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Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

SB 789

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Relating to: fees for redacting certain records of law enforcement agencies. (FE)

Data processing — Privacy issues Forfeiture Police Public record

  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

Under current law, a government official or agency may charge a fee to a

requester of public records for the actual, necessary, and direct cost incurred to

locate, if the cost exceeds $50, copy, and mail public records in response to the

request.

This bill authorizes law enforcement and corrections agencies to charge a

requester a fee for the actual, necessary, and direct cost of redacting, whether by

pixelization or other means, recorded video content disclosed in response to a public

records request to the extent redaction is necessary to comply with applicable

constitutional, statutory, or common law.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Feyen (R) , James (R) , Wanggaard (R)

25 cosponsors

Behnke (R) , Brandtjen (R) , Callahan (R) , Dallman (R) , Dittrich (R) , Donovan (R) , Duchow (R) , Edming (R) , Goeben (R) , Kitchens (R) , Krug (R) , Kurtz (R) , Magnafici (R) , Melotik (R) , Michalski (R) , Novak (R) , Ohnstad (D) , Penterman (R) , Plumer (R) , Rettinger (R) , Shankland (D) , Spiros (R) , Tusler (R) , VanderMeer (R) , Wittke (R)

Votes

Senate: Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 2

Passed 5–2 Jan 10, 2024 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 5, Noes 2

Passed 5–2 Jan 10, 2024 official source full page

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

Senate: Referred to joint committee on Finance by Committee on Senate Organization pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Jan 12, 2024 official source full page

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

Senate: Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and made Available for Scheduling by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Jan 12, 2024 official source full page

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

Senate: PASSAGE

Passed 22–10 Jan 16, 2024 official source full page

Not voting · 1

Assembly: CONCURRENCE

Passed 94–3 Feb 15, 2024 official source full page

Aye · 94

Not voting · 2

Full history

  1. Dec 8, 2023 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators James, Feyen and Wanggaard; cosponsored by Representatives Spiros, Behnke, Brandtjen, Callahan, Dallman, Dittrich, Donovan, Duchow, Edming, Goeben, Krug, Kurtz, Magnafici, Melotik, Novak, Ohnstad, Penterman, Rettinger, Tusler, VanderMeer and Wittke

  2. Dec 8, 2023 · Senate

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

  3. Dec 22, 2023 · Senate

    Representative Kitchens added as a cosponsor

  4. Jan 3, 2024 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Jan 3, 2024 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  6. Jan 9, 2024 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator James

  7. Jan 10, 2024 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  8. Jan 10, 2024 · Senate

    Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 2

  9. Jan 10, 2024 · Senate

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 2

  10. Jan 10, 2024 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  11. Jan 11, 2024 · Senate

    Representative Michalski added as a cosponsor

  12. Jan 12, 2024 · Senate

    Referred to joint committee on Finance by Committee on Senate Organization pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 5, Noes 0

  13. Jan 12, 2024 · Senate

    Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and made Available for Scheduling by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 5, Noes 0

  14. Jan 12, 2024 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 1-16-2024 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  15. Jan 16, 2024 · Senate

    Read a second time

  16. Jan 16, 2024 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 adopted

  17. Jan 16, 2024 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  18. Jan 16, 2024 · Senate

    Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  19. Jan 16, 2024 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 22, Noes 10

  20. Jan 16, 2024 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  21. Jan 16, 2024 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  22. Jan 18, 2024 · Assembly

    Representative Plumer added as a cosponsor

  23. Feb 12, 2024 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  24. Feb 12, 2024 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Spiros

  25. Feb 13, 2024 · Assembly

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

  26. Feb 15, 2024 · Assembly

    Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up

  27. Feb 15, 2024 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  28. Feb 15, 2024 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 adopted

  29. Feb 15, 2024 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  30. Feb 15, 2024 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  31. Feb 15, 2024 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in as amended, Ayes 94, Noes 3

  32. Feb 15, 2024 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  33. Feb 15, 2024 · Senate

    Received from Assembly amended and concurred in as amended, Assembly Amendment 1 adopted

  34. Feb 19, 2024 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 2-20-2024 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  35. Feb 20, 2024 · Senate

    Assembly Amendment 1 concurred in

  36. Feb 20, 2024 · Senate

    Action ordered immediately messaged

  37. Feb 23, 2024 · Senate

    Representative Shankland added as a cosponsor

  38. Feb 29, 2024 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled

  39. Mar 26, 2024 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 3-26-2024

  40. Mar 29, 2024 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 3-29-2024. 2023 Wisconsin Act 253

  41. Mar 29, 2024 · Senate

    Published 3-30-2024