Wisconsin Legislative Council
ACT MEMO
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Prepared by: David Moore, Senior Staff Attorney December 13, 2023
2023 Wisconsin Act 57
[2023 Senate Bill 35]
Emergency Contact Records
Maintained by the Department of
Transportation
2023 Wisconsin Act 57 requires the Department of Transportation (DOT), as part of every application
for an original, duplicate, reinstated, reissued, or renewal driver’s license or endorsement, to inquire
whether the applicant wants to provide emergency contact information. For this purpose, emergency
contact information must include the emergency contact’s full name, residential address, telephone
number, and relationship to the applicant.
The act directs DOT to make a form on which a vehicle registrant or driver’s license applicant may
voluntarily provide emergency contact information to the department available on its internet site and
at each local examining center. If an applicant provides emergency contact information, DOT must
record that information in its file for the person. DOT must also provide a method for a law
enforcement agency that reasonably identifies a person to electronically request and automatically
receive the emergency contact information recorded in the person’s file. The act prohibits DOT from
disclosing the emergency contact of an individual who provides that information, except to that
individual or law enforcement.
Effective date: June 1, 2024
For a full history of the bill, visit the Legislature’s bill history page.
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