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Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session

SB 133

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Relating to: penalty for hiding or burying a corpse illegally and providing a penalty.

Crime and criminals Crime and criminals — Felony

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

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, a person who hides or buries a corpse to conceal a crime or

to avoid apprehension, prosecution, or conviction for a crime or to collect certain

government benefits is guilty of a Class G felony. A person who is convicted is subject

to a fine of up to $25,000 or imprisonment for up to ten years, or both. This bill

reclassifies the crime as a Class F felony so that a person who is convicted is subject

to a fine of up to $25,000 or imprisonment for up to 12 years and six months, or both.

Because this bill creates a new crime or revises a penalty for an existing crime,

the Joint Review Committee on Criminal Penalties may be requested to prepare a

report concerning the proposed penalty and the costs or savings that are likely to

result if the bill is enacted.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Harsdorf (R) , Nass (R)

8 cosponsors

Berceau (D) , E. Brooks (R) , Kitchens (R) , Kleefisch (R) , Knodl (R) , Murphy (R) , Murtha (R) , T. Larson (R)

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Jun 4, 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. Apr 20, 2015 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Harsdorf and Nass; cosponsored by Representatives Murtha, Kleefisch, Berceau, E. Brooks, Knodl, T. Larson, Murphy and Kitchens

  2. Apr 20, 2015 · Senate

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

  3. Jun 2, 2015 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  4. Jun 4, 2015 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  5. Jun 4, 2015 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  6. Jun 4, 2015 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  7. Jun 8, 2015 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 6-9-2015 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  8. Jun 9, 2015 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed

  9. Jun 9, 2015 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  10. Jun 9, 2015 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  11. Jun 9, 2015 · Senate

    Read a second time

  12. Jun 9, 2015 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  13. Jun 9, 2015 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  14. Oct 13, 2015 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  15. Jan 7, 2016 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 1-12-2016 by Committee on Rules

  16. Jan 12, 2016 · Assembly

    Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up

  17. Jan 12, 2016 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  18. Jan 12, 2016 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  19. Jan 12, 2016 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  20. Jan 12, 2016 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in

  21. Jan 12, 2016 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  22. Jan 13, 2016 · Senate

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  23. Jan 21, 2016 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled

  24. Feb 3, 2016 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 2-3-2016

  25. Feb 4, 2016 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 2-4-2016. 2015 Wisconsin Act 147

  26. Feb 4, 2016 · Senate

    Published 2-5-2016