How the WPPA Evaluates Legislative Activity
It is the responsibility of the WPPA governmental affairs staff to identify items of legislation that impact Wisconsin’s law enforcement community generally, and the WPPA’s membership specifically. Preliminary positions on those bills will be made by the WPPA governmental affairs staff and Executive Director. Those positions will then be considered for ratification by the WPPA Legislative Committee and Board of Directors. All positions so ratified will be included on the legislative report card. Legislation will be weighted by the WPPA Legislative Committee, and legislators will be scored in the following manner:
The WPPA Report Card: How Legislators Are Scored
| Points | |
| Co-sponsoring legislation which we support | 1 |
| Co-sponsoring legislation which we oppose | -2 |
| Committee votes for legislation which we support | 1 |
| Committee votes against legislation which we support | -1 |
| Committee votes for legislation we oppose | -1 |
| Floor votes for legislation which we support | 2 |
| Floor votes against legislation which we support | -2 |
| Floor votes for legislation which we oppose | -2 |
| Floor votes against legislation which we oppose | 2 |
| Procedural votes which bar floor consideration of legislation we support | -2 |
| Procedural votes against barring floor consideration of legislation we support | 2 |
| Procedural votes which bar floor consideration of legislation we oppose | 2 |
| Procedural votes against barring floor consideration of legislation we oppose | -2 |
| Offering amendments which we support | 2 |
| Offering amendments we oppose | -2 |
| Leadership Criteria (for Majority party leaders and committee chairs) | |
| Failure to schedule legislation which we support | -2 |
| Failure to schedule legislation which we oppose | 2 |
Legislators will be eligible for an automatic WPPA PAC endorsement for their reelection to their elected office following a legislative session in which they receive a score of 70 percent or better. Legislators who receive a score of 90 percent or better will be eligible to be named to the “WPPA Legislative Honor Roll” for that particular legislative session. The legislator with the highest overall score will be eligible for a “WPPA Legislator of the Year Award.”
