Wisconsin 2023-2024 Regular Session Status: To Executive 5 R cosponsors

AB 460 — Relating to: index of discovery for district attorneys and public defenders. (FE)

Last action — Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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    Introduced
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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 died with 2023-2024 Regular Session. It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there are no live odds of enactment. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

32 added · 15 removed

Plain-language change summary

The amendments made to Assembly Bill 460 change it from requiring the Department of Administration to create a specific index system for discovery information used by district attorneys and public defenders, to instead mandating a study to explore the feasibility of such a system. This shift matters because, while the original bill planned for immediate implementation of the index, the amendment emphasizes a thorough analysis of the system first. This could lead to a more informed approach but may delay the actual establishment of the index to help manage evidence in legal cases.

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- 2024 LEGISLATURE LRBs0146/1 CMH:amn ASSEMBLY SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT 1, TO ASSEMBLY BILL 460 December 12, 2023 - Offered by RepresentatiORTWELL.
- 2024 LEGISLATURE LRB-1000/1 CMH:cjs ASSEMBLY BILL 460 September 28, 2023 - Introduced by Representatives ORTWELL , ONOVAN , GOEBEN, M AGNAFICI, M OSES and M URSAU, cosponsored by Senators W ANGGAARD and B ALLWEG .
A N A CT relating to:
Referred to Committee on Judiciary.
a study on maintaining an index system for discovery.
A N A CT to create 16.971 (10m) and 971.23 (4) of the statutes;
relating to:
index of discovery for district attorneys and public defenders.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau Under current law, the Department of Administration maintains automated justice information systems that are compatible among counties and agencies.
DOA also maintains a case management system that allows district attorneys to manage and share all case-related information;
DOA must provide access to this system to the Department of Justice.
This bill requires that DOA maintain an index system for discovery that allows district attorneys and public defenders to manage and organize all discovery-related information.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
SECTION 10Nonstatutory provisions.
SECTION 1.
(1) The department of administration shall conduct a study on maintaining an index system for discovery that allows district attorneys and public defenders to manage, access, and organize all discovery-related information.
16.971 (10m) of the statutes is created to read:
In conducting the study, the department of administration shall work with law enforcement, district attorneys, and public defender offices in all regions of the state.
16.971 (10m) The department, in conjunction with district attorneys and the public defender board, shall maintain an index system for discovery that allows - 2024 Legislature - 2 - LRB-1000/1 CMH:cjs ASSEMBLY BILL 460 SECTION 1 district attorneys and public defenders to manage, access, and organize all discovery-related information.
The findings of the study shall be completed and presented to the legislature in the manner provided under s.
SECTION 2.
13.172 (2) no later than March 1, 2025.
971.23 (4) of the statutes is created to read:
971.23 (4) DISCOVERY INDEX SUBMISSIOA party must input disclosures to the index system maintained under s.
16.971 (10m) at the times and in the sequence that the court orders.
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Action History

  1. Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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

  3. Received from Assembly

  4. Ordered immediately messaged

  5. Read a third time and passed

  6. Rules suspended

  7. Ordered to a third reading

  8. Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted

  9. Read a second time

  10. Representative O'Connor added as a coauthor

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

  12. Referred to committee on Rules

  13. Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Judiciary, Ayes 5, Noes 1

  14. Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Judiciary, Ayes 6, Noes 0

  15. Executive action taken

  16. Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Sortwell

  17. Fiscal estimate received

  18. Public hearing held

  19. Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary

  20. Introduced by Representatives Sortwell, Donovan, Goeben, Magnafici, Moses and Mursau; cosponsored by Senators Wanggaard and Ballweg

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6 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 126 not signed on

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Not signed on (126)

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors AB 460?
AB 460 is sponsored by Sortwell, Shae (Republican), Donovan, Bob (Republican), Goeben, Joy (Republican), Magnafici, Moses, Clint (Republican), and Mursau, Jeffrey (Republican).
What is the current status of AB 460?
This bill died with 2023-2024 Regular Session. It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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