IN RE: amendment to SCR 72.01(8) (2024)

On March 29, 2022, Legal Action of Wisconsin, by Attorney Korey C. Lundin, filed a rule petition asking the court to amend Supreme Court Rules 72.01(8), 72.01(9), and 72.01(10) to shorten the record retention period for eviction cases in which no money judgment is entered to one year.

Following a public comment period, the court held a public hearing on the matter on September 7, 2023. The court discussed the petition at an open administrative conference on October 9, 2023, and a majority voted to adopt a modified version of the petition. Shortly thereafter, the court was made aware of a potential conflict between the approved rule revisions and Wis. Stat. § 758.20(2)(a). On October 30, 2023, the court solicited supplemental public comments concerning the potential conflict. The court received supplemental comments concerning this issue from: the Hon. Audrey K. Skwierawski, then-Interim Director of State Courts; Richard A. Van Der Leest on behalf of VDL & Associates, et al.; Attorney Heiner Giese on behalf of the Rental Property Association of Wisconsin, Inc., et al.; and Legal Action of Wisconsin.

At a later closed administrative conference, the court voted to schedule a second open administrative conference to further discuss the petition.

Therefore,

IT IS ORDERED that a second open administrative conference on the petition shall be held in the Supreme Court Hearing Room in the State Capitol, Madison, Wisconsin, on Tuesday, April 16, 2024, at 10:30 a.m.

BY THE COURT:

Samuel A. Christensen Clerk of Supreme Court

REBECCA GRASSL BRADLEY, J., dissents.