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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

AB 734

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Relating to: mail theft and providing a penalty.

Crime and criminals Crime and criminals — Felony Legislature — Criminal penalties joint review committee on Postage and postal service

  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

This bill creates the crime of theft of mail, which is taking a letter, postcard, or

package from a residence or other building. Under the bill, a person is guilty of a

Class A misdemeanor if he or she takes fewer than ten pieces of mail, a Class I felony

if he or she takes at least ten but fewer than 30 pieces of mail, and a Class H felony

if he or she takes 30 or more pieces of mail or if the mail belongs to an adult at risk

or an elder adult at risk.

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.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Allen (R) , Duchow (R) , Edming (R) , Fields (D) , Gundrum (R) , Hutton (R) , Jagler (R) , Katsma (R) , Knodl (R) , Kuglitsch (R) , Kulp (R) , Murphy (R) , Petersen (R) , Pronschinske (R) , Sanfelippo (R) , Skowronski (R) , Steffen (R) , Tranel (R) , Tusler (R)

8 cosponsors

Craig (R) , Darling (R) , Marklein (R) , Nass (R) , Olsen (R) , Stroebel (R) , Wanggaard (R) , Wichgers (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Consumer Protection, Ayes 7, Noes 0

Passed 7–0 Feb 6, 2020 official source full page

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

Assembly: PASSAGE

Passed 84–13 Feb 11, 2020 official source full page

Aye · 84

Not voting · 2

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

Passed 5–0 Feb 14, 2020 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. Jan 9, 2020 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Hutton, Allen, Duchow, Edming, Fields, Gundrum, Jagler, Katsma, Knodl, Kuglitsch, Kulp, Murphy, Petersen, Pronschinske, Sanfelippo, Skowronski, Steffen, Tranel and Tusler; cosponsored by Senators Craig, Darling, Marklein, Nass, Olsen, Stroebel and Wanggaard

  2. Jan 9, 2020 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Consumer Protection

  3. Jan 10, 2020 · Assembly

    Representative Wichgers added as a coauthor

  4. Feb 5, 2020 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Feb 6, 2020 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  6. Feb 6, 2020 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Consumer Protection, Ayes 7, Noes 0

  7. Feb 6, 2020 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  8. Feb 6, 2020 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 2-11-2020 by Committee on Rules

  9. Feb 11, 2020 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  10. Feb 11, 2020 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 84, Noes 13

  11. Feb 11, 2020 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  12. Feb 11, 2020 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  13. Feb 11, 2020 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  14. Feb 12, 2020 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  15. Feb 13, 2020 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization

  16. Feb 13, 2020 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  17. Feb 14, 2020 · Senate

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

  18. Feb 14, 2020 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 2-19-2020 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  19. Feb 19, 2020 · Senate

    Read a second time

  20. Feb 19, 2020 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  21. Feb 19, 2020 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  22. Feb 19, 2020 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in

  23. Feb 19, 2020 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  24. Feb 20, 2020 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  25. Feb 25, 2020 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled on 2-25-2020

  26. Feb 28, 2020 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 2-28-2020 by directive of the Speaker

  27. Mar 4, 2020 · Assembly

    Report approved by the Governor on 3-3-2020. 2019 Wisconsin Act 144

  28. Mar 4, 2020 · Assembly

    Published 3-4-2020