Senate Bill 350
Increased penalty for repeated domestic abuse offenses and providing a penalty
Topics: Legislature: Criminal Penalties, Joint Review Committee on, Sex crimes, Women
Became law
The governor signed it on Apr 10, 2012. It's .
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Introduced, passed
Dec 27, 2011
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Senate vote, passed
Passed Feb 21, 2012
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Assembly vote, passed
Passed 94 to 1
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Governor, passed
Signed
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Law, here now
2011 Wisconsin Act 277
Latest entry in the official record, Apr 12, 2012: “Published 4-23-2012”
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Wisconsin Act
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Official term: Act. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
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Author
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Signed on in support
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Cost estimate
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Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
Roll call
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Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary
What it does
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
7 senators are its . 4 are Democrats and 3 are Republicans.
19 more lawmakers .
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Authors (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
Signed on in support (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
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.
Senate Committee on Judiciary vote to recommend it
Passed, 5 to 0 · Feb 17, 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 Judiciary, Utilities, Commerce, and Government Operations, Ayes 5, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Apr 12, 2012
The new law was published.
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Apr 10, 2012
The governor signed it. It became 2011 Wisconsin Act 277.
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Apr 5, 2012
Sent to the governor.
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Feb 21, 2012
The Assembly passed it too, 94 to 1.
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Feb 21, 2012
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Feb 21, 2012
The Assembly received it.
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Feb 21, 2012
The Senate passed it.
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Feb 20, 2012
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Feb 17, 2012
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 5 to 0.
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Feb 8, 2012
The committee held a public hearing.
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Jan 26, 2012
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Jan 4, 2012
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Dec 27, 2011
Sent to the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Utilities, Commerce, and Government Operations.
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Dec 27, 2011
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Dec 27, 2011 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Olsen, S. Coggs, Erpenbach, Lassa, Schultz, Shilling and Wanggaard;Cosponsored by Representatives A. Ott, Ballweg, Bies, Billings, Brooks, Doyle, Endsley, Jacque, Marklein, Petrowski, Petryk, Ringhand, Ripp, Sinicki, Spanbauer, Staskunas, Steineke and Wynn
- Dec 27, 2011 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary, Utilities, Commerce, and Government Operations
- Jan 4, 2012 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Jan 26, 2012 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Feb 8, 2012 · Senate
Public hearing held
- Feb 16, 2012 · Senate
Executive action taken
- Feb 17, 2012 · Senate
Report passage recommended by committee on Judiciary, Utilities, Commerce, and Government Operations, Ayes 5, Noes 0
- Feb 17, 2012 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- Feb 20, 2012 · Senate
Representative Kaufert added as a cosponsor
- Feb 20, 2012 · Senate
Placed on calendar 2-21-2012 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- Feb 21, 2012 · Senate
Read a second time
- Feb 21, 2012 · Senate
Ordered to a third reading
- Feb 21, 2012 · Senate
Rules suspended
- Feb 21, 2012 · Senate
Read a third time and passed
- Feb 21, 2012 · Senate
Ordered immediately messaged
- Feb 21, 2012 · Assembly
Received from Senate
- Feb 21, 2012 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Rules
- Feb 21, 2012 · Assembly
Rules suspended to withdraw from committee on Rules and take up
- Feb 21, 2012 · Assembly
Read a second time
- Feb 21, 2012 · Assembly
Ordered to a third reading
- Feb 21, 2012 · Assembly
Rules suspended
- Feb 21, 2012 · Assembly
Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 94, Noes 1
- Feb 21, 2012 · Assembly
Ordered immediately messaged
- Feb 22, 2012 · Senate
Received from Assembly concurred in
- Mar 12, 2012 · Senate
Report correctly enrolled on 3-12-2012
- Apr 5, 2012 · Senate
Presented to the Governor on 4-5-2012
- Apr 10, 2012 · Senate
Report approved by the Governor on 4-9-2012. 2011 Wisconsin Act 277
- Apr 12, 2012 · Senate
Published 4-23-2012
Terms on this page
Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act. 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
Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act
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