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- 2026 LEGISLATURE LRBa0347/1 MJW:wlj ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT 1, TO SENATE BILL 191 August 21, 2025 - Offered by RepresentatOEBEN .
- 2026 LEGISLATURE LRB-2539/1 SWB:cdc SENATE BILL 191 April 14, 2025 - Introduced by Senators AMES , NASS, TOMCZYK and W ANGGAARD , cosponsored by Representatives G OEBEN , ARMSTRONG , BEHNKE , DITTRICH, K REIBICH, MURPHY , MURSAU , O'CONNOR , IWOWARCZYK and SUBECK .
At the locations indicated, amend the bill, as shown by senate substitute amendment 1, as follows:
Referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
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A N A CT to create 885.035 of the statutes;
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relating to:
after that line insert:
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.
X(d) XWork addressY means the street address of the primary location of the employer where an individual who is subject to subpoena under sub.
Analysis by the 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.
(2) is or was employed at the time of the events or actions that are subject to subpoena.Y.
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.
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The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
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S ECTION 1.
after XaddressY insert Xwith an employee authorized to receive the subpoenaY.
885.035 of the statutes is created to read:
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- 2026 Legislature - 2 - LRB-2539/1 SWB:cdc SENATE BILL 191 SECTION 1 885.035 Service of subpoena to law enforcement officer.
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(1) In this section:
delete Xindividual[s employer.Y and substitute Xprimary location of the employer where the individual is or was employed at the time of the events or actions that are subject to discovery under this section.Y.
(a) “Law enforcement officer” has the meaning given in s.
165.85 (2) (c).
(b) “Tribal law enforcement officer” has the meaning given in s.
165.85 (2) (g).
(2) Notwithstanding s.
885.03, a subpoena to 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 may be served only at the law enforcement officer’s or tribal law enforcement officer’s work address.
The subpoena may be served by exhibiting and reading it to the officer, by giving the officer a copy thereof, or by leaving a copy at the officer’s work address.
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