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2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 757
December 6, 2023 - Introduced by Representatives BALDEH, MADISON, CLANCY,
HONG, MOORE OMOKUNDE, CONLEY, SINICKI, JOERS, OHNSTAD, SHELTON,
EMERSON, STUBBS, J. ANDERSON, PALMERI, SUBECK, DRAKE, JACOBSON, ANDRACA,
HAYWOOD and NEUBAUER, cosponsored by Senator ROYS. Referred to
Committee on Corrections.
***AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE***
AN ACT to create 301.03 (16m), 302.075 and 302.076 of the statutes; relating
to: climate control in state correctional institutions and county jails and houses
of correction and making an appropriation.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill requires the warden or superintendent of a state correctional
institution or the county sheriff or person in charge of a county jail or house of
correction to ensure that the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning in the state
correctional institution or county jail or house of correction are in working order and
to ensure that the temperature in each housing unit is not less than 68 degrees
Fahrenheit and not more than 76 degrees Fahrenheit at all times. The bill also
requires the warden or superintendent of a state correctional institution or the
county sheriff or person in charge of a county jail or house of correction to record the
temperatures in all housing facility common areas and two random cells located in
substantially different areas of each housing unit on any day that the outdoor
temperature is below 10 degrees Fahrenheit or above 90 degrees Fahrenheit and
requires the Department of Corrections to report that temperature data to the
legislature on an annual basis.
The bill applies the temperature requirements in the bill to one-third of state
correctional institutions on May 1, 2027; another one-third on May 1, 2029, and the
final one-third of state correctional institutions and the county jails on May 1, 2033
and directs DOC to determine the order in which to install heating, ventilation, or
air conditioning systems in the state correctional institutions to meet those
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deadlines and report that information to the legislature. This bill provides $200,000
to DOC in the 2023-24 fiscal year to complete the required report and $65,000,000
in the 2024-25 fiscal year to install and operate heating, ventilation, and air
conditioning in state correctional institutions as required under the bill.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as
an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 301.03 (16m) of the statutes is created to read:
301.03 (16m) (a) Submit to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature, for
distribution to the appropriate standing committees under s. 13.172 (3) an annual
report containing state correctional institution and county jail and house of
correction temperature data from the following sources:
1. The state correctional institution temperature data recorded under s.
302.075 (2).
2. The county jail and house of correction temperature data recorded under s.
302.076 (2).
(b) The department shall furnish each sheriff or person in charge of a county
jail or house of correction with instructions that specify the information that is
required to be reported under par. (a), a simple format in which to submit the
information, the time it is to be forwarded, the process for submitting it, the method
of classifying it, and any other matters that facilitate collection and compilation. The
format provided under this paragraph shall, to the greatest extent feasible, minimize
the time required by each person to submit the required information
SECTION 2. 302.075 of the statutes is created to read:
302.075 Prison climate control. (1) The warden or superintendent shall
ensure that the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning in the state correctional
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institution are in working order and shall ensure that the temperature in each
housing unit of the state correctional institution is not less than 68 degrees
Fahrenheit and not more than 76 degrees Fahrenheit at all times.
(2) On any day that the outdoor temperature is below 10 degrees Fahrenheit
or above 90 degrees Fahrenheit, the warden or superintendent shall record the
temperatures in all of the following areas of the state correctional institution:
(a) On each level, every housing facility common area.
(b) In each housing unit, two random cells that are located in substantially
different areas of the housing unit.
SECTION 3. 302.076 of the statutes is created to read:
302.076 Climate control in a county jail or house of correction. (1) The
sheriff or person in charge of a county jail or house of correction shall ensure that the
heating, ventilation, and air conditioning in the county jail or house of correction are
in working order and shall ensure that the temperature in each housing unit of the
county jail or house of correction is not less than 68 degrees Fahrenheit and not more
than 76 degrees Fahrenheit at all times.
(2) On any day that the outdoor temperature is below 10 degrees Fahrenheit
or above 90 degrees Fahrenheit, the sheriff or person in charge of the county jail or
house of correction shall record the temperatures in all of the following areas of the
county jail or house of correction:
(a) On each level, every housing facility common area.
(b) In each housing unit, two random cells that are located in substantially
different areas of the housing unit.
SECTION 4.0Nonstatutory provisions.
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(1) The department of corrections shall determine the order in which to install
heating, ventilation, or air conditioning in the state correctional institutions to meet
the requirements under s. 302.075 (1), as follows:
(a) The department of corrections shall identify one-third of the state
correctional institutions in which to install heating, ventilation, or air conditioning
by May 1, 2027.
(b) The department of corrections shall identify one-third of the state
correctional institutions in which to install heating, ventilation, or air conditioning
by May 1, 2029.
(c) The department of corrections shall identify one-third of the state
correctional institutions in which to install heating, ventilation, or air conditioning
by May 1, 2033.
(2) No later than the first day of the 13th month following the effective date of
this subsection, the department of corrections shall submit to the chief clerk of each
house of the legislature, for distribution to the appropriate standing committees in
the manner provided under s. 13.172 (3), a report describing how the department will
prioritize modification of the state correctional facilities as required under sub. (1)
to meet the temperature requirements under s. 302.075 (1) and identifying
strategies to meet the heating and cooling needs of inmates prior to the deadlines
under sub. (1), including using mobile water misters, issuing weather appropriate
garments, and providing ice.
SECTION 5.0Fiscal changes.
(1) REPORT ON MODIFICATIONS TO HEATING, VENTILATION, AND AIR CONDITIONING IN
STATE CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the
appropriation to the department of corrections under s. 20.410 (1) (a), the dollar
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amount for fiscal year 2023-24 is increased by $200,000 to complete the report
required under SECTION 4 (2) of this act.
(2) HEATING, VENTILATION, OR AIR CONDITIONING INSTALLATION. In the schedule
under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of corrections under s.
20.410 (1) (aa), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2024-25 is increased by $65,000,000
to install and operate heating, ventilation, or air conditioning systems required
under s. 302.075 (1).
SECTION 6.0Initial applicability.
(1) The treatment of s. 302.075 (1) first applies to the state correctional
institutions identified by the department of corrections under SECTION 4 (1) (a) of this
act on May 1, 2027.
(2) The treatment of s. 302.075 (1) first applies to the state correctional
institutions identified by the department of corrections under SECTION 4 (1) (b) of this
act on May 1, 2029.
(3) The treatment of s. 302.075 (1) first applies to the state correctional
institutions identified by the department of corrections under SECTION 4 (1) (c) of this
act on May 1, 2033.
SECTION 7.0Effective dates. This act takes effect on the day after publication,
except as follows:
(1) The treatment of s. 302.076 (1) takes effect on May 1, 2033.
(END)
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