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Bills · 2013-2014 Regular Session

AB 447

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Relating to: granting immunity from certain criminal prosecutions for offenses relating to a controlled substance or a controlled substance analog.

Court — Procedure Drugs — Criminal acts and law enforcement

  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

This bill provides immunity from certain criminal prosecutions for a person

(aider) who brings another person to an emergency room or other health facility, who

summons police or emergency medical assistance, or who administers aid to another

person because the aider believes the other person is suffering from an overdose or

other adverse reaction to a controlled substance or a controlled substance analog.

Under the bill, the aider may not be prosecuted for possession of a controlled

substance or a controlled substance analog under the circumstances that led him or

her to summon or provide emergency assistance.

Under the bill, a person may not be prosecuted for possessing naloxone or for

administering or delivering naloxone to another person if he or she administered

naloxone to the other person with the good faith belief that the other person was

suffering from an overdose or an adverse reaction to a controlled substance or a

controlled substance analog and that it was necessary to deliver or administer the

naloxone in order to save the other person's life.

Sponsors

Introduced by: A. Ott (R) , Ballweg (R) , Berceau (D) , Bernier (R) , Bies (R) , Czaja (R) , Endsley (R) , Hulsey (D) , Jagler (R) , Kahl (D) , Kapenga (R) , Kleefisch (R) , Knodl (R) , Knudson (R) , Krug (R) , LeMahieu (R) , Murtha (R) , Nerison (R) , Nygren (R) , Petersen (R) , Petryk (R) , Richards (D) , Ripp (R) , Swearingen (R) , Tauchen (R) , Tittl (R) , Tranel (R) , Wachs (D)

23 cosponsors

Barca, Jorgensen, Sinicki, Young, Vruwink, Pasch, Hintz, Sargent, Ringhand, Pope, Wright, Ohnstad, Billings, Stroebel, Kerkman, Steineke, Rodriguez, Loudenbeck, Spiros, Weatherston, Kulp, Thiesfeldt, Kuglitsch, T. Larson, J. Ott, Skowronski, Williams, Brooks, Hesselbein, C. Taylor, Shankland, Jacque, Doyle, Johnson and Zamarripa , Carpenter (D) , Cowles (R) , Darling (R) , Ellis (R) , Erpenbach (D) , Gudex (R) , Hansen (D) , Harris (D) , Harsdorf (R) , Jauch (D) , L. Taylor (D) , Lazich (R) , Lehman (D) , Miller (D) , Moulton (R) , Olsen (R) , Petrowski (R) , Risser (D) , Schultz (R) , Shilling (D) , T. Cullen (D) , Wirch (D)

Votes

Assembly: Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice, Ayes 9, Noes 1

Passed 9–1 Jan 9, 2014 official source full page

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

Assembly: Report Assembly Amendment 2 adoption recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice, Ayes 10, Noes 0

Passed 10–0 Jan 9, 2014 official source full page

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

Assembly: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice, Ayes 10, Noes 0

Passed 10–0 Jan 9, 2014 official source full page

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

Assembly: Read a third time and passed, Ayes 96, Noes 0

Passed 96–0 Jan 14, 2014 official source full page

Aye · 96

Not voting · 3

Senate: Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Health and Human Services, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Feb 5, 2014 official source full page

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

Full history

  1. Oct 18, 2013 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Nygren, Nerison, Bernier, Krug, Petryk, Tranel, Bies, Czaja, Endsley, Jagler, Kapenga, Kleefisch, Knodl, Knudson, LeMahieu, Murtha, A. Ott, Petersen, Ripp, Swearingen, Tauchen, Tittl, Berceau, Hulsey, Kahl, Richards, Wachs and Ballweg; cosponsored by Senators Harsdorf, Cowles, L. Taylor, Darling, Jauch, Gudex, Harris, Olsen, Lehman, T. Cullen, Ellis, Shilling, Petrowski, Lazich, Miller, Carpenter, Schultz, Wirch, Erpenbach, Hansen and Risser

  2. Oct 18, 2013 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice

  3. Jan 8, 2014 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Nygren

  4. Jan 8, 2014 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representative Nygren

  5. Jan 9, 2014 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  6. Jan 9, 2014 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  7. Jan 9, 2014 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice, Ayes 9, Noes 1

  8. Jan 9, 2014 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 2 adoption recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice, Ayes 10, Noes 0

  9. Jan 9, 2014 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice, Ayes 10, Noes 0

  10. Jan 9, 2014 · Assembly

    Referred to calendar of 1-15-2014

  11. Jan 14, 2014 · Assembly

    Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar of 1-15-2014 and take up

  12. Jan 14, 2014 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  13. Jan 14, 2014 · Assembly

    Representatives Barca, Jorgensen, Sinicki, Young, Vruwink, Pasch, Hintz, Sargent, Ringhand, Pope, Wright, Ohnstad, Billings, Stroebel, Kerkman, Steineke, Rodriguez, Loudenbeck, Spiros, Weatherston, Kulp, Thiesfeldt, Kuglitsch, T. Larson, J. Ott, Skowronski, Williams, Brooks, Hesselbein, C. Taylor, Shankland, Jacque, Doyle, Johnson and Zamarripa added as coauthors

  14. Jan 14, 2014 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 adopted

  15. Jan 14, 2014 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 2 adopted

  16. Jan 14, 2014 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  17. Jan 14, 2014 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  18. Jan 14, 2014 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 96, Noes 0

  19. Jan 14, 2014 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  20. Jan 15, 2014 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  21. Jan 15, 2014 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Health and Human Services

  22. Jan 29, 2014 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  23. Feb 4, 2014 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  24. Feb 5, 2014 · Senate

    Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Health and Human Services, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  25. Feb 5, 2014 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  26. Feb 17, 2014 · Senate

    Senator Moulton added as a cosponsor

  27. Feb 17, 2014 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 2-18-2014 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  28. Feb 18, 2014 · Senate

    Read a second time

  29. Feb 18, 2014 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  30. Feb 18, 2014 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  31. Feb 18, 2014 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in

  32. Feb 18, 2014 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  33. Feb 18, 2014 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  34. Feb 28, 2014 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled on 2-28-2014

  35. Apr 4, 2014 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 4-4-2014

  36. Apr 7, 2014 · Assembly

    Report approved by the Governor on 4-7-2014. 2013 Wisconsin Act 194

  37. Apr 7, 2014 · Assembly

    Published 4-8-2014