Wisconsin 2023-2024 Regular Session Status: To Executive Bipartisan · 11 R · 3 D cosponsors

AB 51 — Relating to: appointment of certain lawfully present aliens as law enforcement officers.

Last action — Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Assembly
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2023-2024 Regular Session. It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

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Action History

  1. Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

  2. Senator Hesselbein added as a cosponsor

  3. Referred to committee on Senate Organization, Ayes 22, Noes 10

  4. Placed on calendar 2-20-2024 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  5. Senator Carpenter added as a cosponsor

  6. Representative Jacobson added as a coauthor

  7. Representative Gustafson added as a coauthor

  8. Representative Ratcliff added as a coauthor

  9. Available for scheduling

  10. Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 6, Noes 1

  11. Executive action taken

  12. Public hearing held

  13. Representative Joers added as a coauthor

  14. Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary and Public Safety

  15. Received from Assembly

  16. Ordered immediately messaged

  17. Representative Drake added as a coauthor

  18. Read a third time and passed

  19. Rules suspended

  20. Ordered to a third reading

  21. Read a second time

  22. Representatives Cabrera and Andraca added as coauthors

  23. Representative C. Anderson added as a coauthor

  24. Placed on calendar 3-22-2023 by Committee on Rules

  25. Referred to committee on Rules

  26. Report passage recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 14, Noes 1

  27. Representative Knodl added as a coauthor

  28. Executive action taken

  29. Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Sortwell

  30. Representative Wichgers added as a coauthor

  31. Public hearing held

  32. Representatives Stubbs and Subeck added as coauthors

  33. Senator Spreitzer added as a cosponsor

  34. Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety

  35. Introduced by Representatives Macco, Steffen, Kitchens, Armstrong, Baldeh, Behnke, Duchow, Edming, Emerson, S. Johnson, Krug, Michalski, Murphy, Mursau, O'Connor, Ohnstad, Ortiz-Velez, Schmidt, Schraa, Snyder and Green; cosponsored by Senators James, Taylor and Jacque

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21 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 111 not signed on

Sponsors (21)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (111)

111 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors AB 51?
AB 51 is sponsored by Macco, Steffen, David (Republican), Kitchens, Joel (Republican), Armstrong, David (Republican), Baldeh, Behnke, Elijah (Republican), Duchow, Cindi (Republican), Edming, Emerson, Jodi (Democrat), Krug, Scott (Republican), Michalski, Murphy, David (Republican), Mursau, Jeffrey (Republican), O'Connor, Jerry (Republican), Ohnstad, Ortiz-Velez, Sylvia (Democrat), Schmidt, Schraa, Snyder, Patrick (Republican), Green, Chanz (Republican), and Johnson, Tara (Democrat).
What is the current status of AB 51?
This bill died with 2023-2024 Regular Session. It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track AB 51?
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