SB237: Bill Text

SB237, s. 559 Section 559. 948.03 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB237,142,2 948.03 (3) (c) Whoever recklessly causes bodily harm to a child by conduct which creates a high probability of great bodily harm is guilty of a Class D H felony.

SB237, s. 560 Section 560. 948.03 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB237,142,10 948.03 (4) (a) A person responsible for the child's welfare is guilty of a Class C F felony if that person has knowledge that another person intends to cause, is causing or has intentionally or recklessly caused great bodily harm to the child and is physically and emotionally capable of taking action which will prevent the bodily harm from occurring or being repeated, fails to take that action and the failure to act exposes the child to an unreasonable risk of great bodily harm by the other person or facilitates the great bodily harm to the child that is caused by the other person.

SB237, s. 561 Section 561. 948.03 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB237,142,18 948.03 (4) (b) A person responsible for the child's welfare is guilty of a Class D H felony if that person has knowledge that another person intends to cause, is causing or has intentionally or recklessly caused bodily harm to the child and is physically and emotionally capable of taking action which will prevent the bodily harm from occurring or being repeated, fails to take that action and the failure to act exposes the child to an unreasonable risk of bodily harm by the other person or facilitates the bodily harm to the child that is caused by the other person.

SB237, s. 562 Section 562. 948.03 (5) of the statutes is repealed.

SB237, s. 563 Section 563. 948.04 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB237,142,23 948.04 (1) Whoever is exercising temporary or permanent control of a child and causes mental harm to that child by conduct which demonstrates substantial disregard for the mental well-being of the child is guilty of a Class C F felony.

SB237, s. 564 Section 564. 948.04 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB237,143,6 948.04 (2) A person responsible for the child's welfare is guilty of a Class C F felony if that person has knowledge that another person has caused, is causing or will cause mental harm to that child, is physically and emotionally capable of taking action which will prevent the harm, fails to take that action and the failure to act exposes the child to an unreasonable risk of mental harm by the other person or facilitates the mental harm to the child that is caused by the other person.

SB237, s. 565 Section 565. 948.05 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB237,143,10 948.05 (1) (intro.) Whoever does any of the following with knowledge of the character and content of the sexually explicit conduct involving the child is guilty of a Class C F felony:

SB237, s. 566 Section 566. 948.05 (1m) of the statutes, as affected by 1999 Wisconsin Act 3, is amended to read:

SB237,143,20 948.05 (1m) Whoever produces, performs in, profits from, promotes, imports into the state, reproduces, advertises, sells, distributes or possesses with intent to sell or distribute, any undeveloped film, photographic negative, photograph, motion picture, videotape, sound recording or other reproduction of a child engaging in sexually explicit conduct is guilty of a Class C F felony if the person knows the character and content of the sexually explicit conduct involving the child and if the person knows or reasonably should know that the child engaging in the sexually explicit conduct has not attained the age of 18 years.

SB237, s. 567 Section 567. 948.05 (2) of the statutes, as affected by 1999 Wisconsin Act 3, is amended to read:

SB237,143,25 948.05 (2) A person responsible for a child's welfare who knowingly permits, allows or encourages the child to engage in sexually explicit conduct for a purpose proscribed in sub. (1) (a) or (b) or (1m) is guilty of a Class C F felony.

SB237, s. 568 Section 568. 948.055 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB237,144,3 948.055 (2) (a) A Class C F felony if the child has not attained the age of 13 years.

SB237, s. 569 Section 569. 948.055 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB237,144,6 948.055 (2) (b) A Class D H felony if the child has attained the age of 13 years but has not attained the age of 18 years.

SB237, s. 570 Section 570. 948.06 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB237,144,9 948.06 Incest with a child. (intro.) Whoever does any of the following is guilty of a Class BC C felony:

SB237, s. 571 Section 571. 948.07 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB237,144,14 948.07 Child enticement. (intro.) Whoever, with intent to commit any of the following acts, causes or attempts to cause any child who has not attained the age of 18 years to go into any vehicle, building, room or secluded place is guilty of a Class BC D felony:

SB237, s. 572 Section 572. 948.08 of the statutes is amended to read:

SB237,144,18 948.08 Soliciting a child for prostitution. Whoever intentionally solicits or causes any child to practice prostitution or establishes any child in a place of prostitution is guilty of a Class BC D felony.

SB237, s. 573 Section 573. 948.095 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB237,144,22 948.095 (2) (intro.) Whoever has sexual contact or sexual intercourse with a child who has attained the age of 16 years and who is not the defendant's spouse is guilty of a Class D H felony if all of the following apply:

SB237, s. 574 Section 574. 948.11 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB237,145,3 948.11 (2) (a) Whoever, with knowledge of the nature of the material, sells, rents, exhibits, transfers or loans to a child any harmful material, with or without monetary consideration, is guilty of a Class E I felony.

SB237, s. 575 Section 575. 948.11 (2) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB237,145,8 948.11 (2) (am) Any person who has attained the age of 17 and who, with knowledge of the nature of the description or narrative account, verbally communicates, by any means, a harmful description or narrative account to a child, with or without monetary consideration, is guilty of a Class E I felony.

SB237, s. 576 Section 576. 948.12 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB237,145,13 948.12 Possession of child pornography. (intro.) Whoever possesses any undeveloped film, photographic negative, photograph, motion picture, videotape or other pictorial reproduction or audio recording of a child engaged in sexually explicit conduct under all of the following circumstances is guilty of a Class E I felony:

SB237, s. 577 Section 577. 948.13 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB237,145,19 948.13 (2) Whoever has been convicted of a serious child sex offense and subsequently engages in an occupation or participates in a volunteer position that requires him or her to work or interact primarily and directly with children under 16 years of age is guilty of a Class C F felony. This subsection does not apply to a person who is exempt under a court order issued under sub. (2m).

SB237, s. 578 Section 578. 948.20 of the statutes is amended to read:

SB237,145,23 948.20 Abandonment of a child. Whoever, with intent to abandon the child, leaves any child in a place where the child may suffer because of neglect is guilty of a Class D G felony.

SB237, s. 579 Section 579. 948.21 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB237,146,4 948.21 (1) Any person who is responsible for a child's welfare who, through his or her actions or failure to take action, intentionally contributes to the neglect of the child is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor or, if death is a consequence, a Class C D felony.

SB237, s. 580 Section 580. 948.22 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB237,146,11 948.22 (2) Any person who intentionally fails for 120 or more consecutive days to provide spousal, grandchild or child support which the person knows or reasonably should know the person is legally obligated to provide is guilty of a Class E I felony. A prosecutor may charge a person with multiple counts for a violation under this subsection if each count covers a period of at least 120 consecutive days and there is no overlap between periods.

SB237, s. 581 Section 581. 948.23 of the statutes is amended to read:

SB237,146,15 948.23 Concealing death of child. Any person who conceals the corpse of any issue of a woman's body with intent to prevent a determination of whether it was born dead or alive is guilty of a Class E I felony.

SB237, s. 582 Section 582. 948.24 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB237,146,18 948.24 (1) (intro.) Whoever does any of the following is guilty of a Class D H felony:

SB237, s. 583 Section 583. 948.30 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB237,146,21 948.30 (1) (intro.) Any person who, for any unlawful purpose, does any of the following is guilty of a Class C E felony:

SB237, s. 584 Section 584. 948.30 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB237,146,24 948.30 (2) (intro.) Any person who, for any unlawful purpose, does any of the following is guilty of a Class B C felony:

SB237, s. 585 Section 585. 948.31 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB237,147,9 948.31 (1) (b) Except as provided under chs. 48 and 938, whoever intentionally causes a child to leave, takes a child away or withholds a child for more than 12 hours beyond the court-approved period of physical placement or visitation period from a legal custodian with intent to deprive the custodian of his or her custody rights without the consent of the custodian is guilty of a Class C F felony. This paragraph is not applicable if the court has entered an order authorizing the person to so take or withhold the child. The fact that joint legal custody has been awarded to both parents by a court does not preclude a court from finding that one parent has committed a violation of this paragraph.

SB237, s. 586 Section 586. 948.31 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB237,147,17 948.31 (2) Whoever causes a child to leave, takes a child away or withholds a child for more than 12 hours from the child's parents or, in the case of a nonmarital child whose parents do not subsequently intermarry under s. 767.60, from the child's mother or, if he has been granted legal custody, the child's father, without the consent of the parents, the mother or the father with legal custody, is guilty of a Class E I felony. This subsection is not applicable if legal custody has been granted by court order to the person taking or withholding the child.

SB237, s. 587 Section 587. 948.31 (3) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB237,147,20 948.31 (3) (intro.) Any parent, or any person acting pursuant to directions from the parent, who does any of the following is guilty of a Class C F felony:

SB237, s. 588 Section 588. 948.35 of the statutes is repealed.

SB237, s. 589 Section 589. 948.36 of the statutes is repealed.

SB237, s. 590 Section 590. 948.40 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB237,147,25 948.40 (4) (a) If death is a consequence, the person is guilty of a Class C D felony; or

SB237, s. 591 Section 591. 948.40 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB237,148,4 948.40 (4) (b) If the child's act which is encouraged or contributed to is a violation of a state or federal criminal law which is punishable as a felony, the person is guilty of a Class D H felony.

SB237, s. 592 Section 592. 948.51 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB237,148,7 948.51 (3) (b) A Class E H felony if the act results in great bodily harm or death to another.

SB237, s. 593 Section 593. 948.51 (3) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

SB237,148,9 948.51 (3) (c) A Class G felony if the act results in the death of another.

SB237, s. 594 Section 594. 948.60 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB237,148,13 948.60 (2) (b) Except as provided in par. (c), any person who intentionally sells, loans or gives a dangerous weapon to a person under 18 years of age is guilty of a Class E I felony.

SB237, s. 595 Section 595. 948.60 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB237,148,17 948.60 (2) (c) Whoever violates par. (b) is guilty of a Class D H felony if the person under 18 years of age under par. (b) discharges the firearm and the discharge causes death to himself, herself or another.

SB237, s. 596 Section 596. 948.605 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB237,148,21 948.605 (2) (a) Any individual who knowingly possesses a firearm at a place that the individual knows, or has reasonable cause to believe, is a school zone is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor I felony.

SB237, s. 597 Section 597. 948.605 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB237,148,25 948.605 (3) (a) Any individual who knowingly, or with reckless disregard for the safety of another, discharges or attempts to discharge a firearm at a place the individual knows is a school zone is guilty of a Class D G felony.

SB237, s. 598 Section 598. 948.605 (4) of the statutes is repealed.

SB237, s. 599 Section 599. 948.61 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB237,149,5 948.61 (2) (b) A Class E I felony, if the violation is the person's 2nd or subsequent violation of this section within a 5-year period, as measured from the dates the violations occurred.

SB237, s. 600 Section 600. 948.62 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB237,149,8 948.62 (1) (a) A Class E felony A misdemeanor, if the value of the property does not exceed $500.

SB237, s. 601 Section 601. 948.62 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB237,149,11 948.62 (1) (b) A Class D I felony, if the value of the property exceeds $500 but does not exceed $2,500 $2,000.

SB237, s. 602 Section 602. 948.62 (1) (bm) of the statutes is created to read:

SB237,149,14 948.62 (1) (bm) A Class H felony, if the value of the property exceeds $2,000 but does not exceed $5,000.

SB237, s. 603 Section 603. 948.62 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB237,149,17 948.62 (1) (c) A Class C G felony, if the value of the property exceeds $2,500 $5,000.

SB237, s. 604 Section 604. 949.03 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB237,149,24 949.03 (1) (b) The commission or the attempt to commit any crime specified in s. 346.62 (4), 346.63 (2) or (6), 940.01, 940.02, 940.03, 940.05, 940.06, 940.07, 940.08, 940.09, 940.10, 940.19, 940.20, 940.201, 940.21, 940.22 (2), 940.225, 940.23, 940.24, 940.25, 940.285, 940.29, 940.30, 940.305, 940.31, 940.32, 941.327, 943.02, 943.03, 943.04, 943.10, 943.20, 943.23 (1g), (1m) or (1r), 943.32, 948.02, 948.025, 948.03, 948.04, 948.07, 948.095, 948.20, 948.30 or 948.51.

SB237, s. 605 Section 605. 950.04 (1v) (g) of the statutes is amended to read: