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2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE
January 19, 2024 - Introduced by Senators Wanggaard and Taylor, cosponsored
by Representatives Tusler and Ortiz-Velez. Referred to Committee on
Judiciary and Public Safety.
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1An Act to create 19.36 (14) of the statutes;
relating to: withholding judicial
2security profiles from public access.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill exempts a judicial security profile form from disclosure under the
public records law. Under the bill, a judicial security profile form is a form completed
by or on behalf of a current or former judicial officer, such as a judge or court
commissioner, and used to develop an emergency response plan.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
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3Section
1. 19.36 (14) of the statutes is created to read:
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19.36
(14) Judicial security profiles. (a) In this subsection:
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1. “Judicial officer" means any of the following, whether living or deceased:
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a. A justice or former justice of the supreme court.
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b. A judge or former judge of the court of appeals.
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c. A judge or former judge of any circuit court.
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1d. A municipal judge or former municipal judge in this state.
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e. A circuit court commissioner or former circuit court commissioner in this
3state.
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2. “Judicial security profile form” means a form prescribed by the director of
5state courts.
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(b) An authority shall not provide access under s. 19.35 (1) to a judicial security
7profile form that is completed by or on behalf of a judicial officer and used to develop
8an emergency response plan.
