Wisconsin Legislature: Crime and criminals

Livestock or wild deer: threatening to introduce a contagious or infectious disease prohibited - AB635

Livestock or wild deer: threatening to introduce a contagious or infectious disease prohibited - SB318

Marking, drawing, writing, or etching on property without consent: damage threshold re term of imprisonment revised - AB622

Marking, drawing, writing, or etching on property without consent: damage threshold re term of imprisonment revised - SB313

Misdemeanor diversion program to be developed by Public defender board, Director of state courts, and Wisconsin District Attorneys Association [Sec. 9101 (13), 9139 (1)] - AB144

Misdemeanor diversion program to be developed by Public defender board, Director of state courts, and Wisconsin District Attorneys Association [Sec. 9101 (13), 9139 (1); S.Sub.Amdt.1: passive review by JCF; Conf.Amdt.1: community justice center grants, 9101 (21j)] - SB55

Personal identifying information or document misappropriation outside the state involving a Wisconsin resident: jurisdiction to prosecute in this state - AB406

Rented personal property: time period for late return revised - AB911

Rules of appellate procedure revised re review of orders denying certain motions, petitions for review, integrated appeal procedures for certain appeals, and postdisposition relief in cases involving commitment of sexually violent persons - SB490

Security initiative re terrorism response training, statewide trauma care system, diseases and biological and chemical threats, Hygiene laboratory, and police services by DOA; new OJA grant program [Sec. 22, 23, 26, 49, 50, 94, 326-329, 330-333, 334, 339, 340, 623, 696, 9201 (2), 9223 (1), (2), 9256 (1), 9323 (1), 9359 (6), 9401 (2); A.Sub.Amdt.1: terrorism preparedness grant and DOA police services increase removed, provisions added re trauma care, biological and chemical threats and Hygiene laboratory grants, 14d, 334g, 9229 (1k), deletes 22, 23, 26, 49, 50, 9201 (2), 9223 (2), 9256 (1), 9401 (2)] - JR2 AB1

Security or surveillance device: tampering with made a crime - AB435

Self-mutilation by a child: crime created for inducing or causing; felony provision - SB141

Sentence and penalty revisions re new felony classes, murder, carjacking, certain misdemeanor and minimum penalty provisions, mandatory consecutive sentences, penalty enhancers, bifurcated sentences, extended supervision, and life imprisonment; Sentencing commission recreated; Joint review committee on criminal penalties created - AB3

Sentence and penalty revisions re new felony classes, murder, carjacking, certain misdemeanor and minimum penalty provisions, mandatory consecutive sentences, penalty enhancers, bifurcated sentences, extended supervision, and life imprisonment; Sentencing commission recreated; Joint review committee on criminal penalties created [for section numbers and further revisions, see entry under ``Corrections, Department of"] - JR2 AB1

Sentencing and penalty revisions re extended supervision, bifurcated sentences, structure of felony sentences, current and consecutive sentences, penalties for criminal attempts, and misdemeanor offenses [for section numbers, see entry under ``Sentences and penalties"] - AB144

Sentencing and penalty revisions re extended supervision, bifurcated sentences, structure of felony sentences, current and consecutive sentences, penalties for criminal attempts, and misdemeanor offenses [for section numbers, see entry under ``Sentences and penalties"] - SB55

Shopping cart re intentional removal: penalty increased to misdemeanor - AB681

Shopping cart re intentional removal: penalty increased to misdemeanor - SB374

Small claims revisions re jurisdictional limit, certain attorney fees, garnishment of debtor's income, recovering damages to property, worthless checks, retail theft, and collection agencies allowed to consolidate certain accounts; parental responsibility for damages by child provision; DNR must revoke fish and game approvals paid for with worthless check - AB820

Small claims revisions re jurisdictional limit, certain attorney fees, garnishment of debtor's income, recovering damages to property, worthless checks, retail theft, and collection agencies allowed to consolidate certain accounts; parental responsibility for damages by child provision; DNR must revoke fish and game approvals paid for with worthless check - SB446

Stalking offense provisions and penalties revised - SB440

Terrorism crimes re penalty enhancer, threats, soliciting, supporting, and harboring; penalties for classified felonies; capital punishment for first-degree homicide with intent to terrorize; license to carry concealed weapons - SB328

Theft threshold re felony penalties revised; public defender GPR lapse; report to JCF re savings [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 3938u-w, 3939b-s, 3966r, 4018f, h, 9139 (2q), 9239 (1q), 9359 (11r)] - SB55

Threat to cause bodily harm to social worker, juvenile intake worker, school employee, or their family members: misdemeanor crime created - AB445

Threat to cause death, bodily injury, or property damage re preventing occupation of building or facility, public inconvenience, or interruption in government operations, public communications, transportation, or services made a felony crime; bomb scare crime expanded - SB363

Threat to cause death or bodily harm to or damage property of another person with intent to frighten, intimidate, threaten, abuse, or harass: misdemeanor crime created - SB363

Threat to release or disseminate a harmful substance knowing it is false, definition provided; court to assess certain costs incurred by state and local government agencies - AB673

Threat to release or disseminate a harmful substance knowing it is false, definition provided; court to assess certain costs incurred by state and local government agencies - SB345

Trials for certain crimes may be held in defendant's or victim's county of residence or other county permitted under current law - AB459

Battery against public transit vehicle operator or passenger made a felony - SB363

Battery and threats applicable to state, local, or covered government employees: provisions repealed; new offense applicable to all state or local public officers or employees created - SB363

Battery or assault by a prisoner: law changes re definition of ``prisoner or detainee", behavior directed at any other person, and where the act takes place - AB735

Battery or assault by a prisoner: law changes re definition of ``prisoner or detainee", behavior directed at any other person, and where the act takes place - SB387

Battery or simple battery committed against a nurse, physician, or physician assistant: penalties increased - SB437

Simple battery: additional defense created re domestic abuse - AB349

``Substantial bodily harm" definition revised re certain lacerations - AB796

``Substantial bodily harm" definition revised to include a broken nose - AB442

Alcohol beverages procured for or sold, dispensed, or given to persons age 18, 19, or 20: felony penalties expanded to include - AB306

Battery against public transit vehicle operator or passenger made a felony - SB363

Battery or simple battery committed against a nurse, physician, or physician assistant: penalties increased - SB437

Body armor: violent felony offenders prohibited from possessing; exceptions provided - AB157

Computer system or telephone used to harass or send obscene, lewd, or profane messages: penalty changed to felony - AB531

Crimes related to computers, obscenity, nudity, and pornography: laws revised; provision re harmful material to children; new crime re obscene email [Sec. 3940-3951, 3952-3966, 3967-3984, 9359 (1)] - AB144

Crimes related to computers, obscenity, nudity, and pornography: laws revised; provision re harmful material to children; new crime re obscene email [Sec. 3940-3951, 3952-3966, 3967-3984, 9359 (1)] - SB55

Disarming, destroying, or searching for an explosive or destructive device: interferring or obstructing a public safety official made a felony - SB363

Employment discrimination based on conviction record: exception re certain serious felony convictions and not pardoned; educational agency exempt - AB521

Employment discrimination based on conviction record: exception re felony conviction and not pardoned - AB186

Explosive, destructive device, weapon of mass destruction, detonator, or components thereof: manufacture, buy, sell, transfer, distribute, possess, use, or threaten with a facsimile made a felony crime; exemption provided - SB363

False statements to financial institution re person's identity made a felony - SB363

Felon's right to recover personal damages limited - SB32

Firearm intentionally pointed at a law enforcement officer: penalty increased - AB618

Firearms of law enforcement, U.S. armed forces and reserves, or national guard and machine guns, explosives, or destructive devices: felony penalty for theft of revised - SB363

Foster home or treatment foster home license prohibited re commitment of alcohol-related felonies - AB809

Foster home or treatment foster home license prohibited re commitment of alcohol-related felonies - SB461

Livestock or wild deer infection with contagious disease or damage to plant research and development prohibited; intentional actions made a felony [Conf.Amdt.1 to S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 3871t-w, 3938up, 3951n] - SB55

Machine gun or fully automatic weapon: felony penalty for possessing, selling, using, or transporting revised; exceptions clarified - SB363

Material support used to plan, prepare, commit, or escape from terrorist act: collecting, soliciting, or providing made a felony; DORL provision re registration of charitable organizations and fund-raisers - SB363

Money laundering made a felony - SB363

Private security permit and private detective license revisions re felony conviction - AB106

Racketeering activity expanded to include the unauthorized release of animals and crime made a felony - AB613

Rules of appellate procedure revised re review of orders denying certain motions, petitions for review, integrated appeal procedures for certain appeals, and postdisposition relief in cases involving commitment of sexually violent persons - SB490

School bus operator qualification revised re felony conviction - SB229

Self-mutilation by a child: crime created for inducing or causing; felony provision - SB141

Sentence and penalty revisions re new felony classes, murder, carjacking, certain misdemeanor and minimum penalty provisions, mandatory consecutive sentences, penalty enhancers, bifurcated sentences, extended supervision, and life imprisonment; Sentencing commission recreated; Joint review committee on criminal penalties created - AB3

Sentence and penalty revisions re new felony classes, murder, carjacking, certain misdemeanor and minimum penalty provisions, mandatory consecutive sentences, penalty enhancers, bifurcated sentences, extended supervision, and life imprisonment; Sentencing commission recreated; Joint review committee on criminal penalties created [for section numbers and further revisions, see entry under ``Corrections, Department of"] - JR2 AB1

Sentencing and penalty revisions re extended supervision, bifurcated sentences, structure of felony sentences, current and consecutive sentences, penalties for criminal attempts, and misdemeanor offenses [for section numbers, see entry under ``Sentences and penalties"] - AB144

Sentencing and penalty revisions re extended supervision, bifurcated sentences, structure of felony sentences, current and consecutive sentences, penalties for criminal attempts, and misdemeanor offenses [for section numbers, see entry under ``Sentences and penalties"] - SB55

Terrorism penalty enhancer expanded re certain felonies; criminal damage to property provision - SB363

Theft threshold re felony penalties revised; public defender GPR lapse; report to JCF re savings [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 3938u-w, 3939b-s, 3966r, 4018f, h, 9139 (2q), 9239 (1q), 9359 (11r)] - SB55

Threat to cause death, bodily injury, or property damage re preventing occupation of building or facility, public inconvenience, or interruption in government operations, public communications, transportation, or services made a felony crime; bomb scare crime expanded - SB363

Rental unit tenancy termination re drug or criminal gang activity nuisance: notice by law enforcement agencies expanded - AB208

Rental unit tenancy termination re drug or criminal gang activity nuisance: notice by law enforcement agencies expanded - SB87

Youth diversion program transferred from Corr.Dept to OJA; OJA use of appropriations re any grant for law enforcement assistance [Sec. 285, 684-686, 851, 853, 856, 857, 3348-3351, 9111 (1)] - AB144

Youth diversion program transferred from Corr.Dept to OJA; OJA use of appropriations re any grant for law enforcement assistance [Sec. 285, 684-686, 851, 853, 856, 857, 3348-3351, 9111 (1); S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, appropriations re any grant removed, 684d, 685d, 853d, 856d, 857d, 3349d, 3351d, deletes 684, 685, 851, 853, 856, 857, 3349, 3351] - SB55

Death (by lethal injection) or life imprisonment for first-degree homicide with intent to terrorize - SB328

Foster home or treatment foster home license prohibited re commitment of alcohol-related felonies - AB809

Foster home or treatment foster home license prohibited re commitment of alcohol-related felonies - SB461

Homicide cases: plea and verdict of guilty but mentally ill created - AB569

Second-degree intentional homicide or second-degree reckless homicide: time limit for commencing prosecution eliminated - AB713

Sentence and penalty revisions re new felony classes, murder, carjacking, certain misdemeanor and minimum penalty provisions, mandatory consecutive sentences, penalty enhancers, bifurcated sentences, extended supervision, and life imprisonment; Sentencing commission recreated; Joint review committee on criminal penalties created - AB3

Sentence and penalty revisions re new felony classes, murder, carjacking, certain misdemeanor and minimum penalty provisions, mandatory consecutive sentences, penalty enhancers, bifurcated sentences, extended supervision, and life imprisonment; Sentencing commission recreated; Joint review committee on criminal penalties created [for section numbers and further revisions, see entry under ``Corrections, Department of"] - JR2 AB1

Crime victim compensation program in DOJ revised - AB852

Crime victim right to make a statement at sentencing or disposition: revision re notice by prosecutor - SB92

DOJ appropriation for court-ordered restitution to victims [Sec. 764] - AB144