2021 Wisconsin Act 263

  Date of enactment: April 15, 2022
2021 Assembly Bill 251   Date of publication*: April 16, 2022

* Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes: 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."

2021 WISCONSIN ACT 263

An Act to amend 946.69 (title); and to create 946.69 (2) (c) of the statutes; relating to: impersonating a public officer, public employee, or employee of a utility and providing a penalty.

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

263,1 Section 1. 946.69 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

946.69 (title) Falsely Impersonating or falsely assuming to act as a public officer or employee or a utility employee.

263,2 Section 2. 946.69 (2) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

946.69 (2) (c) Impersonates or represents himself or herself to be a public officer or public employee or the employee of a utility with the intent to mislead others into believing that he or she is actually a public officer or public employee or the employee of a utility.