Wisconsin 2023-2024 Regular Session

Wisconsin Senate Bill SB523 Compare Versions

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4	4	2023 SENATE BILL 523
5	5	October 16, 2023 - Introduced by Senators WANGGAARD, JAMES, CABRAL-GUEVARA,
6	6	FEYEN, L. JOHNSON and QUINN, cosponsored by Representatives CALLAHAN,
7	7	SPIROS, ALLEN, ARMSTRONG, BRANDTJEN, DITTRICH, DONOVAN, EDMING, GOEBEN,
8	8	GREEN, MICHALSKI, MURSAU, NEDWESKI, O'CONNOR, ORTIZ-VELEZ, RETTINGER,
9	9	RODRIGUEZ, SCHMIDT, STEFFEN and SUMMERFIELD. Referred to Committee on
10	10	Education.
11	11	AN ACT to repeal 165.88 (3m) (d); to amend 165.88 (4); and to create 165.88 (3p)
12	12	of the statutes; relating to: grants to schools to acquire proactive firearm
13	13	detection software and making an appropriation.
14	14	Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
15	15	Under current law, the Department of Justice awards grants to schools to
16	16	improve school safety. Currently DOJ awards grants to fund eligible expenditures
17	17	such as training, safety-related upgrades to buildings, equipment, and facilities,
18	18	and expenditures to provide blueprints or mapping data to law enforcement.
19	19	This bill requires DOJ to award grants of up to $325,000 to schools to acquire
20	20	proactive firearm detection software and provides $4,000,000 in the 2023-25 fiscal
21	21	biennium for the grants. Under the bill, schools must apply for the grants jointly
22	22	with the law enforcement agency with jurisdiction over the school. If the funding is
23	23	insufficient to award grants to all eligible applicants, the bill requires DOJ to award
24	24	the grants to qualified applicants in the order that the applications were received.
25	25	For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as
26	26	an appendix to this bill.
27	27	The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
28	28	enact as follows:
29	29	SECTION 1. 165.88 (3m) (d) of the statutes is repealed.
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35	35	SECTION 2 SENATE BILL 523
36	36	SECTION 2. 165.88 (3p) of the statutes is created to read:
37	37	165.88 (3p) GRANTS TO SCHOOLS FOR FIREARM DETECTION SOFTWARE. (a) From the
38	38	appropriation under s. 20.455 (2) (f), the department of justice shall award grants to
39	39	school boards and governing bodies of private schools to acquire proactive firearm
40	40	detection software.
41	41	(b) The department shall accept applications for the grants under this
42	42	subsection from school district administrators, or governing bodies of private
43	43	schools, that are working jointly with local law enforcement agencies with
44	44	jurisdiction over the school.
45	45	(c) Grant moneys awarded under this subsection shall be used to acquire
46	46	proactive firearm detection software that complies with all of the following:
47	47	1. The software is developed in the United States.
48	48	2. The software is designated as qualified anti-terrorism technology under 6
49	49	USC 441 et seq.
50	50	3. The software is designed to integrate with existing school security cameras
51	51	or other school security alert systems.
52	52	4. The artificial intelligence software is written and programmable to follow
53	53	authorized protocol autonomously, or the software is managed directly by the
54	54	contracted vendor though a constantly monitored operations center that is staffed
55	55	by highly trained analysts, to rapidly communicate possible seen or unseen threats
56	56	to end users.
57	57	5. The software has been successfully deployed in another school district or to
58	58	a commercial user.
59	59	(d) A grant awarded under par. (a) may not exceed $325,000.
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88	88	(e) If the moneys allocated for the grants under this subsection in a fiscal
89	89	biennium are insufficient to pay all qualified applicants under par. (b), the
90	90	department shall award grants to the qualified applicants in order of application
91	91	until the allocated funds are depleted.
92	92	SECTION 3. 165.88 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
93	93	165.88 (4) REPORT. The department of justice shall submit an annual report to
94	94	the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance providing an account of the
95	95	grants awarded under sub. subs. (2), (3m), and (3p) and the expenditures made with
96	96	the grant moneys.
97	97	SECTION 4.0Fiscal changes.
98	98	(1) GRANT FUNDING. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation
99	99	to the department of justice under s. 20.455 (2) (f), the dollar amount for the 2023-24
100	100	fiscal year is increased by $4,000,000 to implement the grant program under s.
101	101	165.88 (3p).
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