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Introduced
05/02/2025
05/02/2025
In Committee
05/02/2025
05/02/2025
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
Introduced Session
2025-2026 Regular Session
Bill Summary
Current law contains a law enforcement officers[ bill of rights that protects certain law enforcement officers[ rights relating to their engagement or lack of engagement in political activity, the manner in which they may be subject to interrogation, and their candidacy for public office and provides that a law enforcement officer may not be discharged; disciplined; demoted or denied promotion, transfer, or reassignment; or otherwise discriminated against in regard to employment for exercising such rights. Under current law, this bill of rights applies only to law enforcement officers employed by a city, village, town, or county. This bill applies the law enforcement officers[ bill of rights to any person employed by the state or by a city, village, town, or county for the purpose of detecting and preventing crime and enforcing laws or ordinances, who is authorized to make arrests for violations of the laws or ordinances that he or she is employed to enforce.
AI Summary
This bill proposes to repeal section 164.05 of the Wisconsin statutes, which currently provides a law enforcement officers' bill of rights. Under the existing law, this bill of rights protects law enforcement officers' rights related to political activities, interrogation procedures, and candidacy for public office, and prevents them from being discharged, disciplined, demoted, or discriminated against in employment for exercising these rights. The current law applied only to officers employed by cities, villages, towns, or counties. By repealing this section entirely, the bill effectively eliminates these specific protections for law enforcement officers, though the precise implications and reasons for the repeal are not detailed in the provided text. The removal of this section could potentially change how law enforcement officers are treated in disciplinary and employment contexts, but without additional context, the full impact of this repeal is not immediately clear.
Committee Categories
Justice
Sponsors (18)
David Armstrong (R)*,
Elijah Behnke (R)*,
Lindee Brill (R)*,
Robert Brooks (R)*,
Calvin Callahan (R)*,
Barbara Dittrich (R)*,
Cindi Duchow (R)*,
Joy Goeben (R)*,
Brent Jacobson (R)*,
Dean Kaufert (R)*,
Jerry O'Connor (R)*,
William Penterman (R)*,
Jim Piwowarczyk (R)*,
Rachael Cabral-Guevara (R),
André Jacque (R),
Jesse James (R),
Howard Marklein (R),
Van Wanggaard (R),
Last Action
Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety (on 05/02/2025)
Official Document
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| Document Type | Source Location |
|---|---|
| State Bill Page | https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab229 |
| BillText | https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/AB229.pdf |
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