LRB-2981/4
CMH:lmk:rs
2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
September 27, 2005 - Introduced by Representatives Wieckert, Suder, Musser,
Kleefisch, Townsend, Gunderson, Albers, Gronemus, Kaufert, Bies, Owens,
Wasserman, Gard, Vos, Kreibich
and Sheridan, cosponsored by Senators
Harsdorf, Kanavas, Ellis, Grothman, A. Lasee and Roessler. Referred to
Committee on Criminal Justice and Homeland Security.
AB708,1,3 1An Act to renumber and amend 939.623 (2); and to create 939.623 (2) (b) of
2the statutes; relating to: lifetime imprisonment for certain sex offenders and
3providing a penalty.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, if a person has one or more prior convictions for first-degree
sexual assault or second-degree sexual assault (serious sex crime) and is
subsequently convicted of a serious sex crime, the court must impose a bifurcated
sentence (a sentence that consists of a term of confinement in prison and a term of
extended supervision) and may not place the defendant on probation. The term of
confinement in prison may not be less than three years and six months and, for
first-degree sexual assault, may not exceed 40 years.
This bill changes the maximum penalty if the person has one or more prior
convictions for first-degree sexual assault or the equivalent in any jurisdiction and
is subsequently convicted of first-degree sexual assault. In that case, the court may
impose a life sentence on the person without parole or extended supervision.
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 concerning the proposed penalty and the costs or savings that are likely to
result if the bill is enacted.

For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be
printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB708, s. 1 1Section 1. 939.623 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 939.623 (2) (a) and
2amended to read:
AB708,2,93 939.623 (2) (a) If Except as provided in par. (b), if a person has one or more prior
4convictions for a serious sex crime and subsequently commits a serious sex crime, the
5court shall impose a bifurcated sentence under s. 973.01. The term of confinement
6in prison portion of a bifurcated sentence imposed under this subsection may not be
7less than 3 years and 6 months, but otherwise the penalties for the crime apply,
8subject to any applicable penalty enhancement. The court may not place the
9defendant on probation.
AB708, s. 2 10Section 2. 939.623 (2) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
AB708,2,1511 939.623 (2) (b) If a person has one or more prior convictions for a violation of
12s. 940.225 (1) or for a comparable crime under federal law or the law of any state and
13subsequently is convicted of a violation of s. 940.225 (1), the maximum term of
14imprisonment for the violation of s. 940.225 (1) is life imprisonment without the
15possibility of parole or extended supervision.
AB708,2,1616 (End)
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