Assembly Bill 882
Intimidating a witness
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 24, 2014
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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, Apr 8, 2014: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Judiciary. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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Public hearing
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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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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.
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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, it is a crime to intimidate a witness. Current law sets forth three statutory categories of intimidation: one, preventing or dissuading a victim or a person acting on the victim's behalf from making a report of the crime; two, preventing or dissuading the victim or a person acting on the victim's behalf from causing a complaint, indictment, or information to be sought and prosecuted and assisting in the prosecution, and three, preventing or dissuading the victim or a person acting on the victim's behalf from arresting, or causing or seeking the arrest of, a person in connection with the criminal act.
In State of Wisconsin v. Freer , 2010 WI App 9, the court of appeals held that the statutory language for the second category, causing a complaint, indictment, or information to be sought and prosecution and assisting in the prosecution thereof, should be read so that a person who prevents or dissuades a victim from doing any one or more of the following is guilty of intimidating a witness: causing a complaint, indictment, or information to be sought, causing a complaint to be prosecuted, or assisting in the prosecution.
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This bill amends the statutory language to comply with the interpretation set forth in the Freer case.
Who's behind it
Jim Ott, a Republican, is its .
1 more lawmaker .
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Author (1)
- Jim Ott · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (1)
- Glenn Grothman · Republican, Senate
What happened
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Apr 8, 2014
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Mar 24, 2014
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Judiciary.
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Mar 24, 2014
Introduced in the Assembly.
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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