2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
LRB-5496/1
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December 2, 2025 - Introduced by Senators Roys, Drake, L. Johnson, Larson and Spreitzer, cosponsored by Representatives Madison, Clancy, Hysell, Arney, Goodwin, Hong, Phelps, Rivera-Wagner, Tenorio, DeSmidt, Joers, Miresse, Prado, Sinicki and Bare. Referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
SB726,1,3
1An Act to create 301.03 (17m) of the statutes; relating to: Department of
2Corrections reporting of complaints in state correctional institutions and
3making an appropriation. Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill requires the Department of Corrections to establish and maintain on its website an interactive reporting system that is updated every 72 hours and that reports all of the following complaint data for each state correctional institution:
1. The total number of complaints filed in the current calendar year.
2. For every complaint filed, all complaint data, disaggregated, in a format that is searchable by each category of information contained in the complaint and that does not contain any personally identifying information for an inmate or employee of the state correctional institution.
The reporting system must be established within six months of the bill’s passage.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SB726,1
1Section 1. 301.03 (17m) of the statutes is created to read: SB726,2,42301.03 (17m) Establish and maintain on the department’s website an 3interactive reporting system that is updated no less frequently than every 72 hours 4and that reports all of the following for each state correctional institution: SB726,2,65(a) The total number of complaints filed about that state correctional 6institution in the current calendar year. SB726,2,117(b) For every complaint filed about the state correctional institution, all 8complaint data, disaggregated, in a format that is searchable by each category of 9information contained in the complaint and that does not contain any personally 10identifying information for an inmate or employee of the state correctional 11institution. SB726,212Section 2. Nonstatutory provisions. SB726,2,1513(1) The reporting system required under s. 301.03 (17m) shall be operable by 14no later than the first day of the 7th month beginning after the effective date of this 15subsection. SB726,316Section 3. Fiscal changes. SB726,3,217(1) Reporting system for complaints regarding state correctional 18institutions. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the 19department of corrections under s. 20.410 (1) (a), the dollar amount for fiscal year 202025-26 is increased by $70,000 to establish and operate the reporting system 21under s. 301.03 (17m). In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to 22the department of corrections under s. 20.410 (1) (a), the dollar amount for fiscal
1year 2026-27 is increased by $30,000 to operate the reporting system under s. 2301.03 (17m).
