Amendment SA8-SSA2-SB45

SB45-SSA2-SA8,9351 Section 9351. Initial applicability; Other.

SB45-SSA2-SA8,31,14 (1) Crime victim services surcharge. The treatment of s. 973.0452 (1) first applies to sentences, periods of probation, or civil forfeitures imposed on the effective date of this subsection.”.

SB45-SSA2-SA8,31,15 12. At the appropriate places, insert all of the following:

SB45-SSA2-SA8,31,16 “Section 93. 16.19 of the statutes is created to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA8,31,23 16.19 Civil legal services. From the appropriation under s. 20.505 (1) (ep), the department shall award grants to the Wisconsin Trust Account Foundation, Inc., to provide civil legal services. The Wisconsin Trust Account Foundation, Inc., shall distribute the amount received as grants to programs that provide civil legal services, and those programs may use the grant funds to match other federal and private grants. The grants may be used only for the purposes for which the funding was provided.

SB45-SSA2-SA8,94 Section 94. 20.505 (1) (ep) of the statutes is created to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA8,32,4 20.505 (1) (ep) Civil legal services. As a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule to provide grants under s. 16.19 to the Wisconsin Trust Account Foundation, Inc., for the provision of civil legal services.”.

SB45-SSA2-SA8,32,5 13. At the appropriate places, insert all of the following:

SB45-SSA2-SA8,32,6 “Section 95. 15.105 (35) of the statutes is created to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA8,32,8 15.105 (35) Office of violence prevention. There is created in the department of administration an office of violence prevention.

SB45-SSA2-SA8,96 Section 96. 16.02 of the statutes is created to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA8,32,11 16.02 Office of violence prevention. (1) Purpose. The office of violence prevention shall coordinate and expand violence prevention activities in this state.

SB45-SSA2-SA8,32,12 (2) Duties. The office of violence prevention shall do all of the following:

SB45-SSA2-SA8,32,13 (a) Establish a violence prevention focus across state government.

SB45-SSA2-SA8,32,17 (b) Collaborate with other state agencies that are interested or active in the reduction of interpersonal violence, including child abuse, elder abuse, violence against youth, domestic violence, gun violence, intimate partner violence, suicide, sexual assault, and gender-based violence.

SB45-SSA2-SA8,32,20 (c) Support the development and implementation of comprehensive, community-based violence prevention initiatives within local units of government across the state, including collaborating with law enforcement agencies.

SB45-SSA2-SA8,32,22 (d) Develop sources of funding beyond state revenues to maintain the office and expand its activities.

SB45-SSA2-SA8,33,2 (e) Create a directory of existing violence prevention services and activities in each county.

SB45-SSA2-SA8,33,7 (f) Support and provide technical assistance to local organizations that provide violence prevention services, including in seeking out and applying for grant funding in support of their initiatives and provide technical assistance and support to the organizations to maximize the organizations’ likelihood of success with their applications.

SB45-SSA2-SA8,33,8 (g) Develop public education campaigns to promote safer communities.

SB45-SSA2-SA8,33,13 (3) Grants. (a) From the appropriation under s. 20.505 (1) (bs), the office of violence prevention shall award grants to support effective violence reduction initiatives in communities across the state, including supporting efforts to reduce gun violence, group violence, suicides, domestic violence, intimate partner violence, and gender-based violence.

SB45-SSA2-SA8,33,18 (b) The grants under this subsection shall be used to support, expand, and replicate evidence-based violence reduction initiatives, including hospital-based violence intervention programs, evidence-based street outreach programs, and focused deterrence strategies, that seek to interrupt the cycles of violence, victimization, and retaliation in order to reduce the incidence of firearm violence.

SB45-SSA2-SA8,33,22 (c) Of the grants the department awards under this section, the department shall award up to $3,000,000 in grants each fiscal year to federally recognized American Indian tribes or bands in this state and organizations affiliated with tribes relating to missing and murdered indigenous women.

SB45-SSA2-SA8,34,3 (d) Of the grants the department awards under this section, the department shall award up to $500,000 in suicide prevention grants each fiscal year to organizations or coalitions of organizations, which may include a city, village, town, county, or federally recognized American Indian tribe or band in this state, for any of the following purposes:

SB45-SSA2-SA8,34,5 1. To train staff at a firearm retailer or firearm range on how to recognize a person who may be considering suicide.

SB45-SSA2-SA8,34,7 2. To provide suicide prevention materials for distribution at a firearm retailer or firearm range.

SB45-SSA2-SA8,34,8 3. To provide voluntary, temporary firearm storage.

SB45-SSA2-SA8,97 Section 97. 20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes: at the appropriate place, insert the following amounts for the purposes indicated:

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SB45-SSA2-SA8,98 Section 98. 20.505 (1) (bp) of the statutes is created to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA8,34,21 20.505 (1) (bp) Office of violence prevention; general program operations. The amounts in the schedule for the general program operations of the office of violence prevention.

SB45-SSA2-SA8,99 Section 99. 20.505 (1) (bs) of the statutes is created to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA8,35,2 20.505 (1) (bs) Office of violence prevention; violence reduction initiative grants. The amounts in the schedule for violence reduction initiative grants awarded under s. 16.02 (3).

SB45-SSA2-SA8,9101 Section 9101. Nonstatutory provisions; Administration.

SB45-SSA2-SA8,35,6 (1) Position authorization; office of violence prevention. The authorized FTE positions for the department of administration are increased by 7. GPR positions to staff the office of violence prevention.

SB45-SSA2-SA8,35,8 (2) Task force on missing and murdered African American women and girls.

SB45-SSA2-SA8,35,11 (a) Definition. In this subsection, “nongovernmental organization” means a nonprofit, nongovernmental organization that provides legal, social, or other community services.

SB45-SSA2-SA8,35,16 (b) Membership. There is created a task force on missing and murdered African American women and girls. The task force shall consist of the following members, who are knowledgeable in crime victims rights or violence protection, and who shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the governor unless otherwise specified:

SB45-SSA2-SA8,35,18 1. Two members of the senate, one appointed by the majority leader and one appointed by the minority leader.

SB45-SSA2-SA8,35,20 2. Two members of the assembly, one appointed by the speaker of the assembly and one appointed by the minority leader.

SB45-SSA2-SA8,35,21 3. Two representatives from among the following:

SB45-SSA2-SA8,35,22 a. The Wisconsin Chiefs of Police Association.

SB45-SSA2-SA8,35,23 b. The Badger State Sheriffs’ Association.

SB45-SSA2-SA8,36,1 c. The division of criminal investigation within the department of justice.

SB45-SSA2-SA8,36,2 4. One or more representatives from among the following:

SB45-SSA2-SA8,36,3 a. The Wisconsin District Attorneys Association.

SB45-SSA2-SA8,36,4 b. A U.S. Attorney’s office in this state.

SB45-SSA2-SA8,36,5 c. A judge or attorney working in juvenile court.

SB45-SSA2-SA8,36,7 5. A county coroner or representative from a statewide coroner’s association or a representative of the department of health services.

SB45-SSA2-SA8,36,8 6. Three or more representatives from among the following:

SB45-SSA2-SA8,36,10 a. A statewide or local organization that provides legal services to African American women and girls.

SB45-SSA2-SA8,36,12 b. A statewide or local organization that provides advocacy or counseling for African American women and girls who have been victims of violence.

SB45-SSA2-SA8,36,14 c. A statewide or local organization that provides nonlegal services to African American women and girls.

SB45-SSA2-SA8,36,15 d. The Wisconsin Coalition Against Sexual Assault.

SB45-SSA2-SA8,36,16 e. End Domestic Abuse Wisconsin.

SB45-SSA2-SA8,36,17 f. An African American woman who is a survivor of gender violence.

SB45-SSA2-SA8,36,18 (c) Operation.

SB45-SSA2-SA8,36,23 1. The task force shall elect a chair and vice-chair from among the members of the task force and may elect other officers as necessary. The task force shall convene within 30 days after it is established and shall meet at least quarterly thereafter, or upon the call of its chair, and may hold meetings throughout the state. The task force shall meet sufficiently to accomplish the duties identified in par. (d).

SB45-SSA2-SA8,37,4 2. The department of administration shall provide administrative support services to the task force. The task force may call upon any state agency or officer to assist the task force, and those agencies or officers shall cooperate with the task force to the fullest extent possible.

SB45-SSA2-SA8,37,7 3. The department of administration shall reimburse members of the task force for their actual and necessary expenses incurred in carrying out their functions.

SB45-SSA2-SA8,37,8 (d) Duties.

SB45-SSA2-SA8,37,9 1. The task force shall examine all of the following topics:

SB45-SSA2-SA8,37,14 a. The systemic causes behind violence that African American women and girls experience, including patterns and underlying factors that explain why disproportionately high levels of violence occur against African American women and girls, including underlying historical, generational, social, economic, institutional, and cultural factors that may contribute to the violence.

SB45-SSA2-SA8,37,17 b. Appropriate methods for tracking and collecting data on violence against African American women and girls, including data on missing and murdered African American women and girls.

SB45-SSA2-SA8,37,21 c. Policies and institutions such as policing, child welfare, coroner practices, and other governmental practices that impact violence against African American women and girls and the investigation and prosecution of crimes of gender violence against African American people.

SB45-SSA2-SA8,37,23 d. Measures necessary to address and reduce violence against African American women and girls.

SB45-SSA2-SA8,38,3 e. Measures to help victims, victims’ families, and victims’ communities prevent and heal from violence that occurs against African American women and girls.

SB45-SSA2-SA8,38,5 2. The task force shall, by December 31, 2025, and December 31, 2026, submit to the governor a report that includes all of the following:

SB45-SSA2-SA8,38,7 a. Proposed institutional policies and practices that are effective in reducing gender violence and increasing the safety of African American women and girls.

SB45-SSA2-SA8,38,9 b. Recommendations to eliminate violence against African American women and girls.

SB45-SSA2-SA8,38,11 c. Recommendations to help victims and communities heal from gender violence and violence against African American women and girls.

SB45-SSA2-SA8,38,19 3. In accomplishing the tasks in subds. 1. and 2., the task force shall seek out and enlist the cooperation and assistance of nongovernmental organizations, community and advocacy organizations working with the African American community, and academic researchers and experts, specifically those specializing in violence against African American women and girls, representing diverse communities disproportionately affected by violence against women and girls, or focusing on issues related to gender violence and violence against African American women and girls.”.

SB45-SSA2-SA8,38,20 14. At the appropriate places, insert all of the following:

SB45-SSA2-SA8,38,21 “Section 100. 16.311 of the statutes is created to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA8,39,10 16.311 Supplement for crime victim services grants. (1) From the appropriation under s. 20.505 (1) (e), the secretary may supplement s. 20.455 (5) (km) if the secretary determines that the moneys received from the federal government for crime victim assistance under 34 USC 20103, together with the moneys received in each fiscal year from the crime victim services surcharge under s. 973.0452, are insufficient to provide grants to crime victim services organizations under s. 165.935. If the secretary determines under this subsection that moneys received are insufficient, the secretary shall determine the amount of the supplement, but the secretary may not determine an amount that is larger than the difference between $44,500,000 and the sum of the moneys received in each fiscal year under 34 USC 20103 plus the moneys received in each fiscal year under s. 973.0452.

SB45-SSA2-SA8,39,12 (2) In determining under sub. (1) whether the moneys received are insufficient, the secretary may consider any factor, including:

SB45-SSA2-SA8,39,13 (a) The needs of rural and urban communities.

SB45-SSA2-SA8,39,15 (b) The amount of funding that a crime victim services organization receives as a percentage of its operating budget from the state or federal government.

SB45-SSA2-SA8,39,17 (c) The degree to which the services of a crime victim services organization are coordinated with other resources in the community and state.

SB45-SSA2-SA8,39,20 (d) The degree to which the services of a crime victim services organization are provided either directly or through a contract, subcontract, service agreement, or collaborative agreement with other organizations, entities, or individuals.

SB45-SSA2-SA8,101 Section 101. 20.455 (5) (gL) of the statutes is created to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA8,39,24 20.455 (5) (gL) Grants for crime victim services. All moneys received from the crime victim services surcharge imposed under s. 973.0452 for the purpose of awarding grants under s. 165.935.

SB45-SSA2-SA8,102 Section 102. 20.455 (5) (km) of the statutes is created to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA8,40,4 20.455 (5) (km) Grants for crime victim services supplement — state funds. All moneys transferred from the appropriation account under s. 20.505 (1) (e) for the purposes of awarding grants under s. 165.935.

SB45-SSA2-SA8,103 Section 103. 20.505 (1) (e) of the statutes is created to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA8,40,9 20.505 (1) (e) Supplement to crime victim services grant program. A sum sufficient not to exceed in each fiscal year the amount determined under s. 16.311 (1) to supplement the crime victim services grant program under s. 165.935 as provided in s. 16.311.

SB45-SSA2-SA8,104 Section 104. 165.935 of the statutes is created to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA8,40,14 165.935 Crime victim services grants. (1) The department of justice shall award grants to eligible organizations from the appropriations under s. 20.455 (5) (gL) and (km) to provide services for crime victims. The department of justice shall award grants under this section in a manner consistent with 34 USC 20103.

SB45-SSA2-SA8,40,17 (2) An organization is eligible for a grant under this section if the department of justice determines that the organization meets the criteria under 34 USC 20103 (b).