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citizenship as a requirement to be employed as a law enforcement officer or tribal law enforcement officer

citizenship as a requirement to be employed as a law enforcement officer or tribal law enforcement officer

Did Not Pass

The latest official action shows that this bill did not move forward in that session.

Sponsor
Representatives Kreibich, Behnke, Piwowarczyk, Tucker, Wichgers, Dittrich, O'Connor and Green, cosponsored by Senators Nass and Tomczyk
Last action
2026-03-23
Official status
A - Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Effective date
Not listed

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citizenship as a requirement to be employed as a law enforcement officer or tribal law enforcement officer

citizenship as a requirement to be employed as a law enforcement officer or tribal law enforcement officer Status: A - Criminal Justice and Public Safety

What This Bill Does

  • citizenship as a requirement to be employed as a law enforcement officer or tribal law enforcement officer Status: A - Criminal Justice and Public Safety

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  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-03-23 Asm.

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

  2. 2026-01-16 Asm.

    Introduced by Representatives Kreibich , Behnke , Piwowarczyk , Tucker , Wichgers , Dittrich , O'Connor and Green ; cosponsored by Senators Nass and Tomczyk

  3. 2026-01-16 Asm.

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety

Official Summary Text

citizenship as a requirement to be employed as a law enforcement officer or tribal law enforcement officer
Status: A - Criminal Justice and Public Safety

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2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
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2025 ASSEMBLY BILL 843
January 16, 2026 - Introduced by Representatives
Kreibich
,
Behnke
,
Piwowarczyk
,
Tucker
,
Wichgers
,
Dittrich
,
O'Connor
and
Green
, cosponsored by Senators
Nass
and
Tomczyk
. Referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety.
AB843,1,3
1
An Act

to create
165.85 (4) (a) 2m. of the statutes;
relating to:
citizenship as
2
a requirement to be employed as a law enforcement officer or tribal law
3
enforcement officer.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, no person may be employed as a deputy sheriff of any county or police officer for any city, village, or town unless that person is a citizen of the United States. This citizenship requirement does not apply to state-level law enforcement officers.
This bill provides that no person may be employed as a law enforcement officer or tribal law enforcement officer in this state unless that person is a citizen of the United States. This includes traffic officers of the state traffic patrol, conservation wardens, and other state law enforcement officers.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
AB843,1
4
Section

1
.
165.85 (4) (a) 2m. of the statutes is created to read:
AB843,2,2
1
165.85
(4)
(a) 2m. No person may be employed as a law enforcement officer or
2
tribal law enforcement officer unless that person is a citizen of the United States.
AB843,2,3
3
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