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Bills from the 2009–10 session

Assembly Bill 613

Aiding a felon and providing penalties

Topics: Crime and criminals: Felony, Evidence, Family, Legislature: Criminal Penalties, Joint Review Committee on, Women

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

    Dec 11, 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.

Current law prohibits a person from harboring or aiding a felon with intent to prevent the felon's apprehension. Current law also prohibits a person from destroying, altering, hiding, or disguising physical evidence or placing false evidence with intent to prevent the apprehension, prosecution, or conviction of a felon. These two prohibitions, however, do not apply to the felon or to his or her spouse, parents, grandparents, children, grandchildren, brothers, or sisters. A person who violates one of these prohibitions may be fined up to $10,000 or sentenced to a term of imprisonment of up to three and one-half years, or both.

This bill eliminates the exception to the second prohibition for the felon and the felon's spouse, parents, grandparents, children, grandchildren, brothers, and sisters. The bill creates an exception to both prohibitions for a person if the felon has been charged with an act of domestic abuse against the person and the person may be called to testify against the felon.

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The bill also increases the violation for violating these prohibitions if the felon being aided committed: 1) a Class A, B, C, or D felony; 2) an unclassified felony that is punishable by a sentence of life imprisonment; or 3) an offense in another state that is punishable by imprisonment there for one year or more and that would, if committed in Wisconsin, be a Class A, B, C, or D felony or be punishable by a sentence of life imprisonment. A person who aids the felon who commits these offenses is guilty of a Class G felony and may be fined up to $25,000 or imprisoned for up to ten years, 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

7 representatives are its ⁠. 6 are Republicans and 1 is a Democrat.

1 more lawmaker ⁠.

See all 8 names

Authors (7)

Signed on in support (1)

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 Criminal Justice vote to recommend it

Passed, 9 to 1 · Apr 20, 2010

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

Official motion: “Report passage recommended by committee on Criminal Justice, Ayes 9, Noes 1”. 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 20, 2010

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.

  3. Apr 20, 2010

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 9 to 1.

  4. Apr 19, 2010

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  5. Apr 14, 2010

    The committee held a public hearing.

  6. Apr 9, 2010

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  7. Jan 11, 2010

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  8. Jan 5, 2010

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  9. Dec 11, 2009

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice.

  10. Dec 11, 2009

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Dec 11, 2009 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Krusick, Gundrum, Bies, Brooks, Knodl, LeMahieu and Vos;Cosponsored by Senator Darling

  2. Dec 11, 2009 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Criminal Justice

  3. Jan 5, 2010 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Jan 5, 2010 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Jan 11, 2010 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. Apr 9, 2010 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  7. Apr 14, 2010 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  8. Apr 15, 2010 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 1 offered by Representative Kessler

  9. Apr 19, 2010 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  10. Apr 20, 2010 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  11. Apr 20, 2010 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by committee on Criminal Justice, Ayes 9, Noes 1

  12. Apr 20, 2010 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  13. 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.

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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