Wisconsin Legislature: Crime and criminals

Battery or threat to health care providers, staff members at a health care facility, or their family made a felony; JRCCP may report - AB960

Battery or threats to cause bodily harm to a person or family member of a person who is an advocate re tribal court proceedings made a felony - SB420

Battery to public officer: felony expanded to include threats and bodily harm or threats to harm family members - AB409

Battery to public officer: felony expanded to include threats and bodily harm or threats to harm family members - SB403

Butane extraction used to manufacture marijuana or separate plant resin from marijuana plants: penalty revisions; JRCCP may report - AB440

Butane extraction used to manufacture marijuana or separate plant resin from marijuana plants: penalty revisions; JRCCP may report - SB440

Devices that accelerate the rate of fire of a semiautomatic firearm: prohibition on sale, manufacture, transfer, use, and possession; felony penalty provision - SB656

Election prohibitions: use of private resources for election administration, nonresidents counting or tabulating votes, and poll workers who are employees of candidate groups, political organization, or issue advocacy group; JRCCP may report [A.Amdt.2: further revisions] - AB173

Eligibility and conditions for release prior to conviction of persons accused of certain crimes and considerations for imposing bail revised. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration) - AJR107

Eligibility and conditions for release prior to conviction of persons accused of certain crimes and considerations for imposing bail revised. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration) - SJR82

Extreme risk protection TRO and extreme risk protection injunction created; respondent to surrender all firearms and refrain from possessing a firearm until the TRO or injunction expires or is vacated; penalty provisions - AB638

Felony offenders prohibited from possessing, controlling, or residing with a vicious dog, criteria specified; JRCCP may report - AB540

Felony offenders prohibited from possessing, controlling, or residing with a vicious dog, criteria specified; JRCCP may report - SB536

Fentanyl and fentanyl analogs: felony penalties for manufacture, distribution, delivery, or possession revised; JRCCP may report - AB357

Fentanyl and fentanyl analogs: felony penalties for manufacture, distribution, delivery, or possession revised; JRCCP may report - SB352

GPS tracking device: refusing or obstructing installation of made a felony; JRCCP may report - SB229

Graffiti or damage to historical property on public property made a felony; JRCCP may report - AB776

Graffiti or damage to historical property on public property made a felony; JRCCP may report - SB751

Grievous bodily harm to or death of an animal: felony penalty; hunting dog, definition, and court order provisions; JRCCP may report - AB368

Grievous bodily harm to or death of an animal: felony penalty; hunting dog, definition, and court order provisions; JRCCP may report - SB366

Hiding, burying, or mutilating a corpse to conceal a crime: felony penalty increased; JRCCP may report - SB887

Impersonating a public officer, public employee, or employee of a utility with intent to mislead: felony crime created; JRCCP may report - AB251

Impersonating a public officer, public employee, or employee of a utility with intent to mislead: felony crime created; JRCCP may report - SB257

Intentional bodily harm to a probation, extended supervision, parole, community supervision, or aftercare agent: crime expanded to include family member of the agent, comparable programs by American Indian tribes or bands, and threats of harm; JRCCP may report - SB100

Material support or resources provided to an organization engaged in domestic terrorism is made a felony; JRCCP may report - AB1194

Reckless handling of a vaccine or drug rendering it ineffective or unusable made a felony; JRCCP may report [S.Amdt.1: "reckless handling" changed to "intentional destruction"] - SB242

Recklessly endangering the safety of a person incapacitated by alcohol or other drug: felony crime created; JRCCP may report - AB895

Representations depicting nudity without consent: felony expanded to include “deep fakes;” reproducing private representations made a misdemeanor - SB987

Restoring right to vote of persons convicted of certain felonies: payment of all fines, costs, fees, surcharges, and restitution, and completion of community service required - AB918

Restoring right to vote of persons convicted of certain felonies: payment of all fines, costs, fees, surcharges, and restitution, and completion of community service required - SB873

Right to vote of persons barred from voting re certain felony convictions restored after incarceration period ends; voter registration forms and voting procedure provisions - AB1071

Riot definition modified and penalties for attending or inciting and causing bodily harm to or expelling a bodily substance at a National Guard member; JRCCP may report - AB279

Riot definition modified and penalties for attending or inciting and causing bodily harm to or expelling a bodily substance at a National Guard member; JRCCP may report [S.Amdt.1: "intentionally attends a riot" specified; S.Amdt.2: "riot" and "unlawful assembly" definitions and penalties modified] - SB296

Sentencing revisions re reducing extended supervision; Class D felony maximum sentence; earned compliance credit created; parole, probation, and extended supervision revocation and sanctions; and earned release program; DOC reports required [Sec. 373-375, 377, 2680, 2683, 2704-2715, 2717-2720, 2724-2731, 2733, 2734, 2737, 2744-2747, 2750-2752, 2754, 3070, 3110, 3322, 3363, 3365, 3422, 3423, 3425, 3428-3430, 3444-3447, 3449, 3451, 9108 (1)-(5), 9308 (1)] [original bill only] - AB68

Sentencing revisions re reducing extended supervision; Class D felony maximum sentence; earned compliance credit created; parole, probation, and extended supervision revocation and sanctions; and earned release program; DOC reports required [Sec. 373-375, 377, 2680, 2683, 2704-2715, 2717-2720, 2724-2731, 2733, 2734, 2737, 2744-2747, 2750-2752, 2754, 3070, 3110, 3322, 3363, 3365, 3422, 3423, 3425, 3428-3430, 3444-3447, 3449, 3451, 9108 (1)-(5), 9308 (1)] - SB111

Special voting deputies visiting residential care facilities or qualified retirement homes: administrator notification to occupants’ relatives and penalty for influencing an occupant’s decision to cast a ballot [S.Sub.Amdt.2: further revisions, appointment by municipal clerk and conditions for the visit provisions added; S.Amdt.1: dispatch deputy for 1 registered voter provision removed] - SB205

Theft of mail penalties revised; JRCCP may report - AB891

Theft of mail penalties revised; JRCCP may report - SB831

Theft of property: misdemeanor and felony thresholds modified; JRCCP may report - AB1012

Theft of property: misdemeanor and felony thresholds modified; JRCCP may report - SB944

Time limitation for prosecution of lesser included offenses re specified felonies - AB386

Time limitation for prosecution of lesser included offenses re specified felonies - SB382

Violent felon prosecuted for illegal possession of a firearm revisions - AB841

Violent felon prosecuted for illegal possession of a firearm revisions - SB852

Changing name of child under 14 years old allowed if a parent is convicted of certain homicide or sex offenses - AB651

Changing name of child under 14 years old allowed if a parent is convicted of certain homicide or sex offenses - SB627

Missing and Murdered African American Women and Girls, Task Force on, established by AG; report required, sunset provision - AB886

Missing and Murdered African American Women and Girls, Task Force on, established by AG; report required, sunset provision - SB825

Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Awareness Day: May 5, 2021 recognized as - SJR51

Bill of rights for victims of sexual assault created; DOJ duties specified - AB133

Bill of rights for victims of sexual assault created; DOJ duties specified - SB153

Crime victim protective services grant program and local law enforcement services to victims and witnesses grants, for services between reporting a crime and a person being charged for the crime, created; sunset provision - AB1015

Crime victim protective services grant program and local law enforcement services to victims and witnesses grants, for services between reporting a crime and a person being charged for the crime, created; sunset provision - SB955

Crime victim services grants - AB444

Crime victim services grants - SB439

Crimes against elder persons: penalties increased; sexual assault penalty revised; physical abuse crime created; freezing of assets of defendant; elder person seeking restraining order may appear in court via telephone or live audiovisual means; JRCCP may report - AB44

Crimes against elder persons: penalties increased; sexual assault penalty revised; physical abuse crime created; freezing of assets of defendant; elder person seeking restraining order may appear in court via telephone or live audiovisual means; JRCCP may report - SB17

Criminal defense of adequate provocation, self-defense, or not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect eliminated if based on victim’s gender identity or expression or sexual orientation - AB470

Criminal defense of adequate provocation, self-defense, or not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect eliminated if based on victim’s gender identity or expression or sexual orientation - SB450

Criminal justice changes re firearm transfers and possession; crime victims and witnesses; law enforcement recruitment, retention, and training; obstructing justice; hate crime reporting; DNA evidence; and fraud scheme crime; funding for mental health and substance use services, DPI special education aid, and UW System; JRCCP may report - AB1140

Criminal justice changes re firearm transfers and possession; crime victims and witnesses; law enforcement recruitment, retention, and training; obstructing justice; hate crime reporting; DNA evidence; and fraud scheme crime; funding for mental health and substance use services, DPI special education aid, and UW System; JRCCP may report - SB1091

Damage to a building from arson added to crime victim compensation program - AB1083

DOJ address confidentiality program, Safe at Home, expanded to include parent, guardian, or legal custodian of victim of child abduction - AB1037

DOJ address confidentiality program, Safe at Home, expanded to include parent, guardian, or legal custodian of victim of child abduction - SB975

Employed inmate’s salary or wages: adding child or family support, restitution, and certain fees to withholdings - AB1151

Employed inmate’s salary or wages: adding child or family support, restitution, and certain fees to withholdings - SB1069

Expedite court proceedings in criminal and delinquency cases and juvenile dispositional hearings when victim or witness is an elder person; court required to preserve testimony of elderly witness or victim in criminal matters - AB43

Expedite court proceedings in criminal and delinquency cases and juvenile dispositional hearings when victim or witness is an elder person; court required to preserve testimony of elderly witness or victim in criminal matters - SB18

Federal COVID recovery rebates received by incarcerated persons used to pay restitution - AB219

Federal COVID recovery rebates received by incarcerated persons used to pay restitution - SB236

Permanent restraining order for victims of sexual assault - AB520

Permanent restraining order for victims of sexual assault [S.Sub.Amdt.2: further revisions, removal provision added] - SB519

Prostitution crime surcharge created; use of moneys specified - AB139

Prostitution crime surcharge created; use of moneys specified - SB26

Restoring right to vote of persons convicted of certain felonies: payment of all fines, costs, fees, surcharges, and restitution, and completion of community service required - AB918

Restoring right to vote of persons convicted of certain felonies: payment of all fines, costs, fees, surcharges, and restitution, and completion of community service required - SB873

Sexual assault kit tracking system: DOJ to establish database; victims of assault may access - AB87

Sexual assault kit tracking system: DOJ to establish database; victims of assault may access [S.Amdt.1: appropriation deleted] - SB94

Victim-witness services: county reimbursement appropriation [Sec. 444, 3366; A.Sub.Amdt.2: Sec. 73, 417] - AB68

Victim-witness services: county reimbursement appropriation [Sec. 444, 3366] - SB111

Violent crime against a sex trafficker committed by victim of the sex trafficker: mitigation factor in sentencing created - AB1197

Wisconsin Coalition Against Sexual Assault grant [Sec. 2336, 2337] [original bill only] - AB68

Wisconsin Coalition Against Sexual Assault grant [Sec. 2336, 2337] - SB111

Criminal justice changes re firearm transfers and possession; crime victims and witnesses; law enforcement recruitment, retention, and training; obstructing justice; hate crime reporting; DNA evidence; and fraud scheme crime; funding for mental health and substance use services, DPI special education aid, and UW System; JRCCP may report - AB1140