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WI AB444
Bill
Status
9/19/2025
Primary Sponsor
Christian Phelps
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AI Summary
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Prohibits state agencies, political subdivisions (cities, villages, towns, counties), and county sheriffs from using their facilities to detain individuals solely based on immigration status
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Bars the federal government from using any state or locally owned facility, including jails and prisons, to hold individuals for immigration-related detention
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Prohibits expenditure of state or local funds to establish, operate, or assist in operating immigrant detention facilities in Wisconsin
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Creates new statute section 20.935 in Wisconsin law; referred to Committee on Corrections
Legislative Description
Prohibitions concerning use of state and local facilities to detain individuals on the basis of immigration status.
Last Action
Representative McCarville added as a coauthor
2/11/2026