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WI AB741
Bill
Status
12/3/2025
Primary Sponsor
Shelia Stubbs
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AI Summary
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Department of Corrections must stock commissaries with at least 2 varieties of 18 personal hygiene products (deodorant, shampoo, toothpaste, razors, etc.) priced at no more than 125% of the state's highest-grossing retailer's price
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Culturally sensitive products for types 2, 3, and 4 hair (shampoo, conditioner, natural hair oil, shaving cream, bar soap, cocoa-butter lotion) must be sold at no more than 100% of benchmark retailer prices
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Each state correctional institution inmate receives a $25 monthly stipend to purchase personal hygiene products from the commissary
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County jails and houses of correction must offer the same products at the same prices, with inmates receiving the $25 monthly stipend beginning on their 91st day of confinement
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Appropriates $6,450,000 to DOC in fiscal year 2025-26 and $6,450,000 in fiscal year 2026-27 ($12.9 million total) to fund the stipend program
Legislative Description
Personal hygiene products for inmates of state correctional institutions and county jails and houses of correction and making an appropriation. (FE)
Last Action
Public hearing held
1/7/2026