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2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
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2025 SENATE BILL 1065
February 26, 2026 - Introduced by Senators
Wall
,
Larson
,
Pfaff
,
Ratcliff
,
Roys
and
Spreitzer
, cosponsored by Representatives
Miresse
,
Mursau
,
Steffen
,
Emerson
,
Franklin
,
Joers
,
McCarville
,
Rivera-Wagner
,
Roe
,
Sinicki
,
Spaude
and
Stubbs
. Referred to Committee on Education.
SB1065,1,5
1
An Act
to repeal
165.88 (3m) (d);
to amend
101.149 (3) (a), 101.149 (3) (am),
2
101.149 (7) and 165.88 (4);
to create
101.149 (2) (b) and 165.88 (3r) of the
3
statutes;
relating to:
requiring carbon monoxide detectors in child care
4
centers and schools, grants for placing carbon monoxide detectors in schools,
5
and making an appropriation.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill requires the use of carbon monoxide detectors in child care centers and public and private elementary and secondary schools that are served by a fuel-burning appliance. Carbon monoxide detectors required in a building designed after the bill’s effective date must be permanently powered by the building’s electrical system. In addition, the bill requires that the carbon monoxide detectors installed bear a listing mark from Underwriters Laboratories, Inc., or a similar independent product safety certification organization. The bill also requires owners of child care centers and public and private elementary and secondary schools to reasonably maintain all carbon monoxide detectors as specified in the detectors’ instructions.
Under current law, generally, carbon monoxide detectors are required in dwellings with an attached garage, a fireplace, or a fuel-burning appliance. Carbon monoxide detectors are also required in public buildings that are used for sleeping or lodging purposes and that contain a fuel-burning appliance, a fuel-burning forced-air furnace, or an attached garage.
Under current law, the Department of Justice awards grants to schools for improving school safety and for submitting interactive critical mapping data for school buildings and facilities to law enforcement agencies and DOJ. The bill requires DOJ to award grants to schools for expenditures related to the requirement created by the bill to have carbon monoxide detectors in their buildings.
For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SB1065,1
1
Section
1
.
101.149 (2) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
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2
101.149
(2)
(b)
Elementary and secondary schools and child care centers.
3
Carbon monoxide detectors shall be provided in public and private elementary and
4
secondary schools that are served by a fuel-burning appliance and in child care
5
centers licensed under s. 48.65 that are served by a fuel-burning appliance. Carbon
6
monoxide detectors shall be installed in each room containing a fuel-burning
7
appliance and shall satisfy all of the following:
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8
1. For a building designed before the effective date of this subdivision .... [LRB
9
inserts date], the carbon monoxide detectors shall satisfy any of the following:
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10
a. The carbon monoxide detectors shall be powered by batteries.
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11
b. The carbon monoxide detectors shall be permanently powered by the
12
building’s electrical system and be monitored by any fire alarm system required for
13
the building.
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14
2. For a building designed on or after the effective date of this subdivision ....
15
[LRB inserts date], the carbon monoxide detectors shall be permanently powered by
1
the building’s electrical system and be monitored by any fire alarm system required
2
for the building.
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3
3. The carbon monoxide detectors shall bear an Underwriters Laboratories,
4
Inc., listing mark or similar mark from an independent product safety certification
5
organization.
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6
Section
2
.
101.149 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1065,3,10
7
101.149
(3)
(a) The owner of a residential building
or a building described in
8
sub. (2) (b)
shall reasonably maintain every carbon monoxide detector in the
9
residential
building in the manner specified in the instructions for the carbon
10
monoxide detector.
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11
Section
3
.
101.149 (3) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:
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12
101.149
(3)
(am) If any person certified under s. 101.12 (4) or 101.14 (4r) gives
13
written notice to an owner of a residential building
or a building described in sub.
14
(2) (b)
that a carbon monoxide detector in the
residential
building is not functional,
15
the owner shall provide, within 5 days after receipt of that notice, any maintenance
16
necessary to make that carbon monoxide detector functional.
SB1065,4
17
Section
4
.
101.149 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
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18
101.149
(7)
Inspection.
To ensure compliance with subs. (2) and (3), the
19
department or a person certified under s. 101.12 (4) or 101.14 (4r)
may inspect a
20
building described in sub. (2) (b),
may inspect the common area of residential
21
buildings
,
and may inspect a unit within
such buildings
a residential building
at
22
the request of the owner or occupant of the unit to be inspected.
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23
Section
5
.
165.88 (3m) (d) of the statutes is repealed.
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24
Section
6
.
165.88 (3r) of the statutes is created to read:
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1
165.88
(3r)
Grants to schools for carbon monoxide detectors.
(a)
2
From the appropriation under s. 20.455 (2) (f), the department of justice shall
3
award grants of up to $3,000 to schools to assist them in complying with s. 101.149
4
(2) (b).
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5
(b) The department shall accept applications for the grants under this
6
subsection from school boards, operators of independent charter schools, governing
7
bodies of private schools, and tribal schools.
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8
(c) Grant moneys awarded under this subsection shall be used to acquire or
9
install carbon monoxide detectors to comply with s. 101.149 (2) (b).
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10
Section
7
.
165.88 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
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11
165.88
(4)
Report.
The department of justice shall submit an annual report
12
to the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance providing an account of the
13
grants awarded under
sub. (2)
this section
and the expenditures made with the
14
grant moneys.
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15
Section
8
. Fiscal changes.
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16
(
1
)
Grants for carbon monoxide detectors in schools.
In the schedule
17
under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of justice under s.
18
20.455 (2) (f), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2025-26 is increased by $75,000 to
19
award grants under s. 165.88 (3r).
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20
Section
9
. Effective date.
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21
(
1
)
This act takes effect on the first day of the 7th month beginning after
22
publication.
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23
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