LRB-2514/1
RLR:jld:rs
2003 - 2004 LEGISLATURE
August 14, 2003 - Introduced by Representatives Friske, Huber, Ladwig,
Staskunas, Hines, Gronemus, Ott, Ziegelbauer, Seratti, J. Lehman, Musser,
Petrowski, Owens, Loeffelholz, Ainsworth, Hahn, Gunderson, Albers and
Bies, cosponsored by Senators Kanavas, S. Fitzgerald, Schultz and Roessler.
Referred to Committee on Judiciary.
AB468,1,2
1An Act to create 906.15 (2) (bm) of the statutes;
relating to: exclusion of
2witnesses from legal proceedings.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, upon the request of a party to a legal proceeding, a judge
must issue an order excluding witnesses from the proceeding so that they cannot
hear each other's testimony. However, a witness exclusion order does not apply to:
a person who is a party to the proceeding; a representative of a company or other
entity that is a party to the proceeding; a person whose presence is shown to be
essential to the presentation of a party's cause; or, in criminal cases, the crime victim,
unless the judge finds that exclusion of the victim is necessary for a fair trial.
This bill provides that a witness exclusion order does not apply in criminal cases
to a law enforcement investigator designated by the prosecutor.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB468, s. 1
3Section
1. 906.15 (2) (bm) of the statutes is created to read:
AB468,1,54
906.15
(2) (bm) In criminal proceedings, one law enforcement investigator
5designated by the state.
AB468,2,2
1(1) This act first applies to criminal actions commenced on the effective date
2of this subsection.
