Wisconsin 2025-2026 Regular Session

Wisconsin Assembly Bill AB57 Compare Versions

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4	4	2025 ASSEMBLY BILL 57
5	5	February 24, 2025 - Introduced by Representatives ORTIZ-VELEZ, HONG, ARNEY,
6	6	BARE, BROWN, CLANCY, CRUZ, DESMIDT, GOODWIN, HAYWOOD, JOERS, KIRSCH,
7	7	MADISON, MAYADEV, MOORE OMOKUNDE, NEUBAUER, PHELPS, PRADO, RIVERA-
8	8	WAGNER, ROE, SINICKI, SNODGRASS, SUBECK and TENORIO, cosponsored by
9	9	Senators CARPENTER, DRAKE, LARSON and RATCLIFF. Referred to Committee
10	10	on Criminal Justice and Public Safety.
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12	12	*AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*
13	13	AN ACT to create 20.932 of the statutes; relating to: requirements concerning
14	14	assistance in the detention of individuals who are or are alleged to be not
15	15	lawfully present in the United States.
16	16	Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
17	17	Under this bill, no official, employee, or agent of a state agency or other body in
18	18	state government or a local governmental unit, including any law enforcement
19	19	officer, may aid in the detention of an individual if the individual is being detained
20	20	on the sole basis that the individual is or is alleged to be not lawfully present in the
21	21	United States. The bill applies only to a detention that occurs in a public building
22	22	or facility, school, place of worship, place where child care services are provided, or
23	23	place where medical or other health care services are provided. Also, the bill does
24	24	not prohibit any state or local government official from providing access to any place
25	25	or facility as required pursuant to a properly executed judicial warrant.
26	26	The bill further provides that, except as required pursuant to a properly
27	27	executed judicial warrant, no person employed or otherwise lawfully present at a
28	28	public building or facility, school, place of worship, place where child care services
29	29	are provided, or place where medical or other health care services are provided may
30	30	be required to provide access to such facility or place or otherwise aid federal
31	31	officials for purposes of the detention of an individual at such facility or place who is
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38	38	SECTION 1
39	39	being detained on the sole basis that the individual is or is alleged to be not lawfully
40	40	present in the United States.
41	41	Finally, the bill prohibits any state agency or other body in state government
42	42	from expending any moneys to aid in the detention of an individual in this state if
43	43	the individual is being detained on the sole basis that the individual is or is alleged
44	44	to be not lawfully present in the United States.
45	45	The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
46	46	enact as follows:
47	47	SECTION 1. 20.932 of the statutes is created to read:
48	48	20.932 Requirements concerning assistance in the detention of
49	49	certain individuals. (1) DEFINITIONS. In this section:
50	50	(a) XLocal governmental unitY means a political subdivision, a special purpose
51	51	district, an agency or corporation of a political subdivision or special purpose
52	52	district, a school district, or a combination or subunit of any of the foregoing, in this
53	53	state.
54	54	(b) XState agencyY means an association, authority, board, department,
55	55	commission, independent agency, institution, office, society, or other body in state
56	56	government created or authorized to be created by the constitution or any law.
57	57	(2) PROHIBITING ASSISTANCE BY STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS. (a) No official,
58	58	employee, or agent of a state agency or local governmental unit, including any law
59	59	enforcement officer, may aid in the detention of an individual if the individual is
60	60	being detained on the sole basis that the individual is or is alleged to be not lawfully
61	61	present in the United States and the detention occurs in a building or facility owned
62	62	or operated by a state agency or local governmental unit, school, place of worship,
63	63	place where child care services are provided, or place where medical or other health
64	64	care services are provided.
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86	86	SECTION 1
87	87	(b) Paragraph (a) does not prohibit an official, employee, or agent of a state
88	88	agency or local governmental unit from providing access to any place or facility as
89	89	required pursuant to a properly executed judicial warrant.
90	90	(3) NO ASSISTANCE REQUIRED ABSENT JUDICIAL WARRANT. Except as required
91	91	pursuant to a properly executed judicial warrant, no person employed or otherwise
92	92	lawfully present at a facility owned or operated by a state agency or local
93	93	governmental unit, school, place of worship, place where child care services are
94	94	provided, or place where medical or other health care services are provided may be
95	95	required to provide access to such facility or place or otherwise aid federal officials
96	96	for purposes of the detention of an individual at such facility or place who is being
97	97	detained on the sole basis that the individual is or is alleged to be not lawfully
98	98	present in the United States.
99	99	(4) EXPENDITURE OF STATE FUNDS. No state agency may expend moneys to aid
100	100	in the detention of an individual in this state if the individual is being detained on
101	101	the sole basis that the individual is or is alleged to be not lawfully present in the
102	102	United States.
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