2013 - 2014 LEGISLATURE
June 17, 2013 - Introduced by Representatives Goyke, Barnes, Wright, Danou,
Spiros, Kaufert, Bies, Ohnstad, Johnson, Smith, Riemer, Wachs, Kahl,
Sinicki, Sargent, Vruwink, Doyle, Berceau, Hesselbein, Pope, Genrich and
Zepnick, cosponsored by Senators Carpenter, Schultz, L. Taylor and Lassa.
Referred to Committee on Criminal Justice.
AB250,1,6 1An Act to renumber and amend 941.30 (1); to amend 941.30 (2) and 947.013
2(1m) (intro.); and to create 941.30 (1d), 941.30 (1m), 941.30 (2m) and 947.013
3(1p) of the statutes; relating to: creating an enhanced penalty for harassing,
4intimidating, or recklessly endangering a law enforcement officer, a fire fighter,
5an emergency medical technician, a first responder, or an ambulance driver,
6and providing a penalty.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, a person who harasses or intimidates another person by
physical contact or threats of physical contact or by engaging in a course of conduct
or repeated behaviors toward the victim may be required to forfeit up to $1,000.
Under current law, a person who recklessly endangers the safety of another
person is guilty of a Class G felony, except that if the person recklessly endangers the
safety of another person under circumstances that show utter disregard for human
life, he or she is guilty of a Class F felony. A Class G felony is punishable by a fine
up to $25,000, imprisonment for up to ten years, or both. A Class F felony is
punishable by the same fine, imprisonment for up to 12 years and six months, or
both.
Under this bill, a person who harasses or intimidates certain public employees,
including a law enforcement officer; a firefighter; an emergency medical technician;
a first responder; an ambulance driver; a commission warden; a probation, extended

supervision, or parole agent; a school district officer or employee; an operator or
driver of a public transit vehicle; a public or emergency health care provider; a judge;
or an official, employee, or agent of the departments of revenue, safety and
professional services, or workforce development, may be required to forfeit up to
$10,000. A person who recklessly endangers any of the specified public employees
is guilty of a Class F felony, except that if the circumstances demonstrate an utter
disregard for human life, the person is guilty of a Class E felony and may be fined
up to $50,000, imprisoned for up to 15 years, or both.
Under the bill, the greater penalties apply if the public employee was acting in
his or her official capacity when the crime occurred and the person knew or should
have known that the victim was a public employee.
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:
AB250,1 1Section 1. 941.30 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 941.30 (1g) and amended
2to read:
AB250,2,6 3941.30 Recklessly endangering safety. (1g) First-degree recklessly
4endangering safety.
Whoever Except as provided in sub. (1m), whoever recklessly
5endangers another's safety under circumstances which that show utter disregard for
6human life is guilty of a Class F felony.
AB250,2 7Section 2. 941.30 (1d) of the statutes is created to read:
AB250,3,38 941.30 (1d) In this section, "public employee" means a law enforcement officer;
9a firefighter; an emergency medical technician; a first responder; an ambulance
10driver; a commission warden; an aftercare agent, as defined in s. 940.20 (2m) (a) 1.;
11a probation, extended supervision, or parole agent, as defined in s. 940.20 (2m) (a);
12a technical college district or school district officer or employee; an operator or driver
13of a public transit vehicle; a health care provider, as defined in s. 940.20 (7) (a) 3.; a

1judge, as defined in s. 940.203 (1) (b); or an official, employee, or agent of the
2department of revenue, the department of safety and professional services, or the
3department of workforce development.
AB250,3 4Section 3. 941.30 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB250,3,95 941.30 (1m) First-degree recklessly endangering safety; special
6circumstances.
Whoever recklessly endangers, under circumstances that show
7utter disregard for human life, the safety of a public employee who is acting in an
8official capacity and who the person knows or has reason to know is a public employee
9is guilty of a Class E felony.
AB250,4 10Section 4. 941.30 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB250,3,1311 941.30 (2) Second-degree recklessly endangering safety. Whoever Except
12as provided in sub. (2m), whoever
recklessly endangers another's safety is guilty of
13a Class G felony.
AB250,5 14Section 5. 941.30 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB250,3,1815 941.30 (2m) Second-degree recklessly endangering safety; special
16circumstances.
Whoever recklessly endangers the safety of a public employee who
17is acting in an official capacity and who the person knows or has reason to know is
18a public employee is guilty of a Class F felony.
AB250,6 19Section 6. 947.013 (1m) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB250,3,2220 947.013 (1m) (intro.) Whoever, Except as provided in sub. (1p), whoever, with
21intent to harass or intimidate another person, does any of the following is subject to
22a Class B forfeiture:
AB250,7 23Section 7. 947.013 (1p) of the statutes is created to read:
AB250,4,224 947.013 (1p) A person who violates sub. (1m) is subject to a Class A forfeiture
25if the victim is a public employee, as defined in s. 941.30 (1d), who is acting in an

1official capacity and who the person knows or has reason to know is a public
2employee.
AB250,4,33 (End)
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