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Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session

AB 308

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Relating to: providing an exemption from civil liability for forcibly entering a vehicle under certain circumstances.

Animal Damage _to property_ Extraordinary session, 2015 — November Motor vehicle Public safety

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Assembly, completed
  3. Passes Senate, completed
  4. Governor signs, completed
  5. Law, completed

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill exempts a person from civil liability for any property damage or

personal injury he or she causes by forcibly entering a vehicle under certain

circumstances. Under the bill, a person is immune from liability if he or she used

force in order to remove from a vehicle a person or a domestic animal that the actor

reasonably believed was suffering or would suffer imminent bodily harm if the actor

did not forcibly enter the vehicle.

Under the bill, in order to receive civil immunity for his or her act, the actor

must determine that there is no way to enter the vehicle without force, may use only

the force necessary to remove the person or animal from the vehicle, must dial "911"

or otherwise summon emergency or law enforcement assistance before or shortly

after the forcible entry, must leave his or her name and contact information at the

scene, and must remain with the person or animal until a law enforcement officer or

other first responder arrives.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Berceau (D) , Billings (D) , Bowen (D) , Hesselbein (D) , Jorgensen (D) , Kahl (D) , Kerkman (R) , Kolste (D) , Milroy (D) , Ohnstad (D) , Pope (D) , Quinn (R) , Sinicki (D) , Spiros (R) , Spreitzer (D) , Steffen (R) , Stuck (D) , Subeck (D) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Zepnick (D)

6 cosponsors

Barca (D) , Carpenter (D) , Genrich (D) , Lassa (D) , Olsen (R) , Wirch (D)

Votes

Assembly: Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Judiciary, Ayes 7, Noes 0

Passed 7–0 Oct 13, 2015 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 Judiciary, Ayes 7, Noes 0

Passed 7–0 Oct 13, 2015 official source full page

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

Senate: Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2

Passed 3–2 Nov 5, 2015 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. Aug 12, 2015 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Ohnstad, Kerkman, Sinicki, Stuck, Steffen, Milroy, Berceau, Hesselbein, Jorgensen, Bowen, Kolste, Kahl, Spiros, Zepnick, Subeck, Quinn, Pope, Billings, Thiesfeldt and Spreitzer; cosponsored by Senators Wirch, Olsen and Lassa

  2. Aug 12, 2015 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary

  3. Aug 13, 2015 · Assembly

    Representative Barca added as a coauthor

  4. Aug 31, 2015 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Ohnstad and Kerkman

  5. Sep 17, 2015 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  6. Oct 1, 2015 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  7. Oct 2, 2015 · Assembly

    Representative Genrich added as a coauthor

  8. Oct 13, 2015 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Judiciary, Ayes 7, Noes 0

  9. Oct 13, 2015 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Judiciary, Ayes 7, Noes 0

  10. Oct 13, 2015 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  11. Oct 21, 2015 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 10-27-2015 by Committee on Rules

  12. Oct 27, 2015 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  13. Oct 27, 2015 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 adopted

  14. Oct 27, 2015 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  15. Oct 27, 2015 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  16. Oct 27, 2015 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed

  17. Oct 27, 2015 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  18. Oct 28, 2015 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  19. Oct 29, 2015 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization

  20. Oct 29, 2015 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  21. Nov 5, 2015 · Senate

    Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2

  22. Nov 5, 2015 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 11-6-2015 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  23. Nov 6, 2015 · Senate

    Read a second time

  24. Nov 6, 2015 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  25. Nov 6, 2015 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  26. Nov 6, 2015 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in

  27. Nov 6, 2015 · Senate

    Senator Carpenter added as a cosponsor

  28. Nov 6, 2015 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  29. Nov 9, 2015 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  30. Nov 10, 2015 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled on 11-10-2015

  31. Nov 10, 2015 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 11-10-2015

  32. Nov 11, 2015 · Assembly

    Report approved by the Governor on 11-11-2015. 2015 Wisconsin Act 103

  33. Nov 11, 2015 · Assembly

    Published 11-12-2015