Wisconsin 2025 Regular Session Status: To Executive 8 R cosponsors

AB 75 — Relating to: Department of Justice collection and reporting of certain criminal case data. (FE)

Last action — Published 11-1-2025

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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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 sent to the executive. Introduced February 28, 2025. It awaits signature.

Next likely step: the executive signs it into law or issues a veto.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 74% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • To Executive

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 13 sponsors

    1 primary, 12 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (8 R).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 3 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

An Act to create 165.845 (1r) (a) 3., 165.845 (1r) (f) and 758.19 (8) of the statutes;

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

101 added · 25 removed

Plain-language change summary

The recent amendments to Assembly Bill 75 clarify how the Department of Justice will handle data collection on criminal cases. Notably, it specifies that the information will come directly from an interactive dashboard rather than a database, ensuring no personal details of defendants are included. Additionally, the bill now focuses on summarizing key information instead of providing exhaustive details, making it easier to understand and access. This change aims to enhance transparency in the justice system while protecting individuals' privacy.

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- 2026 LEGISLATURE LRBa0188/1 MJW:wlj SENATE AMENDMENT 1, TO ASSEMBLY BILL 75 May 12, 2025 - Offered by SenatUTTON .
- 2026 LEGISLATURE LRB-2196/1 MJW:skw ASSEMBLY BILL 75 February 28, 2025 - Introduced by Representatives D ONOVAN , KNODL , M OSES, M URSAU, O'CONNOR , ENTERMAN , WICHGERS and R ODRIGUEZ , cosponsored by Senators H UTTON , B RADLEY, JAMES , N ASS and T OMCZYK .
At the locations indicated, amend the bill as follows:
Referred to Committee on Judiciary.
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A N A CT to create 165.845 (1r) (a) 3., 165.845 (1r) (f) and 758.19 (8) of the statutes;
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relating to:
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Department of Justice collection and reporting of certain criminal case data.
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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 criminal case:
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1) the county in which the case was filed;
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2) the name of the prosecuting attorney assigned to the case;
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3) the name of the court official assigned to the case;
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4) the criminal charge filed;
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5) the charging recommendation from the referring law enforcement agency, if applicable;
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6) for each case, whether the court 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, and the name of the court official who made the decision;
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7) for each case for which a court required the execution of an appearance bond with sufficient solvent sureties, the monetary amount of the bond and the name of the court official who made the decision;
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8) for each case for which a court required the deposit of cash in lieu of sureties, the monetary amount of cash required and the name of the court official who made the decision;
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9) any other conditions of release imposed on the defendant and the name of the court official who made the decision;
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10) whether any plea bargain was offered in the case;
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11) - 2026 Legislature - 2 - LRB-2196/1 MJW:skw ASSEMBLY BILL 75 SECTION 1 whether a deferred prosecution agreement was offered in the case;
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12) whether any charge relating to the case was dismissed;
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and 13) whether the case resulted in a conviction.
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Under the bill, DOJ must annually report the information collected to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature for distribution to the appropriate standing committees, and must maintain a database on its website that contains the information in a searchable format, for a period of 10 years after a criminal charge is filed.
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Under the bill, DOJ must ensure that the information provided in the database does not contain a criminal defendant’s personally identifying information.
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For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
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The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
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SECTION 1.
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165.845 (1r) (a) 3.
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of the statutes is created to read:
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165.845 (1r) (a) 3.
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For each case involving a crime, as defined in s.
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939.12, that resulted in charges being filed in any circuit court, all of the following information, which shall be provided by the director of state courts:
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a.
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The county in which the case was filed.
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The name of the prosecuting attorney assigned to the case.
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The name of the court official assigned to the case.
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The criminal charge filed.
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The charging recommendation from the referring law enforcement agency, if applicable.
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Whether the court official 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.
969.035, and the name of the court official who made the decision.
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For each case for which a court official required the execution of an appearance bond with sufficient solvent sureties, the monetary amount of the bond and the name of the court official who made the decision.
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For each case for which a court official required the deposit of cash in lieu of sureties, the monetary amount of cash required and the name of the court official who made the decision.
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Any other conditions of release imposed on the defendant and the name of the court official who made the decision.
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Whether any plea bargain was offered in the case.
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Whether a deferred prosecution agreement was offered in the case.
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Whether any charge relating to the case was dismissed.
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Whether the case resulted in a conviction.
S ECTION 2.
165.845 (1r) (f) of the statutes is created to read:
165.845 (1r) (f) Establish a database that is accessible on the department of justice’s website in an interactive format that includes, at a minimum, all information that is collected under par.
(a) 3., and annually submit to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature for distribution to the appropriate standing committees under s.
13.172 (3) a report that includes all information that is collected under par.
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The department shall ensure that the database under this paragraph is searchable by each category of information under par.
(a) 3., that the database does not contain any personally identifying information for a criminal defendant, and that the data remain available for a period of 10 years after a criminal charge was filed.
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758.19 (8) of the statutes is created to read:
758.19 (8) For every crime, as defined in s.
939.12, that resulted in charges being filed in any circuit court, the director of state courts shall collect from the clerk of each circuit court and provide to the department of justice all information required for reporting under s.
165.845 (1r) (a) 3.
S ECTION 4.
Initial applicability.
(1) The treatment of ss.
165.845 (1r) (a) 3.
and 758.19 (8) first applies to criminal case information entered on the effective date of this subsection.
S ECTION 5.
Effective date.
(1) This act takes effect on the first day of the 7th month beginning after publication.
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Action History

  1. Published 11-1-2025

  2. Report approved by the Governor on 10-31-2025. 2025 Wisconsin Act 45

  3. Presented to the Governor on 10-29-2025

  4. Report correctly enrolled on 9-16-2025

  5. Action ordered immediately messaged

  6. Senate Amendment 1 concurred in

  7. Received from Senate amended and concurred in as amended (Senate amendment 1 adopted)

  8. Ordered immediately messaged

  9. Read a third time and concurred in as amended

  10. Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  11. Ordered to a third reading

  12. Senate Amendment 1 adopted

  13. Read a second time

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

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

  16. Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Hutton

  17. Withdrawn from committee on Judiciary and Public Safety and rereferred to committee on Senate Organization pursuant to Senate Rule 46(2)(c)

  18. Fiscal estimate received

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

  20. Received from Assembly

  21. Ordered immediately messaged

  22. Read a third time and passed, Ayes 54, Noes 43

  23. Rules suspended

  24. Ordered to a third reading

  25. Read a second time

  26. Fiscal estimate received

  27. Referred to calendar of 3-13-2025 pursuant to Assembly Rule 45 (1)

  28. Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary, Ayes 3, Noes 1

  29. Executive action taken

  30. Public hearing held

  31. Representative Maxey added as a coauthor

  32. Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary

  33. Introduced by Representatives Donovan, Knodl, Moses, Mursau, O'Connor, Penterman, Wichgers and Rodriguez; cosponsored by Senators Hutton, Bradley, James, Nass and Tomczyk

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1 sponsors · 12 co-sponsors · 119 not signed on · 41 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (12)

Not signed on (119)

119 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Read a third time and passed

Passed 54 Yea · 43 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 52001
Democrat 14101
Unaffiliated 1200
Total 544302
% of votes cast 55%43%0%2%
How each member voted (99)
Member Party Vote
JOHNSON — Nay
MOORE OMOKUNDE — Nay
SPEAKER — Yea
Anderson, Clinton Democrat Nay
Andraca, Deb Democrat Nay
Arney, Margaret Democrat Nay
Bare, Mike Democrat Nay
Billings, Jill Democrat Nay
Brown, Brienne Democrat Nay
Clancy, Ryan Democrat Nay
Cruz, Angelina Democrat Nay
DeSanto, Karen Democrat Nay
DeSmidt, Ben Democrat Nay
Doyle, Steve Democrat Nay
Emerson, Jodi Democrat Nay
Fitzgerald, Joan Democrat Nay
Goodwin, Russell Democrat Yea
Haywood, Kalan Democrat Nay
Hong, Francesca Democrat Nay
Hysell, Andrew Democrat Nay
Jacobson, Jenna Democrat Nay
Joers, Alex Democrat Nay
Kirsch, Karen Democrat Nay
Madison, Darrin Democrat Nay
Mayadev, Renuka Democrat Nay
McCarville, Maureen Democrat Nay
McGuire, Tip Democrat Nay
Miresse, Vincent Democrat Nay
Neubauer, Greta Democrat Nay
Ortiz-Velez, Sylvia Democrat Not Voting
Palmeri, Lori Democrat Nay
Phelps, Christian Democrat Nay
Prado, Priscilla Democrat Nay
Rivera-Wagner, Amaad Democrat Nay
Roe, Ann Democrat Nay
Sheehan, Joe Democrat Nay
Sinicki, Christine Democrat Nay
Snodgrass, Lee Democrat Nay
Spaude, Ryan Democrat Nay
Stroud, Angela Democrat Nay
Stubbs, Shelia Democrat Nay
Subeck, Lisa Democrat Nay
Taylor, Sequanna Democrat Nay
Tenorio, Angelito Democrat Nay
Udell, Randy Democrat Nay
Vining, Robyn Democrat Nay
Allen, Scott Republican Yea
Armstrong, David Republican Yea
August, Tyler Republican Yea
Behnke, Elijah Republican Yea
Born, Mark Republican Yea
Brill, Lindee Republican Yea
Brooks, Robert Republican Yea
Callahan, Calvin Republican Yea
Dallman, Alex Republican Yea
Dittrich, Barbara Republican Yea
Donovan, Bob Republican Yea
Duchow, Cindi Republican Yea
Franklin, Benjamin Republican Yea
Goeben, Joy Republican Yea
Green, Chanz Republican Yea
Gundrum, Rick Republican Yea
Gustafson, Nate Republican Yea
Hurd, Karen Republican Yea
Jacobson, Brent Republican Yea
Kaufert, Dean Republican Yea
Kitchens, Joel Republican Yea
Knodl, Daniel Republican Yea
Kreibich, Rob Republican Yea
Krug, Scott Republican Yea
Kurtz, Tony Republican Yea
Maxey, Dave Republican Yea
Melotik, Paul Republican Yea
Moses, Clint Republican Yea
Murphy, David Republican Yea
Mursau, Jeffrey Republican Yea
Nedweski, Amanda Republican Yea
Neylon, Adam Republican Yea
Novak, Todd Republican Yea
O'Connor, Jerry Republican Yea
Penterman, William Republican Not Voting
Petersen, Kevin Republican Yea
Piwowarczyk, Jim Republican Yea
Pronschinske, Treig Republican Yea
Rodriguez, Jessie Republican Yea
Snyder, Patrick Republican Yea
Sortwell, Shae Republican Yea
Spiros, John Republican Yea
Steffen, David Republican Yea
Summerfield, Rob Republican Yea
Swearingen, Rob Republican Yea
Tittl, Paul Republican Yea
Tranel, Travis Republican Yea
Tucker, Duke Republican Yea
Tusler, Ron Republican Yea
VanderMeer, Nancy Republican Yea
Wichgers, Chuck Republican Yea
Wittke, Robert Republican Yea
Zimmerman, Shannon Republican Yea

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What does AB 75 do?
An Act to create 165.845 (1r) (a) 3., 165.845 (1r) (f) and 758.19 (8) of the statutes;
Who sponsors AB 75?
AB 75 is sponsored by Hutton, Bradley, James, Nass, Tomczyk, Donovan, Bob (Republican), Knodl, Daniel (Republican), Moses, Clint (Republican), Mursau, Jeffrey (Republican), O'Connor, Jerry (Republican), Penterman, William (Republican), Wichgers, Chuck (Republican), and Rodriguez, Jessie (Republican).
What is the current status of AB 75?
This bill has been sent to the executive. Introduced February 28, 2025. It awaits signature.
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