Wisconsin 2023-2024 Regular Session

Wisconsin Assembly Bill AB806 Compare Versions

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4	4	2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 806
5	5	December 8, 2023 - Introduced by Representatives CLANCY, MADISON, BALDEH, J.
6	6	ANDERSON, CONLEY, EMERSON, HAYWOOD, MOORE OMOKUNDE, PALMERI, SHELTON
7	7	and STUBBS, cosponsored by Senators TAYLOR and LARSON. Referred to
8	8	Committee on Corrections.
9	9	*AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*
10	10	AN ACT to create 302.47 of the statutes; relating to: access to prisons and jails
11	11	for oversight purposes.
12	12	Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
13	13	This bill provides that any legislator who is a member of a standing committee
14	14	of the legislature with jurisdiction over matters related to the Department of
15	15	Corrections must be provided immediate access, upon request, to a tour of any state
16	16	correctional institution that includes the residential areas, prison cells, meal areas,
17	17	and discussions with inmates.
18	18	The bill also provides that any employee of a political subdivision who, in the
19	19	course of his or her employment, is responsible for the oversight of a county jail, must
20	20	be provided immediate access, upon request, to a tour of any county jail under his or
21	21	her oversight or any county jail that has at least one person in custody who is a
22	22	permanent resident of the geographic region that the employee's position oversees
23	23	that includes the residential areas, prison cells, meal areas, and discussions with
24	24	inmates.
25	25	For purposes of the bill, “immediate access” means access with less than 24
26	26	hours notice. Access may be denied only if it is between the hours of 9 p.m. and 6 a.m.
27	27	or if the requester has already had 12 access requests fulfilled in that calendar year.
28	28	A person who is denied immediate access between 9 p.m. and 6 a.m. must be provided
29	29	access between 6 a.m. and 9 p.m., and a person who is denied immediate access
30	30	because he or she has already had 12 requests fulfilled in that calendar year must
31	31	be provided access within 72 hours.
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36	36	For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be
37	37	printed as an appendix to this bill.
38	38	The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
39	39	enact as follows:
40	40	SECTION 1. 302.47 of the statutes is created to read:
41	41	302.47 Access to prisons and jails for oversight purposes. (1) In this
42	42	section:
43	43	(a) “Immediate access” means access with less than 24 hours notice.
44	44	(b) “Political subdivision” means a county, city, village, or town.
45	45	(2) Except as provided in sub. (4), any legislator who is a member of a standing
46	46	committee of the legislature with jurisdiction over matters related to the department
47	47	shall be provided immediate access, upon request, to a tour of any state correctional
48	48	institution that includes the residential areas, prison cells, meal areas, and
49	49	discussions with prisoners.
50	50	(3) Except as provided in sub. (4), any employee of a political subdivision who,
51	51	in the course of his or her employment, is responsible for the oversight of a county
52	52	jail, shall be provided immediate access, upon request, to a tour of any county jail
53	53	under his or her oversight or any county jail that has at least one person in custody
54	54	who is a permanent resident of the geographic region that the employee's position
55	55	oversees that includes the residential areas, prison cells, meal areas, and discussions
56	56	with prisoners.
57	57	(4) A county jail or state correctional institution may deny a legislator under
58	58	sub. (2) or an employee under sub. (3) access if any of the following applies:
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82	82	(a) The visit is requested between the hours of 9 p.m. and 6 a.m. If immediate
83	83	access is denied under this paragraph, access shall be provided between the hours
84	84	of 6 a.m. and 9 p.m.
85	85	(b) The legislator or employee has already had 12 requests under sub. (2) or (3)
86	86	fulfilled in that calendar year. If immediate access is denied under this paragraph,
87	87	access shall be provided within 72 hours of when the access request was made.
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