Senate Bill 620
Removing from records and from the Consolidated Court Automation Programs Internet site a criminal conviction if the person who was convicted has been pardoned
Stopped in committee
It never got a , so it never came up for a vote. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Feb 20, 2014
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Senate vote, not reached
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Apr 8, 2014: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Judiciary and Labor. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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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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What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Under current law, the director of state courts maintains the Consolidated Court Automation Programs (CCAP), which is a system containing information about cases filed in the circuit courts that is available for free on an Internet site.
CCAP allows a user to enter a person's name into a search function on the Internet site to retrieve information about every criminal and civil case involving the person.
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Under this bill, if a person is convicted of a criminal offense but is pardoned, the director of state courts must remove all findings, orders, and charges that relate to the person's conviction from the person's record and from CCAP. This requirement does not apply, however, if the pardon is conditional and the person violates any of the conditions.
Also under current law, a pardoned offense, if the pardon was granted on grounds other than innocence, is counted toward a determination of a habitual criminal, a status that permits a sentencing court to increase the maximum term of imprisonment for any subsequent crime that the person commits. Under this bill, a pardoned crime no longer counts when calculating whether the person is a habitual criminal. Also, this bill explicitly states that, if a person who is prohibited from possessing a firearm due only to the commission of a crime receives a pardon for that crime, he or she may possess a firearm.
Who's behind it
2 senators are its . All 2 are Democrats.
11 more lawmakers .
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Authors (2)
- Nikiya Harris Dodd · Democrat, Senate
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (11)
- Mandela Barnes · Democrat, Assembly
- Evan Goyke · Democrat, Assembly
- Dianne Hesselbein · Democrat, Senate
- LaTonya Johnson · Democrat, Senate
- Nick Milroy · Democrat, Assembly
- Sandy Pasch · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Dana Wachs · Democrat, Assembly
- Mandy Wright · Democrat, Assembly
- Leon Young · Democrat, Assembly
- JoCasta Zamarripa · Democrat, Assembly
What happened
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Apr 8, 2014
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Feb 20, 2014
Sent to the Senate Committee on Judiciary and Labor.
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Feb 20, 2014
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Feb 20, 2014 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Harris and L. Taylor; cosponsored by Representatives Goyke, Johnson, Pasch, Young, Milroy, Hesselbein, Wachs, Wright, Barnes, Sinicki and Zamarripa
- Feb 20, 2014 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Labor
- Apr 8, 2014 · Senate
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.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
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
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.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
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