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Bills · 2011-2012 Regular Session

AB 212

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throwing or expelling a bodily substance at a public safety worker and providing a penalty.

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Assembly, completed
  3. Passes Senate, completed
  4. Governor signs, completed
  5. Law, completed

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: A. Ott (R) , Ballweg (R) , Bies (R) , Brooks (R) , Endsley (R) , Honadel (R) , Kerkman (R) , Marklein (R) , Mursau (R) , Petersen (R) , Ripp (R) , Sinicki (D) , Spanbauer (R) , Steinbrink (D) , Strachota (R) , Stroebel (R) , Turner (D) , Zepnick (D)

6 cosponsors

Darling (R) , Jacque (R) , Kedzie (R) , Lassa (D) , Schultz (R) , Wanggaard (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by committee on Criminal Justice and Corrections, Ayes 8, Noes 0

Passed 8–0 Oct 7, 2011 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Report concurrence recommended by committee on Labor, Public Safety, and Urban Affairs, Ayes 4, Noes 1

Passed 4–1 Nov 1, 2011 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Referred to joint committee on Finance by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 3, Noes 2

Passed 3–2 Nov 1, 2011 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 29, Noes 3

Passed 29–3 Nov 2, 2011 official source full page

Not voting · 1

Full history

  1. Aug 2, 2011 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Honadel, Zepnick, Bies, Brooks, Turner, Kerkman, Spanbauer, Petersen, Marklein, A. Ott, Ripp, Sinicki, Ballweg, Endsley, Steinbrink, Strachota, Mursau and Stroebel;Cosponsored by Senators Darling, Kedzie, Lassa, Wanggaard and Schultz

  2. Aug 2, 2011 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Criminal Justice and Corrections

  3. Aug 2, 2011 · Assembly

    Representative Jacque added as a coauthor

  4. Aug 9, 2011 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Aug 9, 2011 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. Aug 9, 2011 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  7. Aug 22, 2011 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  8. Sep 22, 2011 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  9. Oct 6, 2011 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  10. Oct 7, 2011 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  11. Oct 7, 2011 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by committee on Criminal Justice and Corrections, Ayes 8, Noes 0

  12. Oct 20, 2011 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 10-25-2011 by committee on Rules

  13. Oct 25, 2011 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  14. Oct 25, 2011 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  15. Oct 25, 2011 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  16. Oct 25, 2011 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed

  17. Oct 25, 2011 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  18. Oct 26, 2011 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  19. Oct 26, 2011 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Labor, Public Safety, and Urban Affairs

  20. Nov 1, 2011 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  21. Nov 1, 2011 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  22. Nov 1, 2011 · Senate

    Report concurrence recommended by committee on Labor, Public Safety, and Urban Affairs, Ayes 4, Noes 1

  23. Nov 1, 2011 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  24. Nov 1, 2011 · Senate

    Referred to joint committee on Finance by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 3, Noes 2

  25. Nov 1, 2011 · Senate

    Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and made Available for Scheduling by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 3, Noes 2

  26. Nov 1, 2011 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 11-2-2011 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  27. Nov 2, 2011 · Senate

    Read a second time

  28. Nov 2, 2011 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  29. Nov 2, 2011 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  30. Nov 2, 2011 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 29, Noes 3

  31. Nov 2, 2011 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  32. Nov 3, 2011 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  33. Nov 7, 2011 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled

  34. Nov 15, 2011 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 11-15-2011

  35. Nov 18, 2011 · Assembly

    Report approved by the Governor on 11-16-2011. 2011 Wisconsin Act 72

  36. Nov 21, 2011 · Assembly

    Published 12-1-2011