Senate Bill 260
Interception of oral communications by public bodies in public spaces
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.
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Introduced, passed
May 2, 2023
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Senate vote, not reached
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Apr 15, 2024: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Government Operations, Elections and Consumer Protection. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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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. 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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Under current law, it is a crime for a person to intentionally intercept or attempt to intercept an oral communication or to intentionally use a device or attempt to use a device to intercept an oral communication, subject to certain exceptions primarily related to law enforcement.
Under this bill, subject to current law exceptions related to law enforcement, no state agency, broadly defined, no local governmental unit, and no official of such an agency or local governmental unit may intercept an oral communication in a building or space owned, leased, or operated by the agency or local governmental unit, except that a state agency or local governmental unit may authorize such interception of oral communications if all of the following apply:
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1. The governing body of the local governmental unit authorizes the interception by a two-thirds vote of the body's membership.
2. The governing body or head of the state agency or local governmental unit authorizes the interception at least once each year. The authorization must include information concerning the costs and operational procedures and capabilities associated with the interception, and the specific areas where interception is authorized.
3. Each area where interception is authorized contains a posting in plain view advising the public that oral communications in the area may be recorded.
4. Recordings of the interceptions are retained by the state agency or local governmental unit for no more than 240 days after origination.
Who's behind it
4 senators are its . All 4 are Republicans.
14 more lawmakers .
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Authors (4)
- Joan Ballweg · Republican, Senate
- Mary Felzkowski · Republican, Senate
- Howard Marklein · Republican, Senate
- Eric Wimberger · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (14)
- Dave Armstrong · Republican, Assembly
- Elijah Behnke · Republican, Assembly
- Ty Bodden · Republican, Assembly
- Janel Brandtjen · Republican, Assembly
- Rob Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Barbara Dittrich · Republican, Assembly
- John Macco · Republican, Assembly
- Tom Michalski · Republican, Assembly
- Dave Murphy · Republican, Assembly
- Amanda Nedweski · Republican, Assembly
- Donna Rozar · Republican, Assembly
- Peter Schmidt · Republican, Assembly
- Shae Sortwell · Republican, Assembly
- David Steffen · Republican, Assembly
What happened
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Apr 15, 2024
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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May 2, 2023
Sent to the Senate Committee on Government Operations, Elections and Consumer Protection.
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May 2, 2023
Introduced in the Senate.
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- May 2, 2023 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Wimberger, Ballweg, Felzkowski and Marklein; cosponsored by Representatives Steffen, Armstrong, Behnke, Bodden, Brandtjen, Brooks, Dittrich, Macco, Michalski, Murphy, Nedweski, Rozar, Schmidt and Sortwell
- May 2, 2023 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Government Operations, Elections and Consumer Protection
- Apr 15, 2024 · Senate
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Terms on this page
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. 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
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor