Wisconsin Legislature: Crime and criminals

Housing discrimination based on person's status as a victim of domestic abuse, sexual assault, or stalking prohibited [S.Amdt.1: defense to action for eviction added] - SB204

John Doe proceedings: procedures revised; DA authority and judicial discretion over scope of examination; protections and benefits extended to state officer or employee - AB78

John Doe proceedings: procedures revised; DA authority and judicial discretion over scope of examination; protections and benefits extended to state officer or employee [A.Amdt.2: reimbursing attorney fees and costs expanded, special prosecutor provisions] - SB51

Littering: maximum forfeiture increased [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, large item of solid waste provision and definition added] - AB139

OWI violation: first offense changed to misdemeanor, LESB to establish rules for a sobriety checkpoint program, counties required to seek reimbursement from persons confined in jail, wine and liquor tax deposited into the intoxicated and drugged driver fund, definition of prohibited BAC, court may not release person after conviction but before sentencing, reinstatement of driving privileges and surcharges and fees for first offense, DOT to keep permanent record of first offense; JRCCP report - AB547

Prescription drug monitoring program: Pharmacy Examining Board directed to create; DORL to apply for federal grants [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, confidentiality and civil or criminal liability immunity added] - AB227

Probation elimination for persons committing misdemeanors: Corr.Dept may petition the sentencing court [Enrolled AB-75: Sec. 3392d, s, 9311 (4)] - AB75

Probation supervision for persons committing misdemeanors: Corr.Dept to establish a ``risk assessment system" [Sec. 3363, 3393, 3394, 9311 (3); original bill only] - AB75

Restraining order and injunction violations: court may order person to submit to GPS tracking by Corr.Dept in certain cases; surcharge and penalties for tampering with device; JRCCP report - AB263

Restraining order and injunction violations: court may order person to submit to GPS tracking by Corr.Dept in certain cases; surcharge and penalties for tampering with device; JRCCP report - SB178

Retail theft of merchandise made a felony and racketeering activity, value and Internet provisions; proof of ownership for certain products required when selling at a flea market or similar facility, definition and penalty provisions - AB241

Retail theft of merchandise made a felony and racketeering activity, value and Internet provisions; proof of ownership for certain products required when selling at a flea market or similar facility, definition and penalty provisions - SB171

Risk reduction sentence: list of offenses that render a person ineligible eliminated; Corr.Dept authority to modify an inmate's program and when an inmate may be released modified; JRCCP report - AB500

Risk reduction sentence: list of offenses that render a person ineligible eliminated; Corr.Dept authority to modify an inmate's program and when an inmate may be released modified; JRCCP report - SB318

Salvinorin A (from the plant Salvia divinorum): manufacture, distribution, or delivery intended for human consumption prohibited; fine and exception provisions - AB186

Self-defense resulting in death or great bodily harm: court presumption criteria created - AB193

Self-defense resulting in death or great bodily harm: court presumption criteria created - SB129

Stolen firearm: penalty for intentionally receiving - AB357

Strip search and body cavity search restrictions: exception created for persons found, or alleged, to have violated probation - SB83

Termination of tenancy on the basis that certain crimes or activities were committed on or near the premises - SB607

Theft of telecommunications and video services: court permitted to grant reasonable attorney fees; JRCCP report - AB657

Theft of telecommunications and video services: court permitted to grant reasonable attorney fees; JRCCP report - SB443

Theft or loss of firearm: report to law enforcement required, database created, written notice re commercial transfer, and penalty provisions; JRCCP report - AB518

Theft or loss of firearm: report to law enforcement required, database created, written notice re commercial transfer, and penalty provisions; JRCCP report - SB367

Transporting a corpse with intent to conceal a crime or avoid apprehension, prosecution, or conviction: vehicle may be seized and forfeited - AB587

Traveling sales crews: regulations created; exceptions and penalty provisions; JRCCP report - AB14

Traveling sales crews: regulations created; exceptions and penalty provisions; JRCCP report [S.Amdt.2: further revisions] - SB4

Trespassing liability exemption under set conditions for assessor and staff making an assessment; certain civil liability immunity for owner and notice provisions; municipal assessor must publish a notice prior to revaluation of property [A.Sub.Amdt.2: further revisions, taxation district assessor may not enter real property more than once a year to conduct an assessment] - AB136

Trespassing liability exemption under set conditions for assessor and staff making an assessment; certain civil liability immunity for owner and notice provisions; municipal assessor must publish a notice prior to revaluation of property - SB93

Bodily harm or threats of bodily harm to DA or DA's family: criminal penalties created and definition provision; JRCCP report - AB423

Bodily harm, threats of bodily harm, or intimidation against a DA or a DA's family: criminal penalties created and definition provision; JRCCP report - AB422

Bodily harm to a juror: felony crime expanded to include the juror's family and threats; judge may prohibit convicted person from contacting a juror; JRCCP report - AB71

Bodily harm to a law enforcement officer while resisting, obstructing, fleeing or attempting to flee from made a felony; JRCCP report [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, limited to resisting and obstructing; S.Amdt.1: substantial bodily harm specified] - AB269

Bodily harm to a law enforcement officer while resisting, obstructing, fleeing or attempting to flee from made a felony; JRCCP report - SB219

Crimes on school premises: sentence increased for battery, mayhem, sexual assault, sexual assault of a child, or reckless injury; JRCCP report - AB677

Highway construction or maintenance worker: intentionally causing bodily harm to made a felony - AB192

Highway construction or maintenance worker: intentionally causing bodily harm to made a felony - SB101

Reckless bodily harm to a child: penalty revised; JRCCP report - AB515

Reckless bodily harm to a child: penalty revised; JRCCP report - SB341

Witness to a crime: intentionally causing bodily harm or threats to cause bodily harm knowing the person may testify made a felony; JRCCP report - AB129

Biological specimen for DNA analysis: law enforcement agencies required to collect from every adult arrested for a felony and juveniles in custody for certain sexual assault offenses; crime laboratories provisions, including expunging records; JRCCP report - AB511

Biological specimen for DNA analysis: law enforcement agencies required to collect from every adult arrested for a felony and juveniles in custody for certain sexual assault offenses; crime laboratories provisions, including expunging records; JRCCP report - SB336

Bodily harm to a juror: felony crime expanded to include the juror's family and threats; judge may prohibit convicted person from contacting a juror; JRCCP report - AB71

Bodily harm to a law enforcement officer while resisting, obstructing, fleeing or attempting to flee from made a felony; JRCCP report [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, limited to resisting and obstructing; S.Amdt.1: substantial bodily harm specified] - AB269

Bodily harm to a law enforcement officer while resisting, obstructing, fleeing or attempting to flee from made a felony; JRCCP report - SB219

Bodily substance thrown or expelled at a public safety officer: intent to cause bodily harm removed as an element to qualify as a felony; JRCCP report - AB775

Bodily substance thrown or expelled at a public safety worker: removing the ``intent" element and still classify it as a felony crime; JRCCP report - SB334

Child care provider license, certification, or contract: prohibiting a person convicted or adjudicated delinquent for a drug-related felony from showing he or she has been rehabilitated; employment with a child care provider or residing where child care is provided provisions - AB694

Child care provider license, certification, or contract: prohibiting a person convicted or adjudicated delinquent for a drug-related felony from showing he or she has been rehabilitated; employment with a child care provider or residing where child care is provided provisions - SB499

Child care provider: prohibition from being licensed, certified, or contracted with re conviction or adjudicated delinquent of specified crimes; frequency of criminal history search increased, sex offender registry provision; revocation or suspension of license, certification, or contract required re conviction of or pending serious criminal charges, W-2 payment provision - AB462

Child care provider: prohibition from being licensed, certified, or contracted with re conviction or adjudicated delinquent of specified crimes; frequency of criminal history search increased, sex offender registry provision; revocation or suspension of license, certification, or contract required re conviction of or pending serious criminal charges, W-2 payment provision [S.Amdt.3: Wisconsin Shares provisions added re ineligibility for child care subsidies and use of recovered funds to detect fraud; S.Amdt.1 to S.Amdt.3: fraudulent activity in W-2 program reporting requirements] - SB331

Child care provider: prohibition from being licensed, certified, or contracted with re conviction or adjudicated delinquent of specified crimes or having certain TRO or injunction entered against the person; frequency of criminal history search increased, sex offender registry and TRO or injunction provisions; revocation or suspension of license, certification, or contract required re conviction of or pending serious criminal charges, W-2 payment and TRO or injunction provisions; certain employees required to report to DA any suspected fraud in the W-2 Program, penalty and immunity from liability - AB479

Child care provider: prohibition from being licensed, certified, or contracted with re conviction or adjudicated delinquent of specified crimes or having certain TRO or injunction entered against the person; frequency of criminal history search increased, sex offender registry and TRO or injunction provisions; revocation or suspension of license, certification, or contract required re conviction of or pending serious criminal charges, W-2 payment and TRO or injunction provisions; certain employees required to report to DA any suspected fraud in the W-2 Program, penalty and immunity from liability - SB333

Controlled substance or analog: maximum term of imprisonment for distributing or delivering increased if done in the presence of a child; JRCCP report - SB551

Convicted felon ineligible for licensure as a lobbyist; GAB duties specified - AB304

Convicted felon ineligible for licensure as a lobbyist; GAB duties specified - SB217

Crimes against animals expanded re intentional or reckless mistreatment, abandonment, and failure to provide food, water, or shelter; causing a minor to mistreat an animal made a felony; judge or circuit court commissioner may consider re restraining order or injunction in domestic or child abuse cases; JRCCP report - AB747

Crimes against animals expanded re intentional or reckless mistreatment, abandonment, and failure to provide food, water, or shelter; causing a minor to mistreat an animal made a felony; judge or circuit court commissioner may consider re restraining order or injunction in domestic or child abuse cases; JRCCP report - SB555

Discrimination in housing because of certain arrest or conviction record prohibited, felony and mortgage provisions; discrimination in employment because of arrest or conviction record made a felony; JRCCP report - AB22

DNA evidence connected to certain felonies: time limit for commencing prosecution revised; reconciliation of 2005 WisActs 60 and 276 - AB514

Electronic text messaging device: use while operating a motor vehicle prohibited; definition, exception, and penalty provisions; increased penalties for causing bodily harm or death; JRCCP report - SB103

Exposing genitals or pubic area re children: classification of crime changed from misdemeanor to felony if the actor is a child; JRCCP report [A.Amdt.2: age criteria modified] - AB503

Exposing genitals or pubic area re children: classification of crime changed from misdemeanor to felony if the actor is a child; JRCCP report - SB330

Expungement of criminal record re certain misdemeanors or nonviolent Class H or Class I felonies committed before age 25 [Sec. 3384-3386, 9309 (1); Enrolled AB-75: further revisions, expungement only applies to first-time felony convictions] - AB75

Felony victim's prior testimony: admissibility of in revocation of probation, parole, or extended supervision proceedings - AB365

Firearm purchase: providing false information re transferring the firearm to a person who is prohibited from possessing one made a felony; DOJ authority to prosecute; JRCCP report - AB373

Firearm purchase: providing false information re transferring the firearm to a person who is prohibited from possessing one made a felony; DOJ authorized to prosecute and prosecute receiving a stolen firearm; JRCCP report - AB753

Firearm purchase: providing false information re transferring the firearm to a person who is prohibited from possessing one made a felony; DOJ authorized to prosecute and prosecute receiving a stolen firearm; JRCCP report - SB611

Gender-based crimes: enhanced penalty provided for certain crimes; JRCCP report - AB481

Gender-based crimes: enhanced penalty provided for certain crimes; JRCCP report - SB344

Global positioning device placed on a person's vehicle without that person's consent or knowledge made a felony; JRCCP report - AB171

Harboring or aiding a felon: family members are not exempt from prohibition against destroying, altering, hiding, or disguising physical evidence; domestic abuse provision; penalty for violation increased under certain conditions; JRCCP report - AB613

Highway construction or maintenance worker: intentionally causing bodily harm to made a felony - AB192

Highway construction or maintenance worker: intentionally causing bodily harm to made a felony - SB101

Impersonating a fire fighter, EMT, or first responder: criminal penalties created; JRCCP report - AB324

Incarcerated, disenfranchised felons excluded from census count used for redistricting legislative, county, and other districts with statutorily elected officers: constitutional amendment (1st consideration) - AJR63

Incarcerated, disenfranchised felons excluded from census count used for redistricting legislative, county, and other districts with statutorily elected officers: constitutional amendment (1st consideration) - SJR42

Mortgage loan originator license: felony convictions disqualifying an applicant from holding specified - AB383

Motor vehicle accident that causes injury but not great bodily harm: leaving the scene without providing information or assistance made a felony crime; JRCCP report - AB232

OWI law revisions re ignition interlock device ordered by the court, penalties increased, expanding a Winnebago County sentencing pilot program to other counties, and first offense penalties; Judicial Council to establish advisory sentencing guidelines; JRCCP report [S.Sub.Amdt.2: further revisions, Judicial Council and JRCCP provisions removed, trial court may order probation, and court may not release a person after conviction but before sentencing in certain cases; A.Amdt.1: appropriation added] - SB66

OWI penalties for fourth and subsequent offense revised - AB244

OWI penalties for fourth and subsequent offense revised - AB283

OWI penalties for third offense and higher revised; no release after third OWI conviction and pretrial release may be denied; law enforcement provision; JRCCP report - AB79

OWI: second or subsequent offense and causing injury made a felony; fine provision - AB283

Reckless bodily harm to a child: penalty revised; JRCCP report - AB515

Reckless bodily harm to a child: penalty revised; JRCCP report - SB341

Retail theft of merchandise made a felony and racketeering activity, value and Internet provisions; proof of ownership for certain products required when selling at a flea market or similar facility, definition and penalty provisions - AB241