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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

SB 121

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Relating to: recodification of battery statutes and providing a penalty.

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

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Senate, completed
  3. Passes Assembly, completed
  4. Governor signs, completed
  5. Law, completed

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill is explained in the

Notes

provided by the Joint Legislative Council in the bill.

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: Joint Legislative Council

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

Senate: Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 8, Noes 0

Passed 8–0 Apr 15, 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. Mar 7, 2025 · Senate

    Introduced by Joint Legislative Council

  2. Mar 7, 2025 · Senate

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

  3. Apr 1, 2025 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  4. Apr 15, 2025 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  5. Apr 15, 2025 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 8, Noes 0

  6. Apr 15, 2025 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  7. Apr 18, 2025 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 4-22-2025 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  8. Apr 22, 2025 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed

  9. Apr 22, 2025 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  10. Apr 22, 2025 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  11. Apr 22, 2025 · Senate

    Read a second time

  12. Apr 22, 2025 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  13. Apr 22, 2025 · Senate

    Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  14. May 27, 2025 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  15. Jun 20, 2025 · Assembly

    Withdrawn from Committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 6-24-2025

  16. Jun 24, 2025 · Assembly

    Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up

  17. Jun 24, 2025 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  18. Jun 24, 2025 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  19. Jun 24, 2025 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  20. Jun 24, 2025 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in

  21. Jun 24, 2025 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  22. Jun 24, 2025 · Senate

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  23. Jun 30, 2025 · Senate

    LRB correction

  24. Jun 30, 2025 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled

  25. Aug 7, 2025 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 8-7-2025

  26. Aug 11, 2025 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 8-8-2025. 2025 Wisconsin Act 24

  27. Aug 11, 2025 · Senate

    Published 8-9-2025