AB61: Text as Enrolled

* 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.”

  Date of enactment:
2025 Assembly Bill 61   Date of publication*:

2025 WISCONSIN ACT

An Act to amend 951.18 (2m) of the statutes; relating to: injuring or killing a police or fire animal and providing a penalty.

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

AB61,1 Section 1. 951.18 (2m) of the statutes is amended to read:

951.18 (2m) Any person who violates s. 951.095 is subject to a Class B forfeiture. Any person who intentionally or negligently violates s. 951.095, knowing that the animal that is the victim is used by a law enforcement agency or fire department to perform agency or department functions or duties, is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. Any person who intentionally violates s. 951.095, knowing that the animal that is the victim is used by a law enforcement agency or fire department to perform agency or department functions or duties and causing injury to the animal, is guilty of a Class I H felony. Any person who intentionally violates s. 951.095, knowing that the animal that is the victim is used by a law enforcement agency or fire department to perform agency or department functions or duties and causing death to the animal, is guilty of a Class H G felony.