Assembly Bill 147
Battery and threats to a judge, a prosecutor, or a law enforcement officer and providing a criminal penalty. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted
The recommended passing it, but the full Assembly never voted on it. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Apr 1, 2015
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Assembly vote, stopped here
Stopped here. The full Assembly never voted on it.
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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 13, 2016: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
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Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
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
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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Under current law, no person may intentionally cause bodily harm to a law enforcement officer acting in an official capacity, if the actor knows or has reason to know that the victim is a law enforcement officer. Under current law, no one may intentionally cause or threaten bodily harm to a judge or a member of a judge's family if the person knows that the person harmed or threatened is a judge or a family member of the judge and the person who causes or threatens harm does so while the judge is acting in his or her official capacity or as a response to an official action by the judge. A person who commits any of these acts is guilty of a Class H felony and may be fined not more than $10,000, imprisoned for not more than six years, or both.
Under this bill, a person who intentionally causes or threatens bodily harm to a judge, a prosecutor, or a law enforcement officer, or who intentionally causes or threatens bodily harm to a family member of any of those persons, is guilty of Class H felony if the person knows or should know that the victim is a judge, prosecutor, law enforcement officer, or family member of any of those, if the person commits the offense in response to any action taken in the judge's, prosecutor's, or law enforcement officer's official capacity, or if the person commits the offense while the judge, prosecutor, or law enforcement officer is acting in his or her official capacity.
Who's behind it
36 lawmakers are its . 33 are Republicans and 3 are Democrats.
5 more lawmakers .
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Authors (36)
- Alvin Ott · Republican, Assembly
- Joan Ballweg · Republican, Senate
- Kathleen Bernier · Republican, Senate
- Mark Born · Republican, Assembly
- Edward Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- James Edming · Republican, Assembly
- Bob Gannon · Republican, Assembly
- David Heaton · Republican, Assembly
- Cody Horlacher · Republican, Assembly
- Jim Ott · Republican, Assembly
- André Jacque · Republican, Senate
- John Jagler · Republican, Senate
- Robb Kahl · Democrat, Assembly
- Samantha Kerkman · Republican, Assembly
- Dan Knodl · Republican, Assembly
- Jesse Kremer · Republican, Assembly
- Scott Krug · Republican, Assembly
- Bob Kulp · Republican, Assembly
- John Macco · Republican, Assembly
- Nick Milroy · Democrat, Assembly
- Dave Murphy · Republican, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- John Murtha · Republican, Assembly
- Todd Novak · Republican, Assembly
- Romaine Quinn · Republican, Senate
- Keith Ripp · Republican, Assembly
- Jessie Rodriguez · Republican, Assembly
- Mike Rohrkaste · Republican, Assembly
- Ken Skowronski · Republican, Assembly
- John Spiros · Republican, Assembly
- David Steffen · Republican, Assembly
- Amanda Stuck · Democrat, Assembly
- Thomas Larson · Republican, Assembly
- Jeremy Thiesfeldt · Republican, Assembly
- Paul Tittl · Republican, Assembly
- Thomas Weatherston · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (5)
- Janet Bewley · Democrat, Senate
- Richard Gudex · Republican, Senate
- Julie M. Lassa · Democrat, Senate
- Howard Marklein · Republican, Senate
- Van Wanggaard · Republican, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
Versions and amendments
Every text the Legislature printed for this bill, including proposed changes. Each opens on the Legislature's site.
How lawmakers voted
There were 2 votes on this bill.
Assembly Committee on Judiciary vote on an amendment
Passed, 6 to 2 · Oct 20, 2015
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report Assembly Amendment 2 adoption recommended by Committee on Judiciary, Ayes 6, Noes 2”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Assembly Committee on Judiciary vote to recommend it
Passed, 7 to 1 · Oct 20, 2015
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Judiciary, Ayes 7, Noes 1”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Apr 13, 2016
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Oct 20, 2015
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Oct 20, 2015
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 7 to 1.
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Apr 29, 2015
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Apr 8, 2015
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Apr 7, 2015
The committee held a public hearing.
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Apr 7, 2015
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Apr 3, 2015
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Apr 1, 2015
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Judiciary.
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Apr 1, 2015
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Apr 1, 2015 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives J. Ott, Jagler, Born, Kerkman, Heaton, T. Larson, Murphy, A. Ott, Rohrkaste, Weatherston, Quinn, Rodriguez, Murtha, Novak, E. Brooks, Krug, Spiros, Bernier, Ballweg, Macco, Ripp, Edming, Mursau, Kulp, Kremer, Gannon, Milroy, C. Taylor, Horlacher, Knodl, Jacque, Stuck, Skowronski, Thiesfeldt, Tittl, Steffen and Kahl; cosponsored by Senators Gudex, Wanggaard, Lassa, Bewley and Marklein
- Apr 1, 2015 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary
- Apr 3, 2015 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Apr 7, 2015 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Apr 7, 2015 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Apr 8, 2015 · Assembly
Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative J. Ott
- Apr 8, 2015 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Apr 9, 2015 · Assembly
Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representative J. Ott
- Apr 29, 2015 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- May 13, 2015 · Assembly
Assembly Amendment 3 offered by Representative Kerkman
- Oct 14, 2015 · Assembly
Assembly Amendment 4 offered by Representative Goyke
- Oct 14, 2015 · Assembly
Assembly Amendment 5 offered by Representative Goyke
- Oct 15, 2015 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Oct 20, 2015 · Assembly
Report Assembly Amendment 2 adoption recommended by Committee on Judiciary, Ayes 6, Noes 2
- Oct 20, 2015 · Assembly
Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Judiciary, Ayes 7, Noes 1
- Oct 20, 2015 · Assembly
Referred to committee on Rules
- Oct 21, 2015 · Assembly
Placed on calendar 10-27-2015 by Committee on Rules
- Oct 27, 2015 · Assembly
Representative C. Taylor withdrawn as a coauthor
- Oct 27, 2015 · Assembly
Laid on the table
- Apr 13, 2016 · 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.
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
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
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
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
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