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SB 617

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creating a privilege for communications to veteran mentors.

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Senate, completed
  3. Passes Assembly, completed
  4. Governor signs, completed
  5. Law, completed

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, a communication between certain persons, such as between

spouses, between a lawyer and client, and between a patient and a physician, is

considered privileged and may not be disclosed without permission of the person who

made the communication. The spouse, client, or patient may prevent the disclosure

of the privileged communication, with certain exceptions.

This bill creates a privilege against disclosure of a communication made

between a veteran or a member of the armed forces or national guard and a veteran

mentor. A veteran mentor is a veteran who is authorized by a circuit court judge to

provide assistance and advice to a veteran or a member of the armed forces or

national guard regarding court-related matters. To be a veteran mentor, the person

must have completed a judicially approved veterans mentoring training program

and completed a background information form approved by a circuit court. The

privilege does not apply to communications that the veteran has agreed in writing

to allow to be disclosed as a condition of his or her participation in the veterans

mentoring program.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Kreitlow (D) , Taylor (D)

6 cosponsors

Hilgenberg (D) , Molepske Jr. (D) , Shilling , Sinicki (D) , Suder (R) , Turner (D)

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by committee on Judiciary, Corrections, Insurance, Campaign Finance Reform, and Housing, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Mar 24, 2010 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Mar 15, 2010 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Taylor and Kreitlow;Cosponsored by Representatives Shilling, Turner, Hilgenberg, Molepske Jr., Sinicki and Suder

  2. Mar 15, 2010 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary, Corrections, Insurance, Campaign Finance Reform, and Housing

  3. Mar 17, 2010 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  4. Mar 23, 2010 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  5. Mar 24, 2010 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by committee on Judiciary, Corrections, Insurance, Campaign Finance Reform, and Housing, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  6. Mar 24, 2010 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  7. Apr 8, 2010 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 4-13-2010 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  8. Apr 8, 2010 · Senate

    Senate substitute amendment 1 offered by Senator Taylor

  9. Apr 13, 2010 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  10. Apr 13, 2010 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  11. Apr 13, 2010 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed

  12. Apr 13, 2010 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  13. Apr 13, 2010 · Senate

    Read a second time

  14. Apr 13, 2010 · Senate

    Senate substitute amendment 1 adopted

  15. Apr 14, 2010 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  16. Apr 14, 2010 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  17. Apr 15, 2010 · Assembly

    Rules suspended to withdraw from committee on Rules and take up

  18. Apr 15, 2010 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  19. Apr 15, 2010 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  20. Apr 15, 2010 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  21. Apr 15, 2010 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in

  22. Apr 15, 2010 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  23. Apr 16, 2010 · Senate

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  24. Apr 20, 2010 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled on 4-20-2010

  25. Apr 21, 2010 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 4-21-2010

  26. Apr 22, 2010 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 4-21-2010. 2009 Wisconsin Act 210

  27. Apr 26, 2010 · Senate

    Published 5-5-2010