1995 Wisconsin Act 410

  Date of enactment: June 6, 1996
1995 Senate Bill 294   Date of publication*: June 20, 1996

* Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes 1993-94: Effective date of acts. “Every act and every portion of an act enacted by the legislature over the governor's partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication as designated" by the secretary of state [the date of publication may not be more than 10 working days after the date of enactment].

1995 WISCONSIN ACT 410

An Act to amend 941.325 of the statutes; relating to: placing foreign objects in edibles.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

Law revision committee prefatory note: This bill is introduced by the law revision committee under s. 13.83 (1) (c) 1., stats. After careful consideration of the court of appeals decision in State v. Timm, 163 Wis. 2d 894 (Ct. App. 1991), the law revision committee has determined that codifying that decision is desirable as a matter of public policy.

410,1 Section 1 . 941.325 of the statutes is amended to read:

941.325 Placing foreign objects in edibles. Whoever places objects, drugs or other substances in candy or other liquid or solid edibles with the intent to cause bodily harm to another person is guilty of a Class E felony.

Note: This bill clarifies that placement of foreign objects in both liquid and solid edibles is a crime under this statute.