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Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

AB 83

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Relating to: stalking and providing a penalty.

Crime and criminals Data processing Legislature — Criminal penalties joint review committee on Telephone

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, 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 current law, the crime of “stalking” is a course of conduct that includes

maintaining visual or physical proximity to the victim, approaching or confronting

the victim, appearing at the victim's workplace, home, or other property, contacting

the victim's employer, coworkers, neighbors, family, or friends, attempting to contact

the victim via telephone, and sending various items or materials to the victim.

Currently stalking is a Class I felony, for which the penalty is a fine of up to $10,000

or imprisonment for up to three years and six months, or both.

This bill amends the definition of stalking to explicitly include attempts to

contact the victim via text messaging and other electronic means of communication,

including sending and posting online content.

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: Cabrera (D) , Callahan (R) , Edming (R) , Emerson (D) , Milroy (D) , Mursau (R) , Rozar (R) , Subeck (D) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Tittl (R) , Tusler (R) , Wichgers (R)

8 cosponsors

Carpenter (D) , Jacque (R) , L. Taylor (D) , Ringhand (D) , Skowronski (R) , Steffen (R) , Stubbs and Bowen , Wanggaard (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 14, Noes 0

Passed 14–0 Apr 8, 2021 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 18, 2021 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Tusler, Callahan, Mursau, Emerson, Wichgers, Cabrera, Rozar, Milroy, Tittl, Subeck, Thiesfeldt and Edming; cosponsored by Senators Jacque, Wanggaard, Carpenter, L. Taylor and Ringhand

  2. Feb 18, 2021 · Assembly

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

  3. Mar 5, 2021 · Assembly

    Representative Skowronski added as a coauthor

  4. Mar 10, 2021 · Assembly

    Representatives Stubbs and Bowen added as coauthors

  5. Mar 10, 2021 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  6. Mar 11, 2021 · Assembly

    Representative Steffen added as a coauthor

  7. Mar 18, 2021 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  8. Apr 8, 2021 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 14, Noes 0

  9. Apr 8, 2021 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  10. Apr 8, 2021 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 4-13-2021 by Committee on Rules

  11. Apr 13, 2021 · Assembly

    Laid on the table

  12. Mar 15, 2022 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1