Assembly Bill 449
Increased penalty for repeated domestic abuse offenses and providing a penalty
Topics: Legislature: Criminal Penalties, Joint Review Committee on, Sex crimes, 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
Dec 29, 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, if a person is arrested for a domestic abuse crime and commits a second domestic abuse crime (against the same victim or a different victim) within 72 hours after being arrested for the first crime, the person's maximum term of imprisonment for the second crime may be increased by up to two years. Additionally, the penalty increase changes the status of the second crime from a misdemeanor to a felony.
Current law generally requires a court to impose a domestic abuse surcharge on a person who commits certain criminal acts against his or her spouse or former spouse, against an adult with whom the adult person resides or formerly resided, or against an adult with whom the adult person has created a child. This surcharge is in addition to any other fines or terms of imprisonment.
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Under this bill, the same increase in the term of imprisonment and the same change from a misdemeanor to a felony also applies to a person who was convicted, on two separate occasions, of a felony or a misdemeanor for which a court imposed a domestic abuse surcharge during the ten-year period immediately prior to the commission of the crime for which the person presently is being sentenced. Under the bill, any time the person spent in jail or in prison does not count in computing the preceding ten-year period.
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
19 lawmakers are its . 14 are Republicans and 5 are Democrats.
7 more lawmakers .
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Authors (19)
- Alvin Ott · Republican, Assembly
- Joan Ballweg · Republican, Senate
- Garey Bies · Republican, Assembly
- Jill Billings · Democrat, Assembly
- Edward Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Steve Doyle · Democrat, Assembly
- Mike Endsley · Republican, Assembly
- André Jacque · Republican, Senate
- Dean Kaufert · Republican, Assembly
- Howard Marklein · Republican, Senate
- Jerry Petrowski · Republican, Senate
- Warren Petryk · Republican, Assembly
- Janis Ringhand · Democrat, Senate
- Keith Ripp · Republican, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Richard Spanbauer · Republican, Assembly
- Tony Staskunas · Democrat, Assembly
- Jim Steineke · Republican, Assembly
- Evan Wynn · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (7)
- Jon Erpenbach · Democrat, Senate
- Julie M. Lassa · Democrat, Senate
- Luther S. Olsen · Republican, Senate
- Spencer Coggs · Democrat, Senate
- Dale Schultz · Republican, Senate
- Jennifer Shilling · Democrat, Senate
- Van Wanggaard · Republican, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
How lawmakers voted
There was one vote on this bill.
Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice and Corrections vote to recommend it
Passed, 6 to 1 · Feb 14, 2012
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report passage recommended by committee on Criminal Justice and Corrections, Ayes 6, Noes 1”. 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 14, 2012
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Feb 14, 2012
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 6 to 1.
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Jan 26, 2012
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Jan 25, 2012
The committee held a public hearing.
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Jan 6, 2012
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Jan 5, 2012
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Dec 29, 2011
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice and Corrections.
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Dec 29, 2011
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Dec 29, 2011 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives A. Ott, Bies, Billings, Brooks, Doyle, Endsley, Jacque, Marklein, Petrowski, Petryk, Ringhand, Ripp, Sinicki, Spanbauer, Staskunas, Steineke, Wynn, Ballweg and Kaufert;Cosponsored by Senators Olsen, S. Coggs, Erpenbach, Lassa, Schultz, Shilling and Wanggaard
- Dec 29, 2011 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Criminal Justice and Corrections
- Jan 5, 2012 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Jan 6, 2012 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Jan 6, 2012 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Jan 25, 2012 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Jan 26, 2012 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Feb 9, 2012 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Feb 14, 2012 · Assembly
Report passage recommended by committee on Criminal Justice and Corrections, Ayes 6, Noes 1
- Feb 14, 2012 · Assembly
Referred to committee on Rules
- Feb 16, 2012 · Assembly
Placed on calendar 2-21-2012 by committee on Rules
- Feb 21, 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
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.
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