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1997 - 1998 LEGISLATURE
February 24, 1997 - Introduced by Representatives Gard, Harsdorf, Ott,
Grothman, Musser, Albers, Ziegelbauer, Porter, Brandemuehl, Ainsworth,
Seratti and Underheim, cosponsored by Senators Cowles and Welch.
Referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Corrections.
AB137,1,3
1An Act to create 938.396 (2m) (c) of the statutes;
relating to: disclosure of
2certain information concerning a juvenile who has been adjudicated
3delinquent.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, subject to certain exceptions, records of the court assigned
to exercise jurisdiction under the children's code and the juvenile justice code
(juvenile court) are not open to inspection and their contents may not be disclosed
except by order of the juvenile court. Current law, however, requires a juvenile court,
on request, to open for inspection by the requester the records of the juvenile court,
other than records that deal with sensitive personal information of the juvenile and
the juvenile's family, relating to a juvenile who is alleged to have committed a
violation for which the juvenile may be placed in the serious juvenile offender
program and relating to a juvenile who is alleged to have committed a violation that
would be a felony if committed by an adult and who has been adjudicated delinquent
previously. The requester may further disclose the information to anyone. This bill
requires a juvenile court, on request, to disclose to anyone the name and age of a
juvenile who has been adjudicated delinquent for committing any violation, the
nature of the violation and the disposition imposed as a result of the violation. Under
the bill, the requester may further disclose the information to anyone.
For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be
printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB137, s. 1
1Section
1. 938.396 (2m) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
AB137,2,62
938.396
(2m) (c) Notwithstanding sub. (2), upon request, a court shall disclose
3to the requester the name and age of a juvenile who has been adjudicated delinquent,
4the nature of the violation committed by the juvenile and the disposition imposed on
5the juvenile as a result of the violation. The requester may further disclose the
6information to anyone.
AB137,2,98
(1) This act first applies to juveniles who are adjudicated delinquent on the
9effective date of this subsection.
