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AB69,1,7 1An Act to renumber 111.335 (3) (a); to renumber and amend 973.015 (1m) (a)
21.; to amend 111.335 (4) (b), 111.335 (4) (c) 1. (intro.), 111.335 (4) (e), 111.335
3(4) (f) 1., 950.04 (1v) (g), 973.015 (1m) (b) and 973.25 (1) (a); and to create
4111.335 (3) (ag), 111.335 (3) (g), 973.015 (1b), 973.015 (1m) (a) 1. a. and b.,
5973.015 (1m) (a) 3. c. and d. and 4., 973.015 (1m) (c) and 973.015 (4) of the
6statutes; relating to: expungement of records of certain crimes and
7discrimination based on expunged conviction.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, a court may order a person's criminal record expunged of a
crime if all of the following apply: 1) the maximum term of imprisonment for the
crime is six years or less (Class H felony and below); 2) the person committed the
crime before the age of 25; 3) the person had not been previously convicted of a felony;
and 4) the crime was not a violent felony. Current law specifies that the
expungement order must be made only at sentencing and then the record is
expunged when the person completes his or her sentence.
This bill removes the condition that the person committed the crime before the
age of 25 (the bill retains the requirements that the crime be no greater than a Class
H felony, the person had no previous felony convictions, and the crime was not a
violent felony) and makes certain traffic crimes ineligible for expungement. This bill

also provides that, if the sentencing court did not order the record expunged, the
person may file a petition with the sentencing court after he or she completes his or
her sentence. Upon receipt of the petition, the court must review the petition and
then may order the record expunged or may deny the petition. If the court denies the
petition, the person may not file another petition for two years, the person must pay
a $100 fee to the county for the second petition, and no person may file more than two
petitions per crime. Finally, this bill limits a person to one expungement. The
changes described in this paragraph retroactively apply to persons who were
convicted of a crime before this bill takes effect.
This bill also allows the sentencing court to order that a person's record not be
eligible for expungement. This bill provides that, if a record is expunged of a crime,
that crime is not considered a conviction for employment purposes and specifies that
employment discrimination because of a conviction record includes requesting a
person to supply information regarding a crime if the record has been expunged of
the crime.
Finally, the bill provides that it is not employment discrimination because of
conviction record for the Law Enforcement Standards Board to consider a conviction
that has been expunged with respect to applying any standard or requirement for the
certification, decertification, or required training of law enforcement officers, tribal
law enforcement officers, jail officers, and juvenile detention officers.
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:
AB69,1 1Section 1. 111.335 (3) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 111.335 (3) (ar).
AB69,2 2Section 2. 111.335 (3) (ag) of the statutes is created to read:
AB69,2,93 111.335 (3) (ag) 1. Except as provided in par. (g), employment discrimination
4because of conviction record includes, but is not limited to, requesting an applicant,
5employee, member, licensee, or any other individual, on an application form or
6otherwise, to supply information regarding a crime the record of which has been
7expunged under s. 973.015. A request to supply information regarding criminal
8convictions shall not be construed as a request to supply information regarding a
9crime the record of which has been expunged under s. 973.015.
AB69,3,5
12. Notwithstanding par. (ar) 1., it is employment discrimination because of
2conviction record for an employer or licensing agency to engage in any act of
3employment discrimination specified in s. 111.322 on the basis of a conviction the
4record of which has been expunged under s. 973.015. This subdivision does not apply
5to the extent that its application conflicts with federal law.
AB69,3 6Section 3. 111.335 (3) (g) of the statutes is created to read:
AB69,3,117 111.335 (3) (g) Notwithstanding s. 111.322, it is not employment discrimination
8because of conviction record for the law enforcement standards board to refuse to
9certify, recertify, or allow to participate in a preparatory training program or to
10decertify under s. 165.85 an individual who has a conviction the record of which has
11been expunged under s. 973.015.
AB69,4 12Section 4. 111.335 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB69,3,1713 111.335 (4) (b) It is employment discrimination because of conviction record for
14a licensing agency to refuse to license any individual under sub. (3) (a) (ar) 1. or to
15bar or terminate an individual from licensing under sub. (3) (a) (ar) 1. because the
16individual was adjudicated delinquent under ch. 938 for an offense other than an
17exempt offense.
AB69,5 18Section 5. 111.335 (4) (c) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB69,3,2119 111.335 (4) (c) 1. (intro.) If a licensing agency refuses to license an individual
20under sub. (3) (a) (ar) 1. or bars or terminates an individual from licensing under sub.
21(3) (a) (ar) 1., the licensing agency shall, subject to subd. 2., do all of the following:
AB69,6 22Section 6. 111.335 (4) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB69,4,223 111.335 (4) (e) A state licensing agency that may refuse to license individuals
24under sub. (3) (a) (ar) 1. or that may bar or terminate an individual from licensure
25under sub. (3) (a) (ar) 1. shall publish on the agency's Internet site a document

1indicating the offenses or kinds of offenses that may result in such a refusal, bar, or
2termination.
AB69,7 3Section 7. 111.335 (4) (f) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB69,4,94 111.335 (4) (f) 1. A state licensing agency that may refuse to license individuals
5under sub. (3) (a) (ar) 1. or that may bar or terminate individuals from licensing
6under sub. (3) (a) (ar) 1. shall allow an individual who does not possess a license to,
7without submitting a full application and without paying the fees applicable to
8applicants, apply to the agency for a determination of whether the individual would
9be disqualified from obtaining the license due to his or her conviction record.
AB69,8 10Section 8. 950.04 (1v) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB69,4,1311 950.04 (1v) (g) To have reasonable attempts made to notify the victim of
12hearings or court proceedings, as provided under ss. 302.113 (9g) (g) 2., 302.114 (6),
13938.27 (4m) and (6), 938.273 (2), 971.095 (3) and , 972.14 (3) (b), and 973.015 (1m) (c).
AB69,9 14Section 9. 973.015 (1b) of the statutes is created to read:
AB69,4,1515 973.015 (1b) In this section, “record” means a criminal case file.
AB69,10 16Section 10. 973.015 (1m) (a) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 973.015 (1m) (a)
171. (intro.) and amended to read:
AB69,4,2518 973.015 (1m) (a) 1. (intro.) Subject to subd. 2. and except as provided in subd.
193., when a person is under the age of 25 at the time of the commission of an offense
20for which the person has been found guilty in a court for violation of a law for which
21the maximum period of imprisonment is 6 years or less, the
, a court may order at the
22time of sentencing after a conviction that the record a criminal case be expunged
23upon successful completion of the sentence if the court determines the person will
24benefit and society will not be harmed by this disposition.
by one of the following
25methods:
AB69,5,3
1(d) This subsection does not apply to information maintained by the
2department of transportation regarding a conviction that is required to be included
3in a record kept under s. 343.23 (2) (a).
AB69,11 4Section 11. 973.015 (1m) (a) 1. a. and b. of the statutes are created to read:
AB69,5,95 973.015 (1m) (a) 1. a. Except as provided in subd. 3., the court may order at the
6time of sentencing that the record be expunged upon successful completion of the
7sentence if the court determines that the person has not previously had a record
8expunged under this section and that the person will benefit and society will not be
9harmed by this disposition.
AB69,6,610 b. If at least one year has passed since the person successfully completed his
11or her sentence, the person may file a petition in the county of conviction requesting
12that the record be expunged. Upon receipt of the petition, the court shall review the
13petition to determine if the person is ineligible to petition for expungement because
14subd. 3. or 4. applies, less than one year has passed since the person successfully
15completed his or her sentence, there are criminal charges pending against the
16person, the person has previously had a record expunged under this section, or the
17person has exceeded the maximum number of petitions allowed under this subd. 1.
18b. If the court determines the person is eligible to petition for expungement, the court
19shall forward the petition to the district attorney. If the district attorney requests
20a hearing within 90 days after the court forwards the petition, the court shall
21schedule a hearing to review the petition. If the district attorney waives the hearing
22or at least 90 days have passed since the court forwarded the petition, the court may
23review the petition with or without a hearing. If a hearing is scheduled, then if
24practicable, the sentencing judge shall be the judge to review the petition. The court
25may order that the record be expunged if the court determines the person will benefit

1and society will not be harmed by this disposition. If the court does not order the
2record be expunged under this subd. 1. b., the person may file a 2nd petition under
3this subd. 1. b. only if at least 2 years have passed since he or she filed the first
4petition. No person may file more than 2 petitions per record under this subd. 1. b.
5For a 2nd petition regarding the same record, the person shall pay to the clerk of
6circuit court a $100 fee to be retained for the use of the county.
AB69,12 7Section 12. 973.015 (1m) (a) 3. c. and d. and 4. of the statutes are created to
8read:
AB69,6,109 973.015 (1m) (a) 3. c. A crime for which the maximum period of imprisonment
10is more than 6 years.
AB69,6,1111 d. A violation of chs. 341 to 348.
AB69,6,1312 4. The court may order at the time of sentencing that the record is ineligible
13for expungement.
AB69,13 14Section 13. 973.015 (1m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB69,7,515 973.015 (1m) (b) A For purposes of par. (a), a person has successfully
16completed the sentence if the person has completed all periods of incarceration,
17parole, or extended supervision to which he or she was sentenced; the person has paid
18all fines, costs, fees, surcharges, and restitution assessed and has completed any
19court-ordered community service; the person
has not been convicted of a subsequent
20offense crime; and, if on probation was imposed, the probation has not been revoked
21and the probationer has satisfied the conditions of probation. Upon successful
22completion of the a sentence involving incarceration or probation, the detaining or
23probationary authority shall issue and forward to the court of record a certificate of
24discharge which shall be forwarded to the court of record and which shall have the
25effect of expunging the record
that indicates whether the person successfully

1completed his or her sentence. If the court has ordered the record expunged under
2par. (a) 1. a. or 2. and the person has successfully completed the sentence, the person's
3record shall be expunged as ordered
. If the person has been imprisoned incarcerated,
4the detaining authority shall also forward a copy of the certificate of discharge to the
5department.
AB69,14 6Section 14. 973.015 (1m) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
AB69,7,207 973.015 (1m) (c) Upon receipt of a petition under par. (a) 1. b., the district
8attorney shall make a reasonable attempt to notify the victim, as defined in s. 950.02
9(4), of the petition. In the notice, the district attorney shall inform the victim that
10he or she may waive the hearing requirement and that, if waived, the court may
11review the petition without a hearing. The district attorney shall inform the victim
12of the manner in which he or she may provide written statements concerning the
13petition and, if the victim does not waive the hearing requirement, that he or she may
14appear at the hearing. If the victim waives the hearing requirement, the district
15attorney may inform the court that there is no objection to waiving the hearing
16requirement. Notwithstanding the confidentiality of victim address information
17obtained under s. 302.113 (9g) (g) 3., a district attorney who is required to make a
18reasonable attempt to notify a victim under this paragraph may obtain from the clerk
19of the circuit court the victim address information that the victim provided to the
20clerk under s. 302.113 (9g) (g) 3.
AB69,15 21Section 15. 973.015 (4) of the statutes is created to read:
AB69,7,2522 973.015 (4) A record of a crime expunged under this section is not considered
23a conviction for employment purposes or for purposes of the issuance of a license, as
24defined in s. 111.32 (10), by a licensing agency, as defined in s. 111.32 (11). This
25subsection does not apply to the extent that its application conflicts with federal law.
AB69,16
1Section 16. 973.25 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB69,8,52 973.25 (1) (a) “Certificate of qualification for employment” means a certificate
3issued by the council on offender employment that provides an offender with relief
4from a collateral sanction, except that it does not provide relief from s. 48.685 (5m),
550.065 (4m), or 111.335 (3) (a) (ar), (b), (c), or (e) or (4) (h) or (i).
AB69,17 6Section 17. Initial applicability.
AB69,8,117 (1) The treatment of s. 973.015 (1m) (a) 3. c. and d. and 4., (b), and (c), the
8renumbering and amendment of s. 973.015 (1m) (a) 1., and the creation of s. 973.015
9(1m) (a) 1. a. and b. first apply to any conviction for which sentencing has occurred
10but for which the record has not been ordered expunged on the effective date of this
11subsection.
AB69,18 12Section 18. Effective date.
AB69,8,1413 (1) This act takes effect on the first day of the 13th month beginning after
14publication.
AB69,8,1515 (End)
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