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Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

SB 928

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Relating to: battery or threat to jurors and providing a penalty.

Crime and criminals — Battery Crime and criminals — Felony Judge Jury Legislature — Criminal penalties joint review committee on

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, 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, 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

against an individual because of the individual's status as a law enforcement officer,

witness in a trial, or juror—the penalty is increased to a Class H felony. Under this

bill, a threat or battery against a juror or a threat or battery against a family member

of a juror is a Class I felony.

Current law also allows a judge, upon sentencing a person for a crime, to

prohibit the person from contacting a victim of or witness to the person's crime during

any part of the person's sentence or probation. The bill allows a judge to prohibit a

person who is convicted of a crime from contacting, for any part of the person's

sentence or probation, a juror who served at any proceeding related to the person's

crime.

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) , Feyen (R) , Marklein (R) , Stroebel (R) , Wanggaard (R)

12 cosponsors

Brandtjen (R) , Dittrich (R) , Duchow (R) , Gundrum (R) , James (R) , Knodl (R) , Kuglitsch (R) , Murphy (R) , Skowronski (R) , Sortwell (R) , Steffen (R) , Wichgers (R)

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 2

Passed 5–2 Mar 2, 2022 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 1, 2022 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Darling, Wanggaard, Feyen, Marklein and Stroebel; cosponsored by Representatives Steffen, Sortwell, Kuglitsch, Brandtjen, Wichgers, James, Gundrum, Duchow, Skowronski, Dittrich and Knodl

  2. Feb 1, 2022 · Senate

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

  3. Feb 3, 2022 · Senate

    Representative Murphy added as a cosponsor

  4. Feb 17, 2022 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  5. Mar 2, 2022 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  6. Mar 2, 2022 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 2

  7. Mar 2, 2022 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  8. Mar 15, 2022 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1