Bills by subject

Crime and criminals: Felony

137 bills and resolutions. 36 became law, 4 were vetoed, and 34 never got a public hearing. They span 3 sessions, from the 2009–10 session to the 2025–26 session.

This is the Legislature's own subject heading, not our category, so a bill is here only if the Legislature filed it under this term. Each count comes from the bill's official history.

Latest activity

The 5 bills on this subject with the newest recorded action.

AB 24 County sheriff assistance with certain federal immigration functions. (FE)
Vetoed by the governor. Last action May 13, 2026
AB 87 Restitution orders following a conviction for human trafficking and restoration of the right to vote to a person barred from voting as a result of a felony conviction. (FE)
Vetoed by the governor. Last action May 13, 2026
AB 629 Police authority to disable drones threatening public safety and providing a penalty.
Vetoed by the governor. Last action May 13, 2026
SB 45 State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)
Became law. Last action May 13, 2026
SB 146 Prohibiting persons who have been convicted of a violent crime from changing their name and providing a penalty.
Vetoed by the governor. Last action May 13, 2026

Every bill on this subject

2025–26 session: 39

May 13, 2026
AB 24: County sheriff assistance with certain federal immigration functions. (FE)
Vetoed by the governor.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 26: Battery or threat to jurors and providing a penalty.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 33: Representations depicting nudity and providing a penalty.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Oct 31, 2025
AB 35: Withdrawal of candidacy for certain offices filled at the general election and providing a penalty. (FE)
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 50: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 19, 2026
AB 61: Injuring or killing a police or fire animal and providing a penalty.
Became law.
Oct 31, 2025
AB 65: Entering certain places with intent to commit battery and providing a penalty.
Became law.
May 13, 2026
AB 87: Restitution orders following a conviction for human trafficking and restoration of the right to vote to a person barred from voting as a result of a felony conviction. (FE)
Vetoed by the governor.
Dec 8, 2025
AB 201: Extortion, sexual extortion, and providing a penalty.
Became law.
Dec 10, 2025
AB 265: Human trafficking and trafficking of a child and providing a penalty.
Became law.

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Mar 23, 2026
AB 319: Extreme risk protection temporary restraining orders and injunctions, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 401: Damage or graffiti to certain historical property and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 9, 2026
AB 445: Registers of deeds, transportation project plats, and providing a penalty. (FE)
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 555: Intentionally disarming a correctional officer and providing a penalty.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
May 13, 2026
AB 629: Police authority to disable drones threatening public safety and providing a penalty.
Vetoed by the governor.
Mar 6, 2026
AB 677: Creating a crime of grooming a child for sexual activity and providing a penalty.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 752: Using an absentee ballot drop box or the U.S. mail or a commercial carrier to commit election fraud and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 855: Synthetic digital representations and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 3, 2026
AB 905: Threats to health care providers and providing a penalty.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 1039: Penalty for the terrorist crimes against the occupants of a church and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 1210: Reducing maximum imprisonment period for felonies that are classified as Class A to Class H and providing a penalty. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Jan 23, 2026
SB 5: Battery or threat to jurors and providing a penalty.
Became law.
Nov 4, 2025
SB 33: Representations depicting nudity and providing a penalty.
Became law.
May 13, 2026
SB 45: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 57: County sheriff assistance with certain federal immigration functions. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 64: Injuring or killing a police or fire animal and providing a penalty.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 95: Restitution orders following a conviction for human trafficking and restoration of the right to vote to a person barred from voting as a result of a felony conviction. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
May 13, 2026
SB 146: Prohibiting persons who have been convicted of a violent crime from changing their name and providing a penalty.
Vetoed by the governor.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 266: Human trafficking and trafficking of a child and providing a penalty.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 329: Extreme risk protection temporary restraining orders and injunctions, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 394: Damage or graffiti to certain historical property and providing a penalty.
Passed the Senate, then stopped.
Apr 9, 2026
SB 533: Intentionally disarming a correctional officer and providing a penalty.
Became law.
Mar 13, 2026
SB 537: Nonfunctional and counterfeit airbags and providing a penalty.
Became law.
Mar 13, 2026
SB 692: Listing of carfentanil under the Uniform Controlled Substances Act and providing a penalty.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 738: Using an absentee ballot drop box or the U.S. mail or a commercial carrier to commit election fraud and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 9, 2026
SB 782: Intentionally sending false text messages to 911 and providing a penalty.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 815: Synthetic digital representations and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 897: Threats to health care providers and providing a penalty.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 1018: Penalty for the terrorist crimes against the occupants of a church and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.

2011–12 session: 42

Aug 2, 2012
AB 40: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2011 legislature.
Became law.
Apr 5, 2012
AB 56: Retail theft, proof of ownership for flea market sales, and providing penalties.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 57: Certain controlled substances and providing a penalty.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 86: Corrections and sentencing.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Dec 12, 2011
AB 103: Receiving a stolen firearm and providing a penalty.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 118: Aiding a felon and providing penalties.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 122: Permitting an educational agency to refuse to employ or to terminate from employment an unpardoned felon.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 136: Mandatory minimum sentences and extended supervision eligibility for persons who commit certain crimes against children and providing penalties.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 190: Carrying a concealed weapon if prohibited from possessing a firearm, purchasing a firearm for a person who is prohibited from possessing a firearm, and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 199: Creating a civil cause of action for acts of violence motivated by gender, making crimes based on gender of victim subject to a penalty enhancer, and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.

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Nov 21, 2011
AB 212: Throwing or expelling a bodily substance at a public safety worker and providing a penalty.
Became law.
Apr 12, 2012
AB 217: Impersonating certain officials and providing a penalty.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 246: Resisting officer while armed with or threatening to use a dangerous weapon.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Apr 12, 2012
AB 269: Prohibitions against contacting certain persons and providing penalties.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 286: Permitting an employer to refuse to employ or to bar or terminate from employment an individual who has been convicted of a felony and who has not been pardoned for that felony and preempting cities, villages, towns, and counties from adopting provisions concerning employment discrimination based on arrest or conviction record that prohibit activity that is allowed under the state fair employment law.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 299: Law enforcement officers and firearms in school zones and certain injunctions against law enforcement officers.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Apr 12, 2012
AB 397: Failing to report the death of a child or to report a missing child, moving the corpse of a child, hiding a corpse to collect public benefits, and providing penalties.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 405: Making fourth offense operating while intoxicated a felony and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 423: Intentionally causing bodily harm to a child and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 444: Restoring the right to vote to certain persons barred from voting as a result of a felony conviction, changing the information required on voter registration forms, and changing voting procedure for certain persons who are convicted of felonies.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 448: A prohibition on partial-birth abortions and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 472: Offering anything of value to induce someone to sign or not sign a recall petition and providing a penalty.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 584: Requiring a person arrested for or charged with certain offenses, or a juvenile taken into custody for certain offenses, to provide a biological specimen for deoxyribonucleic acid analysis; inclusion of the analysis results in the deoxyribonucleic acid data bank; requiring the exercise of rule-making authority; and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 593: Crimes against animals.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 24, 2012
AB 660: Revocation of parole, probation, or extended supervision.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AJR 56: Granting persons convicted of a felony or of certain misdemeanors the right to vote, hold an office of trust, profit, or honor, and run for elective public office (first consideration).
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AJR 122: Excluding incarcerated, disenfranchised felons from the enumeration of population for apportionment and redistricting of legislative, county, and certain other district offices (first consideration).
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 27: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2011 legislature.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Jul 7, 2011
SB 54: Certain controlled substances and providing a penalty.
Became law.
Jul 21, 2011
SB 57: Corrections and sentencing.
Became law.
Dec 12, 2011
SB 85: Theft of certain services and providing a penalty.
Became law.
Nov 28, 2011
SB 86: Permitting an educational agency to refuse to employ or to terminate from employment an unpardoned felon.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 88: Possession of dogs by certain felony offenders and providing a penalty.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Apr 12, 2012
SB 104: Requiring persons who violate certain restraining orders or injunctions to be monitored by a global positioning system, granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty.
Became law.
Nov 18, 2011
SB 109: Soft tissue injury to a law enforcement officer when resisting or obstructing arrest.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 131: Carrying a concealed weapon if prohibited from possessing a firearm, purchasing a firearm for a person who is prohibited from possessing a firearm, and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 145: Creating a civil cause of action for acts of violence motivated by gender, making crimes based on gender of victim subject to a penalty enhancer, and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 207: Permitting an employer to refuse to employ or to bar or terminate from employment an individual who has been convicted of a felony and who has not been pardoned for that felony and preempting cities, villages, towns, and counties from adopting provisions concerning employment discrimination based on arrest or conviction record that prohibit activity that is allowed under the state fair employment law.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 214: Requiring a person arrested for or charged with certain offenses, or a juvenile taken into custody for certain offenses, to provide a biological specimen for deoxyribonucleic acid analysis; inclusion of the analysis results in the deoxyribonucleic acid data bank; requiring the exercise of rule-making authority; and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 329: Restoring the right to vote to certain persons barred from voting as a result of a felony conviction, changing the information required on voter registration forms, and changing voting procedure for certain persons who are convicted of felonies.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 374: Offering anything of value to induce someone to sign or not sign a recall petition and providing a penalty.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Apr 12, 2012
SB 536: Prosecution time limits for the offense of trafficking a child, possession of child pornography, termination of parental rights after committing the offense of trafficking a child, criminal procedure, crime victim compensation, and providing a penalty.
Became law.

2009–10 session: 56

Apr 28, 2010
AB 22: Prohibiting discrimination in housing because of arrest or conviction record, making it a Class I felony to discriminate in employment or housing because of arrest or conviction record, and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 71: Contacting, harming, or threatening to harm a juror and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
May 26, 2010
AB 75: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2009 legislature.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 79: Release of persons who commit operating-while-intoxicated offenses and providing penalties.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 129: Battery or threat to witnesses and providing penalties.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 171: Unlawful use of a global positioning device and providing a penalty.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 192: Battery to a highway construction or maintenance worker and providing a penalty.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 232: Duties upon striking a person or an attended or occupied vehicle and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 241: Retail theft, proof of ownership for flea market sales, and providing penalties.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 244: Fines and terms of imprisonment for certain drunken driving offenses and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.

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May 10, 2010
AB 269: Causing injury to a law enforcement officer while resisting or obstructing an officer or while attempting to flee and providing a penalty.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 283: Operating a vehicle while intoxicated, granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 304: Ineligibility of convicted felons for licensure as lobbyists.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 324: Impersonating certain officials and providing a penalty.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 353: Restoring the right to vote to certain persons barred from voting as a result of a felony conviction and changing the information required on voter registration forms.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 357: Receiving a stolen firearm and providing a penalty.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 365: Admitting prior testimony of a felony victim at a probation, parole, or extended supervision revocation hearing.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 373: Providing information to a firearms dealer when purchasing a handgun, authorizing the Department of Justice to prosecute violations of certain laws regulating firearms, and providing penalties.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 377: Killing or harming with a motor vehicle or motorboat wild animals and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 383: Convictions disqualifying a person from holding a mortgage loan originator license.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 462: Prohibiting a person who has been convicted or adjudicated delinquent for committing certain serious crimes or who is the subject of a pending criminal charge or delinquency petition for committing a serious crime from being licensed, certified, or contracted with to provide child care, from being employed or contracted as a caregiver of a child care provider, or from being permitted to reside at a premises where child care is provided and making an appropriation.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 479: Prohibiting a person who has been convicted or adjudicated delinquent for committing certain serious crimes, who is the subject of a pending criminal charge or delinquency petition for committing a serious crime, or who has had entered against him or her a domestic abuse, child abuse, individual-at-risk abuse, or harassment temporary restraining order or injunction in the preceding 15 years from being licensed, certified, or contracted with to provide child care, from being employed or contracted as a caregiver of a child care provider, or from being permitted to reside at a premises where child care is provided; requiring suspected fraudulent activity on the part of a participant in the Wisconsin Works Program, including a person receiving a child care subsidy under that program, to be reported to the district attorney; making an appropriation; and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 481: Making crimes based on gender of victim subject to a penalty enhancer and providing a penalty.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Apr 27, 2010
AB 503: Exposure to a minor and providing a penalty.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 511: Requiring a person arrested for a felony or a juvenile taken into custody for certain sexual assault offenses to provide a biological specimen for deoxyribonucleic acid analysis, inclusion of the analysis results in the Department of Justice deoxyribonucleic acid data bank, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 27, 2010
AB 514: Time limitations for commencing prosecution of crimes.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 515: Reckless bodily harm to a child and providing a penalty.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 590: Elimination of an exception for spiritual treatment of a child in the law criminalizing physical abuse of a child and in the laws governing the practice of medicine or surgery, the investigation of child abuse or neglect, the administration of psychotropic medication to juveniles in correctional custody, the election of Christian Science treatment in lieu of medical or surgical treatment, and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 613: Aiding a felon and providing penalties.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 694: Prohibiting a person who has been convicted or adjudicated delinquent for committing a drug-related felony or who is the subject of a pending criminal charge or delinquency petition for committing a drug-related felony from showing that he or she has been rehabilitated for purposes of being licensed, certified, or contracted with to provide child care, of being employed or contracted as a caregiver of a child care provider, or of being permitted to reside at a premises where child care is provided.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 747: Crimes against animals and providing a penalty.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 753: Providing information to a firearms dealer when purchasing a handgun, authorizing the Department of Justice to prosecute violations of certain laws regulating firearms, receiving a stolen firearm, and providing penalties.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 775: Throwing or expelling a bodily substance at a public safety worker and providing a penalty.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 879: Sentencing, revocation of parole or extended supervision, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AJR 63: Excluding incarcerated, disenfranchised felons from the enumeration of population for apportionment and redistricting of legislative, county, and certain other district offices (first consideration).
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Dec 29, 2009
SB 66: Operation of a motor vehicle while under the influence of an intoxicant and providing a penalty.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 101: Battery to a highway construction or maintenance worker and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 103: Restrictions on the operation of motor vehicles by persons using electronic text messaging devices and providing a penalty.
Passed the Senate, then stopped.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 171: Retail theft, proof of ownership for flea market sales, and providing penalties.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 217: Ineligibility of convicted felons for licensure as lobbyists.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 219: Causing injury to a law enforcement officer while resisting or obstructing an officer or while attempting to flee and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 240: Restoring the right to vote to certain persons barred from voting as a result of a felony conviction and changing the information required on voter registration forms.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 330: Exposure to a minor and providing a penalty.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Nov 17, 2009
SB 331: Prohibiting a person who has been convicted or adjudicated delinquent for committing certain serious crimes or who is the subject of a pending criminal charge or delinquency petition for committing a serious crime from being licensed, certified, or contracted with to provide child care, from being employed or contracted as a caregiver of a child care provider, or from being permitted to reside at a premises where child care is provided and making an appropriation.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 333: Prohibiting a person who has been convicted or adjudicated delinquent for committing certain serious crimes, who is the subject of a pending criminal charge or delinquency petition for committing a serious crime, or who has had entered against him or her a domestic abuse, child abuse, individual-at-risk abuse, or harassment temporary restraining order or injunction in the preceding 15 years from being licensed, certified, or contracted with to provide child care, from being employed or contracted as a caregiver of a child care provider, or from being permitted to reside at a premises where child care is provided; requiring suspected fraudulent activity on the part of a participant in the Wisconsin Works Program, including a person receiving a child care subsidy under that program, to be reported to the district attorney; making an appropriation; and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 334: Throwing or expelling a bodily substance at a public safety worker and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 336: Requiring a person arrested for a felony or a juvenile taken into custody for certain sexual assault offenses to provide a biological specimen for deoxyribonucleic acid analysis, inclusion of the analysis results in the Department of Justice deoxyribonucleic acid data bank, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
May 13, 2010
SB 341: Reckless bodily harm to a child and providing a penalty.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 344: Making crimes based on gender of victim subject to a penalty enhancer and providing a penalty.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 496: Possession of dogs by certain felony offenders and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 499: Prohibiting a person who has been convicted or adjudicated delinquent for committing a drug-related felony or who is the subject of a pending criminal charge or delinquency petition for committing a drug-related felony from showing that he or she has been rehabilitated for purposes of being licensed, certified, or contracted with to provide child care, of being employed or contracted as a caregiver of a child care provider, or of being permitted to reside at a premises where child care is provided.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 551: Distribution or delivery of a controlled substance or controlled substance analog in the presence of a child and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 555: Crimes against animals and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 611: Providing information to a firearms dealer when purchasing a handgun, authorizing the Department of Justice to prosecute violations of certain laws regulating firearms, receiving a stolen firearm, and providing penalties.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 697: Sentencing, revocation of parole or extended supervision, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
SJR 42: Excluding incarcerated, disenfranchised felons from the enumeration of population for apportionment and redistricting of legislative, county, and certain other district offices (first consideration).
Stopped in committee.

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