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Bills from the 2021–22 session

Assembly Bill 355

Prohibiting destruction of records and evidence

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

    May 27, 2021

  2. Committee, stopped here

    Stopped here. No public hearing was held.

  3. Assembly vote, not reached

  4. Senate vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Mar 15, 2022: “Failed to pass pursuant to ⁠”

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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What it would have done

Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

Under current law, retention and disposal of court records and exhibits is generally determined by the supreme court by rule, with one exception. The exception states that DNA specimens in criminal actions and juvenile delinquency proceedings must be kept until any person who is taken into custody as a result of the action or proceeding has been released.

This bill adds a second exception to the general rule. The bill prohibits a circuit, municipal, or appeals court judge or a supreme court justice for whom a motion for recusal or request for judicial substitution has been filed in an action or proceeding from ordering the destruction of evidence or court records of the action or proceeding.

Who's behind it

11 lawmakers are its ⁠. All 11 are Democrats.

4 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 15 names

Authors (11)

Signed on in support (4)

What happened

  1. Mar 15, 2022

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. May 27, 2021

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Judiciary.

  3. May 27, 2021

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. May 27, 2021 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Hebl, Anderson, Baldeh, Conley, Emerson, Neubauer, Pope, S. Rodriguez, Spreitzer, Stubbs and Subeck; cosponsored by Senators Ringhand, Roys, Erpenbach and Johnson

  2. May 27, 2021 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary

  3. Mar 15, 2022 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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Committee

A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.

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Public hearing

A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.

More in the glossary

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

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