SB 857 — Relating to: Department of Justice collection of data on the use of appearance bonds and cash in lieu of appearance bonds. (FE)

CORRECTED COPY - 2022 LEGISLATURE LRBa1212/1LRB-5360/1 MLJ:emwMLJ:cdc SENATE AMENDMENT 1, TO SENATE BILL 857 FebruaryJanuary 15,13, 2022 - OfferedIntroduced by SenatRADLEY.Senators B RADLEY, W IMBERGER , NASS, ACQUE , KAPENGA , KOOYENGA , STROEBEL, TESTIN and F ELZKOWSKI , cosponsored by Representatives W ICHGERS, KNODL , ANFELIPPO, ALLEN , EHNKE , BRANDTJEN , GUNDRUM , KUGLITSCH, MURPHY and S KOWRONSKI .

AtReferred theto locationsCommittee indicated,on amendJudiciary theand billPublic asSafety. follows:

1.A N A CT to create 165.845 (1r) (a) 3., 165.845 (1r) (e) and 758.19 (8) of the statutes;

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2.Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau This bill requires the Department of Justice to collect from the Director of State Courts all of the following information for each crime charged:

Page1) 2,the linecounty 4:in which charges were filed;

delete2) “chargesthe were"name andof substitutethe “theprosecuting caseattorney was".assigned to the case;

3.3) the name of the judge assigned to the case;

Page4) 2,the linecriminal 6:charge filed;

delete5) “judge"for andeach substitutecriminal “courtcharge official".filed, whether the judge released the defendant without bail, upon the execution of an unsecured appearance bond, upon the execution of an appearance bond with sufficient solvent sureties, or upon the deposit of cash in lieu of sureties, or denied release under s.

4.969.035;

Page6) 2,for lineeach 8:criminal charge for which a judge required the execution of an appearance bond with sufficient solvent sureties, the monetary amount of the bond;

delete7) “criminalfor each criminal charge filed,for whetherwhich a judge required the judge"deposit andof substitutecash “case,in whetherlieu of sureties, the courtmonetary official".amount of cash required;

5.and 8) for each criminal charge filed, any other conditions of release imposed on the defendant.

PageUnder 2,the linebill, 11:DOJ must publish an annual report using the data collected on its Internet site in an interactive format, and also submit a report on the data to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature for distribution to the appropriate standing committees.

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6.The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

PageSECTION 2,1. line 12:

delete165.845 “criminal(1r) charge(a) for3. which a judge" and substitute “case for which a court official".

7.of the statutes is created to read:

Page165.845 2,(1r) line(a) 13:3.

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LRBa1212/1939.12, -that 2022resulted Legislaturein -charges 2being -filed MLJ:emwin 8.any circuit court, all of the following information:

Pagea. 2, line 14:

deleteThe “criminalcounty chargein for which acharges judge"were andfiled. substitute “case for which a court official".

9.b.

PageThe 2,name lineof 15:the prosecuting attorney assigned to the case.

afterc. “required" insert “and the name of the court official who made the decision".

10.The name of the judge assigned to the case.

Paged. 2, line 16:

deleteThe “criminalcriminal charge filed,"filed. and substitute “case,".

11.e.

PageFor 2,each linecriminal 17:charge filed, whether the judge released the defendant without bail, upon the execution of an unsecured appearance bond, upon the execution of an appearance bond with sufficient solvent sureties, or upon the deposit of cash in lieu of sureties, or denied release under s.

after969.035. “defendant" insert “and the name of the court official who made the decision".

f.

For each criminal charge for which a judge required the execution of an appearance bond with sufficient solvent sureties, the monetary amount of the bond.

g.

For each criminal charge for which a judge required the deposit of cash in lieu of sureties, the monetary amount of cash required.

h.