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Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

SB 29

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Relating to: the Uniform Unsworn Declarations Act.

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  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

This bill modifies the Uniform Unsworn Foreign Declarations Act that

Wisconsin has adopted to adopt the Uniform Unsworn Declarations Act in its place.

Under current law, if a declarant who is outside of the jurisdiction of the United

States makes a declaration in a signed record that is not given under oath (unsworn

declaration) and that meets the statutory criteria, the unsworn declaration may be

used in place of a sworn declaration under certain circumstances. The bill modifies

current law by removing the requirement that a declarant be outside of the

jurisdiction of the United States to make an unsworn declaration, and in so doing

adopts the uniform act known as the Uniform Unsworn Declarations Act.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Ballweg (R) , Wanggaard (R) , Wimberger (R)

6 cosponsors

Behnke (R) , Cabrera (D) , Madison (D) , Mursau (R) , Rettinger (R) , Tusler (R)

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 8, Noes 0

Passed 8–0 Mar 16, 2023 official source full page

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

Assembly: Report concurrence recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 13, Noes 0

Passed 13–0 Feb 13, 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. Feb 3, 2023 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Wanggaard, Ballweg and Wimberger; cosponsored by Representatives Tusler, Rettinger, Mursau, Behnke and Cabrera

  2. Feb 3, 2023 · Senate

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

  3. Mar 7, 2023 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  4. Mar 16, 2023 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  5. Mar 16, 2023 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 8, Noes 0

  6. Mar 16, 2023 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  7. Mar 20, 2023 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 3-22-2023 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  8. Mar 22, 2023 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed

  9. Mar 22, 2023 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  10. Mar 22, 2023 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  11. Mar 22, 2023 · Senate

    Read a second time

  12. Mar 22, 2023 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  13. Mar 22, 2023 · Senate

    Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  14. Mar 24, 2023 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on State Affairs

  15. May 8, 2023 · Assembly

    Representative Madison added as a cosponsor

  16. Feb 13, 2024 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  17. Feb 13, 2024 · Assembly

    Report concurrence recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 13, Noes 0

  18. Feb 13, 2024 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  19. Feb 13, 2024 · Assembly

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

  20. Feb 15, 2024 · Assembly

    Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up

  21. Feb 15, 2024 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  22. Feb 15, 2024 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  23. Feb 15, 2024 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  24. Feb 15, 2024 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in

  25. Feb 15, 2024 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  26. Feb 15, 2024 · Senate

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  27. Feb 19, 2024 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled

  28. Mar 21, 2024 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 3-21-2024

  29. Mar 28, 2024 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 3-27-2024. 2023 Wisconsin Act 245

  30. Mar 28, 2024 · Senate

    Published 3-28-2024