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SB147 • 2025

interpreter action by telephone or live audiovisual means in civil or criminal proceedings

interpreter action by telephone or live audiovisual means in civil or criminal proceedings

Did Not Pass

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

Sponsor
Senators Wanggaard, Cabral-Guevara and Tomczyk, cosponsored by Representatives Duchow, Allen, Armstrong, Brill, Dittrich, Donovan, Gundrum, Kitchens, Knodl, Maxey, Murphy, Mursau, Neylon, Novak, O'Connor, Ortiz-Velez, Penterman, Piwowarczyk, Rodriguez, Sortwell, Steffen and Wichgers
Last action
2026-03-23
Official status
A - Rules
Effective date
Not listed

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interpreter action by telephone or live audiovisual means in civil or criminal proceedings

interpreter action by telephone or live audiovisual means in civil or criminal proceedings Status: A - Rules

What This Bill Does

  • interpreter action by telephone or live audiovisual means in civil or criminal proceedings Status: A - Rules

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-23 Asm.

    Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

  2. 2025-05-27 Asm.

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  3. 2025-05-15 Sen.

    Read a second time

  4. 2025-05-15 Sen.

    Senate Amendment 1 adopted

  5. 2025-05-15 Sen.

    Ordered to a third reading

  6. 2025-05-15 Sen.

    Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  7. 2025-05-15 Sen.

    Read a third time and passed

  8. 2025-05-15 Sen.

    Ordered immediately messaged

  9. 2025-05-15 Asm.

    Received from Senate

  10. 2025-05-13 Sen.

    Placed on calendar 5-15-2025 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  11. 2025-05-08 Sen.

    Executive action taken

  12. 2025-05-08 Sen.

    Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety , Ayes 8, Noes 0

  13. 2025-05-08 Sen.

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety , Ayes 6, Noes 2

  14. 2025-05-08 Sen.

    Available for scheduling

  15. 2025-05-06 Sen.

    Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Wanggaard

  16. 2025-04-30 Sen.

    Public hearing held

  17. 2025-03-21 Sen.

    Introduced by Senators Wanggaard , Cabral-Guevara and Tomczyk ; cosponsored by Representatives Duchow , Allen , Armstrong , Brill , Dittrich , Donovan , Gundrum , Kitchens , Knodl , Maxey , Murphy , Mursau , Neylon , Novak , O'Connor , Ortiz-Velez , Penterman , Piwowarczyk , Rodriguez , Sortwell , Steffen and Wichgers

  18. 2025-03-21 Sen.

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety

Official Summary Text

interpreter action by telephone or live audiovisual means in civil or criminal proceedings
Status: A - Rules

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2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
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2025 SENATE BILL 147
March 21, 2025 - Introduced by Senators
Wanggaard
,
Cabral-Guevara
and
Tomczyk
, cosponsored by Representatives
Duchow
,
Allen
,
Armstrong
,
Brill
,
Dittrich
,
Donovan
,
Gundrum
,
Kitchens
,
Knodl
,
Maxey
,
Murphy
,
Mursau
,
Neylon
,
Novak
,
O'Connor
,
Ortiz-Velez
,
Penterman
,
Piwowarczyk
,
Rodriguez
,
Sortwell
,
Steffen
and
Wichgers
. Referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
SB147,1,2
1
An Act

to amend
807.14 and 967.09 of the statutes;
relating to:
interpreter
2
action by telephone or live audiovisual means in civil or criminal proceedings.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, in any civil or criminal proceeding other than a trial, a court may permit an interpreter to act by telephone or live audiovisual means. This bill removes the exclusion for trials, so that an interpreter may act by telephone or live audiovisual means in any civil or criminal proceeding.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SB147,1
3
Section

1
.
807.14 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB147,1,6
4
807.14

Interpreters.
On request of any party, the court may permit an
5
interpreter to act in any civil proceeding
other than trial
by telephone or live
6
audiovisual means.
SB147,2
7
Section

2
.
967.09 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB147,2,2
8
967.09

Interpreters may serve by telephone or video.
On request of any
1
party, the court may permit an interpreter to act in any criminal proceeding
, other
2
than trial,
by telephone or live audiovisual means.
SB147,2,3
3
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