republic-os/legislation/us/states/wi/2021/ab-825.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: records of battery in prisons."
description: "Relating to: records of battery in prisons."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "AB 825"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 825 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Born", "Brandtjen", "Callahan", "Dittrich", "Edming", "Gundrum", "J. Rodriguez", "James", "Kitchens", "Knodl", "Krug", "Kuglitsch", "Murphy", "Sanfelippo", "Snyder", "Thiesfeldt", "Tranel"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 34
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-01-07T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-17T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5ad0b4a8-7dee-42b3-b6e4-63c7dea2fc53"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2021/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab825"
source_hash: "9ba72b45e62b92af9eb29ac932fcf831d044f0cfdf0162c77817e14b8d304927"
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 825 (2021) — Relating to: records of battery in prisons.

## 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/AB825-AA1)
2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2021/REG/AB825)

## Votes

- Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 6, Noes 1 — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Corrections, Ayes 9, Noes 1 — **9–1** (pass) · lower
- Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Corrections, Ayes 9, Noes 0 — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Born — primary (person)
- Brandtjen — primary (person)
- Callahan — primary (person)
- Dittrich — primary (person)
- Edming — primary (person)
- Gundrum — primary (person)
- J. Rodriguez — primary (person)
- James — primary (person)
- Kitchens — primary (person)
- Knodl — primary (person)
- Krug — primary (person)
- Kuglitsch — primary (person)
- Murphy — primary (person)
- Sanfelippo — primary (person)
- Snyder — primary (person)
- Thiesfeldt — primary (person)
- Tranel — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-07T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives Callahan, Snyder, Born, Brandtjen, Dittrich, Edming, Gundrum, James, Knodl, Krug, Kuglitsch, Murphy, J. Rodriguez, Sanfelippo, Thiesfeldt, Kitchens and Tranel; cosponsored by Senators Feyen, Ballweg, Jagler, Nass, Stroebel and Cowles `introduction`
- **2022-01-07T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Corrections `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-11T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2022-01-13T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Plumer added as a coauthor
- **2022-01-13T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Callahan
- **2022-01-14T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representative Bowen
- **2022-01-18T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2022-01-19T06:00:00+00:00** Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Corrections, Ayes 9, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-19T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Corrections, Ayes 9, Noes 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-19T06:00:00+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
- **2022-01-25T06:00:00+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 `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`
- **2022-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2022-02-16T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2022-02-16T06:00:00+00:00** Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 6, Noes 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-16T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2022-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 2-22-2022 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2022-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate concurred in `receipt`
- **2022-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 2-28-2022 `enrolled`
- **2022-03-15T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 3-15-2022 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 3-17-2022. 2021 Wisconsin Act 186 `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Published 3-18-2022 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5ad0b4a8-7dee-42b3-b6e4-63c7dea2fc53`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).