Skip to content

Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

SB 101

Became law Official bill text Atom feed

Relating to: first-degree reckless homicide and providing a penalty.

Crime and criminals — Felony Crime and criminals — Homicide or murder Drugs — Criminal acts and law enforcement Legislature — Criminal penalties joint review committee on

  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, it is a Class C felony to cause the death of another human

being by manufacture, distribution, or delivery of, or by administering or assisting

in administering, certain schedule I or schedule II controlled substances, controlled

substance analogs, or ketamine or flunitrazepam. A Class C felony is punishable by

a fine of up to $100,000 or imprisonment for up to 40 years, or both. This bill

increases the penalty for such conduct from a Class C to a Class B felony. A Class

B felony is punishable by imprisonment for up to 60 years.

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: Bradley (R) , Hutton (R) , Nass (R) , Stroebel (R) , Wanggaard (R)

18 cosponsors

Allen (R) , Behnke (R) , Bodden (R) , Brooks (R) , Donovan (R) , Duchow (R) , Gundrum (R) , Knodl (R) , Murphy (R) , O'Connor (R) , Penterman (R) , Rettinger (R) , Rozar (R) , Sapik and Dittrich , Spiros (R) , Steffen (R) , Stubbs (D) , Wichgers (R)

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 3

Passed 5–3 Mar 16, 2023 official source full page

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

Senate: PASSAGE

Passed 28–3 Mar 22, 2023 official source full page

Nay · 3

Not voting · 1

Full history

  1. Mar 1, 2023 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Wanggaard, Bradley, Hutton, Nass and Stroebel; cosponsored by Representatives Allen, Knodl, Behnke, Bodden, Brooks, Duchow, Donovan, Gundrum, Murphy, Penterman, Rettinger, Rozar, Spiros, Steffen, O'Connor and Wichgers

  2. Mar 1, 2023 · Senate

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

  3. Mar 14, 2023 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  4. Mar 16, 2023 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  5. Mar 16, 2023 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 3

  6. Mar 16, 2023 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  7. Mar 20, 2023 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 3-22-2023 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  8. Mar 22, 2023 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 28, Noes 3

  9. Mar 22, 2023 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  10. Mar 22, 2023 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  11. Mar 22, 2023 · Senate

    Read a second time

  12. Mar 22, 2023 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  13. Mar 22, 2023 · Senate

    Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  14. Mar 24, 2023 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  15. Jun 1, 2023 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 6-7-2023 by Committee on Rules

  16. Jun 1, 2023 · Assembly

    Representative Stubbs added as a cosponsor

  17. Jun 7, 2023 · Assembly

    Representatives Sapik and Dittrich added as cosponsors

  18. Jun 7, 2023 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  19. Jun 7, 2023 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  20. Jun 7, 2023 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  21. Jun 7, 2023 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in

  22. Jun 7, 2023 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  23. Jun 7, 2023 · Senate

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  24. Jun 9, 2023 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled

  25. Aug 2, 2023 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 8-2-2023

  26. Aug 7, 2023 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 8-4-2023. 2023 Wisconsin Act 29

  27. Aug 7, 2023 · Senate

    Published 8-5-2023