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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

SB 533

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Relating to: intentionally disarming a correctional officer and providing a penalty.

Crime and criminals — Felony Juvenile detention facility Kindergarten Legislature — Criminal penalties joint review committee on Prison

  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

Under current law, a person is guilty of a Class H felony if they intentionally disarm a peace officer by taking from the officer a dangerous weapon or an item such as a tear gas bomb, hand grenade, projectile, shell, or pepper spray. This bill expands the crime so that it applies to intentionally disarming a correctional officer or juvenile correctional officer as well as a peace officer and includes items that the correctional officer requires for their duties, such as keys or radios.

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: Feyen (R) , James (R) , Marklein (R) , Nass (R) , Wanggaard (R)

27 cosponsors

Anderson (D) , B. Jacobson (R) , Behnke (R) , Billings (D) , Born (R) , Brown (D) , Callahan (R) , Dassler-Alfheim and Smith , Dittrich (R) , Emerson (D) , Franklin (R) , Goeben (R) , Gundrum (R) , Hutton (R) , J. Jacobson (D) , Kaufert (R) , Knodl (R) , Maxey (R) , Melotik (R) , Murphy (R) , Mursau (R) , O'Connor (R) , Penterman (R) , Spiros (R) , Stubbs (D) , Subeck (D) , Wichgers (R)

Registered lobbying interests · 3

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 adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 3

Passed 5–3 Nov 12, 2025 official source full page

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

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

Passed 5–3 Nov 12, 2025 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 29–4 Nov 18, 2025 official source full page

Assembly: CONCURRENCE

Passed 81–15 Jan 20, 2026 official source full page

Aye · 81

Not voting · 3

Full history

  1. Oct 15, 2025 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators James, Wanggaard, Feyen, Marklein and Nass; cosponsored by Representatives Spiros, Kaufert, Behnke, Callahan, Dittrich, Goeben, Gundrum, B. Jacobson, Knodl, Melotik, Murphy, Mursau, O'Connor, Penterman, Stubbs, Subeck and Wichgers

  2. Oct 15, 2025 · Senate

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

  3. Oct 29, 2025 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  4. Oct 29, 2025 · Senate

    Senator Hutton added as a coauthor

  5. Nov 4, 2025 · Senate

    Representative Born added as a cosponsor

  6. Nov 12, 2025 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator James

  7. Nov 12, 2025 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  8. Nov 12, 2025 · Senate

    Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 3

  9. Nov 12, 2025 · Senate

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

  10. Nov 12, 2025 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  11. Nov 14, 2025 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 11-18-2025 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  12. Nov 18, 2025 · Senate

    Senators Dassler-Alfheim and Smith added as coauthors

  13. Nov 18, 2025 · Senate

    Read a second time

  14. Nov 18, 2025 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 adopted

  15. Nov 18, 2025 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  16. Nov 18, 2025 · Senate

    Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  17. Nov 18, 2025 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 29, Noes 4

  18. Nov 18, 2025 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  19. Nov 19, 2025 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  20. Nov 21, 2025 · Assembly

    Representative Franklin added as a cosponsor

  21. Jan 14, 2026 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  22. Jan 14, 2026 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 1-20-2026 by Committee on Rules

  23. Jan 20, 2026 · Assembly

    Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up

  24. Jan 20, 2026 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  25. Jan 20, 2026 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  26. Jan 20, 2026 · Assembly

    Representative Maxey added as a cosponsor

  27. Jan 20, 2026 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  28. Jan 20, 2026 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 81, Noes 15

  29. Jan 20, 2026 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  30. Jan 20, 2026 · Senate

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  31. Jan 22, 2026 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled

  32. Feb 9, 2026 · Senate

    Representative J. Jacobson added as a cosponsor

  33. Mar 6, 2026 · Senate

    Representative Brown added as a cosponsor

  34. Mar 17, 2026 · Senate

    Representative Billings added as a cosponsor

  35. Mar 19, 2026 · Senate

    Representative Anderson added as a cosponsor

  36. Mar 19, 2026 · Senate

    Representative Emerson added as a cosponsor

  37. Apr 2, 2026 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 4-2-2026

  38. Apr 9, 2026 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 4-9-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 244

  39. Apr 9, 2026 · Senate

    Published 4-10-2026