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Bills from the 2009–10 session

Assembly Bill 423

Battery to a district attorney or assistant district attorney and providing a penalty

Topics: Crime and criminals: Battery, District attorney, Legislature: Criminal Penalties, Joint Review Committee on

Stopped before the full Assembly voted

The recommended passing it, but the full Assembly never voted on it. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Sep 22, 2009

  2. Committee, passed

    Approved

  3. Assembly vote, stopped here

    Stopped here. The full Assembly never voted on it.

  4. Senate vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Apr 28, 2010: “Failed to pass 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.

Under current law, no one may intentionally cause or threaten bodily harm to a judge or a member of a judge's family if the person knows that the person harmed or threatened is a judge or a family member of the judge and the person who causes or threatens harm does so while the judge is acting in his or her official capacity or as a response to an official action by the judge. A person who does so is guilty of a Class H felony and may be fined not more than $10,000 imprisoned for not more than six years, or both.

This bill attaches the same penalty to a person who knowingly causes or threatens bodily harm to a district attorney or a member of a district attorney's family while the district attorney is acting in an official capacity or as a response to an official action by the district attorney. The bill defines "district attorney" to include any person authorized to prosecute a criminal case or a delinquency petition, or his or her designee.

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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

18 lawmakers are its ⁠. 12 are Democrats and 6 are Republicans.

4 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 22 names

Authors (18)

Signed on in support (4)

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 Judiciary and Ethics vote on an amendment

Passed, 10 to 0 · Jan 25, 2010

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

Official motion: “Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by committee on Judiciary and Ethics, Ayes 10, 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. Jan 25, 2010

    “Report of joint review committee on Criminal Penalties requested pursuant to s. 13.525 (5)(b) Wisconsin Statutes” (the official wording)

  3. Jan 25, 2010

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.

  4. Jan 25, 2010

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 7 to 3.

  5. Nov 11, 2009

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  6. Nov 3, 2009

    The committee held a public hearing.

  7. Oct 2, 2009

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  8. Sep 29, 2009

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  9. Sep 28, 2009

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  10. Sep 22, 2009

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Judiciary and Ethics.

  11. Sep 22, 2009

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Sep 22, 2009 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Molepske Jr., Jorgensen, Gundrum, Schneider, Radcliffe, Black, Turner, Berceau, Kaufert, Brooks, Hraychuck, Sinicki, Hintz, Gunderson, Zepnick, Zigmunt, Nerison and Ballweg;Cosponsored by Senators Harsdorf, Darling, Lehman and Lassa

  2. Sep 22, 2009 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary and Ethics

  3. Sep 28, 2009 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Sep 29, 2009 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Oct 2, 2009 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. Nov 3, 2009 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  7. Nov 11, 2009 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  8. Jan 11, 2010 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 1 offered by Representative Molepske Jr.

  9. Jan 12, 2010 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  10. Jan 25, 2010 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by committee on Judiciary and Ethics, Ayes 10, Noes 0

  11. Jan 25, 2010 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by committee on Judiciary and Ethics, Ayes 7, Noes 3

  12. Jan 25, 2010 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  13. Jan 25, 2010 · Assembly

    Report of joint review committee on Criminal Penalties requested pursuant to s. 13.525 (5)(b) Wisconsin Statutes

  14. 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.

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

Committee

A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.

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