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Bills from the 2019–20 session

Senate Bill 864

Voice recordings of testimony that forms the basis of an application for a search warrant

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.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Feb 20, 2020

  2. Committee, stopped here

    Stopped here. No public hearing was held.

  3. Senate vote, not reached

  4. Assembly vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Apr 1, 2020: “Failed to pass pursuant to ⁠”

It never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Insurance, Financial Services, Government Oversight and Courts. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.

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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, when a person places a phone call to a judge to request a search warrant, the judge must place the caller under oath to take any testimony that may form the basis of a search warrant. The testimony must be recorded either by a court reporter or by means of a voice recording device. If recorded by a recording device, the recording must be transcribed, the transcript must be certified as accurate by the judge or court reporter, and both the certified transcript and the original voice recording must be filed with the court.

This bill removes the requirement that the original recording be filed along with the certified transcript of the testimony that forms the basis of an application for a search warrant.

Who's behind it

Van Wanggaard, a Republican, is its ⁠.

1 more lawmaker ⁠.

See all 2 names

Author (1)

Signed on in support (1)

What happened

  1. Apr 1, 2020

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Feb 20, 2020

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Insurance, Financial Services, Government Oversight and Courts.

  3. Feb 20, 2020

    Introduced in the Senate.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Feb 20, 2020 · Senate

    Introduced by Senator Wanggaard; cosponsored by Representative Gundrum

  2. Feb 20, 2020 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Insurance, Financial Services, Government Oversight and Courts

  3. Apr 1, 2020 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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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

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

Author

A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.

Official term: Author, coauthor

Signed on in support

Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.

Official term: Cosponsor