---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: storage and processing of sexual assault kits and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: storage and processing of sexual assault kits and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 71"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 71 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Agard", "Cowles", "Darling", "Petrowski", "Wanggaard"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 36
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-05T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-08T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f7702cdc-a0d0-47d8-b3af-f5f8a8febfe0"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2021/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb71"
source_hash: "9d2deb4db72d3a3378c1642e625c17abd9e11c454ff628e7a5391d9d134f39fb"
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 SB 71 (2021) — Relating to: storage and processing of sexual assault kits and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. (FE)

## Version chain

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

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2021/REG/SB71)

## Votes

- Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 7, Noes 0 — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Agard — primary (person)
- Cowles — primary (person)
- Darling — primary (person)
- Petrowski — primary (person)
- Wanggaard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-05T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Cowles, Agard, Darling, Wanggaard and Petrowski; cosponsored by Representatives Steffen, Macco, Thiesfeldt, Loudenbeck, Kerkman, Brooks, Gundrum, Schraa, Rozar, Subeck, Murphy, Spreitzer, Vining and Cabrera `introduction`
- **2021-02-05T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Wichgers added as a cosponsor
- **2021-02-25T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2021-02-25T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2021-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2021-03-12T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 7, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-12T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2021-03-12T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 3-16-2021 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2021-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Senator Carpenter added as a coauthor
- **2021-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2021-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2021-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2021-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate `receipt`
- **2021-09-29T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Emerson added as a cosponsor
- **2021-10-06T05:00:00+00:00** Senator Jacque added as a coauthor
- **2021-10-14T05:00:00+00:00** Representatives Bowen and Shelton added as cosponsors
- **2021-11-09T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2021-11-09T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 11-11-2021 by Committee on Rules
- **2021-11-09T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2021-11-11T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2021-11-11T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2021-11-11T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2021-11-11T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-11-11T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Kitchens added as a cosponsor
- **2021-11-11T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2021-11-12T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in `receipt`
- **2021-11-16T06:00:00+00:00** LRB correction
- **2021-11-16T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled `enrolled`
- **2021-12-02T06:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 12-2-2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-12-07T06:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 12-6-2021. 2021 Wisconsin Act 116 `executive-signature`
- **2021-12-07T06:00:00+00:00** Published 12-7-2021 `became-law`
- **2022-03-10T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Anderson added as a cosponsor
- **2022-04-08T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Doyle added as a cosponsor

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f7702cdc-a0d0-47d8-b3af-f5f8a8febfe0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).