Assembly Bill 735
Harassment of a sports official and providing a penalty
Stopped in committee
It never got a , so it never came up for a vote. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Jan 9, 2020
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Senate vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Apr 1, 2020: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
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Author
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Signed on in support
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What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Under current law, a person commits harassment and is subject to a Class B forfeiture if the person, with intent to harass or intimidate, strikes, shoves, or kicks another person or if the person engages in a course of conduct or repeatedly commits acts which harass or intimidate another person and which serve no legitimate purpose. Under this bill, the person is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor if the person commits harassment against a referee, umpire, judge, or person performing similar functions and the harassment is in response to, or intended to influence, an action by the sports official.
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.
Who's behind it
30 lawmakers are its . 17 are Republicans and 13 are Democrats.
9 more lawmakers .
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Authors (30)
- Beth Meyers · Democrat, Assembly
- Joan Ballweg · Republican, Senate
- Chris Taylor · Democrat, Assembly
- Barbara Dittrich · Republican, Assembly
- Steve Doyle · Democrat, Assembly
- Mary Felzkowski · Republican, Senate
- Jason Fields · Democrat, Assembly
- Staush Gruszynski · Democrat, Assembly
- Gordon Hintz · Democrat, Assembly
- Cody Horlacher · Republican, Assembly
- Joel Kitchens · Republican, Assembly
- Mike Kuglitsch · Republican, Assembly
- Bob Kulp · Republican, Assembly
- Nick Milroy · Democrat, Assembly
- Todd Novak · Republican, Assembly
- Tod Ohnstad · Democrat, Assembly
- Warren Petryk · Republican, Assembly
- Romaine Quinn · Republican, Senate
- Joe Sanfelippo · Republican, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Ken Skowronski · Republican, Assembly
- David Steffen · Republican, Assembly
- Jim Steineke · Republican, Assembly
- Shelia Stubbs · Democrat, Assembly
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
- Ron Tusler · Republican, Assembly
- Nancy VanderMeer · Republican, Assembly
- Robyn Vining · Democrat, Assembly
- Don Vruwink · Democrat, Assembly
- Shannon Zimmerman · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (9)
- Janet Bewley · Democrat, Senate
- André Jacque · Republican, Senate
- Howard Marklein · Republican, Senate
- Luther S. Olsen · Republican, Senate
- Fred A. Risser · Democrat, Senate
- Patty Schachtner · Democrat, Senate
- Jeff Smith · Democrat, Senate
- Patrick Testin · Republican, Senate
- Bob Wirch · Democrat, Senate
What happened
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Apr 1, 2020
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Jan 9, 2020
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety.
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Jan 9, 2020
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Jan 9, 2020 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Novak, Vruwink, Subeck, Ballweg, Dittrich, Doyle, Felzkowski, Fields, Gruszynski, Hintz, Horlacher, Kitchens, Kuglitsch, Kulp, Milroy, B. Meyers, Ohnstad, Petryk, Quinn, Sanfelippo, Sinicki, Skowronski, Steineke, Steffen, Stubbs, C. Taylor, Tusler, VanderMeer, Vining and Zimmerman; cosponsored by Senators Jacque, Smith, Bewley, Marklein, Olsen, Risser, Schachtner, Testin and Wirch
- Jan 9, 2020 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety
- Apr 1, 2020 · Assembly
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Terms on this page
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.
Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor