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2009 - 2010 LEGISLATURE
December 11, 2009 - Introduced by Representatives Vruwink, Sinicki, Zepnick and
Bies, cosponsored by Senator Taylor. Referred to Committee on Personal
Privacy.
AB612,1,2 1An Act to create 256.35 (9m) of the statutes; relating to: access to audio
2recordings of 911 calls.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, a requester of a public record that is in the form of a
comprehensible audio tape recording has the right to receive a copy of the recording
substantially as audible as the original, except as otherwise provided under
statutory or common law, and except that the custodian of the recording may
withhold access under a "balancing test" that weighs the public interest in
withholding access against the strong public interest in providing access. This bill
creates another exception for 911 calls. Under the bill, subject to the exceptions
under current law, a requester has the right to inspect and copy a transcript of a 911
call, but does not have the right to inspect or copy an audio recording of a 911 call.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB612, s. 1 3Section 1. 256.35 (9m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB612,1,64 256.35 (9m) Audio recording confidentiality. An audio recording of a call by
5a person dialing the digits "911" is not subject to inspection or copying under s. 19.35.
6A transcript of such a recording is subject to inspection and copying under s. 19.35.
AB612, s. 2
1Section 2. Initial applicability.
AB612,2,42 (1) The treatment of section 256.35 (9m) of the statutes first applies to
3inspection or copying requests made under section 19.35 of the statutes on the
4effective date of this subsection.
AB612,2,55 (End)
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