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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

AB 26

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Relating to: battery or threat to jurors and providing a penalty.

Crime and criminals — Battery Crime and criminals — Felony Judge Jury Legislature — Criminal penalties joint review committee on

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, the crime of battery is defined as intentionally causing another person bodily harm and is a Class A misdemeanor. Under current law, if the battery is a special circumstance battery—for example, the battery is committed against an individual because of the individual’s status as a law enforcement officer, witness in a trial, or juror—the penalty is increased to a Class H felony. Under this bill, a threat or battery against a juror or a threat or battery against a family member of a juror is a Class H felony.

Current law also allows a judge, upon sentencing a person for a crime, to prohibit the person from contacting a victim of or witness to the person’s crime during any part of the person’s sentence or probation. The bill allows a judge to prohibit a person who is convicted of a crime from contacting, for any part of the person’s sentence or probation, a juror who served at any proceeding related to the person’s crime.

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: Behnke (R) , Dittrich (R) , Donovan (R) , Franklin (R) , Maxey (R) , Murphy (R) , Mursau (R) , Nedweski (R) , Novak (R) , O'Connor (R) , Piwowarczyk (R) , Sortwell (R) , Subeck (D) , Wichgers (R) , Zimmerman (R)

5 cosponsors

Doyle (D) , Nass (R) , Stubbs (D) , Wanggaard (R) , Wimberger (R)

Registered lobbying interests · 2

Organizations that registered lobbying activity on this bill with the Wisconsin Ethics Commission. Registration means interest, not a position for or against. Official record

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 13, Noes 1

Passed 13–1 May 6, 2025 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 17, 2025 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Sortwell, Behnke, Dittrich, Donovan, Franklin, Maxey, Murphy, Mursau, Nedweski, Novak, O'Connor, Piwowarczyk, Wichgers, Zimmerman and Subeck; cosponsored by Senators Wanggaard, Nass and Wimberger

  2. Feb 17, 2025 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety

  3. Apr 9, 2025 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Apr 23, 2025 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  5. May 6, 2025 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 13, Noes 1

  6. May 6, 2025 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  7. Jun 20, 2025 · Assembly

    Withdrawn from Committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 6-24-2025

  8. Jun 24, 2025 · Assembly

    Representative Stubbs added as a coauthor

  9. Jun 24, 2025 · Assembly

    Laid on the table

  10. Jan 23, 2026 · Assembly

    Representative Doyle added as a coauthor

  11. Mar 23, 2026 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1