Assembly Bill 685
Using an electronic signature on a criminal complaint
Topics: Court: Procedure, Data processing
Stopped before the full Assembly voted
The recommended passing it, but the full Assembly never voted on it. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Jan 25, 2010
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Assembly vote, stopped here
Stopped here. The full Assembly never voted on it.
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Senate vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Apr 28, 2010: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
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Committee
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Senate Joint Resolution 1
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Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
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Author
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Signed on in support
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Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
Cost estimate
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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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Under current law, a criminal prosecution is begun when a criminal complaint is filed with a court. The complaint is a written statement of the essential facts constituting the offense charged. The person who provides the information contained in the complaint swears to the truth of the information before the district attorney or a judge.
Current law allows the person to swear to the truth of the statement in the complaint by telephone contact with the district attorney or judge if the person signs the statement, sends the original signed statement to the district attorney or judge, and sends a copy of the signed statement to the district attorney or judge via a facsimile machine. Subsequently, if the complaint is filed, both the original and the facsimile copy of the signed statement are filed with the court.
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Under this bill, a person may swear to the truth of the statement by telephone contact with a district attorney or judge and may transmit a copy of the statement electronically, accompanied by an electronic signature, to the district attorney or judge. Under the bill, a statement that has been signed and transmitted electronically may be incorporated into a complaint that is filed with the court electronically or in paper form.
Who's behind it
11 representatives are its . 7 are Republicans and 4 are Democrats.
5 more lawmakers .
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Authors (11)
- Alvin Ott · Republican, Assembly
- Garey Bies · Republican, Assembly
- Gary Hebl · Democrat, Assembly
- Dean Kaufert · Republican, Assembly
- Samantha Kerkman · Republican, Assembly
- Louis Molepske Jr. · Democrat, Assembly
- Sondy Pope · Democrat, Assembly
- Keith Ripp · Republican, Assembly
- John Townsend · Republican, Assembly
- Robert Turner · Democrat, Assembly
- Karl Van Roy · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (5)
- Robert Jauch · Democrat, Senate
- John Lehman · Democrat, Senate
- Dale Schultz · Republican, Senate
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
- Kathleen Vinehout · Democrat, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
How lawmakers voted
There was one vote on this bill.
Assembly Committee on Judiciary and Ethics vote to recommend it
Passed, 9 to 0 · Feb 24, 2010
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report passage recommended by committee on Judiciary and Ethics, Ayes 9, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Apr 28, 2010
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Feb 24, 2010
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Feb 24, 2010
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 9 to 0.
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Feb 9, 2010
The committee held a public hearing.
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Feb 8, 2010
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Jan 25, 2010
1 more senator signed on in support.
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Jan 25, 2010
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Judiciary and Ethics.
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Jan 25, 2010
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Jan 25, 2010 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Hebl, Turner, Pope-Roberts, Molepske Jr., Van Roy, Kerkman, Townsend, Bies, A. Ott, Ripp and Kaufert;Cosponsored by Senators Jauch, Lehman, Taylor and Schultz
- Jan 25, 2010 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary and Ethics
- Jan 25, 2010 · Assembly
Senator Vinehout added as a cosponsor
- Feb 8, 2010 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Feb 9, 2010 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Feb 16, 2010 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Feb 24, 2010 · Assembly
Report passage recommended by committee on Judiciary and Ethics, Ayes 9, Noes 0
- Feb 24, 2010 · Assembly
Referred to committee on Rules
- Mar 2, 2010 · Assembly
Placed on calendar 3-4-2010 by committee on Rules
- Mar 4, 2010 · Assembly
Laid on the table
- Apr 28, 2010 · Assembly
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Terms on this page
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. 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
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1
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