republic-os/legislation/us/states/wi/2021/sb-94.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: tracking of sexual assault kits in sexual assault cases, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: tracking of sexual assault kits in sexual assault cases, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 94"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 94 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Agard", "Cowles", "Darling", "Jacque", "Johnson", "L. Taylor", "Larson", "Marklein", "Ringhand", "Wanggaard", "Wirch"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 38
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-02-11T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-10T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/29acc9e2-9d86-4df0-a1d2-961ec2ff1238"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2021/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb94"
source_hash: "3fc6e6f2fc6f4cb759682960acbfcd7efad3d09b968c7b9937ff021225e45969"
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 94 (2021) — Relating to: tracking of sexual assault kits in sexual assault cases, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)

## Version chain

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

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2021/REG/SB94)
2. **Senate Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2021/REG/SB94-SA1)

## Votes

- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 7, Noes 0 — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Referred to joint committee on Finance by Committee on Senate Organization pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 7, Noes 0 — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and made Available for Scheduling by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCURRENCE — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Agard — primary (person)
- Cowles — primary (person)
- Darling — primary (person)
- Jacque — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)
- L. Taylor — primary (person)
- Larson — primary (person)
- Marklein — primary (person)
- Ringhand — primary (person)
- Wanggaard — primary (person)
- Wirch — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Darling, Agard, Cowles, Jacque, Johnson, Larson, Marklein, Ringhand, L. Taylor, Wanggaard and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives Thiesfeldt, J. Rodriguez, Billings, Brandtjen, Cabrera, Callahan, Drake, James, Kuglitsch, Milroy, Moses, Murphy, Mursau, Rozar, Shankland, Skowronski, Sinicki, Subeck, Tusler, Vining and Wichgers `introduction`
- **2021-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Senator Carpenter added as a coauthor
- **2021-02-25T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2021-02-25T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Steffen added as a cosponsor
- **2021-02-25T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2021-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Darling
- **2021-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2021-03-12T06:00:00+00:00** Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 7, Noes 0 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-12T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 7, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-12T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2021-03-12T06:00:00+00:00** Referred to joint committee on Finance by Committee on Senate Organization pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 5, Noes 0 `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-12T06:00:00+00:00** Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and made Available for Scheduling by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 5, Noes 0
- **2021-03-12T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 3-16-2021 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2021-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2021-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2021-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed, Ayes 32, Noes 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2021-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate `receipt`
- **2021-09-08T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Bowen added as a cosponsor
- **2021-10-14T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Shelton added as a cosponsor
- **2021-11-09T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 11-11-2021 by Committee on Rules
- **2021-11-09T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2021-11-11T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2021-11-11T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2021-11-11T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2021-11-11T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 98, Noes 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-11-11T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2021-11-12T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in `receipt`
- **2021-11-15T06:00:00+00:00** LRB correction (Senate Amendment 1)
- **2021-11-15T06:00:00+00:00** LRB correction
- **2021-11-15T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled `enrolled`
- **2021-12-02T06:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 12-2-2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-12-07T06:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 12-6-2021. 2021 Wisconsin Act 117 `executive-signature`
- **2021-12-07T06:00:00+00:00** Published 12-7-2021 `became-law`
- **2022-03-10T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Anderson added as a cosponsor

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/29acc9e2-9d86-4df0-a1d2-961ec2ff1238`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).