November 27, 2023 - Introduced by Representatives Clancy, Madison, Ratcliff, Palmeri, C. Anderson, J. Anderson, Baldeh, Bare, Cabrera, Considine, Drake, Emerson, Hong, Jacobson, Joers, Moore Omokunde, Ortiz-Velez, Shelton, Sinicki, Snodgrass, Stubbs, Subeck and Haywood, cosponsored by Senators Larson, Hesselbein, L. Johnson, Spreitzer and Taylor. Referred to Committee on Judiciary.
AB699,,22An Act to repeal 758.20 (2) (b); to consolidate, renumber and amend 758.20 (2) (intro.) and (a); and to create 758.20 (2m) of the statutes; relating to: information contained in the Consolidated Court Automation Programs Internet site related to dismissed eviction actions. AB699,,33Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau This bill provides that, if an eviction action is dismissed, the director of state courts must promptly redact the defendants’ names from the case management information for the eviction action from the Consolidated Court Automation Programs Internet site (CCAP). Current law prohibits the director of state courts from removing case management information from CCAP for an eviction action that is not a closed, confidential, or sealed case for the following periods: 1) if a writ of restitution has been granted, a period of at least ten years; and 2) if the eviction action is dismissed and no money judgment is docketed, a period of at least two years. The bill retains the first prohibition but eliminates the second.
For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
AB699,,44The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows: AB699,15Section 1. 758.20 (2) (intro.) and (a) of the statutes are consolidated, renumbered 758.20 (2) and amended to read: AB699,,66758.20 (2) The If a writ of restitution is granted in a civil action of eviction, the director of state courts may not remove case management information from the Wisconsin Circuit Court Access Internet site for a civil case that the eviction action if it is not a closed, confidential, or sealed case for the following periods: (a) If a writ of restitution has been granted in an eviction action, a period of at least 10 years following the grant of the writ. AB699,27Section 2. 758.20 (2) (b) of the statutes is repealed. AB699,38Section 3. 758.20 (2m) of the statutes is created to read: AB699,,99758.20 (2m) Notwithstanding sub. (2), if a civil action of eviction is dismissed, the director of state courts shall promptly redact the defendants’ names from the case management information for the eviction action from the Wisconsin Circuit Court Access Internet site. AB699,410Section 4. Initial applicability. AB699,,1111(1) The treatment of s. 758.20 (2m) first applies to an eviction action that is dismissed on the effective date of this subsection.
