Assembly Bill 819
Prohibiting social security numbers on instruments under the corporate registration system and on records under Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code
Topics: Commercial code, Corporation, Financial Institutions, Department of, Social security
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
Mar 9, 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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Senate Joint Resolution 1
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Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
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Signed on in support
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Roll call
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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.
This bill prohibits the Department of Financial Institutions (DFI) from recording in its corporate registration system any instrument containing an individual's social security number (SSN). If DFI is presented with an instrument containing an SSN, the bill allows DFI, prior to recording the instrument in the system, to remove or obscure characters from the SSN so that it is not discernable on the instrument. The bill also provides that, if DFI does not discover an SSN on an instrument until after DFI has recorded the instrument in the system, DFI is not liable for the instrument drafter's placement of the SSN on the instrument, and DFI is allowed to remove or obscure characters from the SSN so that it is not discernable on the instrument. In addition, if DFI records an instrument in the system containing a complete SSN, the bill provides that the drafter of the instrument is liable for actual damages resulting from the instrument being recorded.
The bill creates comparable provisions for records under the state's version of Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code, which deals with secured transactions.
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The bill prohibits an office in which financing statements are to be filed under Article 9, which is referred to as a "filing office" and which is, with certain exceptions, DFI, from filing or indexing a record containing an individual's SSN. If a filing office is presented with a record containing an SSN, the filing office may, prior to filing and indexing, remove or obscure characters as described above. If a filing office discovers an SSN on a record after filing and indexing, the filing office may also remove or obscure characters, and the filing office is not liable for the record drafter's placement of the SSN on the record. In addition, if a filing office files or indexes a record containing a complete SSN, the drafter of the record is liable for actual damages resulting from the record being filed and indexed. The bill also eliminates references to SSNs on forms used for filing and amending financing statements.
Who's behind it
7 representatives are its . 4 are Democrats and 3 are Republicans.
4 more lawmakers .
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Authors (7)
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- Jason Fields · Democrat, Assembly
- Thomas Lothian · Republican, Assembly
- Sondy Pope · Democrat, Assembly
- John Townsend · Republican, Assembly
- Robin Vos · Republican, Assembly
- Ted Zigmunt · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (4)
- Alan Lasee · Republican, Senate
- Jeffrey Plale · Democrat, Senate
- Jim Sullivan · Democrat, Senate
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
How lawmakers voted
There was one vote on this bill.
Assembly Committee on Financial Institutions vote to recommend it
Passed, 10 to 0 · Apr 9, 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 Financial Institutions, Ayes 10, 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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Apr 9, 2010
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Apr 9, 2010
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 10 to 0.
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Mar 24, 2010
The committee held a public hearing.
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Mar 9, 2010
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Financial Institutions.
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Mar 9, 2010
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Mar 9, 2010 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Fields, Zigmunt, Vos, Berceau, Pope-Roberts, Townsend and Lothian;Cosponsored by Senators Sullivan, A. Lasee, Taylor and Plale
- Mar 9, 2010 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Financial Institutions
- Mar 24, 2010 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Apr 7, 2010 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Apr 9, 2010 · Assembly
Report passage recommended by committee on Financial Institutions, Ayes 10, Noes 0
- Apr 9, 2010 · Assembly
Referred to committee on Rules
- 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
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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote