LRB-2645/1
JEO:mfd:jf
1997 - 1998 LEGISLATURE
April 9, 1997 - Introduced by Representatives Rutkowski, Ainsworth, Baldwin,
Bock, Boyle, Coggs, Cullen, Dobyns, Duff, Gunderson, Hahn, Hasenohrl,
Ladwig, F. Lasee, Musser, Plale, Riley, Ryba, Seratti, Turner, Walker and
Wasserman, cosponsored by Senators Burke, Buettner, Clausing,
Drzewiecki, Farrow, Huelsman, Plache, Rosenzweig, Schultz and Welch.
Referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Corrections.
AB260,1,2
1An Act to amend 940.225 (1) (a) of the statutes;
relating to: sexual assaults
2causing substantial bodily harm.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, a sexual assault in which the actor uses or threatens force
or violence is punishable as a Class BC felony. If the perpetrator of the sexual assault
causes the victim great bodily harm, the crime is punishable as a Class B felony. This
bill provides that it is also a Class B felony if the perpetrator of the sexual assault
causes the victim substantial bodily harm. Substantial bodily harm includes
injuries such as bone fractures, burns and concussions.
The maximum penalties for persons convicted of the crime classifications
mentioned are:
-
See PDF for table 
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB260, s. 1
3Section
1. 940.225 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB260,2,3
1940.225
(1) (a) Has sexual contact or sexual intercourse with another person
2without consent of that person and causes pregnancy or great bodily harm
or
3substantial bodily harm to that person.
AB260,2,65
(1) This act first applies to offenses committed on the effective date of this
6subsection.
