delinquent for committing certain serious crimes, who is the subject of a pending criminal charge or delinquency petition for committing a serious crime, or who has had entered against him or her a domestic abuse, child abuse, individual-at-risk abuse, or harassment temporary restraining order or injunction in the preceding 15 years from being licensed, certified, or contracted with to provide child care, from being employed or contracted as a caregiver of a child care provider, or from being permitted to reside at a premises where child care is provided; requiring suspected fraudulent activity on the part of a participant in the Wisconsin Works Program, including a person receiving a child care subsidy under that program, to be reported to the district attorney; making an appropriation; and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 889: Causing a caller identification service to transmit misleading or inaccurate caller identification information and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 891: Imposing a surcharge for certain forfeitures and making an appropriation.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 893: Submission of biological specimens for deoxyribonucleic acid analysis.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.

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Dates are each bill's latest recorded action. Every subject