---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: earned release from parole or extended supervision and discharge from probation. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: earned release from parole or extended supervision and discharge from probation. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "AB 842"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 842 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Armstrong", "Behnke", "Duchow", "Gundrum", "Krug", "Kuglitsch", "Murphy", "Sanfelippo", "Wichgers"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 34
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-01-07T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-08T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f525068-df5b-45f1-acfa-ae68fe35c11f"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2021/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab842"
source_hash: "6575bcfc47002c8f844c59c668e73263038143c65f16f84799622069dc5d37f0"
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 842 (2021) — Relating to: earned release from parole or extended supervision and discharge from probation. (FE)

## 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/AB842-AA1)
2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2021/REG/AB842)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **61–31** (pass) · lower
- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Judiciary, Ayes 5, Noes 3 — **5–3** (pass) · lower
- Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Judiciary, Ayes 5, Noes 3 — **5–3** (pass) · lower
- Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 4, Noes 3 — **4–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Armstrong — primary (person)
- Behnke — primary (person)
- Duchow — primary (person)
- Gundrum — primary (person)
- Krug — primary (person)
- Kuglitsch — primary (person)
- Murphy — primary (person)
- Sanfelippo — primary (person)
- Wichgers — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-07T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives Wichgers, Sanfelippo, Armstrong, Behnke, Duchow, Gundrum, Kuglitsch, Krug and Murphy; cosponsored by Senators Jacque and Stroebel `introduction`
- **2022-01-07T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-11T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Dittrich added as a coauthor
- **2022-01-12T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2022-01-18T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Wichgers
- **2022-01-19T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2022-01-20T06:00:00+00:00** Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Judiciary, Ayes 5, Noes 3 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-20T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Judiciary, Ayes 5, Noes 3 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-20T06:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-20T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 1-25-2022 by Committee on Rules
- **2022-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2022-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2022-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2022-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2022-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2022-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed, Ayes 61, Noes 31 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2022-01-26T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly `receipt`
- **2022-01-26T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary and Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2022-03-03T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2022-03-03T06:00:00+00:00** Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 4, Noes 3 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-03T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2022-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 3-8-2022 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2022-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2022-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2022-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2022-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate concurred in `receipt`
- **2022-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 3-11-2022 `enrolled`
- **2022-04-04T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 4-4-2022 by directive of the Speaker `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-08T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 4-8-2022. 2021 Wisconsin Act 227 `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-08T05:00:00+00:00** Published 4-9-2022 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9f525068-df5b-45f1-acfa-ae68fe35c11f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).