Assembly Bill 52
Reorganizing the crimes commonly known as “carjacking” and providing a penalty
Stopped before the full Assembly voted
The recommended passing it, but the full Assembly never voted on it. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Feb 20, 2023
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Assembly vote, stopped here
Stopped here. The full Assembly never voted on it.
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Senate vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Apr 15, 2024: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
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Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
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Author
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Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Under current law, it is a Class C felony to intentionally take a vehicle without the consent of the owner if the person possesses a weapon and uses or threatens to use force or the weapon. It is a Class E felony to intentionally take a vehicle without the consent of the owner if the person uses or threatens to use force. These crimes are commonly known as “carjacking.” The statutes do not currently use this term, and these crimes are organized under the statutory section titled “Operating vehicle without owner's consent.” This bill reorganizes the carjacking crimes under their own statutory section titled “Carjacking” and changes the statutory references to the carjacking statutes so as to maintain current law.
This bill also increases the penalty for carjacking from a Class C felony to a Class B felony if the person possesses a weapon and uses or threatens to use force or the weapon. The penalty for a Class C felony is a fine that is not more than $100,000 or imprisonment for not more than 40 years, or both. The penalty for a Class B felony is imprisonment for not more than 60 years.
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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.
Who's behind it
23 representatives are its . 22 are Republicans and 1 is a Democrat.
10 more lawmakers .
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Authors (23)
- Scott Allen · Republican, Assembly
- Dave Armstrong · Republican, Assembly
- Elijah Behnke · Republican, Assembly
- Janel Brandtjen · Republican, Assembly
- Rob Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Bob Donovan · Republican, Assembly
- Cindi Duchow · Republican, Assembly
- James Edming · Republican, Assembly
- Chanz Green · Republican, Assembly
- Rick Gundrum · Republican, Assembly
- Dan Knodl · Republican, Assembly
- Scott Krug · Republican, Assembly
- Tom Michalski · Republican, Assembly
- Clint Moses · Republican, Assembly
- Todd Novak · Republican, Assembly
- Jerry O'Connor · Republican, Assembly
- Sylvia Ortiz-Velez · Democrat, Assembly
- Will Penterman · Republican, Assembly
- Nik Rettinger · Republican, Assembly
- Donna Rozar · Republican, Assembly
- Pat Snyder · Republican, Assembly
- John Spiros · Republican, Assembly
- David Steffen · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (10)
- Joan Ballweg · Republican, Senate
- Julian Bradley · Republican, Senate
- Dan Feyen · Republican, Senate
- Jesse James · Republican, Senate
- Howard Marklein · Republican, Senate
- Steve Nass · Republican, Senate
- Duey Stroebel · Republican, Senate
- Patrick Testin · Republican, Senate
- Cory Tomczyk · Republican, Senate
- Van Wanggaard · Republican, Senate
How lawmakers voted
There was one vote on this bill.
Assembly Committee on Judiciary vote to recommend it
Passed, 7 to 0 · Mar 24, 2023
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary, Ayes 7, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Apr 15, 2024
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Mar 24, 2023
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Mar 24, 2023
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 7 to 0.
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Mar 2, 2023
The committee held a public hearing.
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Feb 20, 2023
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Judiciary.
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Feb 20, 2023
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Feb 20, 2023 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Spiros, Allen, Armstrong, Behnke, Brandtjen, Brooks, Donovan, Duchow, Edming, Green, Gundrum, Knodl, Krug, Michalski, Moses, Novak, O'Connor, Ortiz-Velez, Penterman, Rettinger, Rozar, Snyder and Steffen; cosponsored by Senators James, Ballweg, Bradley, Feyen, Marklein, Nass, Stroebel, Testin, Tomczyk and Wanggaard
- Feb 20, 2023 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary
- Mar 2, 2023 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Mar 7, 2023 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Mar 24, 2023 · Assembly
Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary, Ayes 7, Noes 0
- Mar 24, 2023 · Assembly
Referred to committee on Rules
- Apr 15, 2024 · Assembly
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Terms on this page
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.
Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary
From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote