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Bills · 2017-2018 Regular Session

SB 57

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Relating to: undesignated felonies.

Court — Procedure Crime and criminals Crime and criminals — Felony

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under this bill, if a person is convicted of a Class I felony, the court may refrain

from designating the crime as a misdemeanor or a felony and sentence the person

or place the person on probation. When the person completes the sentence or

probation period, the court may then designate the crime as a Class A misdemeanor

or a Class I felony. In order to do this, the court must determine all of the following:

the felony was not a violent crime and did not involve a weapon, the person had not

previously been convicted of a felony, the public will not be harmed by the disposition,

and the felony sentence would be unduly harsh given the nature of the crime and the

character of the person.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Darling (R) , Feyen (R) , Kapenga (R) , L. Taylor (D) , Vukmir (R) , Wanggaard (R)

17 cosponsors

Duchow (R) , E. Brooks (R) , Edming (R) , Fields (D) , Horlacher (R) , Jagler (R) , Kleefisch (R) , Knodl (R) , Kremer (R) , Krug (R) , Ott (R) , R. Brooks (R) , Sanfelippo (R) , Skowronski (R) , Spiros (R) , Tittl (R) , Tusler (R)

Votes

Senate: Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 3, Noes 2

Passed 3–2 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: Report passage as amended 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.

Full history

  1. Feb 21, 2017 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Vukmir, Wanggaard, Darling, Kapenga, Feyen and L. Taylor; cosponsored by Representatives Sanfelippo, Kleefisch, Jagler, Horlacher, R. Brooks, Duchow, Tusler, Kremer, Ott, Spiros, Tittl, Skowronski, E. Brooks, Knodl, Edming, Krug and Fields

  2. Feb 21, 2017 · Senate

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

  3. Mar 29, 2017 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  4. Apr 18, 2017 · Senate

    Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senator Vukmir

  5. May 11, 2017 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  6. May 12, 2017 · Senate

    Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 3, Noes 2

  7. May 12, 2017 · Senate

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

  8. May 12, 2017 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  9. Mar 28, 2018 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1