1995 Wisconsin Act 30

  Date of enactment: August 9, 1995
1995 Assembly Bill 87   Date of publication*: August 23, 1995

* Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes 1993-94: Effective date of acts. “Every act and every portion of an act enacted by the legislature over the governor's partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication as designated" by the secretary of state [the date of publication may not be more than 10 working days after the date of enactment].

1995 WISCONSIN ACT 30

An Act to amend 968.29 (3) (b) of the statutes; relating to: disclosure of the contents of recorded communications in court proceedings for felony offenses.

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

30,1 Section 1 . 968.29 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

968.29 (3) (b) In addition to the disclosure provisions of par. (a), any person who has received, in the manner described under s. 968.31 (2) (b), any information concerning a wire, electronic or oral communication or evidence derived therefrom, may disclose the contents of that communication or that derivative evidence while giving testimony under oath or affirmation in any proceeding described in par. (a) in which a person is accused of any act constituting a felony under ch. 161 or s. 939.30 or 939.31, and only if the party who consented to the interception is available to testify at the proceeding or if another witness is available to authenticate the recording.

30,2 Section 2 . Initial applicability.

(1)  This act first applies to communications occurring on the effective date of this subsection.