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Bills · 2017-2018 Regular Session

SB 133

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Relating to: possession of or use of a credit card scanner, providing civil immunity for sellers or distributors of fuel for scanners installed on pumps, and providing criminal penalties. (FE)

Bank Credit Crime and criminals Crime and criminals — Felony Damage _personal injury_ Fraud Gasoline

  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 several crimes relating to credit card scanners and identity

theft. First, this bill makes it a Class I felony to possess a credit card scanner with

the intent to commit identity theft. Second, this bill makes it a Class H felony to

possess a credit card scanner with the intent to transfer the scanner to another,

knowing that the transferee will use it to commit identity theft. Third, this bill

makes it a Class H felony to use or attempt to use a credit card scanner to commit

identity theft, except that, if the person obtains credit, money, goods, services, or

something else of value from the use, he or she is guilty of a Class G felony.

Under the bill, a seller of motor vehicle fuel who uses credit or debit

card-operated fuel pumps and an owner or operator of automated teller machines

is immune from civil liability for unauthorized credit card reencoders or scanning

devices that are installed on his or her machines.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Carpenter (D) , Cowles (R) , Craig (R) , L. Taylor (D) , Marklein (R) , Moulton (R) , Olsen (R) , Testin (R) , Vinehout (D)

23 cosponsors

Allen (R) , Ballweg (R) , Barca (D) , E. Brooks (R) , Edming (R) , Felzkowski (R) , Horlacher (R) , Katsma (R) , Kitchens (R) , Kulp (R) , Murphy (R) , Novak (R) , R. Brooks (R) , Ripp (R) , Sinicki (D) , Skowronski (R) , Spiros (R) , Steffen (R) , Stuck (D) , Summerfield (R) , Swearingen (R) , Tittl (R) , Tusler (R)

Votes

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

Passed 5–0 May 12, 2017 official source full page

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

Senate: Senate Amendment 1 rejected, Ayes 20, Noes 13

Passed 20–13 Jun 14, 2017 official source full page

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

Senate: Senate Amendment 2 rejected, Ayes 20, Noes 13

Passed 20–13 Jun 14, 2017 official source full page

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

Senate: PASSAGE

Passed 33–0 Jun 14, 2017 official source full page

Full history

  1. Mar 29, 2017 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Cowles, Carpenter, Craig, Marklein, Moulton, Olsen, L. Taylor, Vinehout and Testin; cosponsored by Representatives Summerfield, E. Brooks, R. Brooks, Felzkowski, Horlacher, Katsma, Kitchens, Kulp, Murphy, Novak, Ripp, Sinicki, Skowronski, Spiros, Steffen, Stuck, Swearingen, Tittl, Tusler and Allen

  2. Mar 29, 2017 · Senate

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

  3. Apr 4, 2017 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Apr 5, 2017 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Apr 11, 2017 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. Apr 17, 2017 · Senate

    Representative Edming added as a cosponsor

  7. Apr 20, 2017 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  8. May 9, 2017 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  9. May 11, 2017 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  10. May 12, 2017 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  11. May 12, 2017 · Senate

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

  12. Jun 7, 2017 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  13. Jun 9, 2017 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 6-14-2017 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  14. Jun 14, 2017 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Miller

  15. Jun 14, 2017 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 2 offered by Senators Hansen, L. Taylor, Larson, Johnson, Vinehout, Risser, Erpenbach, Ringhand, Miller, Shilling, Bewley and Wirch

  16. Jun 14, 2017 · Senate

    Read a second time

  17. Jun 14, 2017 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 placed after Senate Amendment 2

  18. Jun 14, 2017 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 2 rejected, Ayes 20, Noes 13

  19. Jun 14, 2017 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 rejected, Ayes 20, Noes 13

  20. Jun 14, 2017 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  21. Jun 14, 2017 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  22. Jun 14, 2017 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 33, Noes 0

  23. Jun 14, 2017 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  24. Jun 14, 2017 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  25. Jun 14, 2017 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  26. Jun 14, 2017 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 6-21-2017 by Committee on Rules

  27. Jun 15, 2017 · Assembly

    Representative Ballweg added as a cosponsor

  28. Jun 20, 2017 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Kessler

  29. Jun 21, 2017 · Assembly

    Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up

  30. Jun 21, 2017 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  31. Jun 21, 2017 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 withdrawn and returned to author

  32. Jun 21, 2017 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  33. Jun 21, 2017 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  34. Jun 21, 2017 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in

  35. Jun 21, 2017 · Assembly

    Representative Barca added as a cosponsor

  36. Jun 21, 2017 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  37. Jun 22, 2017 · Senate

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  38. Jun 27, 2017 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled

  39. Aug 1, 2017 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 8-1-2017

  40. Aug 2, 2017 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 8-2-2017. 2017 Wisconsin Act 54

  41. Aug 2, 2017 · Senate

    Published 8-3-2017