Assembly Bill 960
Battery or threat to a health care provider or staff member of a health care facility and providing a penalty
Became law
The governor signed it on Mar 23, 2022. It's .
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Introduced, passed
Feb 7, 2022
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Assembly vote, passed
Passed Feb 23, 2022
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Senate vote, passed
Passed 31 to 0
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Governor, passed
Signed
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Law, here now
2021 Wisconsin Act 209
Latest entry in the official record, Apr 8, 2022: “Representative Doyle added as a coauthor”
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Terms on this page
Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act. 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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary
What it does
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Under current law, the crime of battery is defined as intentionally causing another person bodily harm and is a Class A misdemeanor. Under current law, if the battery is a special circumstance battery—for example, the battery is committed by a prisoner or against certain individuals because of the individual's professional status—the penalty is increased. Under current law, it is a Class H felony to commit a battery against a nurse, an emergency medical care provider, or a person who is working in an emergency department.
Under this bill, it is a Class H felony to commit a battery against a person who is a health care provider, a staff member of a health care facility, or a family member of a health care provider or staff member, or to threaten such a person, if the battery or threat is in response to an action taken by the health care provider in his or her official capacity, or in response to something that happened at the health care facility.
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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
16 lawmakers are its . All 16 are Republicans.
10 more lawmakers .
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Authors (16)
- Dave Armstrong · Republican, Assembly
- Mark Born · Republican, Assembly
- Rachael Cabral-Guevara · Republican, Senate
- Barbara Dittrich · Republican, Assembly
- Cindi Duchow · Republican, Assembly
- James Edming · Republican, Assembly
- Rick Gundrum · Republican, Assembly
- Jesse James · Republican, Senate
- Mike Kuglitsch · Republican, Assembly
- Gae Magnafici · Republican, Assembly
- Clint Moses · Republican, Assembly
- Todd Novak · Republican, Assembly
- David Steffen · Republican, Assembly
- Tyler Vorpagel · Republican, Assembly
- Robin Vos · Republican, Assembly
- Bob Wittke · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (10)
- Ballweg and Darling
- Steve Doyle · Democrat, Assembly
- Dan Feyen · Republican, Senate
- Kurtz and Oldenburg
- Devin LeMahieu · Republican, Senate
- Howard Marklein · Republican, Senate
- Nick Milroy · Democrat, Assembly
- Michael Schraa · Republican, Assembly
- Van Wanggaard · Republican, Senate
- Chuck Wichgers · Republican, Assembly
How lawmakers voted
There were 3 votes on this bill.
Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety vote to recommend it
Passed, 14 to 1 · Feb 17, 2022
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report passage recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 14, Noes 1”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Senate vote
Passed, 3 to 2 · Mar 4, 2022
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Senate vote to pass it
Passed, 31 to 0 · Mar 8, 2022 · 2 didn't vote
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D: Democrat, R: Republican
Yes (31)
- Alberta Darling (R, 8)
- André Jacque (R, 1)
- Bob Wirch (D, 22)
- Brad Pfaff (D, 32)
- Chris Kapenga (R, 33)
- Chris Larson (D, 7)
- Dale Kooyenga (R, 5)
- Dan Feyen (R, 20)
- Devin LeMahieu (R, 9)
- Duey Stroebel (R, 20)
- Eric Wimberger (R, 2)
- Howard Marklein (R, 17)
- Janet Bewley (D, 25)
- Janis Ringhand (D, 15)
- Jeff Smith (D, 31)
- Jerry Petrowski (R, 29)
- John Jagler (R, 13)
- Julian Bradley (R, 28)
- Kathleen Bernier (R, 23)
- Kelda Roys (D, 26)
- LaTonya Johnson (D, 6)
- Lena Taylor (D, 4)
- Mary Felzkowski (R, 12)
- Melissa Agard (D, 16)
- Patrick Testin (R, 24)
- Rob Cowles (R, 2)
- Rob Stafsholt (R, 10)
- Roger Roth (R, 19)
- Steve Nass (R, 11)
- Tim Carpenter (D, 3)
- Van Wanggaard (R, 21)
Didn't vote (2)
- Joan Ballweg (R, 14)
- Jon Erpenbach (D, 27)
Official motion: “CONCURRENCE”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Apr 8, 2022
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Mar 23, 2022
The new law was published.
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Mar 23, 2022
The governor signed it. It became 2021 Wisconsin Act 209.
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Mar 22, 2022
Sent to the governor.
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Mar 8, 2022
The Senate passed it too, 31 to 0.
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Mar 4, 2022
“Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2” (the official wording)
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Mar 2, 2022
Sent to the Senate Committee on Senate Organization.
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Feb 25, 2022
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Feb 24, 2022
Sent to the Senate Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
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Feb 23, 2022
The Senate received it.
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Feb 23, 2022
The Assembly passed it.
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Feb 17, 2022
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Feb 17, 2022
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 14 to 1.
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Feb 10, 2022 to Feb 11, 2022
1 more representative and 1 senator signed on in support.
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Feb 9, 2022
The committee held a public hearing.
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Feb 8, 2022 to Feb 9, 2022
3 more representatives and 2 senators signed on in support.
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Feb 7, 2022
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety.
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Feb 7, 2022
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Feb 7, 2022 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Vos, Magnafici, Armstrong, Born, Cabral-Guevara, Dittrich, Duchow, Edming, Gundrum, James, Kuglitsch, Moses, Novak, Steffen, Vorpagel and Wittke; cosponsored by Senators LeMahieu, Wanggaard and Feyen
- Feb 7, 2022 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety
- Feb 8, 2022 · Assembly
- Feb 8, 2022 · Assembly
Representative Schraa added as a coauthor
- Feb 9, 2022 · Assembly
- Feb 9, 2022 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Feb 10, 2022 · Assembly
Senator Marklein added as a cosponsor
- Feb 11, 2022 · Assembly
Representative Wichgers added as a coauthor
- Feb 16, 2022 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Feb 17, 2022 · Assembly
Report passage recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 14, Noes 1
- Feb 17, 2022 · Assembly
Referred to committee on Rules
- Feb 22, 2022 · Assembly
Made a special order of business at 9:16 AM on 2-23-2022 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 29
- Feb 23, 2022 · Assembly
Read a second time
- Feb 23, 2022 · Assembly
Ordered to a third reading
- Feb 23, 2022 · Assembly
Rules suspended
- Feb 23, 2022 · Assembly
Read a third time and passed
- Feb 23, 2022 · Assembly
Ordered immediately messaged
- Feb 23, 2022 · Senate
Received from Assembly
- Feb 24, 2022 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary and Public Safety
- Feb 25, 2022 · Senate
Representative Milroy added as a coauthor
- Mar 2, 2022 · Senate
Withdrawn from committee on Judiciary and Public Safety and rereferred to committee on Senate Organization pursuant to Senate Rule 46(2)(c)
- Mar 2, 2022 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- Mar 4, 2022 · Senate
Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2
- Mar 4, 2022 · Senate
Placed on calendar 3-8-2022 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- Mar 8, 2022 · Senate
Read a second time
- Mar 8, 2022 · Senate
Ordered to a third reading
- Mar 8, 2022 · Senate
Rules suspended
- Mar 8, 2022 · Senate
Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 31, Noes 0
- Mar 8, 2022 · Senate
Ordered immediately messaged
- Mar 9, 2022 · Assembly
Received from Senate concurred in
- Mar 15, 2022 · Assembly
LRB correction
- Mar 15, 2022 · Assembly
Report correctly enrolled on 3-15-2022
- Mar 22, 2022 · Assembly
Presented to the Governor on 3-22-2022
- Mar 23, 2022 · Assembly
Report approved by the Governor on 3-23-2022. 2021 Wisconsin Act 209
- Mar 23, 2022 · Assembly
Published 3-24-2022
- Apr 8, 2022 · Assembly
Representative Doyle added as a coauthor
Terms on this page
Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act. 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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary
From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source
Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act
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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote