Senate Bill 76
Reorganizing the crimes commonly known as “carjacking” and providing a penalty
Became law
The governor signed it on May 11, 2023. It's .
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Introduced, passed
Feb 21, 2023
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Senate vote, passed
Passed 23 to 8
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Assembly vote, passed
Passed 80 to 18
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Governor, passed
Signed
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Law, here now
2023 Wisconsin Act 10
Latest entry in the official record, May 11, 2023: “Published 5-11-2023”
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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
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Author
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Signed on in support
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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.
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
10 senators are its . All 10 are Republicans.
23 more lawmakers .
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Authors (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
Signed on in support (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
How lawmakers voted
There were 3 votes on this bill.
Senate Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety vote to recommend it
Passed, 5 to 3 · Mar 16, 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 and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 3”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Senate vote to pass it
Passed, 23 to 8 · Mar 22, 2023 · 1 didn't vote
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D: Democrat, R: Republican
Yes (23)
- Bob Wirch (D, 22)
- Brad Pfaff (D, 32)
- Chris Kapenga (R, 33)
- Cory Tomczyk (R, 29)
- Dan Feyen (R, 20)
- Devin LeMahieu (R, 9)
- Duey Stroebel (R, 20)
- Eric Wimberger (R, 2)
- Howard Marklein (R, 17)
- Jesse James (R, 23)
- Joan Ballweg (R, 14)
- John Jagler (R, 13)
- Julian Bradley (R, 28)
- Mary Felzkowski (R, 12)
- Patrick Testin (R, 24)
- Rachael Cabral-Guevara (R, 19)
- Rob Cowles (R, 2)
- Rob Hutton (R, 5)
- Rob Stafsholt (R, 10)
- Romaine Quinn (R, 25)
- Steve Nass (R, 11)
- Tim Carpenter (D, 3)
- Van Wanggaard (R, 21)
No (8)
- Chris Larson (D, 7)
- Dianne Hesselbein (D, 27)
- Jeff Smith (D, 31)
- Kelda Roys (D, 26)
- LaTonya Johnson (D, 6)
- Lena Taylor (D, 4)
- Mark Spreitzer (D, 15)
- Melissa Agard (D, 16)
Didn't vote (1)
- André Jacque (R, 1)
Official motion: “PASSAGE”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Assembly vote to pass it
Passed, 80 to 18 · Apr 18, 2023 · 1 didn't vote
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D: Democrat, R: Republican
Yes (80)
- Adam Neylon (R, 15)
- Alex Dallman (R, 39)
- Amanda Nedweski (R, 32)
- Amy Binsfeld (R, 27)
- Angie Sapik (R, 73)
- Barbara Dittrich (R, 99)
- Bob Donovan (R, 61)
- Bob Wittke (R, 63)
- Calvin Callahan (R, 35)
- Chanz Green (R, 74)
- Christine Sinicki (D, 20)
- Chuck Wichgers (R, 84)
- Cindi Duchow (R, 97)
- Clint Moses (R, 92)
- Dan Knodl (R, 24)
- Daniel Riemer (D, 7)
- Dave Armstrong (R, 67)
- Dave Considine (D, 81)
- Dave Maxey (R, 83)
- Dave Murphy (R, 56)
- David Steffen (R, 4)
- Deb Andraca (D, 23)
- Donna Rozar (R, 69)
- Elijah Behnke (R, 6)
- Ellen Schutt (R, 31)
- Gae Magnafici (R, 28)
- Gus Gustafson (R, 55)
- James Edming (R, 87)
- Janel Brandtjen (R, 22)
- Jeff Mursau (R, 36)
- Jerry O'Connor (R, 60)
- Jessie Rodriguez (R, 21)
- Jill Billings (D, 95)
- Jimmy Anderson (D, 47)
- Joel Kitchens (R, 1)
- John Macco (R, 88)
- John Spiros (R, 86)
- Jon Plumer (R, 42)
- Joy Goeben (R, 5)
- Karen Hurd (R, 69)
- Katrina Shankland (D, 71)
- Kevin Petersen (R, 57)
- LaKeshia Myers (D, 12)
- Lisa Subeck (D, 79)
- Loren Oldenburg (R, 96)
- Lori Palmeri (D, 54)
- Mark Born (R, 37)
- Michael Schraa (R, 53)
- Nancy VanderMeer (R, 70)
- Nik Rettinger (R, 83)
- Pat Snyder (R, 85)
- Paul Tittl (R, 25)
- Peter Schmidt (R, 6)
- Rick Gundrum (R, 58)
- Rob Brooks (R, 59)
- Rob Summerfield (R, 68)
- Rob Swearingen (R, 34)
- Robin Vos (R, 33)
- Robyn Vining (D, 13)
- Ron Tusler (R, 3)
- Scott Johnson (R, 33)
- Scott Krug (R, 72)
- Shae Sortwell (R, 2)
- Shannon Zimmerman (R, 30)
- Shelia Stubbs (D, 78)
- Steve Doyle (D, 94)
- Sue Conley (D, 44)
- Sylvia Ortiz-Velez (D, 8)
- Terry Katsma (R, 26)
- Tip McGuire (D, 64)
- Tod Ohnstad (D, 65)
- Todd Novak (R, 51)
- Tom Michalski (R, 13)
- Tony Kurtz (R, 41)
- Travis Tranel (R, 49)
- Treig Pronschinske (R, 29)
- Ty Bodden (R, 59)
- Tyler August (R, 31)
- Warren Petryk (R, 93)
- Will Penterman (R, 38)
No (18)
- Alex Joers (D, 81)
- Clint Anderson (D, 45)
- Darrin Madison (D, 10)
- Dora Drake (D, 4)
- Evan Goyke (D, 18)
- Francesca Hong (D, 76)
- Greta Neubauer (D, 66)
- Jenna Jacobson (D, 50)
- Jodi Emerson (D, 91)
- Kalan Haywood (D, 16)
- Kristina Shelton (D, 90)
- Lee Snodgrass (D, 52)
- Marisabel Cabrera (D, 9)
- Melissa Ratcliff (D, 16)
- Mike Bare (D, 80)
- Ryan Clancy (D, 19)
- Samba Baldeh (D, 48)
- Supreme Moore Omokunde (D, 17)
Didn't vote (1)
- Scott Allen (R, 82)
Official motion: “CONCURRENCE”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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May 11, 2023
The new law was published.
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May 11, 2023
The governor signed it. It became 2023 Wisconsin Act 10.
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May 4, 2023
Sent to the governor.
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Apr 18, 2023
The Assembly passed it too, 80 to 18.
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Mar 24, 2023
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Mar 22, 2023
The Assembly received it.
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Mar 22, 2023
The Senate passed it, 23 to 8.
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Mar 16, 2023
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 5 to 3.
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Mar 7, 2023
The committee held a public hearing.
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Feb 21, 2023
Sent to the Senate Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
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Feb 21, 2023
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Feb 21, 2023 · Senate
Introduced by Senators James, Ballweg, Bradley, Feyen, Marklein, Nass, Stroebel, Testin, Tomczyk and Wanggaard; cosponsored 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
- Feb 21, 2023 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety
- Mar 7, 2023 · Senate
Public hearing held
- Mar 16, 2023 · Senate
Executive action taken
- Mar 16, 2023 · Senate
Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 3
- Mar 16, 2023 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- Mar 20, 2023 · Senate
Placed on calendar 3-22-2023 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- Mar 22, 2023 · Senate
Read a second time
- Mar 22, 2023 · Senate
Ordered to a third reading
- Mar 22, 2023 · Senate
Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- Mar 22, 2023 · Senate
Read a third time and passed, Ayes 23, Noes 8
- Mar 22, 2023 · Senate
Ordered immediately messaged
- Mar 22, 2023 · Assembly
Received from Senate
- Mar 24, 2023 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Rules
- Apr 13, 2023 · Assembly
Placed on calendar 4-18-2023 by Committee on Rules
- Apr 18, 2023 · Assembly
Read a second time
- Apr 18, 2023 · Assembly
Ordered to a third reading
- Apr 18, 2023 · Assembly
Rules suspended
- Apr 18, 2023 · Assembly
Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 80, Noes 18
- Apr 18, 2023 · Assembly
Ordered immediately messaged
- Apr 18, 2023 · Senate
Received from Assembly concurred in
- Apr 21, 2023 · Senate
LRB correction
- Apr 21, 2023 · Senate
Report correctly enrolled
- May 4, 2023 · Senate
Presented to the Governor on 5-4-2023
- May 11, 2023 · Senate
Report approved by the Governor on 5-10-2023. 2023 Wisconsin Act 10
- May 11, 2023 · Senate
Published 5-11-2023
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