Wisconsin 2023-2024 Regular Session

Wisconsin Senate Bill SB961 Compare Versions

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4	4	2023 SENATE BILL 961
5	5	January 26, 2024 - Introduced by Senators JACQUE, TAYLOR, WIRCH, CARPENTER and
6	6	SPREITZER, cosponsored by Representatives O'CONNOR, EMERSON, MAXEY,
7	7	PLUMER, GUNDRUM, CONLEY, MURSAU, CALLAHAN, JOERS, DITTRICH, C.
8	8	ANDERSON, SINICKI, CONSIDINE, STUBBS, BALDEH, PALMERI, SUBECK, EDMING,
9	9	BARE, BEHNKE, BILLINGS, MELOTIK, SCHRAA, HURD, SHANKLAND and OHNSTAD.
10	10	Referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
11	11	AN ACT to create 20.455 (5) (dm) and 165.925 of the statutes; relating to: a
12	12	human trafficking victim services grant program, granting rule-making
13	13	authority, and making an appropriation.
14	14	Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
15	15	This bill establishes a grant program, administered by the Department of
16	16	Justice, that provides grants to nonprofit organizations to provide support services
17	17	to trafficking victims. The bill defines “support services” to mean any combination
18	18	of direct victim advocacy, safety planning, housing, substance use disorder
19	19	treatment, medical and behavioral health, job training, and employment support
20	20	services. Under the bill, to be eligible for a grant, a nonprofit organization must
21	21	submit an application that that describes the organization's efforts to coordinate
22	22	with local law enforcement agencies and includes a proposed plan for expenditure
23	23	of the grant moneys, and the nonprofit organization must provide private matching
24	24	funds that are equal to at least 50 percent of the grant amount. The bill provides
25	25	$2,500,000 biennially for such grants.
26	26	For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as
27	27	an appendix to this bill.
28	28	The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
29	29	enact as follows:
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34	34	SECTION 1 SENATE BILL 961
35	35	SECTION 1. 20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes: at the appropriate place, insert
36	36	the following amounts for the purposes indicated:
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38	38	20.455 Justice, department of
39	39	(5) VICTIMS AND WITNESSES
40	40	(dm) Trafficking victim services grant
41	41	program GPR B 1,250,000 1,250,000
42	42	SECTION 2. 20.455 (5) (dm) of the statutes is created to read:
43	43	20.455 (5) (dm) Trafficking victim services grant program. Biennially, the
44	44	amounts in the schedule to provide grants to nonprofit organizations under s.
45	45	165.925.
46	46	SECTION 3. 165.925 of the statutes is created to read:
47	47	165.925 Trafficking victim services grant program. (1) In this section:
48	48	(a) “Nonprofit organization" means an organization described in section 501 (c)
49	49	(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and that is exempt from federal income tax under
50	50	section 501 (a) of the Internal Revenue Code.
51	51	(b) “Support services” means any combination of direct victim advocacy, safety
52	52	planning, housing, substance use disorder treatment, medical and behavioral
53	53	health, job training, and employment support services.
54	54	(c) “Trafficking victim” means a person who was a victim of trafficking for the
55	55	purposes of a commercial sex act, as defined in s. 940.302 (1) (a), under s. 940.302 or
56	56	948.051 or under 22 USC 7101 to 7112.
57	57	(2) From the appropriation under s. 20.455 (5) (dm), the department of justice
58	58	shall award grants to nonprofit organizations to provide support services to
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84	84	SECTION 3
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86	86	trafficking victims. To be eligible for a grant under this subsection, a nonprofit
87	87	organization shall do all of the following:
88	88	(a) Submit an application for a grant to the department of justice that describes
89	89	the organization's efforts to coordinate with local law enforcement agencies and
90	90	includes a proposed plan for expenditure of the grant moneys.
91	91	(b) Provide matching funds that are equal to at least 50 percent of the grant
92	92	amount awarded under this subsection and that come from private funding sources.
93	93	(3) The department of justice may award grants under sub. (2) in the following
94	94	amounts:
95	95	(a) To a nonprofit organization that provides among its services housing
96	96	services, up to $125,000 per fiscal biennium.
97	97	(b) To a nonprofit organization that provides only support services other than
98	98	housing services, up to $50,000 per fiscal biennium.
99	99	(4) (a) In awarding grants under sub. (2), the department of justice shall give
100	100	preference to grant applicants that have a well-established relationship with local
101	101	law enforcement agencies and to grant applicants that are capable of providing
102	102	licensed services with licensed in-house staff or under a contract with a 3rd-party
103	103	provider that oversees provision of licensed services.
104	104	(b) In awarding grants under sub. (2) to nonprofit organizations that provide
105	105	housing services, the department of justice shall give preference to grant applicants
106	106	that have the ability to provide services to the greatest number of trafficking victims.
107	107	(5) The department of justice shall promulgate rules for the administration of
108	108	this section and the distribution of grants under this section, including developing
109	109	additional criteria on which grant awards may be based.
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