2021 Wisconsin Act 140

  Date of enactment: February 21, 2022
2021 Senate Bill 229   Date of publication*: February 22, 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 140

An Act to renumber 946.465; to amend 946.465 (title); and to create 946.465 (1) and 946.465 (2) (title) of the statutes; relating to: refusing or tampering with a global positioning system tracking device and providing a penalty.

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

140,1 Section 1. 946.465 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

946.465 (title) Tampering Refusing or tampering with a global positioning system tracking device.

140,2 Section 2. 946.465 of the statutes is renumbered 946.465 (2).

140,3 Section 3. 946.465 (1) of the statutes is created to read:

946.465 (1) Refusing a global positioning system tracking device. Whoever, without the authorization of the department of corrections, knowingly refuses, resists, or obstructs the installation of a global positioning system tracking device or comparable technology that is provided under s. 301.48 or 301.49 is guilty of a Class I felony.

140,4 Section 4. 946.465 (2) (title) of the statutes is created to read:

946.465 (2) (title) Tampering with a global positioning system tracking device.