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Bills · 2009-2010 Regular Session

SB 334

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throwing or expelling a bodily substance at a public safety 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, any person who throws or expels a bodily substance, such

as blood, semen, vomit, saliva, urine, or feces, at an emergency medical technician,

a first responder, a law enforcement officer, a fire fighter, or a person operating or

staffing an ambulance (public safety worker) is guilty of a Class I felony if the person

intends that the substance come into contact with the public safety worker and

intends to cause bodily harm to the public safety worker. This bill eliminates the

element that the person intend to cause bodily harm to the public safety worker.

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.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Coggs (D) , Darling (R) , Hansen (D) , Hopper (R) , Plale (D) , Schultz (R)

16 cosponsors

A. Ott (R) , Benedict (D) , Bies (R) , Brooks (R) , Honadel (R) , Jorgensen (D) , Kerkman (R) , LeMahieu (R) , Montgomery (R) , Mursau (R) , Nass (R) , Nerison (R) , Sinicki (D) , Steinbrink (D) , Townsend (R) , Zepnick (D)

Full history

  1. Oct 8, 2009 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Plale, Darling, Hansen, Coggs, Schultz and Hopper;Cosponsored by Representatives Zepnick, Honadel, Sinicki, Jorgensen, Steinbrink, Kerkman, Montgomery, Brooks, Townsend, Benedict, Bies, Nerison, Mursau, Nass, LeMahieu and A. Ott

  2. Oct 8, 2009 · Senate

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

  3. Oct 23, 2009 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Oct 23, 2009 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Oct 28, 2009 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. Mar 5, 2010 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  7. Apr 13, 2010 · Senate

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

  8. Apr 28, 2010 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1