Assembly Bill 657
Theft of communication and video services, civil damages resulting from the theft of certain services, and providing penalties
Topics: Attorney: Fee, Court: Procedure, Crime and criminals, Legislature: Criminal Penalties, Joint Review Committee on, Telecommunications, Television
Stopped in committee
It never got a , 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
Jan 19, 2010
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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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 never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Energy and Utilities. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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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
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
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 obtaining without payment telecommunications service and from obtaining without payment video service. A person who violates either prohibition for the first time is subject to a Class C forfeiture. Under this bill, a person who violates either prohibition for the first time is guilty of a Class C misdemeanor.
Under current law if a person who incurs injury as a result of theft of telecommunications service, commercial mobile service, video service, or satellite cable programming prevails in a civil suit against the person who committed the theft, the court must grant the injured person actual damages, costs, and disbursements. The court is not permitted to grant attorney fees unless the person who committed the theft did it willfully and for commercial advantage or was previously convicted for the same violation. This bill permits the court to grant reasonable attorney fees for a first violation without regard to commercial advantage.
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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
10 representatives are its . 7 are Democrats and 3 are Republicans.
4 more lawmakers .
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Authors (10)
- Kim Hixson · Democrat, Assembly
- Ann Hraychuck · Democrat, Assembly
- Cory Mason · Democrat, Assembly
- Phil Montgomery · Republican, Assembly
- James Soletski · Democrat, Assembly
- Scott Suder · Republican, Assembly
- John Townsend · Republican, Assembly
- Robert Turner · Democrat, Assembly
- Josh Zepnick · Democrat, Assembly
- Ted Zigmunt · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (4)
- Randy Hopper · Republican, Senate
- Pat Kreitlow · Democrat, Senate
- Jeffrey Plale · Democrat, Senate
- Jim Sullivan · Democrat, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Apr 28, 2010
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Feb 4, 2010
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Feb 2, 2010
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Jan 27, 2010
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Jan 19, 2010
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Energy and Utilities.
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Jan 19, 2010
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Jan 19, 2010 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Zepnick, Soletski, Turner, Hraychuck, Mason, Zigmunt, Hixson, Montgomery, Suder and Townsend;Cosponsored by Senators Plale, Kreitlow, Sullivan and Hopper
- Jan 19, 2010 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Energy and Utilities
- Jan 27, 2010 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Feb 2, 2010 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Feb 4, 2010 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- 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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate. 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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate