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Bills · 2009-2010 Regular Session

SB 101

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battery to a highway construction or maintenance worker and providing a penalty.

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, a person who intentionally causes bodily harm to another

without the other person's consent commits the crime of ordinary battery. A person

convicted of ordinary battery is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor and may be fined

not more than $10,000, imprisoned for not more than nine months, or both.

Current law provides more severe penalties for battery committed against

certain public agents, emergency care providers, and government officials and

employees, including a person operating or driving a public transit vehicle. A person

who causes bodily harm to the operator or driver on a public transit vehicle is guilty

of a Class I felony and may be fined not more than $10,000, imprisoned for not more

than three years and six months, or both.

Under this bill, a person who causes bodily harm to a person who is working to

construct, repair, or maintain a highway is guilty of a Class I felony and may be fined

not more than $10,000, imprisoned for not more than three years and six months, or

both.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: A. Lasee (R) , Lehman (D)

6 cosponsors

A. Ott (R) , Brooks (R) , Kerkman (R) , Turner (D) , Vos (R) , Zepnick (D)

Full history

  1. Mar 3, 2009 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Lehman and A. Lasee;Cosponsored by Representatives Vos, Kerkman, A. Ott, Turner, Zepnick and Brooks

  2. Mar 3, 2009 · Senate

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

  3. Mar 17, 2009 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Mar 17, 2009 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Mar 19, 2009 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. Mar 15, 2010 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  7. Mar 17, 2010 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  8. Apr 13, 2010 · Senate

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

  9. Apr 28, 2010 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1