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SB191 • 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

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This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Senators James, Nass, Tomczyk and Wanggaard, cosponsored by Representatives Goeben, Armstrong, Behnke, Dittrich, Kreibich, Murphy, Mursau, O'Connor, Piwowarczyk and Subeck
Last action
2026-04-06
Official status
S - Enacted into law
Effective date
Not listed

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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: S - Enacted into law

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: S - Enacted into law

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-04-06 Sen.

    Report approved by the Governor on 4-2-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 150

  2. 2026-04-06 Sen.

    Published 4-3-2026

  3. 2026-04-02 Sen.

    Presented to the Governor on 4-2-2026

  4. 2026-03-19 Sen.

    Representative Anderson added as a cosponsor

  5. 2026-03-19 Sen.

    Representative Emerson added as a cosponsor

  6. 2026-03-10 Sen.

    Representative Billings added as a cosponsor

  7. 2026-03-06 Sen.

    Representative Brown added as a cosponsor

  8. 2026-01-30 Sen.

    Report correctly enrolled

  9. 2026-01-21 Sen.

    Assembly Amendment 1 concurred in

  10. 2026-01-21 Sen.

    Action ordered immediately messaged

  11. 2026-01-16 Sen.

    Placed on calendar 1-21-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  12. 2025-10-15 Sen.

    Received from Assembly amended and concurred in as amended, Assembly Amendment 1 adopted

  13. 2025-10-14 Asm.

    Representative Stubbs added as a cosponsor

  14. 2025-10-14 Asm.

    Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up

  15. 2025-10-14 Asm.

    Read a second time

  16. 2025-10-14 Asm.

    Assembly Amendment 1 adopted

  17. 2025-10-14 Asm.

    Ordered to a third reading

  18. 2025-10-14 Asm.

    Rules suspended

  19. 2025-10-14 Asm.

    Read a third time and concurred in as amended

  20. 2025-10-14 Asm.

    Ordered immediately messaged

  21. 2025-10-09 Asm.

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

  22. 2025-08-21 Asm.

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Goeben

  23. 2025-05-27 Asm.

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  24. 2025-05-15 Sen.

    Read a second time

  25. 2025-05-15 Sen.

    Senate Substitute Amendment 1 adopted

  26. 2025-05-15 Sen.

    Ordered to a third reading

  27. 2025-05-15 Sen.

    Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  28. 2025-05-15 Sen.

    Read a third time and passed

  29. 2025-05-15 Sen.

    Ordered immediately messaged

  30. 2025-05-15 Asm.

    Received from Senate

  31. 2025-05-13 Sen.

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

  32. 2025-05-08 Sen.

    Executive action taken

  33. 2025-05-08 Sen.

    Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety , Ayes 7, Noes 1

  34. 2025-05-08 Sen.

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety , Ayes 7, Noes 1

  35. 2025-05-08 Sen.

    Available for scheduling

  36. 2025-05-05 Sen.

    Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senator James

  37. 2025-04-30 Sen.

    Public hearing held

  38. 2025-04-21 Sen.

    Representative J. Jacobson added as a cosponsor

  39. 2025-04-16 Sen.

    Representative Stroud added as a cosponsor

  40. 2025-04-14 Sen.

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

  41. 2025-04-14 Sen.

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

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: S - Enacted into law

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2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
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2025 SENATE BILL 191
April 14, 2025 - Introduced by Senators
James
,
Nass
,
Tomczyk
and
Wanggaard
, cosponsored by Representatives
Goeben
,
Armstrong
,
Behnke
,
Dittrich
,
Kreibich
,
Murphy
,
Mursau
,
O'Connor
,
Piwowarczyk
and
Subeck
. Referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
SB191,1,3
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:
SB191,1
4
Section

1
.
885.035 of the statutes is created to read:
SB191,2,2
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.
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