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Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

SB 242

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Relating to: reckless handling of a vaccine or drug and providing a penalty.

Crime and criminals Crime and criminals — Felony Drugs Legislature — Criminal penalties joint review committee on Vaccination

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

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, a person who intentionally causes damage to another's

property is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. If the damage reduces the property

value by more than $2,500, the penalty is increased to a Class I felony.

Under this bill, a person who recklessly handles, stores, or treats a vaccine,

drug, or biologic product used as a therapeutic treatment in a manner that may

render the item unsafe, tainted, spoiled, ineffective, or unusable is guilty of a Class

I felony. Under the bill, unlike the current law prohibition against damaging

property, the item would not actually have to be damaged in order for the person to

be found guilty. The current law definition of reckless would apply in this crime so

the person, in doing the act, must create an unreasonable and substantial risk of

death or great bodily harm to another and must be aware of that risk.

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: Darling (R) , L. Taylor (D) , Marklein (R) , Nass (R) , Stroebel (R)

13 cosponsors

Born (R) , Brandtjen (R) , Cabrera (D) , Carpenter (D) , Gundrum (R) , Knodl (R) , Kuglitsch (R) , L. Myers (D) , Magnafici (R) , Rozar (R) , Skowronski (R) , Tittl (R) , Wanggaard (R)

Votes

Senate: Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 7, Noes 0

Passed 7–0 Jun 3, 2021 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 6, Noes 1

Passed 6–1 Jun 3, 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 Stroebel, Darling, Nass, L. Taylor and Marklein; cosponsored by Representatives Knodl, Magnafici, Gundrum, Rozar, Tittl, Kuglitsch, Skowronski and Brandtjen

  2. Mar 24, 2021 · Senate

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

  3. Apr 26, 2021 · Senate

    Representative Born added as a cosponsor

  4. Apr 29, 2021 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  5. Apr 29, 2021 · Senate

    Senator Wanggaard added as a coauthor

  6. May 7, 2021 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senators Stroebel and Wimberger

  7. Jun 2, 2021 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  8. Jun 3, 2021 · Senate

    Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 7, Noes 0

  9. Jun 3, 2021 · Senate

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 6, Noes 1

  10. Jun 3, 2021 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  11. Jun 4, 2021 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 6-9-2021 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  12. Jun 8, 2021 · Senate

    Representative L. Myers added as a cosponsor

  13. Jun 9, 2021 · Senate

    Senator Carpenter added as a coauthor

  14. Jun 9, 2021 · Senate

    Read a second time

  15. Jun 9, 2021 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 adopted

  16. Jun 9, 2021 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  17. Jun 9, 2021 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  18. Jun 9, 2021 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed

  19. Jun 9, 2021 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  20. Jun 10, 2021 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  21. Dec 7, 2021 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  22. Jan 18, 2022 · Assembly

    Representative Cabrera added as a cosponsor

  23. Jan 18, 2022 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 1-20-2022 by Committee on Rules

  24. Jan 20, 2022 · Assembly

    Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up

  25. Jan 20, 2022 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  26. Jan 20, 2022 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  27. Jan 20, 2022 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  28. Jan 20, 2022 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in

  29. Jan 20, 2022 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  30. Jan 20, 2022 · Senate

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  31. Jan 28, 2022 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled

  32. Feb 1, 2022 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 2-1-2022 by directive of the Majority Leader

  33. Feb 7, 2022 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 2-4-2022. 2021 Wisconsin Act 120

  34. Feb 7, 2022 · Senate

    Published 2-5-2022