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Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

AB 355

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Relating to: prohibiting destruction of records and evidence.

Court — Procedure Evidence Judge Supreme court

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

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.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Anderson (D) , Baldeh (D) , Conley (D) , Emerson (D) , Hebl (D) , Neubauer (D) , Pope (D) , S. Rodriguez (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Stubbs (D) , Subeck (D)

4 cosponsors

Erpenbach (D) , Johnson (D) , Ringhand (D) , Roys (D)

Full history

  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