Wisconsin 2025-2026 Regular Session

Wisconsin Senate Bill SB54 Compare Versions

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4	4	2025 SENATE BILL 54
5	5	February 21, 2025 - Introduced by Senators CARPENTER, DRAKE, LARSON and
6	6	RATCLIFF, cosponsored by Representatives ORTIZ-VELEZ, HONG, ARNEY, BARE,
7	7	BROWN, CLANCY, CRUZ, DESMIDT, GOODWIN, HAYWOOD, JOERS, KIRSCH,
8	8	MADISON, MAYADEV, MOORE OMOKUNDE, NEUBAUER, PHELPS, PRADO, RIVERA-
9	9	WAGNER, ROE, SINICKI, SNODGRASS, SUBECK and TENORIO. Referred to
10	10	Committee on Licensing, Regulatory Reform, State and Federal Affairs.
11	11	AN ACT to create 20.932 of the statutes; relating to: requirements concerning
12	12	assistance in the detention of individuals who are or are alleged to be not
13	13	lawfully present in the United States.
14	14	Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
15	15	Under this bill, no official, employee, or agent of a state agency or other body in
16	16	state government or a local governmental unit, including any law enforcement
17	17	officer, may aid in the detention of an individual if the individual is being detained
18	18	on the sole basis that the individual is or is alleged to be not lawfully present in the
19	19	United States. The bill applies only to a detention that occurs in a public building
20	20	or facility, school, place of worship, place where child care services are provided, or
21	21	place where medical or other health care services are provided. Also, the bill does
22	22	not prohibit any state or local government official from providing access to any place
23	23	or facility as required pursuant to a properly executed judicial warrant.
24	24	The bill further provides that, except as required pursuant to a properly
25	25	executed judicial warrant, no person employed or otherwise lawfully present at a
26	26	public building or facility, school, place of worship, place where child care services
27	27	are provided, or place where medical or other health care services are provided may
28	28	be required to provide access to such facility or place or otherwise aid federal
29	29	officials for purposes of the detention of an individual at such facility or place who is
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36	36	being detained on the sole basis that the individual is or is alleged to be not lawfully
37	37	present in the United States.
38	38	Finally, the bill prohibits any state agency or other body in state government
39	39	from expending any moneys to aid in the detention of an individual in this state if
40	40	the individual is being detained on the sole basis that the individual is or is alleged
41	41	to be not lawfully present in the United States.
42	42	The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
43	43	enact as follows:
44	44	SECTION 1. 20.932 of the statutes is created to read:
45	45	20.932 Requirements concerning assistance in the detention of
46	46	certain individuals. (1) DEFINITIONS. In this section:
47	47	(a) XLocal governmental unitY means a political subdivision, a special purpose
48	48	district, an agency or corporation of a political subdivision or special purpose
49	49	district, a school district, or a combination or subunit of any of the foregoing, in this
50	50	state.
51	51	(b) XState agencyY means an association, authority, board, department,
52	52	commission, independent agency, institution, office, society, or other body in state
53	53	government created or authorized to be created by the constitution or any law.
54	54	(2) PROHIBITING ASSISTANCE BY STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS. (a) No official,
55	55	employee, or agent of a state agency or local governmental unit, including any law
56	56	enforcement officer, may aid in the detention of an individual if the individual is
57	57	being detained on the sole basis that the individual is or is alleged to be not lawfully
58	58	present in the United States and the detention occurs in a building or facility owned
59	59	or operated by a state agency or local governmental unit, school, place of worship,
60	60	place where child care services are provided, or place where medical or other health
61	61	care services are provided.
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83	83	SECTION 1
84	84	(b) Paragraph (a) does not prohibit an official, employee, or agent of a state
85	85	agency or local governmental unit from providing access to any place or facility as
86	86	required pursuant to a properly executed judicial warrant.
87	87	(3) NO ASSISTANCE REQUIRED ABSENT JUDICIAL WARRANT. Except as required
88	88	pursuant to a properly executed judicial warrant, no person employed or otherwise
89	89	lawfully present at a facility owned or operated by a state agency or local
90	90	governmental unit, school, place of worship, place where child care services are
91	91	provided, or place where medical or other health care services are provided may be
92	92	required to provide access to such facility or place or otherwise aid federal officials
93	93	for purposes of the detention of an individual at such facility or place who is being
94	94	detained on the sole basis that the individual is or is alleged to be not lawfully
95	95	present in the United States.
96	96	(4) EXPENDITURE OF STATE FUNDS. No state agency may expend moneys to aid
97	97	in the detention of an individual in this state if the individual is being detained on
98	98	the sole basis that the individual is or is alleged to be not lawfully present in the
99	99	United States.
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