Assembly Bill 232
Duties upon striking a person or an attended or occupied vehicle and providing a penalty
Topics: Crime and criminals: Felony, Legislature: Criminal Penalties, Joint Review Committee on, Motor vehicle: Accident
Stopped in committee
It had a but no committee vote, so it never came up for a vote. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Apr 23, 2009
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. It had a hearing but no committee vote.
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Senate vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Apr 28, 2010: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It sat with the Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice.
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Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
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
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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
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Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Under current law, the operator of a vehicle may not leave the scene of an accident upon striking a person or an attended or occupied vehicle without giving certain information, and rendering assistance or aid to an injured person at the scene of the accident, if necessary. An operator who fails to do so is subject to varying penalties, depending on the severity of injury to the other person. Currently, if the other person was injured but did not suffer great bodily harm, the operator who leaves the scene of an accident may be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than nine months or both.
This bill provides that an operator who leaves the scene of an accident that causes injury, but not great bodily harm, to another person without providing the required information or rendering the required assistance is guilty of a Class I felony and may be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than three years and six months or both.
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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
11 lawmakers are its . 10 are Republicans and 1 is a Democrat.
4 more lawmakers .
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Authors (11)
- Garey Bies · Republican, Assembly
- Dean Kaufert · Republican, Assembly
- Thomas Lothian · Republican, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- Steve Nass · Republican, Senate
- Lee Nerison · Republican, Assembly
- Jerry Petrowski · Republican, Senate
- Richard Spanbauer · Republican, Assembly
- Scott Suder · Republican, Assembly
- John Townsend · Republican, Assembly
- Josh Zepnick · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (4)
- Alan Lasee · Republican, Senate
- Alberta Darling · Republican, Senate
- Julie M. Lassa · Democrat, Senate
- Luther S. Olsen · Republican, Senate
What happened
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Apr 28, 2010
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Oct 15, 2009
The committee held a public hearing.
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Apr 23, 2009
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice.
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Apr 23, 2009
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Apr 23, 2009 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Bies, Kaufert, Lothian, Mursau, Nass, Nerison, Petrowski, Spanbauer, Suder, Townsend and Zepnick;Cosponsored by Senators A. Lasee, Lassa, Darling and Olsen
- Apr 23, 2009 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Criminal Justice
- Oct 15, 2009 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Apr 28, 2010 · Assembly
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Terms on this page
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
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
From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
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
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
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor