SB449: Bill Text

2021 Senate BILL 449

July 7, 2021 - Introduced by Senators Wanggaard, L. Taylor, Kooyenga, Bernier, Ballweg, Cowles, Felzkowski and Feyen, cosponsored by Representatives James, Loudenbeck, Vruwink, Armstrong, Born, Brandtjen, Cabral-Guevara, Dallman, Dittrich, Doyle, Drake, Duchow, Edming, Gundrum, Kuglitsch, Kurtz, Macco, Moses, Murphy, Mursau, L. Myers, Novak, J. Rodriguez, Skowronski, Snyder, Spiros, Tittl and Billings. Referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.

SB449,1,3 An Act to amend 20.455 (2) (f), 118.07 (4) (cf), 165.28 (2) and 165.88 (3) (b); and to create 165.88 (3m) of the statutes; relating to: grants to schools to provide critical incident mapping data to law enforcement agencies.

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau

Current law requires each school board and the governing body of each private school to have in effect a school safety plan. Current law also requires a school board and a governing body of a private school to submit a copy of the most recent blueprints of the school to each local law enforcement agency with jurisdiction over the school and to the office of school safety in the Department of Justice. This bill changes the requirement so that the school board or governing body may provide critical incident mapping data instead of blueprints.

This bill requires DOJ to award grants to school districts and private schools to assist them in submitting critical incident mapping data. The bill requires schools to apply for the grants jointly with a local law enforcement agency with jurisdiction over the school. Grant moneys awarded must be used for site-specific critical incident mapping data to enhance security and increase situational awareness for first responders. The bill requires that mapping data created with grant money must be compatible with platforms and applications used by local, state, and federal public safety officials and must include information to best assist first responders in an emergency, such as building numbers, floors, or room numbers.

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:

SB449,1 Section 1. 20.455 (2) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB449,2,3 20.455 (2) (f) School safety. As a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule to provide grants under s. 165.88 (2).

SB449,2 Section 2. 118.07 (4) (cf) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB449,2,14 118.07 (4) (cf) Upon the creation of a school safety plan under par. (a) and upon each review of a school safety plan under par. (d), a school board shall submit a copy of the most recent blueprints of or critical incident mapping data for each school building and facility in the school district to each local law enforcement agency with jurisdiction over any portion of the school district and to the office of school safety. Upon the creation of a school safety plan under par. (a) and upon each review of a safety plan under par. (d), a governing body of a private school shall submit a copy of the most recent blueprints of or critical incident mapping data for the private school and all of its facilities to each local law enforcement agency with jurisdiction over the private school and to the office of school safety.

SB449,3 Section 3. 165.28 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB449,2,20 165.28 (2) Coordinate with schools under s. 118.07 (4) (cf) and the department of administration to compile blueprints and geographic information system maps or critical incident mapping data for all schools. The office shall keep all blueprints and maps critical incident mapping data confidential unless a law enforcement agency requests access to the blueprints or maps.

SB449,4 Section 4. 165.88 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB449,3,3 165.88 (3) (b) Blueprints of or critical incident mapping data for each school building and facility or, if blueprints or the data were already submitted, a certification that the blueprints items submitted are current.

SB449,5 Section 5. 165.88 (3m) of the statutes is created to read:

SB449,3,9 165.88 (3m) Grants to schools for critical incident mapping data. (a) From the appropriation under s. 20.455 (2) (f), the department of justice shall award grants to school boards and governing bodies of private schools to assist them in complying with the requirement under s. 118.07 (4) (cf) to submit critical incident mapping data to law enforcement agencies and the office of school safety.

SB449,3,13 (b) The department shall accept applications for the grants under this subsection from school district administrators, or governing bodies of private schools, that are working jointly with local law enforcement agencies with jurisdiction over the school.

SB449,3,22 (c) Grant moneys awarded under this subsection must be used for site-specific critical incident mapping data to enhance security and increase situational awareness for first responders. Any mapping data created with grant money under this subsection shall be compatible with platforms and applications used by local, state, and federal public safety officials; may not require local, state, or federal public safety officials, school districts, or private schools to purchase additional software; and shall include information that can best assist first responders in an emergency, such as building numbers, floors, suite designations, room numbers, or other available relevant location information.

SB449,3,25 (d) The department of justice shall submit an annual report to the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance providing an account of the grants awarded under this subsection and the expenditures made with the grant moneys.

SB449,9127 Section 9127. Nonstatutory provisions; Justice.

SB449,4,6 (1) Grant funding. In the 2021-23 fiscal biennium, upon request by the department of justice, the joint committee on finance may supplement the appropriation under s. 20.455 (2) (f) with sufficient funds from s. 20.865 (4) (a), not to exceed $2,000,000 in the biennium, to implement the grant program under s. 165.88 (3m).

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