Wisconsin 2023-2024 Regular Session

Wisconsin Assembly Bill AB1051 Compare Versions

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5	5	February 2, 2024 - Introduced by Representatives STUBBS, BALDEH, SUBECK,
6	6	RATCLIFF, NEUBAUER, PALMERI, J. ANDERSON, JOERS, ANDRACA, CONLEY,
7	7	SHELTON, C. ANDERSON, ORTIZ-VELEZ, SINICKI, DRAKE and JACOBSON,
8	8	cosponsored by Senators L. JOHNSON, TAYLOR, ROYS, LARSON, WIRCH, SPREITZER
9	9	and AGARD. Referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety.
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11	11	AN ACT to create 15.253 (4), 20.923 (4) (c) 7., 165.29 and 230.08 (2) (wd) of the
12	12	statutes; relating to: creating an office of gun violence prevention in the
13	13	Department of Justice and making an appropriation.
14	14	Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
15	15	This bill creates an office of gun violence prevention in the Department of
16	16	Justice. The office must collaborate with other organizations and experts to develop
17	17	a strategy to identify causes of gun violence and to improve social determinants of
18	18	health for communities most affected by gun violence. The office must submit to the
19	19	legislature a written plan of action every two years that details how DOJ will
20	20	incorporate a public health approach to gun violence prevention-related programs
21	21	and services.
22	22	For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as
23	23	an appendix to this bill.
24	24	The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
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26	26	SECTION 1. 15.253 (4) of the statutes is created to read:
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33	33	15.253 (4) OFFICE OF GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION. There is created in the
34	34	department of justice an office of gun violence prevention. The director of the office
35	35	shall be appointed by the attorney general.
36	36	SECTION 2. 20.923 (4) (c) 7. of the statutes is created to read:
37	37	20.923 (4) (c) 7. Justice, department of: director of the office of gun violence
38	38	prevention.
39	39	SECTION 3. 165.29 of the statutes is created to read:
40	40	165.29 Office of gun violence prevention. (1) It is declared to be the policy
41	41	of the state that gun violence shall be recognized as a public health crisis and
42	42	addressed by utilizing a public health data-based approach and taking into
43	43	consideration all of the following:
44	44	(a) The specifics of gun violence and gun homicides in each community,
45	45	including identifying those most affected, identifying contributing factors, and
46	46	identifying factors that create greater safety for those most affected by gun violence
47	47	in each community.
48	48	(b) The root causes of gun violence in the community, including racism, poverty,
49	49	political neglect, lack of affordable housing, food insecurity, unemployment,
50	50	untreated trauma, and the evaluation of community conditions. The evaluation of
51	51	community conditions shall include the comparison of community conditions and
52	52	opportunities for communities with a high risk of gun violence and those with a lesser
53	53	risk of gun violence in order to identify and create greater safety for high-risk
54	54	communities through community surroundings. In this paragraph, “community
55	55	surroundings” includes streets, parks, schools, community-based organizations,
56	56	youth and community centers, and places of worship.
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85	85	(c) A commitment for gun violence prevention efforts to focus on addressing and
86	86	healing individual, interpersonal, and community trauma inflicted as a result of gun
87	87	violence.
88	88	(2) The office of gun violence prevention shall address gun violence in a manner
89	89	that is consistent with the policy in sub. (1) and shall do all of the following:
90	90	(a) Collaborate with the office of school safety and members of various
91	91	communities, including youth, community-based organizations, faith leaders,
92	92	grassroots organizers, political leaders, business owners, and other organizations
93	93	and individuals with expertise in the field to develop a strategy to identify causes of
94	94	gun violence in a community and to incorporate a public health approach to improve
95	95	social determinants of health for communities most affected by gun violence.
96	96	Research centers at higher educational institutions, to the extent that each
97	97	institution chooses to participate, and the department of health services, to the
98	98	extent that the department chooses to participate, shall act as advisors in developing
99	99	the strategy.
100	100	(b) Submit a written plan of action to the legislature every 2 years, starting no
101	101	later than July 1, 2024, detailing how the department of justice, as advised by
102	102	research centers and the department of health services, will incorporate a public
103	103	health approach to gun violence prevention-related programs and services. In
104	104	creating the plan of action, the office shall collaborate with those impacted by gun
105	105	violence, identify and evaluate innovative and successful community-based violence
106	106	prevention programs, and focus on how any proposed programs and services will
107	107	address trauma in communities with a high degree of gun violence.
108	108	SECTION 4. 230.08 (2) (wd) of the statutes is created to read:
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135	135	230.08 (2) (wd) The director of the office of gun violence prevention in the
136	136	department of justice.
137	137	SECTION 5.0Nonstatutory provisions.
138	138	(1) LEGISLATIVE INTENT. The legislature finds and declares all of the following:
139	139	(a) Gun violence is a public health crisis, leading to thousands of deaths and
140	140	injuries annually, and contributing to the harmful effects of post-traumatic stress
141	141	disorder and trauma thereafter.
142	142	(b) Gun violence rates in the United States increased during the COVID-19
143	143	pandemic.
144	144	(c) A commitment to ending gun violence is a commitment to racial justice.
145	145	(d) Gun violence is more than just a criminal justice and public safety issue.
146	146	It is also a public health crisis needing an urgent and holistic plan of action across
147	147	all relevant programs and services.
148	148	SECTION 6.0Fiscal changes.
149	149	(1) OFFICE OF GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION; POSITION INCREASES. In the schedule
150	150	under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of justice under s. 20.455
151	151	(2) (a), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2023-24 is increased by $91,100 to increase
152	152	the authorized FTE positions by 1.0 GPR position for directing the office of gun
153	153	violence prevention. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the
154	154	department of justice under s. 20.455 (2) (a), the dollar amount for fiscal year
155	155	2024-25 is increased by $91,000 to provide funding for the position authorized under
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