Assembly Bill 230
Electronic access by law enforcement agencies to photographs on motor vehicle operators licenses and identification cards
Topics: Data processing, Identification cards, Justice, Department of, Motor vehicle: Driver's license, Police, Transportation, Department of: Vehicles
Became law
The governor signed it on Mar 16, 2010. It's .
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Introduced, passed
Apr 23, 2009
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Assembly vote, passed
Passed Nov 3, 2009
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Senate vote, passed
Passed Mar 2, 2010
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Governor, passed
Signed
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Law, here now
2009 Wisconsin Act 167
Latest entry in the official record, Mar 19, 2010: “Published 3-29-2010”
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What it does
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
With limited exceptions, current law requires the Department of Transportation (DOT) to take a photograph of all applicants for an operator's license or identification card. DOT may keep copies of the photographs for its own use but generally must keep the photographs confidential. However, DOT may release a photograph to the individual whose photograph was taken. In addition, DOT may release a copy of a photograph taken on or after September 1, 1997, to a Wisconsin law enforcement agency, a federal law enforcement agency, or a law enforcement agency of another state upon written request of the agency if certain conditions are satisfied. These conditions generally require that the photograph be requested for specified law enforcement purposes and that certain measures be taken to guard against further disclosure of the photograph.
Also under current law, the Department of Justice (DOJ) administers a transaction information for the management of enforcement (TIME) system that provides law enforcement agencies with access to certain information.
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This bill requires DOT to make available to DOJ, in a digital format, any photograph taken of an operator's license or identification card applicant that is maintained by DOT. The bill requires DOJ to provide for electronic access by Wisconsin law enforcement agencies, federal law enforcement agencies, and law enforcement agencies of other states operator's license and identification card photographs for the administration of criminal justice and for traffic enforcement.
Access to these photographs must be available electronically through the TIME system if the law enforcement agency submits an electronic request satisfying certain conditions. Provisions of current law establishing measures that must be taken to guard against further disclosure of photographs provided to law enforcement agencies also apply to photographs obtained electronically through the TIME system. DOJ and DOT must ensure that, upon submission by law enforcement agencies of electronic requests meeting the requirements under the bill, electronic access to photographs is promptly available to these requesting agencies.
Who's behind it
24 lawmakers are its . 16 are Republicans and 7 are Democrats. 1 has no party on record.
8 more lawmakers .
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Authors (24)
- Alvin Ott · Republican, Assembly
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- Garey Bies · Republican, Assembly
- Edward Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Chris Danou · Democrat, Assembly
- Kristen Dexter · Democrat, Assembly
- Mark Gottlieb · Republican, Assembly
- Mark Gundrum · Republican, Assembly
- Ann Hraychuck · Democrat, Assembly
- Michael Huebsch · Republican, Assembly
- Andy Jorgensen · Democrat, Assembly
- Dean Kaufert · Republican, Assembly
- Daniel LeMahieu · Republican, Assembly
- Thomas Lothian · Republican, Assembly
- Phil Montgomery · Republican, Assembly
- John Murtha · Republican, Assembly
- Don Pridemore · Republican, Assembly
- Kitty Rhoades · Republican, Assembly
- Keith Ripp · Republican, Assembly
- Shilling
- Richard Spanbauer · Republican, Assembly
- John Steinbrink · Democrat, Assembly
- John Townsend · Republican, Assembly
- Terry Van Akkeren · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (8)
- Alan Lasee · Republican, Senate
- Alberta Darling · Republican, Senate
- Sheila Harsdorf · Republican, Senate
- Julie M. Lassa · Democrat, Senate
- John Lehman · Democrat, Senate
- Joe Leibham · Republican, Senate
- Luther S. Olsen · Republican, Senate
- Dale Schultz · Republican, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
Versions and amendments
Every text the Legislature printed for this bill, including proposed changes. Each opens on the Legislature's site.
How lawmakers voted
There were 3 votes on this bill.
Assembly Committee on Transportation vote on an amendment
Passed, 11 to 0 · Sep 16, 2009
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by committee on Transportation, Ayes 11, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Assembly vote to pass it
Passed, 91 to 2 · Nov 3, 2009
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Read a third time and passed, Ayes 91, Noes 2”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Senate Committee on Transportation vote to recommend it
Passed, 7 to 0 · Jan 20, 2010
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report concurrence recommended by committee on Transportation, Tourism, Forestry, and Natural Resources, Ayes 7, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Mar 19, 2010
The new law was published.
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Mar 16, 2010
The governor signed it. It became 2009 Wisconsin Act 167.
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Mar 11, 2010
Sent to the governor.
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Mar 2, 2010
1 more senator signed on in support.
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Mar 2, 2010
The Senate passed it too.
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Jan 20, 2010
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 7 to 0.
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Jan 14, 2010
The committee held a public hearing.
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Nov 9, 2009
Sent to the Senate Committee on Transportation, Tourism, Forestry, and Natural Resources.
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Nov 4, 2009
The Senate received it.
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Nov 3, 2009
The Assembly passed it, 91 to 2.
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Nov 3, 2009
The Assembly adopted it.
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Sep 16, 2009
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Sep 16, 2009
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 11 to 0.
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Jul 20, 2009
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Jul 16, 2009
The committee held a public hearing.
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May 26, 2009
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Apr 23, 2009
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Transportation.
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Apr 23, 2009
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Apr 23, 2009 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Hraychuck, Rhoades, Shilling, Montgomery, Brooks, Berceau, Van Akkeren, Danou, Gottlieb, LeMahieu, Townsend, Huebsch, Pridemore, Lothian, Gundrum, A. Ott, Jorgensen, Spanbauer, Steinbrink, Dexter, Kaufert, Murtha, Ripp and Bies;Cosponsored by Senators Lehman, Olsen, Harsdorf, Leibham, Schultz, Darling and A. Lasee
- Apr 23, 2009 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Transportation
- May 26, 2009 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Jul 16, 2009 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Jul 20, 2009 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Sep 10, 2009 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Sep 10, 2009 · Assembly
Assembly amendment 1 offered by committee on Transportation
- Sep 16, 2009 · Assembly
Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by committee on Transportation, Ayes 11, Noes 0
- Sep 16, 2009 · Assembly
Report passage as amended recommended by committee on Transportation, Ayes 11, Noes 0
- Sep 16, 2009 · Assembly
Referred to committee on Rules
- Oct 29, 2009 · Assembly
Placed on calendar 11-3-2009 by committee on Rules
- Nov 3, 2009 · Assembly
Read a second time
- Nov 3, 2009 · Assembly
Assembly amendment 1 adopted
- Nov 3, 2009 · Assembly
Ordered to a third reading
- Nov 3, 2009 · Assembly
Rules suspended
- Nov 3, 2009 · Assembly
Read a third time and passed, Ayes 91, Noes 2
- Nov 3, 2009 · Assembly
Ordered immediately messaged
- Nov 4, 2009 · Senate
Received from Assembly
- Nov 9, 2009 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Transportation, Tourism, Forestry, and Natural Resources
- Jan 14, 2010 · Senate
Public hearing held
- Jan 20, 2010 · Senate
Executive action taken
- Jan 20, 2010 · Senate
Report concurrence recommended by committee on Transportation, Tourism, Forestry, and Natural Resources, Ayes 7, Noes 0
- Jan 20, 2010 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- Feb 25, 2010 · Senate
Placed on calendar 3-2-2010 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- Mar 2, 2010 · Senate
Read a second time
- Mar 2, 2010 · Senate
Ordered to a third reading
- Mar 2, 2010 · Senate
Rules suspended
- Mar 2, 2010 · Senate
Read a third time and concurred in
- Mar 2, 2010 · Senate
Senator Lassa added as a cosponsor
- Mar 2, 2010 · Senate
Ordered immediately messaged
- Mar 2, 2010 · Assembly
Received from Senate concurred in
- Mar 5, 2010 · Assembly
Report correctly enrolled
- Mar 11, 2010 · Assembly
Presented to the Governor on 3-11-2010
- Mar 16, 2010 · Assembly
Report approved by the Governor on 3-15-2010. 2009 Wisconsin Act 167
- Mar 19, 2010 · Assembly
Published 3-29-2010
Terms on this page
Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.
Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary
From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source
Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote