Assembly Bill 175
Requiring persons who violate certain restraining orders or injunctions to be monitored by a global positioning system, granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty
Topics: Corrections, Department of, Court: Procedure, Crime and criminals, Data processing, 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.
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Introduced, passed
Jun 8, 2011
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Assembly vote, stopped here
Stopped here. The full Assembly never voted on it.
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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, Mar 23, 2012: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
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Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Under current law, an individual who is, or who acts on behalf of, a victim of abuse, harassment, or threats may obtain a temporary restraining order against the person who has committed the acts of abuse, harassment, or making a threat. The restraining order bars the person from contacting the victim and requires the person to stay away from the victim's residence and other places temporarily occupied by the victim until a court conducts a hearing to determine whether the restraining order should be incorporated into a longer lasting injunction.
If the court determines that the person has engaged in, or may engage in, acts of abuse, harassment, or threats against the victim, the court may issue an injunction against the person. An injunction may stay in effect for up to four years and bars the person from contacting the victim, requires the person to stay away from the victim's residence, and may require the person to stay away from other locations temporarily occupied by the victim.
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A person who violates a restraining order or an injunction may be fined up to $1,000 and imprisoned for up to nine months, except that a person who violates a restraining order or injunction that was issued only for harassment faces the same fine but may be imprisoned for up to 90 days.
This bill allows a court to order a person who is convicted of violating a restraining order or an injunction to submit, for the duration of the restraining order or injunction, to global positioning system (GPS) tracking by the Department of Corrections (DOC). The bill also allows a court to order, as a condition of release, a person who is charged with violating a restraining order or an injunction to submit to GPS tracking. The bill requires the court to consider a request for GPS tracking by a district attorney or by the individual who asked for the restraining order.
Under the bill, DOC must monitor the person's whereabouts with a GPS device and, if the person enters into an area that he or she is required to avoid under the terms of the restraining order or injunction, DOC must immediately notify local law enforcement and the victim. Under the bill, a person who violates a restraining order is required to pay a $200 surcharge in addition to his or her fine that will be used toward the costs of GPS tracking. Under the bill, the court may order the person to pay for the costs of GPS tracking. The bill makes it a Class I felony, punishable by a fine up to $10,000, imprisonment for up to three years and six months, or both, for a person to tamper with the GPS device.
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
22 lawmakers are its . 18 are Republicans, 3 are Democrats and 1 is a Independent.
8 more lawmakers .
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Authors (22)
- Alvin Ott · Republican, Assembly
- Tyler August · Republican, Assembly
- Kathleen Bernier · Republican, Senate
- Edward Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Paul F. Farrow · Republican, Senate
- Mark Honadel · Republican, Assembly
- Dean Kaufert · Republican, Assembly
- Samantha Kerkman · Republican, Assembly
- Joel Kleefisch · Republican, Assembly
- Dale Kooyenga · Republican, Senate
- Bill Kramer · Republican, Assembly
- Mike Kuglitsch · Republican, Assembly
- Daniel LeMahieu · Republican, Assembly
- Howard Marklein · Republican, Senate
- Nick Milroy · Democrat, Assembly
- Sandy Pasch · Democrat, Assembly
- Kevin Petersen · Republican, Assembly
- Richard Spanbauer · Republican, Assembly
- Jim Steineke · Republican, Assembly
- Scott Suder · Republican, Assembly
- Josh Zepnick · Democrat, Assembly
- Bob Ziegelbauer · Independent, Assembly
Signed on in support (8)
- Tim Carpenter · Democrat, Senate
- Pam Galloway · Republican, Senate
- Dave Hansen · Democrat, Senate
- Sheila Harsdorf · Republican, Senate
- Terry Moulton · Republican, Senate
- Kathleen Vinehout · Democrat, Senate
- Van Wanggaard · Republican, Senate
- Rich Zipperer · Republican, Senate
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 and Corrections vote on an amendment
Passed, 8 to 0 · Feb 27, 2012
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report Assembly Amendment 3 adoption recommended by committee on Criminal Justice and Corrections, Ayes 8, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Mar 23, 2012
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Feb 27, 2012
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Feb 27, 2012
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 8 to 0.
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Nov 3, 2011
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Oct 6, 2011
The committee held a public hearing.
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Sep 29, 2011
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Jun 17, 2011
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Jun 15, 2011
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Jun 14, 2011
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Jun 8, 2011
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice and Corrections.
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Jun 8, 2011
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Jun 8, 2011 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives August, Kerkman, Suder, Bernier, Brooks, Farrow, Honadel, Kaufert, Kleefisch, Kooyenga, Kramer, Kuglitsch, LeMahieu, Marklein, Milroy, A. Ott, Pasch, Petersen, Spanbauer, Steineke, Zepnick and Ziegelbauer;Cosponsored by Senators Zipperer, Carpenter, Galloway, Hansen, Harsdorf, Moulton, Vinehout and Wanggaard
- Jun 8, 2011 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Criminal Justice and Corrections
- Jun 14, 2011 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Jun 15, 2011 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Jun 17, 2011 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Sep 29, 2011 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Oct 6, 2011 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Oct 24, 2011 · Assembly
Assembly amendment 1 offered by Representative August
- Nov 3, 2011 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Feb 20, 2012 · Assembly
Assembly amendment 2 offered by Representative August
- Feb 21, 2012 · Assembly
Assembly amendment 3 offered by Representative August
- Feb 23, 2012 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Feb 27, 2012 · Assembly
Report Assembly Amendment 3 adoption recommended by committee on Criminal Justice and Corrections, Ayes 8, Noes 0
- Feb 27, 2012 · Assembly
Report passage as amended recommended by committee on Criminal Justice and Corrections, Ayes 8, Noes 0
- Feb 27, 2012 · Assembly
Referred to committee on Rules
- Mar 2, 2012 · Assembly
Placed on calendar 3-6-2012 by committee on Rules
- Mar 6, 2012 · Assembly
Laid on the table
- Mar 23, 2012 · 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.
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
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Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote