republic-os/legislation/us/states/wi/january-2017-special-session/ab-10.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: position authorization for criminal investigation agents at the Department of Justice. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: position authorization for criminal investigation agents at the Department of Justice. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "January 2017 Special Session"
identifier: "AB 10"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 10 (January 2017 Special Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Legislature -- Finance", "Joint Committee on", "Alcohol and other drug abuse", "Criminal identification and investigation", "Special session", "2017 -- January", "; specific agency or department", "Drugs -- Criminal acts and law enforcement", "Justice", "Department of", "Governor -- Legislation by request of", ";"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 33
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-02-17T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-07-17T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d94791b-2dfc-4653-81d3-2db1a3b623e7"
source_url: "http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2017/proposals/jr7/asm/bill/ab10"
source_hash: "eeb2397abb99f9fc19336212474ac7767b3d270baf69ad68274de55e0946de02"
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 10 (January 2017 Special Session) — Relating to: position authorization for criminal investigation agents at the Department of Justice. (FE)

## Version chain

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

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2017/JR7/AB10)

## Votes

- Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Report passage recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 9, Noes 3 — **9–3** (pass) · legislature
- Read a third time and passed, Ayes 97, Noes 0 — **97–0** (pass) · legislature
- Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 33, Noes 0 — **33–0** (pass) · legislature
- Report passage, with emergency statement attached, pursuant to s.16.47 (2), Wisconsin Statutes, recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 16, Noes 0 — **16–0** (pass) · legislature

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Committee on Assembly Organization, Nygren, Bernier, Krug, VanderMeer, Tranel, Novak, Ripp, E. Brooks, Edming, Skowronski, Loudenbeck, Murphy, Ballweg, Fields, Felzkowski, Steffen, Swearingen, Kleefisch, Petryk, Brostoff, Vruwink, Mursau, Rohrkaste, Tusler, Billings, Doyle, Zepnick, Petersen, Kolste, Jagler, Born, Subeck, Kulp, Spiros, Sargent, Wachs and Jacque; cosponsored by Senators Harsdorf, Vukmir, Darling, Olsen, Feyen, Testin, Wanggaard, Wirch and L. Taylor, by request of Governor Scott Walker `introduction`
- **2017-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety
- **2017-03-02T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2017-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received
- **2017-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2017-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 9, Noes 3 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to joint committee on Finance
- **2017-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2017-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Joint Committee on Finance
- **2017-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage, with emergency statement attached, pursuant to s.16.47 (2), Wisconsin Statutes, recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 16, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to calendar of 4-4-2017 pursuant to Assembly Rule 93
- **2017-04-04T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2017-04-04T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representatives Nygren and Goyke
- **2017-04-04T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 2 adopted
- **2017-04-04T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2017-04-04T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2017-04-04T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed, Ayes 97, Noes 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-04T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2017-04-05T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly
- **2017-04-06T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-06T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2017-04-28T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0
- **2017-04-28T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 5-2-2017 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2017-05-02T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2017-05-02T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2017-05-02T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2017-05-02T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 33, Noes 0 `passage`
- **2017-05-02T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2017-05-02T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate concurred in
- **2017-05-11T05:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 5-11-2017
- **2017-07-13T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 7-13-2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-07-17T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 7-17-2017. 2017 Wisconsin Act 35 `executive-signature`
- **2017-07-17T05:00:00+00:00** Published 7-18-2017

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2d94791b-2dfc-4653-81d3-2db1a3b623e7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).