On May 9, 2025, the Wisconsin Law Enforcement Memorial hosted a ceremony on the North Hamilton Street Capitol walkway. Program includes: Welcome – Officer Craig Kolbeck, Green Bay Police Department, Chairman, Wisconsin Law Enforcement Memorial, Inc. Speaker – Moffat County Sheriff’s Office Lt. Tim Jantz, Son of Officer James Jantz Sauk County Sheriff’s Office, End […]
On May 7, 2025, the Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety held a public hearing on the following: Assembly Bill 242 Relating to: tampering with telecommunication or electric wires and providing a penalty. Assembly Bill 53 Relating to: special circumstances battery to a community service officer and providing a penalty. Assembly Bill 171 […]
On May 7, 2025, the Assembly Committee on Judiciary held a public hearing on the following: Assembly Bill 34 Relating to: court-issued criminal complaints in officer-involved deaths. Assembly Bill 88 Relating to: civil action for injury or damages resulting from riot or vandalism, participation in a riot, prohibiting certain limitations or restrictions on law enforcement […]
On May 6, 2025, the Senate Committee on Transportation and Local Government held a public hearing on the following: Department of Transportation Design Build Report – DOT Design Build Report submission which was referred to the committee for review under s. 84.062(2)(e) of the Wisconsin Statutes. Senate Bill 170 Relating to: rehired annuitants in the […]
On April 30, 2025, the Senate Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety held a public hearing on the following: Senate Bill 144 Relating to: eliminating a judgeship from district IV of the court of appeals and establishing an additional judgeship for district III of the court of appeals Senate Bill 146 Relating to: prohibiting persons […]
On April 29, 2025, the Assembly Committee on Workforce Development, Labor, and Integrated Employment held a public hearing on the following: Assembly Bill 36 Relating to: law enforcement and firefighter annuitants in the Wisconsin Retirement System who are rehired by a participating employer Assembly Bill 146 Relating to: requests for information from employers about unemployment […]
On October 30, 2024, the Study Committee on Emergency Detention and Civil Commitment of Minors met on the following agenda: Presentations by invited speakers: Jenny Walczak, Director of Mental and Behavioral Health Integration, Children’s Wisconsin David Whelan, MSW, Vice President of Child Well-Being, Children’s Wisconsin, Institute for Child and Family Well-Being Matthew Stanford, General Counsel, […]
On September 25, 2024, the Legislative Council Study Committee on Emergency Detention and Civil Commitment of Minors met on the following agenda: Presentations by invited speakers: Elizabeth Manley, LSW, Faculty and Senior Advisor for Health and Behavioral Health Policy, University of Connecticut Kathy Markeland, Executive Director, and Emily Coddington, Associate Director, Wisconsin Association of Family […]
On September 17, 2024, the John K. MacIver Institute for Public Policy hosted a news conference to highlight the state’s election laws. Invited speakers include: Congressmen Tom Tiffany, elected members of law enforcement, and other lawmakers.
On May 10, 2024, the Wisconsin Law Enforcement Memorial sponsored a ceremony on the North Hamilton Street Capitol walkway.
On February 27, 2024, the Senate Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety held an executive session on the following: Senate Bill 926 / Assembly Bill 965: picketing or parading at the residence of a judge with the intent to interfere with, obstruct, or impede the administration of justice or influence any judge and providing a […]