Skip to content

Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session

SB 325

Became law Official bill text Atom feed

Relating to: repeated acts of physical abuse of the same child and providing a criminal penalty.

Children — Abuse and neglect Crime and criminals — Felony Jury

  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

This bill creates the crime of engaging in repeated acts of physical abuse of the

same child. Under this bill, to convict an individual of the crime, a jury must

unanimously agree that at least three violations of physical abuse of the same child

occurred within a specified period but need not agree on which acts constitute the

three violations. The penalty for the crime varies from a Class E felony to a Class

A felony, depending on the harm to the child. This bill also adds references to the

created crime to statutes that reference the crime of physical abuse of a child.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Carpenter (D) , Cowles (R) , Darling (R) , Hansen (D) , Lasee (R) , Lassa (D) , Olsen (R) , Shilling (D)

28 cosponsors

A. Ott (R) , Berceau (D) , Billings (D) , Edming (R) , Heaton (R) , Horlacher (R) , Jacque (R) , Johnson (D) , Kleefisch (R) , Knodl (R) , Kulp (R) , Macco (R) , Murphy (R) , Mursau (R) , Murtha (R) , Nerison (R) , Novak (R) , Petryk (R) , Rohrkaste (R) , Sargent (D) , Schraa (R) , Sinicki (D) , Spiros (R) , Steffen (R) , Subeck (D) , Tittl (R) , Tranel (R) , VanderMeer (R)

Votes

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

Passed 4–1 Oct 29, 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. Oct 14, 2015 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Cowles, Carpenter, Darling, Hansen, Lasee, Lassa, Olsen and Shilling; cosponsored by Representatives Heaton, A. Ott, Berceau, Billings, Edming, Horlacher, Jacque, Johnson, Kleefisch, Knodl, Kulp, Macco, Murphy, Mursau, Murtha, Nerison, Novak, Petryk, Rohrkaste, Sargent, Sinicki, Spiros, Steffen, Subeck, Tittl, Tranel and VanderMeer

  2. Oct 14, 2015 · Senate

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

  3. Oct 22, 2015 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  4. Oct 28, 2015 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  5. Oct 29, 2015 · Senate

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

  6. Oct 29, 2015 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  7. Jan 11, 2016 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 1-12-2016 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  8. Jan 12, 2016 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed

  9. Jan 12, 2016 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  10. Jan 12, 2016 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  11. Jan 12, 2016 · Senate

    Read a second time

  12. Jan 12, 2016 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  13. Jan 12, 2016 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  14. Jan 15, 2016 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  15. Feb 4, 2016 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 2-9-2016 by Committee on Rules

  16. Feb 9, 2016 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  17. Feb 9, 2016 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  18. Feb 9, 2016 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  19. Feb 9, 2016 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in

  20. Feb 9, 2016 · Assembly

    Representative Schraa added as a cosponsor

  21. Feb 9, 2016 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  22. Feb 10, 2016 · Senate

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  23. Feb 17, 2016 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled

  24. Apr 18, 2016 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 4-18-2016

  25. Apr 19, 2016 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 4-19-2016. 2015 Wisconsin Act 366

  26. Apr 19, 2016 · Senate

    Published 4-20-2016