LRB-0578/1
PJH:kjf:nwn
2007 - 2008 LEGISLATURE
January 30, 2007 - Introduced by Representatives Staskunas, Ziegelbauer,
Kerkman, Hubler, Black, Jeskewitz, Hahn, Benedict, Gundrum, Hebl,
Mason, Berceau, Gunderson, Wasserman, Cullen, Molepske, Fields,
Lothian
and Hraychuck, cosponsored by Senators Sullivan, Roessler,
Leibham, Breske, Darling, Grothman, Coggs
and Kedzie. Referred to
Committee on Judiciary and Ethics.
AB54,1,4 1An Act to amend 48.685 (5) (bm) 4., 346.65 (2) (am) 5., 346.65 (2) (f), 346.65 (2c)
2and 346.65 (7); and to create 346.65 (2) (am) 6. and 346.65 (2) (am) 7. of the
3statutes; relating to: repeat drunken driving offenders and providing a
4penalty.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, a person who commits his or her fifth or subsequent offense
related to drunken driving or driving under the influence of an intoxicant or other
drug is guilty of a Class H felony and may be fined not less than $600 nor more than
$10,000 and imprisoned for not less than six months nor more than six years, or both.
Under this bill, the same penalty applies for a person who commits his or her
fifth or sixth offense related to drunken driving or driving under the influence of an
intoxicant or other drug. A person who commits his or her seventh, eighth, or ninth
offense related to drunken driving or driving under the influence of an intoxicant or
other drug is guilty of a Class G felony and may be fined not more than $25,000 and
imprisoned for not more than ten years or both. A person who commits his or her
tenth or subsequent offense related to drunken driving or driving under the
influence of an intoxicant or other drug is guilty of a Class F felony and may be fined
not more than $25,000 and imprisoned for not more than 12 years and six months
or both.
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:
AB54, s. 1 1Section 1. 48.685 (5) (bm) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB54,2,72 48.685 (5) (bm) 4. A violation of s. 940.19 (3), 1999 stats., or of s. 125.075 (1),
3125.085 (3) (a) 2., 125.105 (2) (b), 125.66 (3), 125.68 (12), 940.09, 940.19 (2), (4), (5),
4or (6), 940.20, 940.203, 940.205, 940.207, or 940.25, a violation of s. 346.63 (1), (2),
5(5), or (6) that is a felony under s. 346.65 (2) (am) 5., 6., or 7., or (f), (2j) (d), or (3m),
6or an offense under ch. 961 that is a felony, if committed not more than 5 years before
7the date of the investigation under sub. (2) (am).
AB54, s. 2 8Section 2. 346.65 (2) (am) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB54,2,149 346.65 (2) (am) 5. Except as provided in pars. (f) and (g), is guilty of a Class H
10felony and shall be fined not less than $600 and imprisoned for not less than 6 months
11if the number of convictions under ss. 940.09 (1) and 940.25 in the person's lifetime,
12plus the total number of suspensions, revocations and other convictions counted
13under s. 343.307 (1), equals 5 or more 6, except that suspensions, revocations or
14convictions arising out of the same incident or occurrence shall be counted as one.
AB54, s. 3 15Section 3. 346.65 (2) (am) 6. of the statutes is created to read:
AB54,2,2016 346.65 (2) (am) 6. Except as provided in par. (f), is guilty of a Class G felony if
17the number of convictions under ss. 940.09 (1) and 940.25 in the person's lifetime,
18plus the total number of suspensions, revocations, and other convictions counted
19under s. 343.307 (1), equals 7, 8, or 9, except that suspensions, revocations, or
20convictions arising out of the same incident or occurrence shall be counted as one.
AB54, s. 4
1Section 4. 346.65 (2) (am) 7. of the statutes is created to read:
AB54,3,62 346.65 (2) (am) 7. Except as provided in par. (f), is guilty of a Class F felony if
3the number of convictions under ss. 940.09 (1) and 940.25 in the person's lifetime,
4plus the total number of suspensions, revocations, and other convictions counted
5under s. 343.307 (1), equals 10 or more except that suspensions, revocations, or
6convictions arising out of the same incident or occurrence shall be counted as one.
AB54, s. 5 7Section 5. 346.65 (2) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB54,3,148 346.65 (2) (f) If there was a minor passenger under 16 years of age in the motor
9vehicle at the time of the violation that gave rise to the conviction under s. 346.63 (1),
10the applicable minimum and maximum forfeitures, fines, or imprisonment under
11par. (am) for the conviction are doubled. An offense under s. 346.63 (1) that subjects
12a person to a penalty under par. (am) 3., 4., or 5., 6., or 7. when there is a minor
13passenger under 16 years of age in the motor vehicle is a felony and the place of
14imprisonment shall be determined under s. 973.02.
AB54, s. 6 15Section 6. 346.65 (2c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB54,3,2116 346.65 (2c) In sub. (2) (am) 2., 3., 4., and 5., 6., and 7., the time period shall be
17measured from the dates of the refusals or violations that resulted in the revocation
18or convictions. If a person has a suspension, revocation, or conviction for any offense
19under a local ordinance or a state statute of another state that would be counted
20under s. 343.307 (1), that suspension, revocation, or conviction shall count as a prior
21suspension, revocation, or conviction under sub. (2) (am) 2., 3., 4., and 5, 6., and 7.
AB54, s. 7 22Section 7. 346.65 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB54,4,3
1346.65 (7) A person convicted under sub. (2) (am) 2., 3., 4., or 5., 6., or 7. or (2j)
2(am) 2. or 3. shall be required to remain in the county jail for not less than a
348-consecutive-hour period.
AB54,4,44 (End)
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