Wisconsin 2023 2023-2024 Regular Session

Wisconsin Senate Bill SB21 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/27/2023

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2023 - 2024  LEGISLATURE  
2023 SENATE BILL 21
January 27, 2023 - Introduced by Senators JAMES, BALLWEG, COWLES, MARKLEIN,
ROYS, SPREITZER and WANGGAARD, cosponsored by Representatives TITTL,
ALLEN, ARMSTRONG, DITTRICH, DONOVAN, EDMING, MURSAU, ORTIZ-VELEZ,
ROZAR, SAPIK, SPIROS, SUBECK and TUSLER. Referred to Committee on Judiciary
and Public Safety.
AN ACT to create 301.32 (1m) of the statutes; relating to: the value of tangible
personal property allowed in state correctional facilities.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current rules promulgated by the Department of Corrections, a prisoner
or resident of a state correctional institution may not possess any personal property
with a value exceeding $75, except that he or she may possess a musical instrument
or electronic item with a value up to $350 and may possess any item that is medically
prescribed. Under this bill, a prisoner or resident of a state correctional institution
may not possess personal property with a value exceeding $150 or a musical
instrument or electronic item with a value exceeding $350.  Under the bill, there is
no limit for items that are medically prescribed.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
SECTION 1.  301.32 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:
301.32 (1m) PERSONAL PROPERTY; ALLOWABLE VALUE. A prisoner or resident of a
state correctional institution may possess a musical instrument or individual or
combination electronic item with a purchase value not to exceed $350.  The purchase
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value of other items except those that are medically prescribed may not exceed $150
for each item.
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