Jail
61 bills and resolutions. 6 became law, 1 was vetoed, and 39 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 24 County sheriff assistance with certain federal immigration functions. (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
- AB 50 State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted. Last action Mar 23, 2026
- AB 138 Jailers and protective occupation annuitants in the Wisconsin Retirement System who are rehired by a participating employer. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted. Last action Mar 23, 2026
- AB 723 Bathing periods for inmates of state correctional institutions and county jails or houses of correction. (FE)
Stopped in committee. Last action Mar 23, 2026
Every bill on this subject
2025–26 session: 39
- May 13, 2026 AB 24: County sheriff assistance with certain federal immigration functions. (FE)
Vetoed by the governor.
- 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.
- Mar 23, 2026 AB 138: Jailers and protective occupation annuitants in the Wisconsin Retirement System who are rehired by a participating employer. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
- Mar 23, 2026
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- Mar 23, 2026 AB 727: Inmate access to the outdoors. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
- 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
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- Mar 23, 2026 AB 740: Solitary confinement. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
- Mar 23, 2026
- Mar 23, 2026 AB 773: The treatment of a pregnant or postpartum person in prison or jail. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
- Mar 23, 2026
- Mar 23, 2026 AJR 121: Custody of the county jail and its inmates (first consideration).
Stopped in committee.
- May 13, 2026
- Mar 23, 2026 SB 57: County sheriff assistance with certain federal immigration functions. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
- Mar 23, 2026
- Mar 23, 2026
- 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
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- Mar 23, 2026 SB 742: Inmate access to transparent windows and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
- Mar 23, 2026
- Mar 23, 2026
- Mar 23, 2026 SB 755: The treatment of a pregnant or postpartum person in prison or jail. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
- Mar 23, 2026
- Mar 23, 2026 SJR 113: Custody of the county jail and its inmates (first consideration).
Stopped in committee.
2011–12 session: 7
- Aug 2, 2012
- Mar 23, 2012 AB 76: Costs of prescription drugs and devices for incarcerated persons.
Stopped in committee.
- Mar 23, 2012 AB 77: Providing meals to inmates of prisons and jails.
Stopped in committee.
- Mar 23, 2012
- Mar 23, 2012
- Apr 12, 2012 AB 709: Expungement of misdemeanors.
Stopped in committee.
- Apr 5, 2012
2009–10 session: 15
- May 26, 2010
- Apr 28, 2010 AB 144: Charges for inmate telephone use at a jail or house of correction.
Stopped in committee.
- Apr 28, 2010 AB 156: Reimbursement to counties by prisoners and increasing drunk driving penalties.
Stopped in committee.
- Apr 28, 2010 AB 283: Operating a vehicle while intoxicated, granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
- Apr 28, 2010 AB 448: Costs of prescription drugs and devices for incarcerated persons.
Stopped in committee.
- Apr 28, 2010
- May 10, 2010
- Apr 28, 2010
- Apr 28, 2010 AB 681: Orders to commit state prison inmates to a mental health facility.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
- Apr 28, 2010
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- Apr 28, 2010 AB 924: Law enforcement standards and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority.
Stopped in committee.
- Apr 28, 2010
- Apr 28, 2010
- May 10, 2010
- Apr 28, 2010 SB 676: Law enforcement standards and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Dates are each bill's latest recorded action. Every subject