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WI SB742

Bill

Status

Introduced

12/12/2025

Primary Sponsor

Dora Drake

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Origin

Senate

2025-2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Requires installation of transparent windows (minimum 1.5 square feet, 92% visibility) in all exterior-wall inmate cells at state prisons and county jails by October 1, 2030, provided structural integrity is maintained

  • Mandates 3 hours daily of outdoor viewing time through compliant windows for all inmates, except during lockdowns or solitary confinement

  • Daily viewing requirement can be satisfied through time outdoors, time in a compliant cell, or relocation to another facility area with compliant windows

  • Appropriates $500,000 in FY 2025-26 and $3,000,000 in FY 2026-27 to the Department of Corrections for window installation at state facilities

  • Outdoor viewing requirements take effect 7 months after the bill's effective date

Legislative Description

Inmate access to transparent windows and making an appropriation. (FE)

Last Action

Representative Moore Omokunde added as a cosponsor

1/21/2026

Committee Referrals

Judiciary and Public Safety12/12/2025

Full Bill Text

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