LRB-0813/1
CMH:wlj:jf
2007 - 2008 LEGISLATURE
March 5, 2007 - Introduced by Representatives Benedict, Sheridan, Bies,
Gronemus, Musser, Sinicki
and Turner, cosponsored by Senators Robson,
Roessler
and Schultz. Referred to Committee on Criminal Justice.
AB135,1,2 1An Act to create 941.20 (1m) (c) of the statutes; relating to: pointing a firearm
2at or towards a law enforcement officer and providing a penalty.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Current law prohibits a person from intentionally pointing a firearm at or
towards a law enforcement officer who is acting in an official capacity. A person who
violates this prohibition is guilty of a felony and may be fined up to $10,000 or
sentenced to a term of imprisonment of up to six years (which, if the sentence is for
more than one year, includes a term of extended supervision) or both.
This bill prohibits a person from intentionally pointing an object at or towards
a law enforcement officer who is acting in an official capacity if the law enforcement
officer may reasonably believe that the object is a firearm.
Because this bill creates a new crime or revises a penalty for an existing crime,
the Joint Review Committee on Criminal Penalties may be requested to prepare a
report concerning the proposed penalty and the costs or savings that are likely to
result if the bill is enacted.
For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be
printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB135, s. 1 3Section 1. 941.20 (1m) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
AB135,2,5
1941.20 (1m) (c) Whoever intentionally points at or towards a law enforcement
2officer any object that the law enforcement officer could reasonably believe, given the
3circumstances, is a firearm is guilty of a Class H felony if the law enforcement officer
4is acting in an official capacity and the person knows or has reason to know that the
5officer is a law enforcement officer.
AB135,2,66 (End)
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