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Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

SB 119

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Relating to: public records identifying confidential law enforcement informants.

Municipality Police Privacy Public record State agencies State capitol

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

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: Cowles (R) , Felzkowski (R) , James (R) , Marklein (R) , Spreitzer (D) , Wanggaard (R) , Wirch (D)

24 cosponsors

C. Anderson (D) , Considine (D) , Dittrich (R) , Donovan (R) , Edming (R) , Emerson (D) , Gustafson (R) , J. Anderson (D) , Jacobson (D) , Joers (D) , Kitchens (R) , McGuire (D) , Murphy (R) , Mursau (R) , Nedweski (R) , O'Connor (R) , Ohnstad (D) , Ortiz-Velez (D) , Rettinger (R) , Sinicki (D) , Spiros (R) , Stubbs (D) , Subeck (D) , Tusler (R)

Votes

Senate: Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 7, Noes 0

Passed 7–0 Oct 12, 2023 official source full page

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

Senate: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 7, Noes 0

Passed 7–0 Oct 12, 2023 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 8, 2023 · Senate

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

  2. Mar 8, 2023 · Senate

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

  3. Mar 10, 2023 · Senate

    Representative Jacobson added as a cosponsor

  4. Sep 26, 2023 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Wanggaard

  5. Sep 27, 2023 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  6. Oct 12, 2023 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  7. Oct 12, 2023 · Senate

    Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 7, Noes 0

  8. Oct 12, 2023 · Senate

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 7, Noes 0

  9. Oct 12, 2023 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  10. Oct 16, 2023 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 10-17-2023 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  11. Oct 17, 2023 · Senate

    Read a second time

  12. Oct 17, 2023 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 adopted

  13. Oct 17, 2023 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  14. Oct 17, 2023 · Senate

    Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  15. Oct 17, 2023 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed

  16. Oct 17, 2023 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  17. Oct 17, 2023 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  18. Oct 19, 2023 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  19. Jan 10, 2024 · Assembly

    Representative Gustafson added as a cosponsor

  20. Feb 13, 2024 · Assembly

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

  21. Feb 14, 2024 · Assembly

    Representative O'Connor added as a cosponsor

  22. Feb 15, 2024 · Assembly

    Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up

  23. Feb 15, 2024 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  24. Feb 15, 2024 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  25. Feb 15, 2024 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  26. Feb 15, 2024 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in

  27. Feb 15, 2024 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  28. Feb 15, 2024 · Senate

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  29. Feb 19, 2024 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled

  30. Mar 21, 2024 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 3-21-2024

  31. Mar 28, 2024 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 3-27-2024. 2023 Wisconsin Act 223

  32. Mar 28, 2024 · Senate

    Published 3-28-2024