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2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
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2025 SENATE BILL 846
January 15, 2026 - Introduced by Senators
Nass
and
Tomczyk
, cosponsored by Representatives
Kreibich
,
O'Connor
,
Dittrich
,
Wichgers
,
Tucker
,
Piwowarczyk
,
Behnke
and
Green
. Referred to Committee on Licensing, Regulatory Reform, State and Federal Affairs.
SB846,1,3
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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:
SB846,1
4
Section
1
.
165.85 (4) (a) 2m. of the statutes is created to read:
SB846,2,2
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.
SB846,2,3
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