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2011 - 2012 LEGISLATURE
August 2, 2011 - Introduced by Representatives Honadel, Zepnick, Bies, Brooks,
Turner, Kerkman, Spanbauer, Petersen, Marklein, A. Ott, Ripp, Sinicki,
Ballweg, Endsley, Steinbrink, Strachota, Mursau and Stroebel,
cosponsored by Senators Darling, Kedzie, Lassa, Wanggaard and Schultz.
Referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Corrections.
AB212,1,2
1An Act to repeal 941.375 (2) (b) of the statutes;
relating to: throwing or
2expelling a bodily substance at a public safety worker and providing a penalty.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, any person who throws or expels a bodily substance, such
as blood, semen, vomit, saliva, urine, or feces, at an emergency medical technician,
a first responder, a law enforcement officer, a fire fighter, or a person operating or
staffing an ambulance (public safety worker) is guilty of a Class I felony if the person
intends that the substance come into contact with the public safety worker and
intends to cause bodily harm to the public safety worker. This bill eliminates the
element that the person intend to cause bodily harm to the public safety worker.
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:
AB212, s. 1
3Section
1. 941.375 (2) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
AB212,2,32
(1) This act first applies to acts committed on the effective date of this
3subsection.
