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2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
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2025 SENATE BILL 894
January 27, 2026 - Introduced by Senators
Drake
,
Carpenter
,
Dassler-Alfheim
,
Hesselbein
,
L. Johnson
,
Larson
,
Pfaff
and
Spreitzer
, cosponsored by Representatives
McGuire
,
Vining
,
Andraca
,
DeSanto
,
DeSmidt
,
Emerson
,
Fitzgerald
,
Goodwin
,
Johnson
,
Joers
,
Miresse
,
Prado
,
Sinicki
,
Stroud
,
Subeck
,
Taylor
and
Udell
. Referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
SB894,1,2
1
An Act
to create
20.455 (5) (dm) and 165.925 of the statutes;
relating to:
a
2
victim protective services grant program and making an appropriation.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill establishes a grant program, administered by the Department of Justice, that provides grants to law enforcement agencies and prosecutorial units to provide protective services to victims of crime, including temporary housing for crime victims. The bill provides $5,147,000 biennially for the grants and authorizes 1.0 additional GPR grants specialist position for DOJ to administer the grants.
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:
SB894,1
3
Section
1
.
20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes: at the appropriate place,
4
insert the following amounts for the purposes indicated:
-
See PDF for table
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6
Section
2
.
20.455 (5) (dm) of the statutes is created to read:
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7
20.455
(5)
(dm)
Crime victim protective services grant program.
Biennially,
8
the amounts in the schedule to provide grants to law enforcement agencies and
9
prosecutorial units under s. 165.925.
SB894,3
10
Section
3
.
165.925 of the statutes is created to read:
SB894,2,12
11
165.925
Crime victim protective services grant program.
(1)
In this
12
section:
SB894,2,13
13
(a) “Crime victim” means a person against whom a crime has been committed.
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14
(b) “Law enforcement agency” has the meaning given in s. 165.85 (2) (bv).
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(c) “Prosecutorial unit” means a prosecutorial unit described in s. 978.01 (1).
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16
(2)
From the appropriation under s. 20.455 (5) (dm), the department of justice
17
shall award grants to law enforcement agencies and prosecutorial units to fund
18
crime victim protective services, including temporary housing for crime victims.
SB894,2,21
19
(3)
The department of justice shall develop criteria that, notwithstanding s.
20
227.10 (1), need not be promulgated as rules under ch. 227 for use in awarding
21
grants under sub. (2).
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22
Section
4
. Nonstatutory provisions.
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23
(
1
)
Authorized positions; crime victim protective services grant
1
program.
The authorized FTE positions for the department of justice are
2
increased by 1.0 GPR grants specialist position, to be funded from the
3
appropriation under s. 20.455 (5) (dm), for the purpose of administering the crime
4
victim protective services grant program under s. 165.925.
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