Assembly Bill 1009
Allowing a petition for expunging a court record of certain offenses ten years after completion of a sentence. (FE)
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
Mar 29, 2016
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Assembly vote, not reached
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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 25, 2016: “Fiscal estimate received”
It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Judiciary. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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Public hearing
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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
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Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill allows certain persons to petition a court for expungement of their criminal records after completing their sentences. Under current law, generally if a person under the age of 25 commits a crime for which the maximum term of imprisonment is six years or less, a court may order, at the time it sentences the person for the crime, that the court's record of the crime and conviction be expunged when the person successfully completes his or her sentence, if the court finds that expunging the record will benefit the person and will not harm society.
Under current law, a person successfully completes his or her sentence if the person is not convicted of a subsequent offense and, if on probation, the probation is not revoked and the person satisfies all conditions of probation. Upon successful completion, currently the detaining or probationary authority issues a certificate of discharge, which is forwarded to the court of record and which has the effect of expunging the record.
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Under the bill, if a court did not, at the time it sentenced a person, enter an order allowing expungement if the person successfully completes his or her sentence, the person may petition the court for expungement at any time after ten years have passed since the date the person successfully completed his or her sentence. Also under the bill, a court may enter an order allowing expungement upon petition, if the court determines the person has successfully completed his or her sentence, that the person has not been convicted of any other crime, and that the person will benefit and society will not be harmed by this disposition.
Who's behind it
7 lawmakers are its . All 7 are Democrats.
1 more lawmaker .
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Authors (7)
- Mandela Barnes · Democrat, Assembly
- Jonathan Brostoff · Democrat, Assembly
- Evan Goyke · Democrat, Assembly
- LaTonya Johnson · Democrat, Senate
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
- JoCasta Zamarripa · Democrat, Assembly
- Josh Zepnick · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (1)
- Tod Ohnstad · Democrat, Assembly
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Apr 25, 2016
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Apr 13, 2016
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Apr 5, 2016
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Mar 29, 2016
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Judiciary.
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Mar 29, 2016
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Mar 29, 2016 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Goyke, Barnes, Zamarripa, Brostoff, Spreitzer, Johnson and Zepnick
- Mar 29, 2016 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary
- Apr 5, 2016 · Assembly
Representative Ohnstad added as a coauthor
- Apr 13, 2016 · Assembly
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
- Apr 25, 2016 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate. 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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate