SB 346

This bill allows certain proposed rules or changes to an existing rule to be placed

on an Internet site. Under current law, when the Wisconsin Supreme Court (court)

wishes to consider whether to promulgate a new rule or change an existing rule

regulating pleading, practice, or procedure, it holds a hearing on the new rule or the

change.

Current law requires the court to publish notice of the hearing in a newspaper

for three consecutive weeks prior to, and in the publication of the State Bar of

Wisconsin (Bar) not more than 60 days nor less than 30 days before, the date of

hearing. Current law requires the court to include in its notice the full text of the

proposed rule or the change to an existing rule.

This bill replaces the requirement that the court include the full text of the

proposed rule or the change to the existing rule in a notice published in a newspaper

and in the publication of the Bar, with the requirement that the court must place the

full text on the court's Internet site.