WisconsinWisconsin law provides money for online child crime enforcement
The law provides the Wisconsin Department of Justice with $400,000 in each year of the 2025–27 budget period for law enforcement against crimes targeting children online.
What it does
The Wisconsin Department of Justice receives $400,000 for Internet crimes against children law enforcement in each year of the 2025–27 budget period.
Argument forThe funding could give the Justice Department more resources for law enforcement against crimes targeting children online.
Argument againstDedicating money to this enforcement work could leave the Justice Department with less flexibility to use it for other needs.
More detail
The law provides $400,000 to the Department of Justice for Internet crimes against children law enforcement in each fiscal year. The funding is for the Wisconsin Department of Justice and Internet crimes against children law enforcement. The amounts apply in fiscal years 2025–26 and 2026–27.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Apr 9Published 4-9-2026Latest
- Apr 9Report approved by the Governor Tony Evers on 4-8-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 216Became Law
- Apr 2Presented to the Governor on 4-2-2026To Governor
- Mar 20Report correctly enrolled on 3-20-2026Minor
- Mar 18Received from Senate concurred inMinor
- Mar 17Ordered immediately messaged
- Vote recorded CONCURRENCE. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 17Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 33, Noes 0Passed Senate
- Mar 17Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- Mar 17Ordered to a third readingMinor
- Mar 17Read a second timeMinor
- Mar 17Senators Ratcliff, Smith and Carpenter added as cosponsors
- Mar 16Placed on calendar 3-17-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- Mar 16Fiscal estimate receivedMinor
- Mar 11Available for scheduling
- Vote recorded Report concurrence recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 13, Noes 0. Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 8, Noes 0. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 11Report concurrence recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 13, Noes 0Minor
- Mar 11Executive action taken
- Mar 11Withdrawn from committee on Senate Organization and rereferred to joint committee on Finance pursuant to Senate Rule 46(2)(c)Minor
- Mar 11Available for scheduling
- Mar 11Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 8, Noes 0Minor
- Mar 11Executive action taken
- Mar 4Public hearing held
- Feb 25Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary and Public SafetyMinor
- Feb 23Received from AssemblyMinor
- Feb 19Ordered immediately messaged
- Vote recorded PASSAGE. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 19Read a third time and passed, Ayes 97, Noes 0Passed Assembly
- Feb 19Rules suspended
- Feb 19Ordered to a third readingMinor
- Feb 19Read a second timeMinor
- Feb 18Made a special order of business at 11:51 AM on 2-19-2026 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 14
- Feb 16Representative Wichgers added as a coauthor
- Feb 13Representative Vining added as a coauthor
- Feb 12Referred to committee on RulesMinor
- Vote recorded Report passage recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 12, Noes 1. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 12Report passage recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 12, Noes 1Minor
- Feb 11Executive action taken
- Feb 11Representative Snodgrass added as a coauthor
- Feb 3Representatives Duchow and Steffen added as coauthors
- Feb 3Public hearing held
- Feb 2Representatives Stubbs and Palmeri added as coauthors
- Jan 29Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public SafetyMinor
- Jan 29Introduced by Representatives Brill, Billings, Goeben, Joers, Dittrich, Mayadev, Armstrong, Behnke, Brown, DeSmidt, Emerson, Fitzgerald, B. Jacobson, Maxey, Miresse, Neylon, O'Connor, Ortiz-Velez, Piwowarczyk, Sinicki, Tucker, Udell and Neubauer; cosponsored by Senators James, Wanggaard, Jacque and RoysIntroduced
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