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Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

AB 118

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Relating to: public records identifying confidential law enforcement informants.

Municipality Police Privacy Public record State agencies State capitol

  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

Current law prohibits a law enforcement agency from disclosing records or

parts of records in response to a public records request that, if disclosed, would

identify a confidential informant of a law enforcement agency. Current law provides

an exception to that nondisclosure requirement if the records custodian determines

that the public interest in disclosing the record outweighs the harm done to the

public interest by providing access to the record.

This bill extends that nondisclosure requirement concerning the personally

identifiable information of confidential law enforcement informants to records or

parts of records maintained by any official or body subject to the public records law,

not just law enforcement agencies.

Sponsors

Introduced by: C. Anderson (D) , Considine (D) , Dittrich (R) , Donovan (R) , Edming (R) , Emerson (D) , J. Anderson (D) , Joers (D) , Kitchens (R) , Murphy (R) , Mursau (R) , Nedweski (R) , Ortiz-Velez (D) , Rettinger (R) , Sinicki (D) , Spiros (R) , Stubbs (D) , Subeck (D) , Tusler (R)

8 cosponsors

Cowles (R) , Felzkowski (R) , Gustafson (R) , James (R) , Marklein (R) , O'Connor (R) , Spreitzer (D) , Wanggaard (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Government Accountability and Oversight, Ayes 7, Noes 0

Passed 7–0 Feb 12, 2024 official source full page

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

Assembly: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Government Accountability and Oversight, Ayes 7, Noes 0

Passed 7–0 Feb 12, 2024 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. Mar 24, 2023 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Nedweski, C. Anderson, J. Anderson, Considine, Dittrich, Donovan, Edming, Emerson, Joers, Kitchens, Murphy, Mursau, Ortiz-Velez, Rettinger, Sinicki, Spiros, Stubbs, Subeck and Tusler; cosponsored by Senators Wanggaard, Cowles, Felzkowski, James, Marklein and Spreitzer

  2. Mar 24, 2023 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Government Accountability and Oversight

  3. Oct 25, 2023 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Nedweski

  4. Nov 15, 2023 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Dec 5, 2023 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  6. Jan 10, 2024 · Assembly

    Representative Gustafson added as a coauthor

  7. Feb 12, 2024 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Government Accountability and Oversight, Ayes 7, Noes 0

  8. Feb 12, 2024 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Government Accountability and Oversight, Ayes 7, Noes 0

  9. Feb 12, 2024 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  10. Feb 13, 2024 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 2-15-2024 by Committee on Rules

  11. Feb 14, 2024 · Assembly

    Representative O'Connor added as a coauthor

  12. Feb 15, 2024 · Assembly

    Laid on the table

  13. Apr 15, 2024 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1