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Bills from the 2009–10 session

Assembly Bill 171

Unlawful use of a global positioning device and providing a penalty

Topics: Crime and criminals: Felony, Data processing: Criminal acts and law enforcement, Legislature: Criminal Penalties, Joint Review Committee on

Passed the Assembly, then stopped

The Assembly passed it on Apr 15, 2010, but the Senate never voted on it. A bill has to ⁠. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Mar 26, 2009

  2. Committee, passed

    Approved

  3. Assembly vote, passed

    Passed Apr 15, 2010

  4. Senate vote, stopped here

    Stopped here. The Senate never voted on it.

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Apr 28, 2010: “Failed to concur in pursuant to ⁠”

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What it would have done

Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

This bill makes it unlawful to place a global positioning device on another person's vehicle without that person's knowledge and consent or to intentionally obtain information regarding another person's movement or location generated by a global positioning device without that person's knowledge or consent. A person who does so is guilty of a Class I felony and is subject to a fine not to exceed $10,000, imprisonment not to exceed three years and six months, or both.

Because this bill creates a new crime or revises a penalty for an existing crime, the Joint Review Committee on Criminal Penalties may be requested to prepare a report concerning the proposed penalty and the costs or savings that are likely to result if the bill is enacted.

Who's behind it

3 representatives are its ⁠. 2 are Democrats and 1 is a Republican.

2 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 5 names

Authors (3)

Signed on in support (2)

What it would cost

State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.

Versions and amendments

Every text the Legislature printed for this bill, including proposed changes. Each opens on the Legislature's site.

How lawmakers voted

There was one vote on this bill.

Assembly Committee on Personal Privacy vote on an amendment

Passed, 6 to 0 · Nov 16, 2009

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by committee on Personal Privacy, Ayes 6, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page

What happened

  1. Apr 28, 2010

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Apr 27, 2010

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  3. Apr 21, 2010

    1 more senator signed on in support.

  4. Apr 20, 2010

    The committee held a public hearing.

  5. Apr 16, 2010

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Corrections, Insurance, Campaign Finance Reform, and Housing.

  6. Apr 16, 2010

    The Senate received it.

  7. Apr 15, 2010

    The Assembly passed it.

  8. Apr 15, 2010

    The Assembly adopted it.

  9. Nov 16, 2009

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.

  10. Nov 16, 2009

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 6 to 0.

  11. Apr 7, 2009

    The committee held a public hearing.

  12. Apr 7, 2009

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  13. Mar 26, 2009

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Personal Privacy.

  14. Mar 26, 2009

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Mar 26, 2009 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Kramer, Kessler and Schneider;Cosponsored by Senator Erpenbach

  2. Mar 26, 2009 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Personal Privacy

  3. Apr 7, 2009 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Apr 7, 2009 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Apr 7, 2009 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. Apr 7, 2009 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  7. Apr 7, 2009 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  8. Jun 3, 2009 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 1 offered by Representatives Kessler and Kramer

  9. Jun 3, 2009 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 2 offered by Representatives Kessler and Kramer

  10. Jun 3, 2009 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 3 offered by Representatives Kessler and Kramer

  11. Jun 18, 2009 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly amendment 1 offered by Representative Kessler

  12. Oct 14, 2009 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 4 offered by Representative Gundrum

  13. Oct 15, 2009 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  14. Oct 15, 2009 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 5 offered by committee on Personal Privacy

  15. Oct 15, 2009 · Assembly

    Assembly substitute amendment 1 offered by committee on Personal Privacy

  16. Nov 16, 2009 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by committee on Personal Privacy, Ayes 6, Noes 0

  17. Nov 16, 2009 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by committee on Personal Privacy, Ayes 6, Noes 0

  18. Nov 16, 2009 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  19. Apr 13, 2010 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 4-15-2010 by committee on Rules

  20. Apr 15, 2010 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  21. Apr 15, 2010 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 offered by Representatives Gundrum and Kramer

  22. Apr 15, 2010 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 adopted

  23. Apr 15, 2010 · Assembly

    Assembly substitute amendment 1 adopted

  24. Apr 15, 2010 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  25. Apr 15, 2010 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  26. Apr 15, 2010 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed

  27. Apr 15, 2010 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  28. Apr 16, 2010 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  29. Apr 16, 2010 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary, Corrections, Insurance, Campaign Finance Reform, and Housing

  30. Apr 19, 2010 · Senate

    LRB correction (Assembly Amendment 4)

  31. Apr 20, 2010 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  32. Apr 21, 2010 · Senate

    Senator Taylor added as a cosponsor

  33. Apr 27, 2010 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  34. Apr 28, 2010 · Senate

    Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

Terms on this page

Second chamber's vote

A bill has to pass both the Assembly and the Senate in the same form before it goes to the governor.

Official term: Concurrence. More in the glossary

Senate Joint Resolution 1

The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.

Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary

Legislative Reference Bureau

The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.

Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary

Author

A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.

Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary

Signed on in support

Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.

Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary

Cost estimate

A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.

Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary

Roll call

A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.

Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary

From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source

Second chamber's vote

A bill has to pass both the Assembly and the Senate in the same form before it goes to the governor.

Official term: Concurrence

More in the glossary

Senate Joint Resolution 1

The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.

Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1

More in the glossary

Legislative Reference Bureau

The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.

Official term: LRB analysis

More in the glossary

Author

A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.

Official term: Author, coauthor

More in the glossary

Signed on in support

Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.

Official term: Cosponsor

More in the glossary

Cost estimate

A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.

Official term: Fiscal estimate

More in the glossary

Roll call

A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.

Official term: Roll call vote

More in the glossary