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Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

SB 99

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Relating to: throwing or expelling a bodily substance at a public safety worker or prosecutor. (FE)

Court — Officers Court — Procedure Crime and criminals Disease

  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, if a prisoner throws or expels blood, semen, vomit, saliva,

urine, feces, or other bodily substance at or toward an officer or other person in the

prison or facility, a court may order the prisoner to undergo testing for communicable

diseases if there is probable cause to believe that there was potential for transmitting

a communicable disease to the victim. This bill allows a court to require such testing

for any criminal defendant who throws or expels blood, semen, vomit, saliva, urine,

feces, or other bodily substance at or toward a public safety worker or a prosecutor.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Ballweg (R) , Bernier (R) , Cowles (R) , Jacque (R) , Marklein (R) , Wanggaard (R)

26 cosponsors

Allen (R) , Armstrong (R) , Bowen (D) , Brandtjen (R) , Dittrich (R) , Edming (R) , Emerson (D) , Gundrum (R) , J. Rodriguez (R) , James (R) , Kitchens (R) , Krug (R) , Kuglitsch (R) , Magnafici (R) , Moses (R) , Murphy (R) , Oldenburg (R) , Plumer (R) , Ramthun (R) , Rozar (R) , Skowronski (R) , Steffen (R) , Subeck (D) , 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 11, 2021 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Bernier, Ballweg, Cowles, Jacque, Marklein and Wanggaard; cosponsored by Representatives James, Armstrong, Bowen, Brandtjen, Dittrich, Edming, Gundrum, Kitchens, Krug, Kuglitsch, Magnafici, Moses, Murphy, Oldenburg, Plumer, Ramthun, J. Rodriguez, Rozar, Subeck, Tittl, Tusler and Wichgers

  2. Feb 11, 2021 · Senate

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

  3. Feb 25, 2021 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  4. Mar 3, 2021 · Senate

    Representative Allen added as a cosponsor

  5. Mar 5, 2021 · Senate

    Representative Skowronski added as a cosponsor

  6. Mar 11, 2021 · Senate

    Representative Steffen added as a cosponsor

  7. Mar 11, 2021 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  8. Mar 12, 2021 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 3-16-2021 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  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 12, 2021 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  12. Mar 16, 2021 · Senate

    Read a second time

  13. Mar 16, 2021 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  14. Mar 16, 2021 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  15. Mar 16, 2021 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed

  16. Mar 16, 2021 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  17. Mar 17, 2021 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  18. Mar 17, 2021 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  19. Mar 19, 2021 · Assembly

    Representative Emerson added as a cosponsor

  20. Mar 22, 2021 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  21. Jun 8, 2021 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  22. Jun 9, 2021 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 6-16-2021 by Committee on Rules

  23. Jun 16, 2021 · Assembly

    Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up

  24. Jun 16, 2021 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  25. Jun 16, 2021 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  26. Jun 16, 2021 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  27. Jun 16, 2021 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in

  28. Jun 16, 2021 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  29. Jun 16, 2021 · Senate

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  30. Jun 17, 2021 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled

  31. Jun 22, 2021 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 6-22-2021

  32. Jun 23, 2021 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 6-22-2021. 2021 Wisconsin Act 54

  33. Jun 23, 2021 · Senate

    Published 6-23-2021