republic-os/legislation/us/states/wi/2021/sb-121.md

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Bill	Relating to: prohibiting use of choke holds by law enforcement officers in use of force policies. (FE)	Relating to: prohibiting use of choke holds by law enforcement officers in use of force policies. (FE)	us/states/wi	Wisconsin Legislature	2021	SB 121	Wisconsin SB 121 (2021)	bill		enacted	Cowles Darling Feyen Jacque L. Taylor Nass Wanggaard	2	33	2	2021-02-18T06:00:00+00:00	2022-03-10T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/6c2bafb5-354f-4dfb-a6d5-619f290ab4d5	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2021/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb121	19e4e0dea3de3db9f41115a5d3fff7dcf2134a9cde5117a69897a8198cf75210	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wi

Wisconsin SB 121 (2021) — Relating to: prohibiting use of choke holds by law enforcement officers in use of force policies. (FE)

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 6, Noes 1 — 6–1 (pass) · upper
• Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 7, Noes 0 — 7–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Cowles — primary (person)
• Darling — primary (person)
• Feyen — primary (person)
• Jacque — primary (person)
• L. Taylor — primary (person)
• Nass — 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 Nass; cosponsored by Representatives Spiros, Armstrong, Brandtjen, Moses, Thiesfeldt and Tusler 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
• 2021-04-20T05:00:00+00:00 Representative L. Myers added as a cosponsor
• 2021-05-04T05:00:00+00:00 Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senator Wanggaard
• 2021-05-06T05:00:00+00:00 Executive action taken
• 2021-05-07T05:00:00+00:00 Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 7, Noes 0 amendment-passage
• 2021-05-07T05:00:00+00:00 Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 6, Noes 1 committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-05-07T05:00:00+00:00 Available for scheduling
• 2021-05-26T05:00:00+00:00 Representative Drake added as a cosponsor
• 2021-05-28T05:00:00+00:00 Representative Steffen added as a cosponsor
• 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 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
• 2021-06-16T05:00:00+00:00 Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up withdrawal
• 2021-06-16T05:00:00+00:00 Read a second time reading-2
• 2021-06-16T05:00:00+00:00 Ordered to a third reading reading-3
• 2021-06-16T05:00:00+00:00 Rules suspended
• 2021-06-16T05:00:00+00:00 Read a third time and concurred in passage, reading-3
• 2021-06-16T05:00:00+00:00 Ordered immediately messaged
• 2021-06-16T05:00:00+00:00 Received from Assembly concurred in receipt
• 2021-06-17T05:00:00+00:00 Report correctly enrolled enrolled
• 2021-06-22T05:00:00+00:00 Presented to the Governor on 6-22-2021 executive-receipt
• 2021-06-23T05:00:00+00:00 Report approved by the Governor on 6-22-2021. 2021 Wisconsin Act 48 executive-signature
• 2021-06-23T05:00:00+00:00 Published 6-23-2021 became-law
• 2022-03-10T06:00:00+00:00 Representative Anderson added as a cosponsor

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6c2bafb5-354f-4dfb-a6d5-619f290ab4d5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).