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Joint Review Committee on Criminal Penalties, Wisconsin State Legislature

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The Joint Review Committee on Criminal Penalties is a standing committee of the Wisconsin State Legislature.

Per the Joint Rules, all joint committees will have one co-chair from each chamber.[1] All committee hearings are open to the public, and advanced notice will be provided if time permits.[2]

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Function

“ If any bill that is introduced in either house of the legislature proposes to create a new crime or revise a penalty for an existing crime and the bill is referred to a standing committee of the house in which it is introduced, the chairperson may request the joint review committee to prepare a report on the bill under par. (b). If the bill is not referred to a standing committee, the speaker of the assembly, if the bill is introduced in the assembly, or the presiding officer of the senate, if the bill is introduced in the senate, may request the joint review committee to prepare a report on the bill under par. (b).[3][4] ”

Membership

2025-2026 legislative session

Joint Review Committee on Criminal Penalties, 2025-2026
Democratic members (2) Republican members (2) Third-party members(0)

2023-2024 legislative session

Joint Review Committee on Criminal Penalties, 2023-2024
Democratic members (2) Republican members (1) Third-party members(0)

2021-2022 legislative session

Joint Review Committee on Criminal Penalties, 2021-2022
Democratic members (2) Republican members (2) Third-party members(0)

The Joint Review on Criminal Penalties Committee is composed of the following members:[5]

  • One majority party member and one minority party member from each house of the legislature, appointed as are the members of standing committees in their respective houses
  • The Attorney General or his or her designee
  • The secretary of corrections or his or her designee
  • The state public defender or his or her designee
  • A reserve judge who resides in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, or 5th judicial administrative district and a reserve judge who resides in the 7th, 8th, 9th, or 10th judicial administrative district, appointed by the supreme court
  • Two members of the public appointed by the governor, one of whom shall have law enforcement experience in this state and one of whom shall be an elected county official.

2019-2020 legislative session

Joint Review Committee on Criminal Penalties, 2019-2020
Democratic members (2) Republican members (1) Third-party members(0)

Rob Hutton (R, Co-Chair) left this committee on January 04, 2021.


2017 legislative session

The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2017 legislative session.

Joint Review on Criminal Penalties Members, 2017
Democratic members (2)Republican members (2)
• Lena Taylor• Adam Jarchow, Co-chair
• Daniel Riemer• Van Wanggaard, Co-chair

2015 legislative session

The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.

2013-2014

2011-2012 Session

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Wisconsin State Legislature, “Joint Rules,” (Joint Rule 22) accessed February 21, 2021
  2. ↑ Wisconsin State Legislature, “Joint Rules,” (Joint Rule 27) accessed February 21, 2021
  3. ↑ Wisconsin State Legislature, "Chapter 13, Legislative Branch," accessed March 2, 2021(Statute 13.525-5)
  4. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
  5. ↑ Wisconsin State Legislature, "Chapter 13, Legislative Branch," accessed March 2, 2021(Statute 13.525-1)


Current members of the Wisconsin State Senate
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Senate President:Mary Felzkowski
Majority Leader:Devin LeMahieu
Minority Leader:Dianne Hesselbein
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Current members of the Wisconsin State Assembly
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Minority Leader:Greta Neubauer
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