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Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

SB 66

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Relating to: voice recordings of testimony that forms the basis of an application for a search warrant.

Court — Procedure Court — Reporter Judge Search warrant

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Senate, completed
  3. Passes Assembly, completed
  4. Governor signs, completed
  5. Law, completed

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

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 the search warrant. The testimony must be recorded

either by a court reporter or by means of a voice recording device. An original voice

recording must be transcribed, the transcript must be certified as accurate by the

judge or court reporter, and both the certified transcript and 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.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Jacque (R) , Wanggaard (R)

5 cosponsors

Brooks (R) , Gundrum (R) , Ramthun (R) , Rozar (R) , Skowronski (R)

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 6, Noes 1

Passed 6–1 Mar 12, 2021 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Feb 5, 2021 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Wanggaard and Jacque; cosponsored by Representatives Gundrum, Ramthun, Brooks, Rozar and Skowronski

  2. Feb 5, 2021 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety

  3. Feb 25, 2021 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  4. Mar 11, 2021 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  5. Mar 12, 2021 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 6, Noes 1

  6. Mar 12, 2021 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  7. Mar 19, 2021 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 3-23-2021 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  8. Mar 23, 2021 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed

  9. Mar 23, 2021 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  10. Mar 23, 2021 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  11. Mar 23, 2021 · Senate

    Read a second time

  12. Mar 23, 2021 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  13. Mar 23, 2021 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  14. Jun 15, 2021 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  15. Jun 16, 2021 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 6-22-2021 by Committee on Rules

  16. Jun 22, 2021 · Assembly

    Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up

  17. Jun 22, 2021 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  18. Jun 22, 2021 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  19. Jun 22, 2021 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  20. Jun 22, 2021 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in

  21. Jun 22, 2021 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  22. Jun 22, 2021 · Senate

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  23. Jun 28, 2021 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled

  24. Jul 6, 2021 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 7-6-2021

  25. Jul 9, 2021 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 7-8-2021. 2021 Wisconsin Act 65

  26. Jul 9, 2021 · Senate

    Published 7-9-2021