Wisconsin 2023-2024 Regular Session Status: To Executive Bipartisan · 14 R · 1 D cosponsors

AB 542 — Relating to: grants to schools to acquire proactive firearm detection software and making an appropriation. (FE)

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

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Plain-language change summary

The updated version of Bill AB 542 now focuses specifically on providing grants for schools to obtain proactive firearm detection software, with a total of $4 million allocated for this purpose over the next two fiscal years. Previously, the bill included language about making additional appropriations and funding various safety-related projects, but those provisions were removed. This change is significant because it narrows the bill's focus to enhance security measures in schools through technology, aiming to proactively identify potential threats and improve safety for students and staff.

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- 2024 LEGISLATURE LRBa0924/1 CMH:klm ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT 1, TO ASSEMBLY SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT 1, TO ASSEMBLY BILL 542 January 11, 2024 - Offered by RepresentatiALLAHAN.
- 2024 LEGISLATURE LRB-3599/1 CMH:klm&wlj ASSEMBLY BILL 542 October 18, 2023 - Introduced by Representatives C ALLAHAN , SPIROS, ALLEN, ARMSTRONG , B RANDTJEN, D ITTRIC, D ONOVAN , EDMING , GOEBEN , GREEN , M ICHALSK, M URSAU, N EDWESKI, O'CONNOR , O RTIZV ELEZ, R ETTINGER, RODRIGUEZ , CHMIDT , TEFFEN and S UMMERFIELD , cosponsored by Senators W ANGGAARD , AMES, ABRAL-G UEVARA, EYEN , .JOHNSON and QUINN .
At the locations indicated, amend the substitute amendment as follows:
Referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety.
A N A CT to repeal 165.88 (3m) (d);
to amend165.88 (4);
and to create 165.88 (3p) of the statutes;
relating to:
grants to schools to acquire proactive firearm detection software and making an appropriation.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau Under current law, the Department of Justice awards grants to schools to improve school safety.
Currently DOJ awards grants to fund eligible expenditures such as training, safety-related upgrades to buildings, equipment, and facilities, and expenditures to provide blueprints or mapping data to law enforcement.
This bill requires DOJ to award grants of up to $325,000 to schools to acquire proactive firearm detection software and provides $4,000,000 in the 2023-25 fiscal biennium for the grants.
Under the bill, schools must apply for the grants jointly with the law enforcement agency with jurisdiction over the school.
If the funding is insufficient to award grants to all eligible applicants, the bill requires DOJ to award the grants to qualified applicants in the order that the applications were received.
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:
S ECTION 1.
165.88 (3m) (d) of the statutes is repealed.
- 2024 Legislature - 2 - LRB-3599/1 CMH:klm&wlj ASSEMBLY BILL 542 SECTION 2 SECTION 2.
165.88 (3p) of the statutes is created to read:
165.88 (3p) GRANTS TO SCHOOLS FOR FIREARM DETECTION SOFTWARE(a) From the appropriation under s.
20.455 (2) (f), the department of justice shall award grants to school boards and governing bodies of private schools to acquire proactive firearm detection software.
(b) The department shall accept applications for the grants under this subsection from school district administrators, or governing bodies of private schools, that are working jointly with local law enforcement agencies with jurisdiction over the school.
(c) Grant moneys awarded under this subsection shall be used to acquire proactive firearm detection software that complies with all of the following:
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The software is developed in the United States.
delete the material beginning with “and making" and ending with “appropriation" on line 4.
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The software is designated as qualified anti-terrorism technology under 6 USC 441 et seq.
delete the material beginning with “From the" and ending with “(f), the" on line 5 and substitute “The”.
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The software is designed to integrate with existing school security cameras or other school security alert systems.
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The artificial intelligence software is written and programmable to follow authorized protocol autonomously, or the software is managed directly by the contracted vendor though a constantly monitored operations center that is staffed by highly trained analysts, to rapidly communicate possible seen or unseen threats to end users.
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The software has been successfully deployed in another school district or to a commercial user.
(d) A grant awarded under par.
(a) may not exceed $325,000.
LRB-3599/1 - 2024 Legislature - 3 - CMH:klm&wlj S ECTION 2 ASSEMBLY BILL 542 (e) If the moneys allocated for the grants under this subsection in a fiscal biennium are insufficient to pay all qualified applicants under par.
(b), the department shall award grants to the qualified applicants in order of application until the allocated funds are depleted.
SECTION 3.
165.88 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
165.88 (4) EPORT.
The department of justice shall submit an annual report to the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance providing an account of the grants awarded under sub.subs.
(2), (3m), and (3p) and the expenditures made with the grant moneys.
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SECTION 4.Fiscal changes.
(1) GRANT FUNDING.
In the schedule under s.
20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of justice under s.
20.455 (2) (f), the dollar amount for the 2023-24 fiscal year is increased by $4,000,000 to implement the grant program under s.
165.88 (3p).
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Action History

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

  2. Read first time and referred to committee on Education

  3. Received from Assembly

  4. Ordered immediately messaged

  5. Read a third time and passed

  6. Rules suspended

  7. Ordered to a third reading

  8. Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted

  9. Assembly Amendment 3 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted

  10. Assembly Amendment 3 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Callahan

  11. Assembly Amendment 2 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted

  12. Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted

  13. Read a second time

  14. Made a special order of business at 10:19 AM on 2-22-2024 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 28

  15. Placed on calendar 2-20-2024 by Committee on Rules

  16. Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and referred to committee on Rules pursuant to Assembly Rule 42 (3)(c)

  17. Withdrawn from committee on Rules and referred to joint committee on Finance pursuant to Assembly Rule 42 (3)(c)

  18. Representative Ortiz-Velez added as a coauthor

  19. Referred to committee on Rules

  20. Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 12, Noes 3

  21. Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 15, Noes 0

  22. Report Assembly Amendment 2 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 14, Noes 1

  23. Report Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 10, Noes 5

  24. Representative Ortiz-Velez withdrawn as a coauthor

  25. Executive action taken

  26. Assembly Amendment 2 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Callahan

  27. Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Callahan

  28. Representative Stubbs added as a coauthor

  29. Public hearing held

  30. Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Callahan

  31. Fiscal estimate received

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

  33. Introduced by Representatives Callahan, Spiros, Allen, Armstrong, Brandtjen, Dittrich, Donovan, Edming, Goeben, Green, Michalski, Mursau, Nedweski, O'Connor, Ortiz-Velez, Rettinger, Rodriguez, Schmidt, Steffen and Summerfield; cosponsored by Senators Wanggaard, James, Cabral-Guevara, Feyen, L. Johnson and Quinn

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors AB 542?
AB 542 is sponsored by Callahan, Calvin (Republican), Spiros, John (Republican), Allen, Scott (Republican), Armstrong, David (Republican), Brandtjen, Dittrich, Barbara (Republican), Donovan, Bob (Republican), Edming, Goeben, Joy (Republican), Green, Chanz (Republican), Michalski, Mursau, Jeffrey (Republican), Nedweski, Amanda (Republican), O'Connor, Jerry (Republican), Ortiz-Velez, Sylvia (Democrat), Rettinger, Rodriguez, Jessie (Republican), Schmidt, Steffen, David (Republican), and Summerfield, Rob (Republican).
What is the current status of AB 542?
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.
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