Senate Bill 514
Fleeing an officer and providing a penalty
Became law
The governor signed it on Mar 28, 2024. It's .
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Introduced, passed
Oct 16, 2023
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Senate vote, passed
Passed Feb 13, 2024
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Assembly vote, passed
Passed Feb 15, 2024
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Governor, passed
Signed
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Law, here now
2023 Wisconsin Act 226
Latest entry in the official record, Mar 28, 2024: “Published 3-28-2024”
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Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act. 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
What it does
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill increases the penalties for fleeing an officer.
Under current law, no operator of a vehicle, after having received a visual or audible signal from a traffic officer, federal law enforcement officer, or marked or unmarked police vehicle that the operator knows or reasonably should know is being operated by a law enforcement officer, may knowingly flee so as to endanger other vehicles or pedestrians. Under the bill:
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1. The penalty for fleeing an officer is increased from a Class I felony to a Class H felony.
2. The penalty for fleeing an officer and causing bodily harm to another or damage to the property of another is increased from a Class H felony to a Class G felony.
3. The penalty for fleeing an officer and causing great bodily harm to another is increased from a Class F felony to a Class E felony, with a mandatory minimum of 1.5 years imprisonment.
4. The penalty for fleeing an officer and causing death to another is increased from a Class E felony to a Class D felony, with a mandatory minimum of 2.5 years imprisonment.
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
7 lawmakers are its . All 7 are Republicans.
19 more lawmakers .
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Authors (7)
- Joan Ballweg · Republican, Senate
- Julian Bradley · Republican, Senate
- Rob Hutton · Republican, Senate
- Jesse James · Republican, Senate
- Dan Knodl · Republican, Assembly
- Howard Marklein · Republican, Senate
- Steve Nass · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (19)
- Scott Allen · Republican, Assembly
- Elijah Behnke · Republican, Assembly
- Ty Bodden · Republican, Assembly
- Janel Brandtjen · Republican, Assembly
- Rob Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Tim Carpenter · Democrat, Senate
- Bob Donovan · Republican, Assembly
- Cindi Duchow · Republican, Assembly
- Joy Goeben · Republican, Assembly
- Rick Gundrum · Republican, Assembly
- Dave Maxey · Republican, Assembly
- Paul Melotik · Republican, Assembly
- Tom Michalski · Republican, Assembly
- Dave Murphy · Republican, Assembly
- Jerry O'Connor · Republican, Assembly
- Will Penterman · Republican, Assembly
- Nik Rettinger · Republican, Assembly
- Ron Tusler · Republican, Assembly
- Van Wanggaard · Republican, Senate
How lawmakers voted
There was one vote on this bill.
Senate Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety vote to recommend it
Passed, 6 to 1 · Feb 8, 2024
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 and Public Safety, Ayes 6, Noes 1”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Mar 28, 2024
The new law was published.
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Mar 28, 2024
The governor signed it. It became 2023 Wisconsin Act 226.
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Mar 21, 2024
Sent to the governor.
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Feb 15, 2024
The Assembly passed it too.
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Feb 13, 2024
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Feb 13, 2024
The Assembly received it.
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Feb 13, 2024
The Senate passed it.
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Feb 13, 2024
1 more senator signed on in support.
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Feb 8, 2024
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 6 to 1.
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Jan 30, 2024
1 more senator signed on in support.
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Jan 30, 2024
The committee held a public hearing.
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Oct 16, 2023
Sent to the Senate Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
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Oct 16, 2023
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Oct 16, 2023 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Knodl, Hutton, Bradley, Ballweg, James, Marklein and Nass; cosponsored by Representatives Donovan, Tusler, Rettinger, Allen, Behnke, Bodden, Brandtjen, Brooks, Duchow, Goeben, Gundrum, Maxey, Melotik, Michalski, Murphy, O'Connor and Penterman
- Oct 16, 2023 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety
- Jan 30, 2024 · Senate
Public hearing held
- Jan 30, 2024 · Senate
Senator Wanggaard added as a coauthor
- Feb 8, 2024 · Senate
Executive action taken
- Feb 8, 2024 · Senate
Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 6, Noes 1
- Feb 8, 2024 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- Feb 9, 2024 · Senate
Placed on calendar 2-13-2024 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- Feb 13, 2024 · Senate
Senator Carpenter added as a coauthor
- Feb 13, 2024 · Senate
Read a second time
- Feb 13, 2024 · Senate
Ordered to a third reading
- Feb 13, 2024 · Senate
Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- Feb 13, 2024 · Senate
Read a third time and passed
- Feb 13, 2024 · Senate
Ordered immediately messaged
- Feb 13, 2024 · Assembly
Received from Senate
- Feb 13, 2024 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Rules
- Feb 13, 2024 · Assembly
Placed on calendar 2-15-2024 by Committee on Rules
- Feb 15, 2024 · Assembly
Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up
- Feb 15, 2024 · Assembly
Read a second time
- Feb 15, 2024 · Assembly
Ordered to a third reading
- Feb 15, 2024 · Assembly
Rules suspended
- Feb 15, 2024 · Assembly
Read a third time and concurred in
- Feb 15, 2024 · Assembly
Ordered immediately messaged
- Feb 15, 2024 · Senate
Received from Assembly concurred in
- Feb 19, 2024 · Senate
Report correctly enrolled
- Mar 21, 2024 · Senate
Presented to the Governor on 3-21-2024
- Mar 28, 2024 · Senate
Report approved by the Governor on 3-27-2024. 2023 Wisconsin Act 226
- Mar 28, 2024 · Senate
Published 3-28-2024
Terms on this page
Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act. 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
Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act
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