Assembly Bill 691
Increasing a penalty for certain offenses relating to theft from a place of business, and providing a penalty
Topics: Charitable corporation, Crime and criminals, Legislature: Criminal Penalties, Joint Review Committee on, Political parties
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
Mar 12, 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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Committee
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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
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, by virtue of his or her office, business, or employment, intentionally use, transfer, conceal, or otherwise keep money or other items of value without the owner's consent and with the intent to convert the money or other items of value to his or her own use. Generally, penalties for committing this offense increase with the value of the property misappropriated, so that the person commits a Class A misdemeanor if the value of the property is less than or equals $2,500, a Class I felony if the value of the property is more than $2,500 but not more than $5,000, a Class H felony if the value of the property is more than $5,000 but not more than $10,000, and a Class G felony if the value of the property exceeds $10,000.
This bill applies an enhanced penalty to a person who commits this offense if he or she takes the property from a charitable organization and uses it for a partisan political purpose. Under the bill, the person who commits that offense is guilty of a Class I felony if the value of the property is less than or equals $2,500, a Class H felony if the value of the property is more than $2,500 but not more than $5,000, a Class G felony if the value of the property is more than $5,000 but not more than $10,000, and a Class F felony if the value of the property exceeds $10,000.
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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
Sondy Pope, a Democrat, is its .
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Author (1)
- Sondy Pope · Democrat, Assembly
What happened
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Mar 23, 2012
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Mar 12, 2012
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice and Corrections.
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Mar 12, 2012
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Mar 12, 2012 · Assembly
Introduced by Representative Pope-Roberts
- Mar 12, 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
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