Wisconsin Legislature: Police

Death involving a law enforcement officer: investigator to provide report to the chief judge of the judicial administrative district who must appoint a special prosecutor; DA provisions removed - AB953

Display of motor vehicle registration plates: law enforcement cannot stop an automobile because the front plate is missing - AB280

Donation of abandoned or seized vehicles to nonprofit organization by municipality, county, or law enforcement agency allowed - AB232

Donation of abandoned or seized vehicles to nonprofit organization by municipality, county, or law enforcement agency allowed [S.Amdt.1: seized vehicle provisions removed] - SB153

Firearm buyback grant program established; fees from firearm and ammunition sales required - AB960

Firearm possession in a school zone: exemption for qualified law enforcement and former law enforcement officers - AB46

Firearm possession in a school zone: exemption for qualified law enforcement and former law enforcement officers [S.Amdt.1: trespass provision added] - SB70

Forfeiture of property seized in relation to a crime: laws revised; proceeds of sales turned into the state school fund; transferring property to federal agents also revised; law enforcement agencies and DOJ duties - AB537

Forfeiture of property seized in relation to a crime: laws revised; proceeds of sales turned into the state school fund; transferring property to federal agents also revised; law enforcement agencies and DOJ duties - SB521

GPS device placed on another person's vehicle or obtaining GPS information about another person's location or movement without that person's knowledge prohibited; spouse's vehicle and exceptions provisions [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, spouse's vehicle provision removed; S.Amdt.3: device with global positioning technology added] - AB19

GPS device placed on another person's vehicle or obtaining GPS information about another person's location or movement without that person's knowledge prohibited; spouse's vehicle and exceptions provisions - SB22

Handgun purchase from licensed firearms dealer: AG required to notify law enforcement if, during a background check, DOJ determines the purchaser is prohibited from possessing a firearm; reports and DA and law enforcement duties - AB961

Handgun purchase from licensed firearms dealer: AG required to notify law enforcement if, during a background check, DOJ determines the purchaser is prohibited from possessing a firearm; reports and DA and law enforcement duties - SB758

High-deductible health plan option for municipal police officers, fire fighters, and EMTs [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 1952c; S.Amdt.2: further revision] - SB21

Hit-and-run incidents: law enforcement agency to disseminate reports through the integrated crime alert network under certain conditions - AB35

Hit-and-run incidents: law enforcement agency to disseminate reports through the integrated crime alert network under certain conditions - SB42

Law enforcement agencies maintaining special teams known as SWAT teams required to report certain information to DOJ and DOJ required to submit annual report to the legislature and post to the Internet - AB380

Law enforcement agencies maintaining special teams known as SWAT teams required to report certain information to DOJ and DOJ required to submit annual report to the legislature and post to the Internet - SB297

Law enforcement agency: practices or policies intended to primarily raise revenue prohibited - SB399

Law enforcement agency required to report controlled-substance violations, opioid-related drug overdoses or deaths, reports of stolen prescription drugs, and certain other information to the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program - AB365

Law enforcement agency required to report controlled-substance violations, opioid-related drug overdoses or deaths, reports of stolen prescription drugs, and certain other information to the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program - SB269

Law enforcement officers employed by amusement or recreational establishments: DWD prohibited from exempting them from overtime pay rules - SB357

Lost or stolen firearm: report to law enforcement and written notice in commercial sales or transfers required; penalty provisions - AB895

Missing adult at risk reports: law enforcement agency to refer person making the report to local aging and disability resource centers; DOT to review driver’s license of the subject of the alert to determine if restrictions should be imposed - AB792

Missing adult at risk reports: law enforcement agency to refer person making the report to local aging and disability resource centers; DOT to review driver’s license of the subject of the alert to determine if restrictions should be imposed - SB760

Missing child who is the responsibility of DCF, Corr.Dept, county services, or licensed child welfare agency: reporting requirements to local law enforcement and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children - AB745

No-knock search warrant: law enforcement agencies required to develop written policy for when it can and cannot be used and submit it to DOJ, report required - AB381

No-knock search warrant: law enforcement agencies required to develop written policy for when it can and cannot be used and submit it to DOJ, report required - SB296

Officer-involved death investigations: limitations on chosen investigators expanded re immediate family members and employment - AB954

Officer-involved death reports released by DAs: information not subject to public records laws must be deleted [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 3523p] - SB21

Oversight of law enforcement and investigation: joint standing committee created re acquisition by law enforcement of surveillance services or devices and certain military equipment or armaments; John Doe proceedings provision - AB845

Oversight of law enforcement and investigation: joint standing committee created re acquisition by law enforcement of surveillance services or devices and certain military equipment or armaments; John Doe proceedings provision - SB639

Person’s presence in a high-crime area does not constitute reasonable suspicion for a law enforcement officer to temporarily detain or search for or seize a weapon - AB984

Prearrest risk assessment tool: grants to law enforcement agencies to incorporate into arrest practices; DOJ duties, report required - AB979

Preservice Training Standards Board created re correctional officers [Sec. 134, 4300] - AB21

Preservice Training Standards Board created re correctional officers [Sec. 134, 4300; original bill only] - SB21

Public libraries may report to collection agencies and law enforcement agencies certain information about delinquent accounts over set amount - AB609

Public libraries may report to collection agencies and law enforcement agencies certain information about delinquent accounts over set amount - SB466

Racial profiling: civil action in circuit court for violation of Article I rights permitted; Council on Racial Profiling and Other Discriminatory Policing Practices created in DOJ; collection of information by law enforcement re motor vehicle stops modified; law enforcement training and standards requirements; DOJ duties and report required - AB937

Railroad police officers: any person may file a complaint against with DOJ re improper exercise of authority - SB792

Railroad police officers: railway company authority to appoint and employ eliminated; railroad conductor authority to arrest passengers eliminated - SB791

School bullying policy: DPI model to include bullying by electronic means, officials required to report incidents that are violations of criminal laws to law enforcement, and responses to bullying off school grounds; prohibitions for posting messages that threaten harm or includes obscene, lewd, or profane language where others can view it created, penalty provisions - AB496

School bullying policy: DPI model to include bullying by electronic means, officials required to report incidents that are violations of criminal laws to law enforcement, and responses to bullying off school grounds; prohibitions for posting messages that threaten harm or includes obscene, lewd, or profane language where others can view it created, penalty provisions - SB473

Semiautomatic handgun identification: microstamping requirements created; penalties and law enforcement provisions - AB939

Semiautomatic handgun identification: microstamping requirements created; penalties and law enforcement provisions - SB729

Sleeping or camping in a county park overnight: local ordinance prohibiting authorized under certain conditions and law enforcement authority to arrest someone limited; forfeiture provision - AB29

Smoking in a motor vehicle while a child under age 8 is present prohibited; forfeiture and surcharge provisions; law enforcement officer may not stop vehicle solely to determine compliance - SB480

Sobriety checkpoint pilot program: Milwaukee County, or city, town, or village within Milwaukee County, may establish; sunset provision - SB683

Strip search of certain detained persons: requirement repealed re detained for at least 12 hours - AB340

Strip search of certain detained persons: requirement repealed re detained for at least 12 hours - SB248

Strip searches performed on jail detainees: law enforcement required to report certain information to DOJ - SB756

Survivors of a law enforcement officer, EMT, or fire fighter who dies, or has died, in the line of duty: payment of health insurance premiums and establishing a loan program provisions - SB192

Suspected or threatened child abuse: all reported cases to be referred to the sheriff or police, coordination of the investigation of reported cases, and law enforcement agencies to adopt written policy re kinds of reports to refer to the DA for prosecution - AB429

Suspected or threatened child abuse: all reported cases to be referred to the sheriff or police, coordination of the investigation of reported cases, and law enforcement agencies to adopt written policy re kinds of reports to refer to the DA for prosecution - SB326

Switchblade knife prohibition and definition modified; law enforcement exemption [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, knives treated the same as firearms re sale, purchase, possession, and charges of disorderly conduct, concealed weapon license and armed with a concealed knife prohibition provisions; A.Amdt.2: ordinance or resolution prohibiting possession of knives in certain buildings permitted] - AB142

Switchblade knife prohibition and definition modified; law enforcement exemption - SB102

Unclassified misdemeanors classified; certain misdemeanors changed to civil forfeiture; obsolete misdemeanors repealed; law enforcement citation procedure expanded re civil forfeiture, rules of discovery provision - AB128

Underage alcohol violations: law enforcement cannot issue citation if emergency medical assistance is requested via 911; false report penalties - SB471

Uniform Act on Prevention of and Remedies for Human Trafficking: adopting portions not in current law - SB745

Victims of and witnesses to crimes: advocacy services grants to law enforcement agencies created; DOJ duties, sunset, and report provisions - AB978

Violent sex offenders on supervised release: procedures and residency requirements revised [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, restricting certain local ordinance or resolution provision added] - AB497

Violent sex offenders on supervised release: procedures and residency requirements revised - SB409

Voluntary firearm registry: local law enforcement agency may create; open records and confidentiality provisions - SB787

Weapon possession on a public transit motor bus prohibited, exception for law enforcement officers and game wardens only; penalty provisions - SB428

Campaign finance laws (chapter 11) revised including requiring specified entities to register with GAB and file periodic reports, contribution limits, and coordination [A.Amdt.1: definition revisions, ``name of the principal place of employment" changed to ``occupation", and other revisions; A.Amdt.11: definition revisions, threshold re express advocacy costs revised, reconciliation provision re AB388 or SB294; S.Amdt.1: reporting cycle modified, contribution limit adjustment deleted, coordination prohibitions revised] - AB387

Campaign finance laws (chapter 11) revised including requiring specified entities to register with GAB and file periodic reports, contribution limits, and coordination - SB292

Contributions received by political parties, legislative campaign committees, independent expenditure committees, and referendum committees from corporations, cooperatives, and American Indian tribes: reporting requirements clarified re 2015 WisAct 117 - AB860

Contributions received by political parties, legislative campaign committees, independent expenditure committees, and referendum committees from corporations, cooperatives, and American Indian tribes: reporting requirements clarified re 2015 WisAct 117 - SB630

GAB eliminated and replaced with an Elections Commission and an Ethics Commission; investigations, advisory opinions, and reports provisions; DOA and JCF duties [A.Amdt.1: commission administrator authority modified, advisory opinion provisions revised, selection of chairpersons revised, and other changed; A.Amdt.4: appropriation provisions, implementation plan revised; S.Amdt.1: selection of chairpersons and filling administrator vacancy revised, removing an administrator, appointing nonvoting members to GAB and transition to new commissions and other transition provisions, JCLO duties; S.Amdt.2: Governor appointments to Ethics Commission to be former judges] - AB388

GAB eliminated and replaced with an Elections Commission and an Ethics Commission; investigations, advisory opinions, and reports provisions; DOA and JCF duties - SB294

Circuit court branches added to Calumet, Wood, Marathon, Dunn, Polk, Jackson, and Vilas counties - AB503

Circuit court branches added to Calumet, Wood, Marathon, Dunn, Polk, Jackson, and Vilas counties - SB380

Dental reimbursement pilot project for certain services in certain counties; MA waiver required [Sec. 1798, 9318 (2)] - AB21

Dental reimbursement pilot project for certain services in certain counties; MA waiver required [Sec. 1798, 9318 (2)] - SB21

Financial exploitation of a vulnerable person: civil cause of action created; definition provision - AB917

Financial exploitation of a vulnerable person: civil cause of action created; definition provision - SB705

Hospitals with disproportionate share of low-income patients: supplemental payments from DHS [Sec. 9118 (8)] - AB21

Hospitals with disproportionate share of low-income patients: supplemental payments from DHS [Sec. 9118 (8); S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, 1791r, deletes 9118 (8)] - SB21

MA purchase plan (MAPP) eligibility and premium requirements revised; other MA and long-term care program eligibility modified re certain account and retirement income; DHS duties - AB414

Parental choice program revisions re family income for pupil eligibility and method for determining per pupil payments to participating private schools - AB423

Parental choice program revisions re family income for pupil eligibility and method for determining per pupil payments to participating private schools - AB854