WisconsinWisconsin law authorizes four jobs focused on online child crimes
Wisconsin law authorizes the Department of Justice to have four full-time positions focused on online crimes against children, funded from a department appropriation.
What it does
The Department of Justice is authorized to have four full-time jobs focused on online crimes against children: two analysts, an outreach specialist, and a digital evidence examiner. They are funded from a department appropriation.
Argument forThe added staff could help the Department of Justice analyze online crimes against children, examine digital evidence, and conduct outreach.
Argument againstUsing this appropriation for four positions could leave less money available for other Department of Justice work.
More detail
The law authorizes the Department of Justice to have four full-time positions focused on Internet crimes against children. The four positions are two criminal analysts, one outreach specialist, and one digital evidence examiner. The positions are funded from the appropriation under section 20.455 (2) (a).
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
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History
- 2026
- Apr 9Published 4-9-2026Latest
- Apr 9Report approved by the Governor Tony Evers on 4-8-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 217Became 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
- Mar 17Read a third time and concurred inPassed 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 12Available for scheduling
- Vote recorded Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 8, Noes 0. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 12Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 8, Noes 0Minor
- Mar 12Executive action taken
- Mar 4Public hearing held
- Feb 26Representative Subeck added as a coauthor
- Feb 25Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary and Public SafetyMinor
- Feb 23Received from AssemblyMinor
- Feb 19Ordered immediately messaged
- Feb 19Read a third time and passedPassed Assembly
- Feb 19Rules suspended
- Feb 19Ordered to a third readingMinor
- Feb 19Read a second timeMinor
- Feb 18Made a special order of business at 11:52 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 13, Noes 0. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 12Report passage recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 13, Noes 0Minor
- 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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