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Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

SB 85

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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, 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, 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: Carpenter (D) , Jacque (R) , L. Taylor (D) , Ringhand (D) , Wanggaard (R)

15 cosponsors

Cabrera (D) , Callahan (R) , Edming (R) , Emerson (D) , Milroy (D) , Mursau (R) , Rozar (R) , Skowronski (R) , Steffen (R) , Stubbs and Bowen , Subeck (D) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Tittl (R) , Tusler (R) , Wichgers (R)

Votes

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

Passed 7–0 Mar 12, 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 10, 2021 · Senate

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

  2. Feb 10, 2021 · Senate

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

  3. Feb 11, 2021 · Senate

    Representative Edming added as a cosponsor

  4. Feb 25, 2021 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  5. Mar 5, 2021 · Senate

    Representative Skowronski added as a cosponsor

  6. Mar 10, 2021 · Senate

    Representatives Stubbs and Bowen added as cosponsors

  7. Mar 11, 2021 · Senate

    Representative Steffen added as a cosponsor

  8. Mar 11, 2021 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  9. Mar 12, 2021 · Senate

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

  10. Mar 12, 2021 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  11. Mar 19, 2021 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 3-23-2021 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  12. Mar 23, 2021 · Senate

    Read a second time

  13. Mar 23, 2021 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  14. Mar 23, 2021 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  15. Mar 23, 2021 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed

  16. Mar 23, 2021 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  17. Mar 23, 2021 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  18. Apr 8, 2021 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  19. Apr 8, 2021 · Assembly

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

  20. Apr 13, 2021 · Assembly

    Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up

  21. Apr 13, 2021 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  22. Apr 13, 2021 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  23. Apr 13, 2021 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  24. Apr 13, 2021 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in

  25. Apr 13, 2021 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  26. Apr 14, 2021 · Senate

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  27. Apr 19, 2021 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled

  28. Apr 22, 2021 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 4-22-2021

  29. Apr 26, 2021 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 4-23-2021. 2021 Wisconsin Act 28

  30. Apr 26, 2021 · Senate

    Published 4-24-2021