Assembly Bill 593
Crimes against animals
Topics: Animal: Treatment, Court: Procedure, Crime and criminals: Felony, Psychology
Stopped in committee
It never got a , so it never came up for a vote. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Feb 20, 2012
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Assembly vote, not reached
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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 ”
It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice and Corrections. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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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
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Author
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Signed on in support
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Official term: Cosponsor. 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, no one may treat an animal cruelly, fail to provide an animal for which he or she is responsible with proper food, water, or shelter, or abandon an animal. Under most circumstances, a person who does any of those things is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor, except that a person who treats an animal cruelly is guilty of a Class I felony if the mistreatment is intentional and results in the mutilation, disfigurement, or death of the animal.
Under this bill, a person who treats an animal cruelly is guilty of a Class I felony if the mistreatment is intentional and results in the mutilation of, the disfigurement of, great bodily harm to, or the death of, the animal.
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The bill clarifies that a person abandons an animal if the person fails to make arrangements for the animal's proper care, sustenance, and shelter. The bill clarifies that a person must provide an animal with adequate food and water, that snow or ice is not adequate water, and that failure to provide either food or water constitutes a violation. However, the bill does not impose requirements for providing food and water to farm animals that exceed normally accepted animal husbandry practices.
Under the bill, a court may order a violator to undergo a psychological assessment or to participate in anger management or other psychological counseling or treatment and may bar a violator from owning, possessing, or training any animal or any particular type or species of animal for up to ten years.
Who's behind it
27 lawmakers are its . 19 are Democrats and 8 are Republicans.
4 more lawmakers .
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Authors (27)
- Peter Barca · Democrat, Assembly
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- Janet Bewley · Democrat, Senate
- Chris Taylor · Democrat, Assembly
- Fred Clark · Democrat, Assembly
- Steve Doyle · Democrat, Assembly
- Jason Fields · Democrat, Assembly
- Tamara Grigsby · Democrat, Assembly
- Brett Hulsey · Democrat, Assembly
- Andy Jorgensen · Democrat, Assembly
- Howard Marklein · Republican, Senate
- Nick Milroy · Democrat, Assembly
- Sandy Pasch · Democrat, Assembly
- Warren Petryk · Republican, Assembly
- Sondy Pope · Democrat, Assembly
- Keith Ripp · Republican, Assembly
- Kelda Roys · Democrat, Senate
- Donna Seidel · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Richard Spanbauer · Republican, Assembly
- Tony Staskunas · Democrat, Assembly
- Jim Steineke · Republican, Assembly
- Travis Tranel · Republican, Assembly
- Karl Van Roy · Republican, Assembly
- Evan Wynn · Republican, Assembly
- JoCasta Zamarripa · Democrat, Assembly
- Josh Zepnick · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (4)
- Tim Carpenter · Democrat, Senate
- Robert Jauch · Democrat, Senate
- Jessica King · Democrat, Senate
- Fred A. Risser · Democrat, Senate
What happened
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Mar 23, 2012
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Feb 20, 2012
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice and Corrections.
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Feb 20, 2012
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Feb 20, 2012 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Milroy, Ripp, Wynn, Barca, Berceau, Bewley, Clark, Doyle, Fields, Grigsby, Hulsey, Jorgensen, Marklein, Pasch, Petryk, Pope-Roberts, Roys, Seidel, Sinicki, Spanbauer, Staskunas, Steineke, C. Taylor, Tranel, Van Roy, Zamarripa and Zepnick;Cosponsored by Senators Jauch, Carpenter, Risser and King
- Feb 20, 2012 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Criminal Justice and Corrections
- 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.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
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
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.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
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