An Act to affect 2023 Wisconsin Act 19, section 9427 (1); Relating to: sunset of the community-oriented policing-house grant program.
Summary
SB278 extends the sunset date for Wisconsin’s community-oriented policing-house grant program. Under current law, the Department of Justice awards grants to cities with populations of at least 30,000 to support community-oriented policing-house programs, and the program was scheduled to end on July 1, 2025. This bill changes that end date to July 1, 2027, thereby keeping the grant program in place for two additional years.
The bill is narrow and technical in scope: it amends a single sunset provision in 2023 Wisconsin Act 19 and does not create a new program or change the basic eligibility rules for the grants. Its practical effect is to continue state support for local policing-house initiatives in larger cities and to preserve the associated appropriation/repeal timing tied to the existing statute.
Impact
SB278 delays the repeal of the statutory treatment of s. 165.989 and the related repeal of s. 20.455 (2) (cp) by two years, from July 1, 2025 to July 1, 2027. As a result, the Department of Justice may continue administering community-oriented policing-house grants to eligible cities with populations of at least 30,000 for an additional period, and local governments receiving or seeking these funds would remain eligible under the existing framework.
Sentiment
The available voting history suggests strong bipartisan support and little controversy. The Senate passed the bill unanimously, 32-0, indicating broad agreement to extend the grant program. No committee transcripts were provided, but the absence of recorded opposition and the unanimous floor vote point to a generally favorable view of continuing the program.
Contention
There is no documented substantive opposition in the materials provided. The only likely policy question is whether the grant program should continue beyond its original sunset date, but the unanimous Senate vote suggests that any concerns about cost, effectiveness, or the proper role of state support for community-oriented policing-house programs were not significant enough to generate recorded dissent. Because the bill is a sunset extension rather than a program expansion, it appears to have been treated as a routine continuation measure.
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