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Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

SB 229

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Relating to: refusing or tampering with a global positioning system tracking device and providing a penalty.

Corrections department of Crime and criminals — Felony Data processing — Criminal acts and law enforcement Legislature — Criminal penalties joint review committee on

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Senate, completed
  3. Passes Assembly, completed
  4. Governor signs, completed
  5. Law, completed

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, it is a Class I felony to tamper with a GPS tracking device

that is provided by the Department of Corrections to track persons who have been

convicted of certain offenses or who violate certain orders or injunctions. This bill

makes it a Class I felony to knowingly refuse, resist, or obstruct the installation of

a GPS tracking device. A Class I felony is punishable by a fine of up to $10,000 or

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

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: Ballweg (R) , Felzkowski (R) , Marklein (R) , Nass (R) , Testin (R) , Wanggaard (R)

13 cosponsors

Bowen (D) , Brandtjen (R) , Brooks (R) , Cabrera (D) , Callahan (R) , Edming (R) , Kitchens (R) , Rozar (R) , Schraa (R) , Snyder (R) , Spiros (R) , Subeck (D) , VanderMeer (R)

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 7, Noes 0

Passed 7–0 May 7, 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. Mar 24, 2021 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Testin, Felzkowski, Ballweg, Marklein, Nass and Wanggaard; cosponsored by Representatives Callahan, Schraa, Bowen, Brandtjen, Brooks, Edming, Kitchens, Rozar, Snyder, Spiros and VanderMeer

  2. Mar 24, 2021 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety

  3. Apr 29, 2021 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  4. May 6, 2021 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  5. May 7, 2021 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 7, Noes 0

  6. May 7, 2021 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  7. May 7, 2021 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 5-11-2021 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  8. May 11, 2021 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed

  9. May 11, 2021 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  10. May 11, 2021 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  11. May 11, 2021 · Senate

    Read a second time

  12. May 11, 2021 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  13. May 11, 2021 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  14. Dec 7, 2021 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  15. Jan 20, 2022 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 1-25-2022 by Committee on Rules

  16. Jan 24, 2022 · Assembly

    Representative Cabrera added as a coauthor

  17. Jan 25, 2022 · Assembly

    Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up

  18. Jan 25, 2022 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  19. Jan 25, 2022 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  20. Jan 25, 2022 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  21. Jan 25, 2022 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in

  22. Jan 25, 2022 · Assembly

    Representative Subeck added as a cosponsor

  23. Jan 25, 2022 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  24. Jan 26, 2022 · Senate

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  25. Feb 3, 2022 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled

  26. Feb 21, 2022 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 2-21-2022

  27. Feb 22, 2022 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 2-21-2022. 2021 Wisconsin Act 140

  28. Feb 22, 2022 · Senate

    Published 2-22-2022