SB 62

This bill changes the requirements for service of a notice of claim against a state

officer, employee, or agent. Under current law, with certain exceptions, in order to

bring an action against a state officer, employee, or agent, a person must serve on the

attorney general a written notice of claim within 120 days at his or her office in the

capitol by certified mail. In

Sorenson v. Batchelder

, 2016 WI 34, 368 Wis. 2d 140, 885

N.W.2d 362, the Wisconsin Supreme Court held that the notice of claim statute

requires strict and literal compliance and that personal service of a notice of claim

does not comply with the statute. This bill changes the requirements for service of

a notice of claim against a state officer, employee, or agent to allow personal service

or service by certified mail upon the attorney general at the attorney general's office

either in the capitol or at the Department of Justice.