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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.
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AN ACT to amend 807.14 and 967.09 of the statutes; relating to: interpreter
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:
SECTION 1. 807.14 of the statutes is amended to read:
807.14 Interpreters. On request of any party, the court may permit an
interpreter to act in any civil proceeding other than trial by telephone or live
audiovisual means.
SECTION 2. 967.09 of the statutes is amended to read:
967.09 Interpreters may serve by telephone or video. On request of any
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party, the court may permit an interpreter to act in any criminal proceeding, other
than trial, by telephone or live audiovisual means.
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