SB919: Bill Text

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2021 - 2022 LEGISLATURE

2021 Senate BILL 919

February 1, 2022 - Introduced by Senators Petrowski, Carpenter, Cowles, Darling and Marklein, cosponsored by Representatives Oldenburg, VanderMeer, Doyle, James, Penterman, Rozar and Subeck. Referred to Committee on Transportation and Local Government.

SB919,1,2 An Act to create 341.08 (2) (aj) and 343.177 of the statutes; relating to: emergency contact records maintained by the Department of Transportation.

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill requires the Department of Transportation to inquire whether an applicant for an operator's license or vehicle registration wants to provide specified emergency contact information to DOT. If an applicant provides emergency contact information, DOT must record that information in DOT's file for the applicant. DOT must provide a method for a law enforcement agency that identifies a person to electronically request and automatically receive the emergency contact information recorded in the person's file.

For further information see the state 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:

SB919,1 Section 1. 341.08 (2) (aj) of the statutes is created to read:

SB919,2,3 341.08 (2) (aj) A place for the applicant to provide emergency contact information, which shall include the emergency contact's full name, date of birth, residential address, phone number, and relationship to the applicant, and a statement that a form on which the applicant may provide emergency contact information is available on the department's Internet site and at local examining centers.

SB919,2 Section 2. 343.177 of the statutes is created to read:

SB919,2,17 343.177 Emergency contact information. As part of every application for an original, duplicate, reinstated, reissued, or renewal license or endorsement, the department shall inquire whether the applicant wants to provide emergency contact information, which shall include the emergency contact's full name, date of birth, residential address, phone number, and relationship to the applicant. The department shall make available on its Internet site and at each local examining center a separate form on which an applicant may provide emergency contact information. If an applicant provides emergency contact information under this section or under s. 341.08 (2) (aj), the department shall record the information in its file for the person. The department shall provide a method for a law enforcement agency, as defined in s. 165.83 (1) (b), that reasonably identifies a person to electronically request and automatically receive the information recorded in the person's file under this section.

SB919,2,18 (End)