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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

SB 191

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Relating to: requiring a subpoena to a law enforcement officer or tribal law enforcement officer served in official capacity to be served at the officer’s work address.

Indians and tribal issues Police Public employee Public officers Subpoena

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

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, a subpoena may generally be served by any person by exhibiting and reading it to the witness, by giving the witness a copy of the subpoena, or by leaving a copy of the subpoena at the witness’s home. This bill modifies the procedure with respect to law enforcement officers and tribal law enforcement officers served in an official capacity, requiring that a subpoena may be served upon a law enforcement officer or tribal law enforcement officer in the officer’s official capacity as a law enforcement officer or tribal law enforcement officer only at the officer’s work address by exhibiting and reading it to the officer, by giving the officer a copy of the subpoena, or by leaving a copy of the subpoena at the officer’s work address.

Sponsors

Introduced by: James (R) , Nass (R) , Tomczyk (R) , Wanggaard (R)

17 cosponsors

Anderson (D) , Armstrong (R) , Behnke (R) , Billings (D) , Brown (D) , Dittrich (R) , Emerson (D) , Goeben (R) , J. Jacobson (D) , Kreibich (R) , Murphy (R) , Mursau (R) , O'Connor (R) , Piwowarczyk (R) , Stroud (D) , Stubbs (D) , Subeck (D)

Registered lobbying interests · 5

Organizations that registered lobbying activity on this bill with the Wisconsin Ethics Commission. Registration means interest, not a position for or against. Official record

Votes

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

Passed 7–1 May 8, 2025 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 1

Passed 7–1 May 8, 2025 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. Apr 14, 2025 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators James, Nass, Tomczyk and Wanggaard; cosponsored by Representatives Goeben, Armstrong, Behnke, Dittrich, Kreibich, Murphy, Mursau, O'Connor, Piwowarczyk and Subeck

  2. Apr 14, 2025 · Senate

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

  3. Apr 16, 2025 · Senate

    Representative Stroud added as a cosponsor

  4. Apr 21, 2025 · Senate

    Representative J. Jacobson added as a cosponsor

  5. Apr 30, 2025 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  6. May 5, 2025 · Senate

    Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senator James

  7. May 8, 2025 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  8. May 8, 2025 · Senate

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

  9. May 8, 2025 · Senate

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 7, Noes 1

  10. May 8, 2025 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  11. May 13, 2025 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 5-15-2025 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  12. May 15, 2025 · Senate

    Read a second time

  13. May 15, 2025 · Senate

    Senate Substitute Amendment 1 adopted

  14. May 15, 2025 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  15. May 15, 2025 · Senate

    Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  16. May 15, 2025 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed

  17. May 15, 2025 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  18. May 15, 2025 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  19. May 27, 2025 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  20. Aug 21, 2025 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Goeben

  21. Oct 9, 2025 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 10-14-2025 by Committee on Rules

  22. Oct 14, 2025 · Assembly

    Representative Stubbs added as a cosponsor

  23. Oct 14, 2025 · Assembly

    Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up

  24. Oct 14, 2025 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  25. Oct 14, 2025 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 adopted

  26. Oct 14, 2025 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  27. Oct 14, 2025 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  28. Oct 14, 2025 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in as amended

  29. Oct 14, 2025 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  30. Oct 15, 2025 · Senate

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

  31. Jan 16, 2026 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 1-21-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  32. Jan 21, 2026 · Senate

    Assembly Amendment 1 concurred in

  33. Jan 21, 2026 · Senate

    Action ordered immediately messaged

  34. Jan 30, 2026 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled

  35. Mar 6, 2026 · Senate

    Representative Brown added as a cosponsor

  36. Mar 10, 2026 · Senate

    Representative Billings added as a cosponsor

  37. Mar 19, 2026 · Senate

    Representative Anderson added as a cosponsor

  38. Mar 19, 2026 · Senate

    Representative Emerson added as a cosponsor

  39. Apr 2, 2026 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 4-2-2026

  40. Apr 6, 2026 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 4-2-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 150

  41. Apr 6, 2026 · Senate

    Published 4-3-2026