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Special Committee on Supervised Release and Discharge of Sexually Violent Persons

Chair: Rep. Patricia A. Strachota
Vice Chair: Sen. Alberta Darling
Legislative Council Staff:  Katie Bender-Olson and Michael Queensland
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The Special Committee is directed to review the current process for granting supervised release and discharging persons who have been committed as sexually violent persons under ch. 980, Stats. The committee shall: determine what level of judicial input regarding the determination whether to grant a sexually violent person supervised release or discharge from a civil commitment under ch. 980 is appropriate; review the criteria for determining whether a person is fit for supervised release and determine whether this criteria should be modified; and review the criteria for determining whether a person should be discharged from his or her civil commitment to determine whether the criteria are appropriate.


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Joint Legislative Council Report to the Legislature
  • Joint Legislative Council's Report of the Special Committee on Supervised Release and Discharge of Sexually Violent Persons JLCR-2013-03 (February 19, 2013).
  • 2013 Assembly Bill 28
Results of January 16, 2013 Joint Legislative Council Meeting
Recommendation to the Joint Legislative Council (January 16, 2013)
  • Report to the Joint Legislative Council, LCR 2013-03, Special Committee on Supervised Release and Discharge of Sexually Violent Persons (January 7, 2013).
  • WLC: 0051/1, relating to criteria for supervised release from commitment as sexually violent persons under chapter 980, placement of females committed as sexually violent persons, and permitted outings under direct supervision for individuals on supervised release from commitment; supervised release and discharge of individuals committed as sexually violent persons under chapter 980.
December 12, 2012 Mail Ballot
  • WLC: 0051/1, relating to criteria for supervised release from commitment as sexually violent persons under chapter 980, placement of females committed as sexually violent persons, and permitted outings under direct supervision for individuals on supervised release from commitment; supervised release and discharge of individuals committed as sexually violent persons under chapter 980.
  • Mail ballot.
  • Notice of mail ballot.
  • Results of mail ballot.
November 14, 2012 Meeting
October 4, 2012 Meeting
  • Memo No. 1, Options for Study Committee Consideration (dated September 27, 2012).
  • Handout, Potential Modifications to Ch. 980 for Consideration by the Special Committee on Supervised Release and Discharge of Sexually Violent Persons, distributed by the Department of Justice.
  • Presentation, Review of Chapter 980 Supervised Release and Discharge, by Judge Michael O. Bohren, Waukesha County (October 4, 2012).
  • Handout distributed by Public Member Frank Liska.
September 19, 2012 Meeting
  • Handout, Chapter 980:  Commitment of Sexually Violent Persons, provided by Vincent Rust, Assistant State Public Defender, La Crosse Trial Office, Office of the State Public Defender.
  • Handout, Supervised Release Rules, provided by Vincent Rust, Assistant State Public Defender, La Crosse Trial Office, Office of the State Public Defender.
  • Presentation, Department of Corrections, by Grace Roberts, Director of Sex Offender Programs for the Division of Community Corrections.
  • Notes by Holly Bunch, Assistant District Attorney, 980 Unit, Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office (September 19, 2012).
August 8, 2012 Meeting
  • Staff Brief 2012-06, Supervised Release and Discharge of Sexually Violent Persons (August 2, 2012).
  • Testimony by Michael G. Schaefer, Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice (August 8, 2012).
  • Presentation, Department of Health Services - Wisconsin Sexually Violent Persons Program Sand Ridge Secure Treatment Center, by Deborah McCulloch, Director, and Lloyd Sinclair, Court Assessment and Community Programs Director, Sand Ridge Secure Treatment Center (August 8, 2012).