AB618: Bill Text

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2001 - 2002 LEGISLATURE

2001 Assembly BILL 618

November 8, 2001 - Introduced by Representatives La Fave, Ott, Lassa, Musser, Sinicki, Ladwig, Gronemus, Ryba, Townsend and Young, cosponsored by Senators Burke, Schultz and Kanavas. Referred to Committee on Criminal Justice.

AB618,1,2 An Act to amend 941.20 (1) (c); and to create 941.20 (4) of the statutes; relating to: pointing a firearm at a law enforcement officer and providing a penalty.

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, a person may not intentionally point a firearm at or toward another person. A person who violates this prohibition may be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than nine months or both. This bill increases the maximum term of imprisonment for a person who intentionally points a firearm at or toward a law enforcement officer to 15 years.

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:

AB618, s. 1 Section 1. 941.20 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB618,1,5 941.20 (1) (c) Intentionally Except as provided in sub. (4), intentionally points a firearm at or toward another.

AB618, s. 2 Section 2. 941.20 (4) of the statutes is created to read:

AB618,2,3 941.20 (4) Whoever intentionally points a firearm at or toward a Wisconsin law enforcement officer, as defined in s. 175.46 (1) (g), or a federal law enforcement officer, as defined in s. 175.40 (7) (a) 1., is guilty of a Class C felony.

AB618,2,4 (End)