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Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

AB 91

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Relating to: throwing or expelling a bodily substance at a public safety worker or prosecutor. (FE)

Court — Officers Court — Procedure Crime and criminals Disease

  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, if a prisoner throws or expels blood, semen, vomit, saliva,

urine, feces, or other bodily substance at or toward an officer or other person in the

prison or facility, a court may order the prisoner to undergo testing for communicable

diseases if there is probable cause to believe that there was potential for transmitting

a communicable disease to the victim. This bill allows a court to require such testing

for any criminal defendant who throws or expels blood, semen, vomit, saliva, urine,

feces, or other bodily substance at or toward a public safety worker or a prosecutor.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Armstrong (R) , Bowen (D) , Brandtjen (R) , Dittrich (R) , Edming (R) , Gundrum (R) , J. Rodriguez (R) , James (R) , Kitchens (R) , Krug (R) , Kuglitsch (R) , Magnafici (R) , Moses (R) , Murphy (R) , Oldenburg (R) , Plumer (R) , Ramthun (R) , Rozar (R) , Subeck (D) , Tittl (R) , Tusler (R) , Wichgers (R)

11 cosponsors

Allen (R) , Ballweg (R) , Bernier (R) , Cowles (R) , Emerson (D) , Jacque (R) , Marklein (R) , Skowronski (R) , Steffen (R) , Stroebel (R) , Wanggaard (R)

Votes

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

Passed 14–0 Jun 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 James, Armstrong, Bowen, Brandtjen, Dittrich, Edming, Gundrum, Kitchens, Krug, Kuglitsch, Magnafici, Moses, Murphy, Oldenburg, Plumer, Ramthun, J. Rodriguez, Rozar, Subeck, Tittl, Tusler and Wichgers; cosponsored by Senators Bernier, Ballweg, Cowles, Jacque, Marklein, Stroebel and Wanggaard

  2. Feb 18, 2021 · Assembly

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

  3. Mar 3, 2021 · Assembly

    Representative Allen added as a coauthor

  4. Mar 5, 2021 · Assembly

    Representative Skowronski added as a coauthor

  5. Mar 5, 2021 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. Mar 9, 2021 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  7. Mar 10, 2021 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  8. Mar 11, 2021 · Assembly

    Representative Steffen added as a coauthor

  9. Mar 11, 2021 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  10. Mar 18, 2021 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  11. Mar 19, 2021 · Assembly

    Representative Emerson added as a coauthor

  12. Jun 8, 2021 · Assembly

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

  13. Jun 8, 2021 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  14. Jun 9, 2021 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 6-16-2021 by Committee on Rules

  15. Jun 16, 2021 · Assembly

    Laid on the table

  16. Mar 15, 2022 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1