republic-os/legislation/us/states/wi/2019/ab-188.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: facilities for holding juveniles in secure custody. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: facilities for holding juveniles in secure custody. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "AB 188"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 188 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Billings", "Born", "Bowen", "Brooks", "Considine", "Crowley", "Edming", "Emerson", "Felzkowski", "Goyke", "Hesselbein", "James", "Kitchens", "Knodl", "Kolste", "Krug", "Kulp", "Milroy", "Mursau", "Myers", "Novak", "Ohnstad", "Pope", "Ramthun", "Rohrkaste", "Sargent", "Schraa", "Sinicki", "Spiros", "Steffen", "Stubbs", "Subeck", "Tauchen", "Vining", "Zimmerman"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 43
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-04-25T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-07-01T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2527226c-b6e1-4ff9-af95-f2b30baa7155"
source_url: "http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2019/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab188"
source_hash: "48c8ad5325ed38925fa71794dcffbf4308a08145feb64ff89c8f5b5078f3490d"
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 188 (2019) — Relating to: facilities for holding juveniles in secure custody. (FE)

## Version chain

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

1. **Assembly Substitute Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2019/REG/AB188-ASA1)
2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2019/REG/AB188)

## Votes

- CONCURRENCE — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2 — **3–2** (pass) · upper
- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 13, Noes 0 — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Report Assembly Amendment 3 adoption recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 13, Noes 0 — **13–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Billings — primary (person)
- Born — primary (person)
- Bowen — primary (person)
- Brooks — primary (person)
- Considine — primary (person)
- Crowley — primary (person)
- Edming — primary (person)
- Emerson — primary (person)
- Felzkowski — primary (person)
- Goyke — primary (person)
- Hesselbein — primary (person)
- James — primary (person)
- Kitchens — primary (person)
- Knodl — primary (person)
- Kolste — primary (person)
- Krug — primary (person)
- Kulp — primary (person)
- Milroy — primary (person)
- Mursau — primary (person)
- Myers — primary (person)
- Novak — primary (person)
- Ohnstad — primary (person)
- Pope — primary (person)
- Ramthun — primary (person)
- Rohrkaste — primary (person)
- Sargent — primary (person)
- Schraa — primary (person)
- Sinicki — primary (person)
- Spiros — primary (person)
- Steffen — primary (person)
- Stubbs — primary (person)
- Subeck — primary (person)
- Tauchen — primary (person)
- Vining — primary (person)
- Zimmerman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-25T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives Schraa, Goyke, Bowen, Billings, Born, Brooks, Considine, Crowley, Edming, Emerson, Felzkowski, Hesselbein, James, Kitchens, Knodl, Kolste, Krug, Kulp, Milroy, Mursau, Myers, Novak, Ohnstad, Pope, Ramthun, Rohrkaste, Sargent, Sinicki, Spiros, Steffen, Stubbs, Subeck, Tauchen, Vining and Zimmerman; cosponsored by Senators Wanggaard, L. Taylor, Darling, Feyen, Jacque, Johnson and Tiffany `introduction`
- **2019-04-25T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-30T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received
- **2019-05-03T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received
- **2019-05-03T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received
- **2019-05-23T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received
- **2019-06-06T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received
- **2019-06-11T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Schraa, Goyke, Bowen and Crowley `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-06-12T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received
- **2019-06-12T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2019-06-12T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representative Tauchen `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-06-13T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 3 offered by Representative Schraa `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-06-13T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2019-06-18T05:00:00+00:00** Report Assembly Amendment 3 adoption recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 13, Noes 0
- **2019-06-18T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 13, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-18T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-18T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 4 offered by Representative Schraa `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-06-18T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 5 offered by Representative Tauchen `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-06-18T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 6-20-2019 by Committee on Rules
- **2019-06-19T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Schraa `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-06-19T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Zamarripa added as a coauthor
- **2019-06-20T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2019-06-20T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-20T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2019-06-20T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2019-06-20T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage`
- **2019-06-20T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2019-06-20T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly
- **2019-06-21T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-21T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2019-06-21T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2
- **2019-06-21T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 6-26-2019 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2019-06-26T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2019-06-26T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2019-06-26T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2019-06-26T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 33, Noes 0 `passage`
- **2019-06-26T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2019-06-26T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate concurred in
- **2019-06-27T05:00:00+00:00** LRB correction (Assembly Substitute Amendment 1)
- **2019-06-27T05:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 6-27-2019
- **2019-06-28T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 6-28-2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-01T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 6-28-2019. 2019 Wisconsin Act 8 `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-01T05:00:00+00:00** Published 6-29-2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2527226c-b6e1-4ff9-af95-f2b30baa7155`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).