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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

AB 17

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Relating to: mandatory period of confinement for homicide by intoxicated use of a vehicle and providing a penalty. (FE)

Court Crime and criminals — Homicide or murder Drunken driving Legislature — Criminal penalties joint review committee on Sentences and penalties

  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

Under this bill, a person who is convicted of homicide by intoxicated use of a

vehicle must be sentenced to a mandatory minimum period of confinement in prison

of five years. The bill creates an exception to the mandatory minimum sentence

created in this bill if the decedent was a passenger in the person's car and the court

finds that the best interests of the community will be served and that the public will

not be harmed. If the court sentences a person to a period of confinement that is less

than the mandatory minimum sentence, the bill requires the court to put its findings

in writing.

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.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Anderson (D) , Gundrum (R) , Hutton (R) , Kerkman (R) , Murphy (R) , Ott (R) , Spiros (R) , Wichgers (R)

6 cosponsors

Bernier (R) , Craig (R) , Darling (R) , Marklein (R) , Rohrkaste (R) , Skowronski (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 10, Noes 0

Passed 10–0 Jun 12, 2019 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 10, Noes 0

Passed 10–0 Jun 12, 2019 official source full page

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

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

Passed 5–0 Sep 25, 2019 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 8, 2019 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Ott, Kerkman, Spiros, Wichgers, Anderson, Gundrum, Murphy and Hutton; cosponsored by Senators Darling, Craig, Bernier and Marklein

  2. Feb 8, 2019 · Assembly

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

  3. Feb 26, 2019 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Feb 27, 2019 · Assembly

    Representative Skowronski added as a coauthor

  5. Mar 4, 2019 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. Mar 5, 2019 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  7. Mar 14, 2019 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  8. Mar 28, 2019 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  9. Apr 4, 2019 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  10. May 1, 2019 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Crowley, Spreitzer and Emerson

  11. May 10, 2019 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  12. May 29, 2019 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representative Ott

  13. May 30, 2019 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  14. Jun 5, 2019 · Assembly

    Representative Rohrkaste added as a coauthor

  15. Jun 12, 2019 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 10, Noes 0

  16. Jun 12, 2019 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 10, Noes 0

  17. Jun 12, 2019 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  18. Jun 18, 2019 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 6-20-2019 by Committee on Rules

  19. Jun 20, 2019 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  20. Jun 20, 2019 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 adopted

  21. Jun 20, 2019 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  22. Jun 20, 2019 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  23. Jun 20, 2019 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed

  24. Jun 20, 2019 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  25. Jun 20, 2019 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  26. Jun 24, 2019 · Senate

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

  27. Sep 4, 2019 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  28. Sep 25, 2019 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  29. Sep 25, 2019 · Senate

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

  30. Sep 25, 2019 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  31. Nov 1, 2019 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 11-5-2019 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  32. Nov 5, 2019 · Senate

    Read a second time

  33. Nov 5, 2019 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  34. Nov 5, 2019 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  35. Nov 5, 2019 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in

  36. Nov 5, 2019 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  37. Nov 6, 2019 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  38. Nov 13, 2019 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled on 11-13-2019

  39. Nov 14, 2019 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 11-14-2019 by directive of the Speaker

  40. Nov 20, 2019 · Assembly

    Report approved by the Governor on 11-20-2019. 2019 Wisconsin Act 31

  41. Nov 20, 2019 · Assembly

    Published 11-21-2019