Bills by subject

Justice, Department of

147 bills and resolutions. 26 became law, 3 were vetoed, and 62 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
AB 105 The distribution of certain material on the Internet.
Vetoed by the governor. Last action May 13, 2026
AB 672 Penalty enhancer for crimes committed by a person acting as an agent of a foreign government or terrorist organization with the intent to silence or punish persons for their political view, criminalizing the enforcement of foreign laws without federal or state approval, and providing a penalty. (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

Every bill on this subject

2025–26 session: 105

Oct 31, 2025
AB 2: Requiring school boards to adopt policies to prohibit the use of wireless communication devices during instructional time.
Became law.
May 13, 2026
AB 24: County sheriff assistance with certain federal immigration functions. (FE)
Vetoed by the governor.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 40: School safety grants and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
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.
Oct 31, 2025
AB 75: Department of Justice collection and reporting of certain criminal case data. (FE)
Became law.
May 13, 2026
AB 105: The distribution of certain material on the Internet.
Vetoed by the governor.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 120: Positions for the Office of School Safety. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 170: Prohibiting the Department of Justice from using the legal services of nongovernmental employees. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 172: Consumer data protection and providing a penalty. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 178: Expanding the treatment alternatives and diversion programs. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.

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Mar 23, 2026
AB 233: Grants to child advocacy centers. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 278: Grants to law enforcement agencies for data-sharing platforms.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 293: Sunset of the community-oriented policing-house grant program.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 298: Grants for technical colleges to provide mapping data to law enforcement. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 300: A grant program for the purchase of automated registration plate reader systems. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 324: Waiting period for purchase of handguns.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 362: Requiring cardiac emergency response plans for cardiac emergencies that occur on school property or at school-sponsored athletic events. (FE)
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 396: Appointment of legal counsel by the legislature.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 477: Age for the issuance of a Missing Child Alert.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 484: Training requirements for a license to carry a concealed weapon.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 489: Voluntary prohibitions on purchasing a handgun and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 531: Grants for safe firearm disposal incentive programs and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 573: Sexual assault forensic examination compensation.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 609: Right to carry a weapon in this state, licenses to carry a concealed weapon, and providing a penalty. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
May 13, 2026
AB 672: Penalty enhancer for crimes committed by a person acting as an agent of a foreign government or terrorist organization with the intent to silence or punish persons for their political view, criminalizing the enforcement of foreign laws without federal or state approval, and providing a penalty. (FE)
Vetoed by the governor.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 821: Forensic examinations done on a crime victim to gather evidence, modifying administrative rules relating to reimbursement for forensic examinations, and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 824: Displaying a human trafficking resource center hotline poster. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 826: School safety plans. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 827: School lockdown announcements. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 832: Required human trafficking and sextortion prevention instruction in certain grades and teacher training related to identifying victims of child trafficking and sextortion. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 833: A human trafficking victim services grant program, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
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 873: Funding for crime victim services and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 27, 2026
AB 932: Fixing a cross-reference in a definition of “violent crime” and updating terminology to reflect changes in the Federal Bureau of Investigation (suggested as remedial language by the Department of Justice).
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 947: Expanding the Office of School Safety to cover technical colleges and campus safety plans for technical colleges. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Apr 9, 2026
AB 957: Internet crimes against children law enforcement and making an appropriation. (FE)
Became law.
Apr 9, 2026
AB 958: Position authorizations for Internet crimes against children law enforcement. (FE)
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 960: Requiring social media platforms to provide mental health warnings and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 961: Warning labels for explicit content, creating an explicit content label warning surcharge, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. (FE)
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 962: App stores and app developers and providing a penalty.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 963: Social media accounts for minors and providing a penalty.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Apr 9, 2026
AB 964: Internet crimes against children administrative subpoenas for the crime of sexual extortion when the crime victim is a child. (FE)
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 965: Artificial intelligence systems that simulate humanlike relationships with children and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 9, 2026
AB 966: Requiring the Department of Justice to conduct a public awareness campaign. (FE)
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 1007: Administration of the veterans at risk alert system.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 1035: Expanding the Wisconsin deflection initiative and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 1040: Maintaining a supply of usable opioid antagonist at a public or private school and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 1055: A victim protective services grant program 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 1077: Permits for firearms dealers, firearms transactions and safety, firearms crimes, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 1107: Requiring carbon monoxide detectors in child care centers and schools, grants for placing carbon monoxide detectors in schools, and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 1154: Firearm transfers and possession that are prohibited under federal law. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 1237: Restoring private individual authority to bring a qui tam claim against a person for making a false claim for medical assistance, actions by the attorney general against a person for making a false claim for medical assistance, and providing a penalty. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 41: School safety grants and making an appropriation. (FE)
Passed the Senate, then stopped.
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 55: Prohibiting the Department of Justice from using the legal services of nongovernmental employees. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 57: County sheriff assistance with certain federal immigration functions. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 115: Department of Justice collection and reporting of certain criminal case data. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 119: Positions for the Office of School Safety. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 153: Expanding the treatment alternatives and diversion programs. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 166: Consumer data protection and providing a penalty. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Jul 3, 2025
SB 232: Grants to child advocacy centers. (FE)
Became law.
Aug 11, 2025
SB 278: Sunset of the community-oriented policing-house grant program.
Became law.
Dec 10, 2025
SB 279: Grants to law enforcement agencies for data-sharing platforms.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 299: A grant program for the purchase of automated registration plate reader systems. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 303: Grants for technical colleges to provide mapping data to law enforcement. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 317: Requiring cardiac emergency response plans for cardiac emergencies that occur on school property or at school-sponsored athletic events. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 330: Waiting period for purchase of handguns.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 397: Appointment of legal counsel by the legislature.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 9, 2026
SB 413: Immunity from prosecution for certain crimes based on assisting a victim of sexual assault, extending the time limit for prosecution of second-degree sexual assault, and the standard for terminating residential residency when tenant is the victim of sexual assault.
Became law.
Mar 9, 2026
SB 466: Age for the issuance of a Missing Child Alert.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 469: Voluntary prohibitions on purchasing a handgun and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 487: Training requirements for a license to carry a concealed weapon.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 503: Grants for safe firearm disposal incentive programs and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Apr 9, 2026
SB 575: Sexual assault forensic examination compensation.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 607: Right to carry a weapon in this state, licenses to carry a concealed weapon, and providing a penalty. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 650: Penalty enhancer for crimes committed by a person acting as an agent of a foreign government or terrorist organization with the intent to silence or punish persons for their political view, criminalizing the enforcement of foreign laws without federal or state approval, and providing a penalty. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 758: Social media platforms’ treatment of minors and providing a penalty. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 835: School safety plans. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 836: School lockdown announcements. (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 838: A human trafficking victim services grant program, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 839: Required human trafficking and sextortion prevention instruction in certain grades and teacher training related to identifying victims of child trafficking and sextortion. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 844: Forensic examinations done on a crime victim to gather evidence, modifying administrative rules relating to reimbursement for forensic examinations, and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 879: Proxy advisory services.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 881: Funding for crime victim services and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 894: A victim protective services grant program and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 911: Fixing a cross-reference in a definition of “violent crime” and updating terminology to reflect changes in the Federal Bureau of Investigation (suggested as remedial language by the Department of Justice).
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 928: Expanding the Office of School Safety to cover technical colleges and campus safety plans for technical colleges. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 933: Requiring social media platforms to provide mental health warnings and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 936: Social media accounts for minors and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 937: App stores and app developers and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 938: Warning labels for explicit content, creating an explicit content label warning surcharge, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 939: Artificial intelligence systems that simulate humanlike relationships with children and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 953: Internet crimes against children administrative subpoenas for the crime of sexual extortion when the crime victim is a child. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 954: Requiring the Department of Justice to conduct a public awareness campaign. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 955: Internet crimes against children law enforcement and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 956: Position authorizations for Internet crimes against children law enforcement. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 985: Administration of the veterans at risk alert system.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 1013: Maintaining a supply of usable opioid antagonist at a public or private school and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 1014: Expanding the Wisconsin deflection initiative and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 1046: Permits for firearms dealers, firearms transactions and safety, firearms crimes, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 1065: Requiring carbon monoxide detectors in child care centers and schools, grants for placing carbon monoxide detectors in schools, and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 1086: Restoring private individual authority to bring a qui tam claim against a person for making a false claim for medical assistance, actions by the attorney general against a person for making a false claim for medical assistance, and providing a penalty. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 1124: Firearm transfers and possession that are prohibited under federal law. (FE)
Stopped in committee.

2011–12 session: 15

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Mar 23, 2012
SB 168: Requiring a firearms restrictions record search for transfers of handguns that do not involve a firearms dealer, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 169: Collecting a deoxyribonucleic acid sample and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 214: Requiring a person arrested for or charged with certain offenses, or a juvenile taken into custody for certain offenses, to provide a biological specimen for deoxyribonucleic acid analysis; inclusion of the analysis results in the deoxyribonucleic acid data bank; requiring the exercise of rule-making authority; and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 325: Training requirements for licenses to carry a concealed weapon.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 12, 2012
SB 536: Prosecution time limits for the offense of trafficking a child, possession of child pornography, termination of parental rights after committing the offense of trafficking a child, criminal procedure, crime victim compensation, and providing a penalty.
Became law.

2009–10 session: 27

Feb 22, 2010
AB 47: Prohibiting persons convicted of certain felonies from providing martial arts instruction to minors.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 70: Adjudications for involuntary commitment, appointment of a guardian of the person, and protective placement or protective services, background checks for the purchase of handguns, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority.
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.
Nov 18, 2009
AB 211: Administration of grant funds under the county-tribal cooperative law enforcement program.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 212: Liability for actions of tribal law enforcement officers when enforcing state laws.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 19, 2010
AB 230: Electronic access by law enforcement agencies to photographs on motor vehicle operators licenses and identification cards.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 373: Providing information to a firearms dealer when purchasing a handgun, authorizing the Department of Justice to prosecute violations of certain laws regulating firearms, and providing penalties.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 445: An integrated crime alert network and making an appropriation.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 473: Fees from retired law enforcement officers seeking to carry concealed weapons and making an appropriation.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 474: Carrying concealed weapons by law enforcement officers and by retired law enforcement officers.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.

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Apr 28, 2010
AB 511: Requiring a person arrested for a felony or a juvenile taken into custody for certain sexual assault offenses to provide a biological specimen for deoxyribonucleic acid analysis, inclusion of the analysis results in the Department of Justice deoxyribonucleic acid data bank, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
May 10, 2010
AB 713: Mutual assistance between tribal and county or municipal law enforcement agencies.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 753: Providing information to a firearms dealer when purchasing a handgun, authorizing the Department of Justice to prosecute violations of certain laws regulating firearms, receiving a stolen firearm, and providing penalties.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 785: An integrated crime alert network and making an appropriation.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 893: Submission of biological specimens for deoxyribonucleic acid analysis.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 896: Collection of deoxyribonucleic acid samples and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority.
Stopped in committee.
May 10, 2010
SB 44: Adjudications for involuntary commitment, appointment of a guardian of the person, and protective placement or protective services, background checks for the purchase of handguns, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 147: Administration of grant funds under the county-tribal cooperative law enforcement program.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
May 10, 2010
SB 148: Liability for actions of tribal law enforcement officers when enforcing state laws.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 336: Requiring a person arrested for a felony or a juvenile taken into custody for certain sexual assault offenses to provide a biological specimen for deoxyribonucleic acid analysis, inclusion of the analysis results in the Department of Justice deoxyribonucleic acid data bank, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 376: Fees from retired law enforcement officers seeking to carry concealed weapons and making an appropriation.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 377: Carrying concealed weapons by law enforcement officers and by retired law enforcement officers.
Stopped in committee.
May 17, 2010
SB 533: An integrated crime alert network and making an appropriation.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 584: Mutual assistance between tribal and county or municipal law enforcement agencies.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 611: Providing information to a firearms dealer when purchasing a handgun, authorizing the Department of Justice to prosecute violations of certain laws regulating firearms, receiving a stolen firearm, and providing penalties.
Stopped in committee.
May 10, 2010
SB 631: Submission of biological specimens for deoxyribonucleic acid analysis.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 641: Collection of deoxyribonucleic acid samples and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority.
Stopped in committee.

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