CCAP bill introduced at state Assembly

The latest bill to remove case information about a person who was acquitted from the state’s online courts system was introduced in the Assembly on Wednesday.

The bill, if passed, would require the state courts’ office to remove information about felony cases from the Wisconsin Circuit Court Access website within 120 days of being notified that charges were dismissed or that a defendant was found not guilty.

The same would go for civil forfeiture cases, though there would be a 90-day timetable.

The Assembly version of the bill, sponsored by Rep. Mary Czaja, R-Irma, was introduced Thursday, and includes Democrats and Republicans and sponsors. It was referred to the Committee on Corrections.

The Senate version, sponsored by Sen. Glenn Grothman, R-West Bend, has not yet been formally introduced.

Wisconsin Circuit Court Access, or WCCA, is commonly referred to as CCAP — Consolidated Court Automation Programs – a statewide, computer case management system for the circuit courts. CCAP operates the WCCA system as its public access component. It gets between 3 million and 5 million pageviews a day.

Several other measures that tried to do the same thing have been unsuccessful in this and past legislative sessions. Follow @eheisigWLJ