---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: the responsibilities of the Law Enforcement Standards Board and disclosure of employment files when recruiting former or current officers."
description: "Relating to: the responsibilities of the Law Enforcement Standards Board and disclosure of employment files when recruiting former or current officers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "AB 190"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 190 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bowen", "Cabral-Guevara", "Gundrum", "Loudenbeck", "Moses", "Mursau", "Plumer", "Rozar", "Snyder", "Sortwell", "Subeck", "Thiesfeldt", "Tusler"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-03-23T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-08T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/19405b38-cf3e-451c-9a4d-4a73a4ae1188"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2021/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab190"
source_hash: "ede344391bef5d42883ac5b24441f2282d63fca569936809b3447bcb3565e35c"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wi"]
---

# Wisconsin AB 190 (2021) — Relating to: the responsibilities of the Law Enforcement Standards Board and disclosure of employment files when recruiting former or current officers.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Assembly Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2021/REG/AB190-AA1)
2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2021/REG/AB190)

## Votes

- Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 13, Noes 0 — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 13, Noes 0 — **13–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bowen — primary (person)
- Cabral-Guevara — primary (person)
- Gundrum — primary (person)
- Loudenbeck — primary (person)
- Moses — primary (person)
- Mursau — primary (person)
- Plumer — primary (person)
- Rozar — primary (person)
- Snyder — primary (person)
- Sortwell — primary (person)
- Subeck — primary (person)
- Thiesfeldt — primary (person)
- Tusler — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives Tusler, Cabral-Guevara, Subeck, Sortwell, Bowen, Moses, Rozar, Loudenbeck, Snyder, Plumer, Mursau, Gundrum and Thiesfeldt; cosponsored by Senators Testin, L. Taylor, Ballweg, Bernier, Cowles, Darling, Feyen, Jacque, Marklein, Nass and Wanggaard `introduction`
- **2021-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-06T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Stubbs added as a coauthor
- **2021-04-07T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2021-05-12T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Steineke and Stubbs
- **2021-05-19T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2021-05-25T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Drake added as a coauthor
- **2021-06-08T05:00:00+00:00** Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 13, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-08T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 13, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-08T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-09T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 6-16-2021 by Committee on Rules
- **2021-06-11T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Steffen added as a coauthor
- **2021-06-15T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Vining added as a coauthor
- **2021-06-16T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2021-06-16T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2021-06-16T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2021-06-16T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2021-06-16T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-16T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2021-06-16T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly `receipt`
- **2021-06-21T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-21T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2021-09-24T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0
- **2021-09-24T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 9-28-2021 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2021-09-28T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2021-09-28T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2021-09-28T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2021-09-28T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-09-28T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2021-09-28T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate concurred in `receipt`
- **2021-10-04T05:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 10-4-2021 `enrolled`
- **2021-11-02T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 11-2-2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-11-08T06:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 11-5-2021. 2021 Wisconsin Act 82 `executive-signature`
- **2021-11-08T06:00:00+00:00** Published 11-6-2021 `became-law`
- **2022-04-08T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Doyle added as a coauthor

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/19405b38-cf3e-451c-9a4d-4a73a4ae1188`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).