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AB191 • 2025

requiring a subpoena to a law enforcement officer or tribal law enforcement officer served in official capacity to be served at the officer’s work address

requiring a subpoena to a law enforcement officer or tribal law enforcement officer served in official capacity to be served at the officer’s work address

Did Not Pass

The latest official action shows that this bill did not move forward in that session.

Sponsor
Representatives Goeben, Piwowarczyk, O'Connor, Armstrong, Subeck, Dittrich, Mursau, Kreibich, Murphy and Behnke, cosponsored by Senators James, Wanggaard, Tomczyk and Nass
Last action
2026-03-23
Official status
A - Tabled
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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requiring a subpoena to a law enforcement officer or tribal law enforcement officer served in official capacity to be served at the officer’s work address

requiring a subpoena to a law enforcement officer or tribal law enforcement officer served in official capacity to be served at the officer’s work address Status: A - Tabled

What This Bill Does

  • requiring a subpoena to a law enforcement officer or tribal law enforcement officer served in official capacity to be served at the officer’s work address Status: A - Tabled

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-03-23 Asm.

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

  2. 2026-03-19 Asm.

    Representative Anderson added as a coauthor

  3. 2026-03-19 Asm.

    Representative Emerson added as a coauthor

  4. 2026-03-10 Asm.

    Representative Billings added as a coauthor

  5. 2026-03-06 Asm.

    Representative Brown added as a coauthor

  6. 2025-10-14 Asm.

    Laid on the table

  7. 2025-10-09 Asm.

    Placed on calendar 10-14-2025 by Committee on Rules

  8. 2025-08-21 Asm.

    Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Representative Goeben

  9. 2025-05-29 Asm.

    Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 adoption recommended by Committee on Judiciary , Ayes 4, Noes 2

  10. 2025-05-29 Asm.

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Judiciary , Ayes 4, Noes 2

  11. 2025-05-29 Asm.

    Referred to committee on Rules

  12. 2025-05-21 Asm.

    Executive action taken

  13. 2025-05-07 Asm.

    Public hearing held

  14. 2025-05-05 Asm.

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Representative Goeben

  15. 2025-04-29 Asm.

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Goeben

  16. 2025-04-21 Asm.

    Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor

  17. 2025-04-16 Asm.

    Representative Stroud added as a coauthor

  18. 2025-04-15 Asm.

    Introduced by Representatives Goeben , Piwowarczyk , O'Connor , Armstrong , Subeck , Dittrich , Mursau , Kreibich , Murphy and Behnke ; cosponsored by Senators James , Wanggaard , Tomczyk and Nass

  19. 2025-04-15 Asm.

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary

Official Summary Text

requiring a subpoena to a law enforcement officer or tribal law enforcement officer served in official capacity to be served at the officer’s work address
Status: A - Tabled

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2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
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2025 ASSEMBLY BILL 191
April 15, 2025 - Introduced by Representatives
Goeben
,
Piwowarczyk
,
O'Connor
,
Armstrong
,
Subeck
,
Dittrich
,
Mursau
,
Kreibich
,
Murphy
and
Behnke
, cosponsored by Senators
James
,
Wanggaard
,
Tomczyk
and
Nass
. Referred to Committee on Judiciary.
AB191,1,3
1
An Act

to create
885.035 of the statutes;
relating to:
requiring a subpoena to
2
a law enforcement officer or tribal law enforcement officer served in official
3
capacity to be served at the officer’s work address.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, a subpoena may generally be served by any person by exhibiting and reading it to the witness, by giving the witness a copy of the subpoena, or by leaving a copy of the subpoena at the witness’s home. This bill modifies the procedure with respect to law enforcement officers and tribal law enforcement officers served in an official capacity, requiring that a subpoena may be served upon a law enforcement officer or tribal law enforcement officer in the officer’s official capacity as a law enforcement officer or tribal law enforcement officer only at the officer’s work address by exhibiting and reading it to the officer, by giving the officer a copy of the subpoena, or by leaving a copy of the subpoena at the officer’s work address.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
AB191,1
4
Section

1
.
885.035 of the statutes is created to read:
AB191,2,2
1
885.035

Service of subpoena to law enforcement officer.

(1)
In this
2
section:
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3
(a) “Law enforcement officer” has the meaning given in s. 165.85 (2) (c).
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(b) “Tribal law enforcement officer” has the meaning given in s. 165.85 (2) (g).
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(2)
Notwithstanding s. 885.03, a subpoena to be served upon a law
6
enforcement officer or tribal law enforcement officer in the officer’s official capacity
7
as a law enforcement officer or tribal law enforcement officer may be served only at
8
the law enforcement officer’s or tribal law enforcement officer’s work address. The
9
subpoena may be served by exhibiting and reading it to the officer, by giving the
10
officer a copy thereof, or by leaving a copy at the officer’s work address.
AB191,2,11
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