SB 169 Wisconsin Senate · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Relating to: privacy protections for judicial officers.

Wisconsin's SB 169 creates a new system for judicial officers (judges and court staff) to request privacy protections for specific personal information. The bill allows judicial officers to submit written requests to government agencies to shield their home addresses, children's names under 18, and certain financial documents (like economic interest statements and campaign finance reports) from public access. It amends statutes to require agencies like the register of deeds and campaign finance commission to remove this protected information from public records and databases upon request. The law defines "personal information" to include home addresses tied to a judicial officer's name and specifies that agencies must not publicly post or display such information without consent.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2025
Committee Review
Jun 2025
Senate Passage
Jun 2025
Assembly Passage
Jun 2025
Signed into Law
Aug 2025
Introduced Apr 3, 2025 Signed Aug 11, 2025
Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
31
Key actions
6
Committee
1
Amendments
4
Aug 11, 2025
Signed into law
Report approved by the Governor on 8-8-2025. 2025 Wisconsin Act 25
upper
Jun 25, 2025
Introduced
LRB correction (Senate Substitute Amendment 1)
upper
Jun 24, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read a third time and concurred in
lower
Jun 18, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read a third time and passed
upper
Jun 18, 2025
Upper · Passed
Senate Substitute Amendment 1 adopted
upper
Jun 5, 2025
Upper · Passed
Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 8, Noes 0
upper
Jun 5, 2025
Upper · Passed
Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 8, Noes 0
upper
May 21, 2025
Introduced
Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senator Wanggaard
upper
Apr 3, 2025
Introduced
Introduced by Senator Wanggaard; cosponsored by Representatives Tusler, Dittrich, Gundrum, Kreibich, Murphy, O'Connor, Penterman, Sinicki and Subeck
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

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Legislator
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State
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Van Wanggaard
RRepublican
WI
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