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Introduced
02/12/2026
02/12/2026
In Committee
02/12/2026
02/12/2026
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
Introduced Session
2025-2026 Regular Session
Bill Summary
This bill requires the Department of Justice to expand the Wisconsin deflection initiative during the 2025-27 fiscal biennium. The Wisconsin deflection initiative is a program that focuses on identifying, treating, and supporting individuals affected by substance use in a way that limits criminal justice system exposure. Under the bill, DOJ must expand the Wisconsin deflection initiative by providing grants to current deflection initiative sites for any of the following purposes: to hire additional employees to provide deflection care coordination, to contract with outside vendors for consultations and program evaluations, to acquire deflection care technology, or to contract with an outside vendor to provide deflection care coordination technology. The bill provides $507,100 in each fiscal year of the 2025-27 biennium and increases the authorized FTE employees for DOJ by 1.0 GPR position for the purpose of expanding the Wisconsin deflection initiative. For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill. LRB-3078/1 MJW:ads/cjs/emw 2025 - 2026 Legislature SENATE BILL 1014
AI Summary
This bill requires the Department of Justice to expand the Wisconsin deflection initiative, a program designed to help individuals struggling with substance use by connecting them with treatment and support services while minimizing their involvement with the criminal justice system. During the 2025-27 fiscal biennium, the department will provide grants to existing deflection initiative sites to hire more staff for care coordination, hire outside consultants for program evaluation, purchase technology for care coordination, or contract with vendors for this technology, with specific qualifications for those vendors to ensure they have robust, secure, and adaptable systems. The bill allocates $400,000 annually for these grants and adds one full-time employee position to the Department of Justice to oversee this expansion, totaling $507,100 in new funding each year of the biennium.
Committee Categories
Justice
Sponsors (5)
Last Action
Representative Udell added as a cosponsor (on 02/23/2026)
Official Document
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| Document Type | Source Location |
|---|---|
| State Bill Page | https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb1014 |
| BillText | https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/SB1014.pdf |
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