Wisconsin 2023-2024 Regular Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 1 R · 1 D cosponsors

AB 967 — Relating to: withholding judicial security profiles from public access.

Last action — Published 3-28-2024

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    Passed Assembly
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 16, 2024. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Tony Evers (Democratic) on March 28, 2024.

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  • 2 sponsors

    2 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (1 R · 1 D) — cross-party backing.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 4 recorded votes so far.

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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

33 added · 12 removed

Plain-language change summary

The amendment to Assembly Bill 967 broadened the definition of "judicial officer" by including various types of judges and court commissioners, such as tribal judges and both temporary and permanent reserve judges. This change matters because it ensures that more judicial figures are protected under the new law that keeps their security profiles private, promoting safety for a wider range of individuals involved in the justice system.

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- 2024 LEGISLATURE LRBa1083/1 JK&MJW:cjs ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT 1, TO ASSEMBLY BILL 967 January 31, 2024 - Offered by RepresentativeUSLER .
- 2024 LEGISLATURE LRB-5582/1 JK:amn ASSEMBLY BILL 967 January 16, 2024 - Introduced by Representatives T USLER and O RTIZV ELEZ, cosponsored by Senators WANGGAARD and TAYLOR.
At the locations indicated, amend the bill as follows:
Referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety.
A N A CT to create 19.36 (14) of the statutes;
relating to:
withholding judicial security profiles from public access.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau This bill exempts a judicial security profile form from disclosure under the public records law.
Under the bill, a judicial security profile form is a form completed by or on behalf of a current or former judicial officer, such as a judge or court commissioner, and used to develop an emergency response plan.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
S ECTION 1.
19.36 (14) of the statutes is created to read:
19.36 (14) JUDICIAL SECURITY PROFILE.
(a) In this subsection:
Page 1, line 5:
“Judicial officer" means any of the following, whether living or deceased:
delete the material beginning with “any" and ending with “state." on page 2, line 3, and substitute “a person who currently is or who formerly was a supreme court justice, court of appeals judge, circuit court judge, municipal judge, tribal judge, temporary or permanent reserve judge, or circuit, supplemental, or municipal court commissioner.”.
a.
A justice or former justice of the supreme court.
b.
A judge or former judge of the court of appeals.
c.
A judge or former judge of any circuit court.
- 2024 Legislature - 2 - LRB-5582/1 JK:amn ASSEMBLY BILL 967 SECTION 1 d.
A municipal judge or former municipal judge in this state.
e.
A circuit court commissioner or former circuit court commissioner in this state.
2.
“Judicial security profile form” means a form prescribed by the director of state courts.
(b) An authority shall not provide access under s.
19.35 (1) to a judicial security profile form that is completed by or on behalf of a judicial officer and used to develop an emergency response plan.
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Action History

  1. Published 3-28-2024

  2. Report approved by the Governor on 3-27-2024. 2023 Wisconsin Act 236

  3. Presented to the Governor on 3-21-2024

  4. Report correctly enrolled on 3-15-2024

  5. Received from Senate concurred in

  6. Ordered immediately messaged

  7. Read a third time and concurred in

  8. Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  9. Ordered to a third reading

  10. Read a second time

  11. Placed on calendar 3-12-2024 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  12. Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2

  13. Available for scheduling

  14. Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 7, Noes 0

  15. Executive action taken

  16. Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary and Public Safety

  17. Received from Assembly

  18. Ordered immediately messaged

  19. Read a third time and passed

  20. Rules suspended

  21. Ordered to a third reading

  22. Assembly Amendment 1 adopted

  23. Read a second time

  24. Representative Subeck added as a coauthor

  25. Representative O'Connor added as a coauthor

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

  27. Referred to committee on Rules

  28. Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 14, Noes 1

  29. Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 15, Noes 0

  30. Executive action taken

  31. Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Tusler

  32. Representative Wichgers added as a coauthor

  33. Public hearing held

  34. Representative Hurd added as a coauthor

  35. Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety

  36. Introduced by Representatives Tusler and Ortiz-Velez; cosponsored by Senators Wanggaard and Taylor

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2 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 130 not signed on

Sponsors (2)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (130)

130 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors AB 967?
AB 967 is sponsored by Tusler, Ron (Republican) and Ortiz-Velez, Sylvia (Democrat).
What is the current status of AB 967?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 16, 2024. Enacted.
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