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

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: law enforcement agency policies on the use of force."
description: "Relating to: law enforcement agency policies on the use of force."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 120"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 120 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cowles", "Darling", "Feyen", "Jacque", "L. Taylor", "Roys", "Wanggaard"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 41
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-02-18T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-08-09T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3ca70c74-468c-4f93-bb17-2b0e9920fb8f"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2021/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb120"
source_hash: "fbec90f807bc1a5330a2d44aaa63533f4b45ee3aa496a0d00d9691c98e9271b1"
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 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](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2021/REG/SB120-AA1)
2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2021/REG/SB120)
3. **Senate Substitute Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2021/REG/SB120-SSA1)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3ca70c74-468c-4f93-bb17-2b0e9920fb8f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).