republic-os/legislation/us/states/wi/2021/sb-120.md

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Bill	Relating to: law enforcement agency policies on the use of force.	Relating to: law enforcement agency policies on the use of force.	us/states/wi	Wisconsin Legislature	2021	SB 120	Wisconsin SB 120 (2021)	bill		enacted	Cowles Darling Feyen Jacque L. Taylor Roys Wanggaard	3	41	4	2021-02-18T06:00:00+00:00	2021-08-09T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/3ca70c74-468c-4f93-bb17-2b0e9920fb8f	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2021/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb120	fbec90f807bc1a5330a2d44aaa63533f4b45ee3aa496a0d00d9691c98e9271b1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wi

Wisconsin SB 120 (2021) — Relating to: law enforcement agency policies on the use of force.

Version chain

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

1. Assembly Amendment 1 (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate Substitute Amendment 1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 7, Noes 0 — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• PASSAGE — 30–2 (pass) · upper
• Assembly Amendment 1 adopted, Ayes 60, Noes 38 — 60–38 (pass) · lower
• NONCONCURRENCE — 12–20 (fail) · upper

Sponsors

• Cowles — primary (person)
• Darling — primary (person)
• Feyen — primary (person)
• Jacque — primary (person)
• L. Taylor — primary (person)
• Roys — primary (person)
• Wanggaard — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-18T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced by Senators Wanggaard, L. Taylor, Darling, Cowles, Feyen, Jacque and Roys; cosponsored by Representatives Spiros, Armstrong, Bowen, Brandtjen, Moses and Rozar introduction
• 2021-02-18T06:00:00+00:00 Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety reading-1, referral-committee
• 2021-03-18T05:00:00+00:00 Public hearing held
• 2021-04-14T05:00:00+00:00 Representative Brostoff added as a cosponsor
• 2021-04-26T05:00:00+00:00 Representative Shelton added as a cosponsor
• 2021-05-06T05:00:00+00:00 Executive action taken
• 2021-05-07T05:00:00+00:00 Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 7, Noes 0 committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-05-07T05:00:00+00:00 Available for scheduling
• 2021-05-18T05:00:00+00:00 Representative L. Myers added as a cosponsor
• 2021-05-26T05:00:00+00:00 Representative Drake added as a cosponsor
• 2021-05-27T05:00:00+00:00 Representative Shankland added as a cosponsor
• 2021-05-28T05:00:00+00:00 Representative Steffen added as a cosponsor
• 2021-06-04T05:00:00+00:00 Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senator Wanggaard
• 2021-06-04T05:00:00+00:00 Placed on calendar 6-9-2021 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
• 2021-06-09T05:00:00+00:00 Read a second time reading-2
• 2021-06-09T05:00:00+00:00 Senate Substitute Amendment 1 adopted amendment-passage
• 2021-06-09T05:00:00+00:00 Ordered to a third reading reading-3
• 2021-06-09T05:00:00+00:00 Rules suspended
• 2021-06-09T05:00:00+00:00 Read a third time and passed, Ayes 30, Noes 2 passage, reading-3
• 2021-06-09T05:00:00+00:00 Senator Carpenter added as a coauthor
• 2021-06-09T05:00:00+00:00 Ordered immediately messaged
• 2021-06-10T05:00:00+00:00 Received from Senate receipt
• 2021-06-14T05:00:00+00:00 Read first time and referred to calendar of 6-16-2021 reading-1
• 2021-06-21T05:00:00+00:00 Representative Cabrera added as a cosponsor
• 2021-06-21T05:00:00+00:00 Representative Brostoff withdrawn as a cosponsor withdrawal
• 2021-06-22T05:00:00+00:00 Read a second time reading-2
• 2021-06-22T05:00:00+00:00 Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Steineke
• 2021-06-22T05:00:00+00:00 Assembly Amendment 1 adopted, Ayes 60, Noes 38 amendment-passage
• 2021-06-22T05:00:00+00:00 Ordered to a third reading reading-3
• 2021-06-22T05:00:00+00:00 Rules suspended
• 2021-06-22T05:00:00+00:00 Read a third time and concurred in as amended passage, reading-3
• 2021-06-22T05:00:00+00:00 Ordered immediately messaged
• 2021-06-22T05:00:00+00:00 Received from Assembly amended and concurred in as amended, Assembly Amendment 1 adopted amendment-passage, receipt
• 2021-06-29T05:00:00+00:00 Placed on calendar 6-30-2021 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
• 2021-06-30T05:00:00+00:00 Refused to nonconcur in Assembly Amendment 1, Ayes 12, Noes 20
• 2021-06-30T05:00:00+00:00 Assembly Amendment 1 concurred in
• 2021-06-30T05:00:00+00:00 Action ordered immediately messaged
• 2021-07-06T05:00:00+00:00 Report correctly enrolled enrolled
• 2021-08-05T05:00:00+00:00 Presented to the Governor on 8-5-2021 executive-receipt
• 2021-08-09T05:00:00+00:00 Report approved by the Governor on 8-6-2021. 2021 Wisconsin Act 75 executive-signature
• 2021-08-09T05:00:00+00:00 Published 8-7-2021 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3ca70c74-468c-4f93-bb17-2b0e9920fb8f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).