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Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session

SB 117

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Relating to: battery and threats to a judge, a prosecutor, or a law enforcement officer and providing a criminal penalty. (FE)

Attorney general Crime and criminals — Battery Crime and criminals — Felony District attorney Judge Police

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Senate, completed
  3. Passes Assembly, 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

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.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Bewley (D) , Gudex (R) , Lassa (D) , Marklein (R) , Wanggaard (R)

40 cosponsors

A. Ott (R) , Ballweg (R) , Bernier (R) , Born (R) , Carpenter (D) , Danou (D) , E. Brooks (R) , Edming (R) , Gannon (R) , Heaton (R) , Horlacher (R) , J. Ott (R) , Jacque (R) , Jagler (R) , Kahl (D) , Kerkman (R) , Knodl (R) , Kremer (R) , Krug (R) , Kulp (R) , Macco (R) , Milroy (D) , Murphy (R) , Mursau (R) , Murtha (R) , Novak (R) , Quinn (R) , Ripp (R) , Rodriguez (R) , Rohrkaste (R) , Shankland (D) , Skowronski (R) , Spiros (R) , Steffen (R) , Stuck (D) , Subeck (D) , T. Larson (R) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Tittl (R) , Weatherston (R)

Votes

Senate: Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Apr 28, 2015 official source full page

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

Senate: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 4, Noes 1

Passed 4–1 Apr 28, 2015 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 concurred in, Ayes 80, Noes 16

Passed 80–16 Oct 27, 2015 official source full page

Aye · 80

Not voting · 3

Full history

  1. Apr 8, 2015 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Gudex, Wanggaard, Lassa, Bewley and Marklein; cosponsored 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

  2. Apr 8, 2015 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety

  3. Apr 10, 2015 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Gudex

  4. Apr 16, 2015 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Apr 17, 2015 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. Apr 23, 2015 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  7. Apr 28, 2015 · Senate

    Executive session held

  8. Apr 28, 2015 · Senate

    Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  9. Apr 28, 2015 · Senate

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 4, Noes 1

  10. Apr 28, 2015 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  11. Apr 29, 2015 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  12. Apr 30, 2015 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  13. May 4, 2015 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 5-6-2015 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  14. May 6, 2015 · Senate

    Senator Carpenter added as a coauthor

  15. May 6, 2015 · Senate

    Read a second time

  16. May 6, 2015 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 adopted

  17. May 6, 2015 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  18. May 6, 2015 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  19. May 6, 2015 · Senate

    Read a third time

  20. May 6, 2015 · Senate

    Passed

  21. May 6, 2015 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  22. May 6, 2015 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  23. May 14, 2015 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Kerkman

  24. Jun 3, 2015 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  25. Oct 21, 2015 · Assembly

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

  26. Oct 27, 2015 · Assembly

    Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up

  27. Oct 27, 2015 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  28. Oct 27, 2015 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 withdrawn and returned to author

  29. Oct 27, 2015 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  30. Oct 27, 2015 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  31. Oct 27, 2015 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 80, Noes 16

  32. Oct 27, 2015 · Assembly

    Representative C. Taylor withdrawn as a cosponsor

  33. Oct 27, 2015 · Assembly

    Representative Danou added as a cosponsor

  34. Oct 27, 2015 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  35. Oct 28, 2015 · Senate

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  36. Nov 9, 2015 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled

  37. Nov 10, 2015 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 11-10-2015

  38. Nov 12, 2015 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 11-11-2015. 2015 Wisconsin Act 78

  39. Nov 12, 2015 · Senate

    Published 11-12-2015

  40. Feb 19, 2016 · Senate

    Representative Shankland added as a cosponsor

  41. Feb 24, 2016 · Senate

    Representative Subeck added as a cosponsor