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Bills · 2017-2018 Regular Session

AB 737

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Relating to: increased maximum terms of imprisonment for domestic abuse repeaters and providing a criminal penalty. (FE)

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

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Current law allows a court to increase by two years the maximum term of

imprisonment for a crime if the crime constituted an act of domestic abuse and the

defendant was, within the preceding ten years, convicted on at least two separate

occasions of a felony or misdemeanor that was subject to a domestic abuse surcharge.

A domestic abuse surcharge is a surcharge that a Wisconsin court must impose if the

defendant committed one of a list of crimes against his or her current or former

spouse, against an adult with whom the defendant currently or formerly resides, or

against an adult with whom the defendant has created a child. Under this bill,

crimes that would subject a defendant to the increased maximum term of

imprisonment include felonies or misdemeanors committed in another state but

that, had they been committed in Wisconsin, would have been subject to the domestic

abuse surcharge.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Anderson (D) , Ballweg (R) , Jacque (R) , Jagler (R) , Kitchens (R) , Mursau (R) , Rohrkaste (R) , Sargent (D) , Tittl (R)

8 cosponsors

Allen (R) , Barca, Shankland and Vruwink , Bewley (D) , Darling (R) , Marklein (R) , Olsen (R) , Petrowski (R) , Vukmir (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 11, Noes 1

Passed 11–1 Feb 13, 2018 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 Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 12, Noes 0

Passed 12–0 Feb 13, 2018 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 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Feb 16, 2018 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. Dec 7, 2017 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Ballweg, Anderson, Jacque, Jagler, Kitchens, Mursau, Rohrkaste, Sargent and Tittl; cosponsored by Senators Olsen, Bewley, Darling, Marklein, Petrowski and Vukmir

  2. Dec 7, 2017 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety

  3. Dec 14, 2017 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Dec 14, 2017 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Dec 18, 2017 · Assembly

    Representative Allen added as a coauthor

  6. Jan 11, 2018 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  7. Jan 23, 2018 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  8. Jan 24, 2018 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Ballweg

  9. Jan 25, 2018 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  10. Feb 13, 2018 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 12, Noes 0

  11. Feb 13, 2018 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  12. Feb 13, 2018 · Assembly

    Made a special order of business at 1:08 PM on 2-15-2018 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 23

  13. Feb 13, 2018 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 11, Noes 1

  14. Feb 15, 2018 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  15. Feb 15, 2018 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 adopted

  16. Feb 15, 2018 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  17. Feb 15, 2018 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  18. Feb 15, 2018 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed

  19. Feb 15, 2018 · Assembly

    Representatives Barca, Shankland and Vruwink added as coauthors

  20. Feb 15, 2018 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  21. Feb 16, 2018 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  22. Feb 16, 2018 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization

  23. Feb 16, 2018 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  24. Feb 16, 2018 · Senate

    Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0

  25. Feb 16, 2018 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 2-20-2018 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  26. Feb 20, 2018 · Senate

    Read a second time

  27. Feb 20, 2018 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  28. Feb 20, 2018 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  29. Feb 20, 2018 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in

  30. Feb 20, 2018 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  31. Feb 20, 2018 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  32. Mar 13, 2018 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled on 3-13-2018

  33. Apr 2, 2018 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 4-2-2018

  34. Apr 4, 2018 · Assembly

    Report approved by the Governor on 4-3-2018. 2017 Wisconsin Act 188

  35. Apr 4, 2018 · Assembly

    Published 4-4-2018