How to Prepare for Wisconsin 2023 Act 235

2023 WI Act 235, also known as the Judicial Privacy Act or Daniel’s Law, was enacted into law on March 27, 2024, in response to threats and violence against judicial officers and their families. By creating an avenue to request that certain personal information (such as home addresses) be hidden from public view, the Act’s intent is to reduce the visibility of personally identifiable data as a roadblock to those who might target judicial officers. It is not intended to block the flow of judicial officers’ private information among and within government agencies during regular business.

While this law, which goes into effect on April 1, 2025, was not intended to make government or private sector business operations more difficult, there are unintended consequences that will affect these operations. To minimize the impacts, WLIA has developed recommendations to help prepare for the law as it is and is requesting amendments be considered to fix the identified issues.

The WLIA Technical Committee’s Judicial Privacy Task Force and PRIA Local are working with other groups on these efforts. The groups have collaborated with Attolles Law, courtesy of the Wisconsin Counties Association, who did a legal analysis and summary. The WLIA Judicial Privacy Task Force used this analysis as a reference, and created a list of recommendations to help WLIA members and their organizations prepare for 2023 WI Act 235. The WLIA Board also approved a list of requested amendments which will be sent to the Office of Director of State Courts.

Recommendations and resources to prepare for WI 2023 Act 235.