---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: fees for redacting certain records of law enforcement agencies. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: fees for redacting certain records of law enforcement agencies. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 789"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 789 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Feyen", "James", "Wanggaard"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 41
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-12-08T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-03-29T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a60dd569-a260-45c8-ac17-62f517898d74"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb789"
source_hash: "3326a79877e5075aca7487ea826eb9247aaa5ad906efc236b187578d0cc81fc0"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wi"]
---

# Wisconsin SB 789 (2023) — Relating to: fees for redacting certain records of law enforcement agencies. (FE)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Assembly Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2023/REG/SB789-AA1)
2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2023/REG/SB789)
3. **Senate Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2023/REG/SB789-SA1)

## Votes

- Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and made Available for Scheduling by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 2 — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **22–10** (pass) · upper
- Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 2 — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Referred to joint committee on Finance by Committee on Senate Organization pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCURRENCE — **94–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Feyen — primary (person)
- James — primary (person)
- Wanggaard — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-12-08T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators James, Feyen and Wanggaard; cosponsored by Representatives Spiros, Behnke, Brandtjen, Callahan, Dallman, Dittrich, Donovan, Duchow, Edming, Goeben, Krug, Kurtz, Magnafici, Melotik, Novak, Ohnstad, Penterman, Rettinger, Tusler, VanderMeer and Wittke `introduction`
- **2023-12-08T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-12-22T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Kitchens added as a cosponsor
- **2024-01-03T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2024-01-03T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2024-01-09T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator James
- **2024-01-10T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2024-01-10T06:00:00+00:00** Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 2 `amendment-passage`
- **2024-01-10T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-10T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2024-01-11T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Michalski added as a cosponsor
- **2024-01-12T06:00:00+00:00** Referred to joint committee on Finance by Committee on Senate Organization pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 5, Noes 0 `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-12T06:00:00+00:00** Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and made Available for Scheduling by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 5, Noes 0
- **2024-01-12T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 1-16-2024 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- **2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed, Ayes 22, Noes 10 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate `receipt`
- **2024-01-18T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Plumer added as a cosponsor
- **2024-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Spiros
- **2024-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 2-15-2024 by Committee on Rules
- **2024-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up `withdrawal`
- **2024-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2024-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in as amended, Ayes 94, Noes 3 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2024-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly amended and concurred in as amended, Assembly Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage, receipt`
- **2024-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 2-20-2024 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 concurred in
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Action ordered immediately messaged
- **2024-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Shankland added as a cosponsor
- **2024-02-29T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 3-26-2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 3-29-2024. 2023 Wisconsin Act 253 `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Published 3-30-2024 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a60dd569-a260-45c8-ac17-62f517898d74`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).