AB383: Bill Text

Under this bill, chapter 970 contains provisions relating to the commencement of prosecutions. Under current law, a defendant in a felony case is entitled to a preliminary examination, at which the court determines whether there is probable cause to believe that the defendant committed a felony. This bill eliminates the preliminary examination.

This bill replaces several statutes governing deferred prosecution agreements in specific cases with a single, general statute defining and authorizing deferred and suspended prosecution agreements. The bill provides that the same standards that govern a district attorney's charging authority also govern the district attorney's authority to enter into a deferred prosecution agreement and that the same standards that apply to a court's authority to schedule cases and grant continuances apply to a court's authority to suspend prosecution under a suspended prosecution agreement. Under this bill, both a deferred prosecution agreement and a suspended prosecution agreement are enforceable in the same manner as a plea agreement. The bill further notes that consenting to a deferred prosecution or suspended prosecution agreement is not an admission of guilt nor is it admissible in a trial relating to the charge to which the agreement pertains. This bill makes generally applicable a provision in current law that grants immunity from civil liability in excess of $25,000 for acts or omissions by an organization or individual for whom an agreement assigns an individual to work.

Under this bill, chapter 971 addresses pretrial procedures and contains subchapters for commencement of proceedings, pleas, and provisions to expedite proceedings, discovery, motions, and juveniles in adult court. This bill creates a single, general statute for plea agreements. The bill provides that the district attorney and the defendant, without the court's participation, may reach a plea agreement. The agreement may require the district attorney, if the defendant enters a plea of guilty or no contest, to take certain actions, including moving to dismiss or amend any charge; recommending the defendant's request for a particular disposition; or agreeing that a specific disposition is appropriate. The bill also creates a single statute to clarify, and explain the consequences of, the different pleas available to the defendant.

Under current law, before a criminal court dismisses a case against a person, the court must inquire if the district attorney has offered all of the victims an opportunity to confer with the district attorney concerning the prosecution and outcome of the case. This bill codifies case law by adding that, if the district attorney moves to dismiss a complaint, the trial court must grant the motion unless the court finds that dismissal is contrary to the public interest or, if the motion is made during the trial, unless the defendant has not consented. If the court grants the motion, the action is dismissed and the clerk must enter an order to that effect.

The bill requires the court to grant a motion, made before sentencing, to withdraw a plea of guilty or no contest if a fair and just reason for doing so is established and requires the court to grant such a motion, made after sentencing, if the defendant did not knowingly, voluntarily, and understandingly enter the plea or if withdrawal is required to prevent a manifest injustice. Finally, the bill specifies that a withdrawal of a plea of guilty or no contest vacates the judgment, reinstates any original charge, and restores the parties to the position they were in before the plea was accepted.

Under this bill, the purpose of discovery is defined as to promote fair and expeditious disposition of criminal charges, to provide the defendant with sufficient information to make an informed plea, to permit thorough preparation for and minimize surprise at trial, to reduce interruptions and complications during trial and avoid unnecessary trials by resolving any issues before trial, to minimize inequities among similarly situated defendants, to effect economies, and to minimize the burden upon victims and witnesses.

Current law requires a district attorney, upon demand and within a reasonable time before trial, to disclose to the defendant any reports or statements of experts made in connection with the case or, if an expert does not prepare a report or statement, a written summary of the expert's findings or the subject of his or her testimony, and the results of any examination, scientific test, experiment, or comparison that the district attorney intends to offer in evidence. This bill requires any party who intends to call an expert witness to, not less than 15 days before trial, notify the party of the expert's name, address, and qualifications and furnish any reports or statements of experts made in connection with the case or, if none, a written summary of the expert's findings or the subject matter of his or her testimony, and the results of any mental examination, scientific test, experiment, or comparison that the party intends to offer in evidence.

Under this bill, before trial and upon motion by either party, the court may issue a subpoena to require the production of documents and other tangible objects if the evidence may be material to the determination of issues. The motion and the subpoena must specify who must produce the material, whether certified copies of documents may be submitted in lieu of appearance, and other conditions.

Under this bill, the disclosure of discoverable material may be accomplished in any manner mutually agreeable to the parties. If the parties do not agree, the party that has the duty to disclose must either provide a copy of the material to be disclosed or notify the other party that the material may be inspected, copied, or photographed during specified reasonable times and provide suitable machinery for making copies.

Under current law, courts use their authority to manage litigation to specify times for discovery, pretrial motions, notices of intent to offer an alibi or another defense, pretrial conferences, trials, and other proceedings. This bill codifies this specific authority to issue and amend scheduling orders.

Under this bill, the court may, upon motion by the district attorney, order a defendant to participate in a procedure to obtain nontestimonial evidence if the procedure is reasonable. Such procedures include appearing, moving, or speaking for identification in a lineup; trying on clothing and other articles; providing handwriting and voice exemplars; being photographed; having fingerprints or other body impressions taken; providing samples of blood, urine, saliva, semen, skin, breath, hair, or nails or materials under the nails; submitting to body measurements and other reasonable body surface examinations; and submitting to physical and medical inspection.

Under this bill, the court may, upon motion of a defendant, issue a subpoena requiring an individual to participate in a procedure to obtain nontestimonial evidence if an affidavit or testimony shows probable cause to believe that the individual to be subpoenaed committed the crime with which the defendant is charged and that the evidence sought is necessary to an adequate defense and cannot practicably be obtained from other sources.

Under this bill, the district attorney may provide discovery before the initial appearance. At the initial appearance this bill requires the district attorney to disclose, after the defendant has obtained or waived legal representation, any pertinent law enforcement investigative reports the district attorney has and a copy of the defendant's criminal record.

Under current law, the procedure for asserting that a statute is unconstitutional is located in the civil procedure statutes. This bill adds a procedure to the criminal procedure code that provides that, if a defendant moves to dismiss a criminal prosecution by asserting that the statute under which he or she is charged is unconstitutional, the defendant must serve the motion on the attorney general and the district attorney.

This bill specifies that, if a defendant moves for severance because a codefendant's out-of-court statement refers to, but is not admissible against, the defendant and the court determines that the state intends to offer the statement in evidence, the court must require the district attorney to elect one of the following: 1) a joint trial at which the statement is not received in evidence; 2) a joint trial at which the statement is received in evidence only after all references to the defendant have been deleted, if admission of the statement with the deletions made will not cause prejudice; 3) a separate trial for the defendant; or 4) if the court approves, a single trial with a separate jury for the defendant and the codefendant.

This bill permits a defendant to move for a pretrial dismissal of the complaint. The motion must state the grounds and specify the following: 1) any elements or required facts that the defendant believes the state cannot prove because there is no genuine issue as to any material fact; 2) any evidence, or absence of evidence, that the defendant believes is uncontroverted and that establishes the grounds stated in the motion, and 3) any applicable included crime that the defendant believes the state cannot prove at trial because there is no genuine issue as to any material fact. If the grounds, if true, would justify granting the dismissal motion and the allegations in the complaint do not demonstrate that there is a genuine issue of material fact as to those grounds, the district attorney may file a written response to establish the elements or other facts that the state is required to prove at trial. The court may request that the district attorney and defense counsel present arguments and may allow testimony to resolve the questions whether a genuine issue of material fact exists. Unless the court denies the motion because the grounds, if true, would not justify granting the motion or because the allegations demonstrate a genuine issue of material fact, the court must rule on the motion based on the complaint, the material submitted by the defendant in support of the motion, and material, testimony, or argument presented. If the court concludes, for the reasons specified in the motion, that there is no genuine issue as to any material fact, the court must either grant the motion or allow the district attorney to amend the complaint.

Under this bill, chapter 972 contains statutes relating to criminal trials. Under this bill, if the court authorizes the jurors to ask questions of witnesses, the court must instruct the jury to ask only questions that clarify information already presented and must instruct the jury of the procedure to be used. The procedure provides that the juror must submit the question in writing to the judge who will show the question to the parties. The parties may object to the question without the jury knowing. If the judge, upon reviewing the question and any objections, determines that the question is legally proper, the judge may ask it of the witness.

Under current law, if the number of jurors, including any additional jurors selected, remains more than required at final submission of the cause, the court must determine by lot which jurors will not participate in deliberations and discharge them. Under this bill, the court may, for good cause, discharge additional jurors other than by lot. Moreover, this bill allows the court to determine which jurors will not participate in deliberations but retain those jurors as alternates after the jury retires to deliberate. If an alternate replaces a juror after deliberations have begun, the court must instruct the jury to begin its deliberations anew.

This bill defines "stipulation" as an agreement between the parties that a specified fact is taken as established without need for proof. Further, a stipulation must be set forth on the record when the court accepts it, and, in a jury trial, the court must instruct the jury to take stipulated facts as conclusively proved.

Finally, this bill specifies that a verdict must be unanimous and returned in open court. Under current case law, a defendant in a criminal case has the right to poll the jury, and refusal to permit the defendant to do so is an error for which the verdict will be set aside. This bill requires a court to ask each juror individually whether the verdict as returned was and is the juror's verdict. This bill requires the court to accept the verdict if it is in proper form and confirmed by the poll.

Under this bill, chapter 975 addresses mental health issues affecting a criminal prosecution such as competency to stand trial and mental responsibility, commonly known as the "insanity defense." Under current law, when there is reason to doubt a defendant's competency to proceed in a criminal action, the court must appoint an examiner to submit to the court a report upon the condition of the defendant that contains specified findings. This bill adds that, if the examiner reports that the defendant is not competent to proceed and that the defendant is not likely to become competent within the maximum period of commitment under the competency statutes, the examiner must provide his or her opinion on whether the defendant meets the criteria for civil commitment.

The bill reorganizes the competency hearing statutes and makes certain changes to burdens of persuasion. Under current law, at the outset of the competency hearing, if the defendant claims to be incompetent or is silent, the defendant must be found incompetent unless the state proves by the greater weight of the credible evidence that the defendant is competent. Under current law, if the defendant claims to be competent, the defendant must be found competent unless the state proves by clear and convincing evidence that the defendant is incompetent. Under the bill, the state has the burden of going forward with evidence at a competency hearing, and the court may find the defendant competent to proceed only if the court finds by the greater weight of the evidence that the defendant is competent to proceed. The bill specifies the following: 1) if the defendant is not competent and the court finds by the greater weight of the evidence that the defendant is not likely to become competent within the maximum period of commitment, the court must order the defendant be released or delivered to a facility; 2) if the defendant is not competent and the court finds by the greater weight of the evidence that the defendant is likely to become competent within the maximum period of commitment without inpatient treatment, the court must order that the defendant be released and may require the defendant to participate in outpatient treatment, or undergo periodic reexaminations to determine whether the defendant has become competent to proceed, for a period that does not exceed the maximum period of commitment; or 3) if the defendant is not competent and the court finds by clear and convincing evidence that the defendant is likely to become competent within the maximum period of commitment if provided appropriate inpatient treatment, the court must commit the defendant to the custody of the Department of Health Services (DHS) for treatment. Finally, if the defendant is committed to the department and the court finds by clear and convincing evidence that the defendant is not competent to refuse medication or treatment, the court must find that the defendant is not competent to refuse medication or treatment and must order whoever administers medication or treatment to the defendant to observe appropriate medical standards.

Under current law, if the defendant is committed to the custody of DHS for treatment following a competency proceeding, the days spent in commitment are given credit toward the service of his or her sentence for the same course of conduct. This bill requires the court to include in the commitment order a specific finding of the number of days spent in precommitment custody.

Current law requires DHS to periodically reexamine the defendant and to submit to the court a written report on the defendant's mental condition at three months, six months, and nine months after commitment. This bill requires an additional report if DHS determines that the defendant has become competent or that the defendant is not likely to become competent within the remaining commitment period and requires the court to schedule a review of this additional report within 14 days.

This bill creates a process for the court to follow whenever the court determines there is reason to doubt a defendant's ability, with a reasonable degree of rational understanding, to assist counsel or make decisions when seeking an appeal or a motion for postconviction relief. Pending the determination or after a finding of incompetency, the circuit court may allow proceedings on any issue raised by the defendant's attorney that rests on the records, does not require the defendant to assist counsel or make a decision, and involves no risk to the defendant and the court of appeals may grant the defendant a continuance or lengthen the time for filing necessary notices or motions for postconviction relief. If the court finds that the defendant lacks competency, the court may appoint a guardian to make decisions or order treatment to restore the defendant to competency to pursue postconviction relief. Finally, the bill provides that a defendant who lacks competency to pursue postconviction relief may, after regaining competency, raise any issue at a later proceeding that he or she did not raise earlier because of incompetency.

Under current law, if a defendant is found not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect, the court must enter a judgment of not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect and proceed to commitment. The judgment is interlocutory to the commitment order and reviewable upon appeal. Under this bill, the court must proceed to a dispositional hearing and the commitment order is the final order and is appealable as a matter of right. Upon appeal, this bill provides that all properly preserved issues, including those relating to the guilt phase of the trial, may be raised.

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

AB383,1 Section 1. 6.10 (7m) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB383,18,2 6.10 (7m) (a) (intro.) The residence of a person who is detained, or committed and institutionalized, under s. 51.20, 971.14, or 971.17 or ch. 975 or 980 shall be determined by applying the standards under sub. (1) to whichever of the following dates is applicable to the circumstances of the person:

AB383,2 Section 2. 6.10 (7m) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB383,18,5 6.10 (7m) (a) 2. For a person committed under s. 971.14 or 971.17 ch. 975, the date of the offense or alleged offense that resulted in the person's commitment.

AB383,3 Section 3. 13.35 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB383,18,8 13.35 (2) The immunity provided under sub. (1) is subject to the restrictions under s. 972.085 967.18.

AB383,4 Section 4. 16.84 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB383,19,2 16.84 (2) Appoint such number of police officers as is necessary to safeguard all public property placed by law in the department's charge, and provide, by agreement with any other state agency, police and security services at buildings and facilities owned, controlled, or occupied by the other state agency. The governor or the department may, to the extent it is necessary, authorize police officers employed by the department to safeguard state officers, state employees, or other persons. A police officer who is employed by the department and who is performing duties that are within the scope of his or her employment as a police officer has the powers of a peace officer under s. 59.28, except that the officer has the arrest powers of a law enforcement officer under s. 968.07 969.16 regardless of whether the violation is punishable by forfeiture or criminal penalty. The officer may exercise the powers of a peace officer and the arrest powers of a law enforcement officer while located anywhere within this state. Nothing in this subsection limits or impairs the duty of the chief and each police officer of the police force of the municipality in which the property is located to arrest and take before the proper court or magistrate persons found in a state of intoxication or engaged in any disturbance of the peace or violating any state law in the municipality in which the property is located, as required by s. 62.09 (13).

AB383,5 Section 5. 17.16 (7) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB383,19,5 17.16 (7) (b) The immunity provided under par. (a) is subject to the restrictions under s. 972.085 967.18.

AB383,6 Section 6. 19.32 (1b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB383,19,10 19.32 (1b) "Committed person" means a person who is committed under ch. 975, 2011 stats., or ch. 51, 971, 975, or 980 and who is placed in an inpatient treatment facility, during the period that the person's placement in the inpatient treatment facility continues.

AB383,7 Section 7. 20.435 (2) (bj) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB383,19,21 20.435 (2) (bj) Competency examinations and treatment, and conditional release, supervised release, and community supervision services. Biennially, the amounts in the schedule for outpatient competency examinations and treatment services; and for payment by the department of costs for treatment and services for persons released under s. 980.06 (2) (c), 1997 stats., s. 980.08 (5), 2003 stats., or s. 971.17 (3) (d) or (4) (e) 975.57, 975.59, or 980.08 (4) (g) or for persons who are inmates of the department of corrections who are released on community supervision, for which the department has contracted with county departments under s. 51.42 (3) (aw) 1. d., with other public agencies, or with private agencies to provide the treatment and services.

AB383,8 Section 8. 20.435 (2) (gk) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB383,21,4 20.435 (2) (gk) Institutional operations and charges. The amounts in the schedule for care, other than under s. 51.06 (1r), provided by the centers for the developmentally disabled, to reimburse the cost of providing the services and to remit any credit balances to county departments that occur on and after July 1, 1978, in accordance with s. 51.437 (4rm) (c); for care, other than under s. 46.043, provided by the mental health institutes, to reimburse the cost of providing the services and to remit any credit balances to county departments that occur on and after January 1, 1979, in accordance with s. 51.42 (3) (as) 2.; for maintenance of state-owned housing at centers for the developmentally disabled and mental health institutes; for repair or replacement of property damaged at the mental health institutes or at centers for the developmentally disabled; and for reimbursing the total cost of using, producing, and providing services, products, and care. All moneys received as payments from medical assistance on and after August 1, 1978; as payments from all other sources including other payments under s. 46.10 and payments under s. 51.437 (4rm) (c) received on and after July 1, 1978; as medical assistance payments, other payments under s. 46.10, and payments under s. 51.42 (3) (as) 2. received on and after January 1, 1979; as payments for the rental of state-owned housing and other institutional facilities at centers for the developmentally disabled and mental health institutes; for the sale of electricity, steam, or chilled water; as payments in restitution of property damaged at the mental health institutes or at centers for the developmentally disabled; for the sale of surplus property, including vehicles, at the mental health institutes or at centers for the developmentally disabled; and for other services, products, and care shall be credited to this appropriation, except that any payment under s. 46.10 received for the care or treatment of patients admitted under s. 51.10, 51.15, or 51.20 for which the state is liable under s. 51.05 (3), of forensic patients committed under ch. 971 975, 2011 stats., or ch. 975, admitted under ch. 975, 2011 stats., or transferred under s. 51.35 (3), or of patients transferred from a state prison under s. 51.37 (5), to the Mendota Mental Health Institute or the Winnebago Mental Health Institute shall be treated as general purpose revenue — earned, as defined under s. 20.001 (4); and except that moneys received under s. 51.06 (6) may be expended only as provided in s. 13.101 (17).

AB383,9 Section 9. 20.550 (1) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB383,21,10 20.550 (1) (f) Transcripts, discovery, and interpreters. The amounts in the schedule for the costs of interpreters and discovery materials and for the compensation of court reporters or clerks of circuit court for preliminary examination, trial, and appeal transcripts, and the payment of related costs under s. 967.06 (3) 977.072.

AB383,10 Section 10. 23.33 (4c) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB383,21,21 23.33 (4c) (b) 3. `Related charges.' A person may be charged with and a prosecutor may proceed upon a complaint based upon a violation of any combination of subd. 1., 2., or 2m. for acts arising out of the same incident or occurrence. If the person is charged with violating any combination of subd. 1., 2., or 2m. in the complaint, the crimes shall be joined under s. 971.12 970.13. If the person is found guilty of any combination of subd. 1., 2., or 2m. for acts arising out of the same incident or occurrence, there shall be a single conviction for purposes of sentencing and for purposes of counting convictions under sub. (13) (b) 2. and 3. Subdivisions 1., 2., and 2m. each require proof of a fact for conviction which the others do not require.

AB383,11 Section 11. 23.56 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB383,22,4 23.56 (1) A person may be arrested for a violation of those statutes enumerated in s. 23.50 (1), any administrative rules promulgated thereunder, any rule of the Kickapoo reserve management board under s. 41.41 (7) (k), or any local ordinances enacted by any local authority in accordance with s. 23.33 (11) (am) or 30.77, after a warrant that substantially complies with s. 968.04 969.20 has been issued. Except as provided in sub. (2), the person arrested shall be brought without unreasonable delay before a court having jurisdiction to try the action.

AB383,12 Section 12. 23.65 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB383,22,9 23.65 (2) The complaint shall be prepared in the form specified in s. 23.55. After a complaint is prepared, it shall be filed with the judge and a summons shall be issued or the complaint shall be dismissed pursuant to s. 968.03 969.20. Such filing commences the action.

AB383,13 Section 13. 29.921 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB383,22,14 29.921 (6) Search warrants; subpoenas. In executing search warrants and subpoenas under this chapter where the penalty for the violation is a forfeiture, the department shall use procedures which comply with ss. 968.12 968.465, 968.485, 968.495, 968.506, 968.605, 968.615, and 968.135 to 968.19 968.705.

AB383,14 Section 14. 29.938 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB383,22,17 29.938 (2) Property turned over to the department under s. 968.20 (3) 175.27 (1).

AB383,15 Section 15. 29.972 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB383,22,20 29.972 (1) (a) Fails to respond to a summons under s. 23.66 (3) or 23.67 (4), or a warrant or summons under s. 968.04 969.20.

AB383,16 Section 16. 29.972 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB383,22,23 29.972 (1) (c) Fails to appear before the court and is subject to a bench warrant under s. 968.09 969.50.

AB383,17 Section 17. 29.974 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB383,23,10 29.974 (1) If a person is convicted of any violation of this chapter, of s. 167.31 (2) or (3) or of a rule promulgated under s. 167.31 (4m), and it is alleged in the indictment, information or complaint, and proved or admitted on trial or ascertained by the court after conviction that the person was previously convicted within a period of 5 years for a violation of this chapter, of s. 167.31 (2) or (3) or of a rule promulgated under s. 167.31 (4m) by any court of this state, the person shall be fined not more than $100, or imprisoned not more than 6 months or both. In addition, all hunting, fishing and trapping approvals issued to the person shall be revoked and no hunting, fishing or trapping approval may be issued to the person for a period of one year after the 2nd conviction.

AB383,18 Section 18. 29.974 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB383,23,20 29.974 (2) (b) When any person is convicted and it is alleged in the indictment, information or complaint and proved or admitted on trial or ascertained by the court after conviction that the person had been before convicted 3 times within a period of 3 years for violations of this chapter or department order punishable under s. 29.501 (10), 29.601 (1) or 29.971 (5), or for violation of s. 29.539, or for violation of any statute or department order regulating the taking or possession of any wild animal or carcass during the closed season or any combination of those violations by any court of this state, and that the convictions remain of record and unreversed, the person shall be fined not more than $2,000 or imprisoned for not more than 9 months or both.

AB383,19 Section 19. 30.681 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB383,24,6 30.681 (2) (c) Related charges. A person may be charged with and a prosecutor may proceed upon a complaint based upon a violation of any combination of par. (a) or (b) 1., 1m., or 2. for acts arising out of the same incident or occurrence. If the person is charged with violating any combination of par. (a) or (b) 1., 1m., or 2. in the complaint, the crimes shall be joined under s. 971.12 970.13. If the person is found guilty of any combination of par. (a) or (b) 1., 1m., or 2. for acts arising out of the same incident or occurrence, there shall be a single conviction for purposes of sentencing and for purposes of counting convictions under s. 30.80 (6) (a) 2. and 3. Paragraphs (a) and (b) 1., 1m., and 2. each require proof of a fact for conviction which the others do not require.

AB383,20 Section 20. 46.10 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB383,25,11 46.10 (2) Except as provided in subs. (2m) and (14) (b) and (c), any person, including but not limited to a person admitted, committed, protected, or placed under s. 975.01, 1977 stats., s. 975.02, 1977 stats., s. 975.17, 1977 stats., s. 55.05 (5), 2003 stats., and s. 55.06, 2003 stats., and ss. or s. 975.06, 2011 stats., or s. 51.10, 51.13, 51.15, 51.20, 51.35 (3), 51.37 (5), 51.45 (10), (11), (12) and (13), 55.05, 55.055, 55.12, 55.13, 55.135, 971.14 (2) and (5), 971.17 (1), 975.06 and or 980.06, or ch. 975, receiving care, maintenance, services and supplies provided by any institution in this state including University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics, in which the state is chargeable with all or part of the person's care, maintenance, services and supplies, any person receiving care and services from a county department established under s. 51.42 or 51.437 or from a facility established under s. 49.73, and any person receiving treatment and services from a public or private agency under s. 980.06 (2) (c), 1997 stats., s. 980.08 (5), 2003 stats., or s. 971.17 (3) (d) or (4) (e) 975.57 (4), 975.59, or 980.08 (4) (g) and the person's property and estate, including the homestead, and the spouse of the person, and the spouse's property and estate, including the homestead, and, in the case of a minor child, the parents of the person, and their property and estates, including their homestead, and, in the case of a foreign child described in s. 48.839 (1) who became dependent on public funds for his or her primary support before an order granting his or her adoption, the resident of this state appointed guardian of the child by a foreign court who brought the child into this state for the purpose of adoption, and his or her property and estate, including his or her homestead, shall be liable for the cost of the care, maintenance, services and supplies in accordance with the fee schedule established by the department under s. 46.03 (18). If a spouse, widow or minor, or an incapacitated person may be lawfully dependent upon the property for their support, the court shall release all or such part of the property and estate from the charges that may be necessary to provide for those persons. The department shall make every reasonable effort to notify the liable persons as soon as possible after the beginning of the maintenance, but the notice or the receipt thereof is not a condition of liability.

AB383,21 Section 21. 46.90 (6) (bt) 8. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB383,25,16 46.90 (6) (bt) 8. To the attorney or guardian ad litem for the elder adult at risk who is the alleged victim named in the record, to assist in preparing for any proceeding under ch. 975, 2011 stats., or ch. 48, 51, 54, 55, 813, 971, or 975 pertaining to the alleged victim.

AB383,22 Section 22. 48.31 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB383,26,13 48.31 (2) The hearing shall be to the court unless the child, the child's parent, guardian, or legal custodian, the unborn child by the unborn child's guardian ad litem, or the expectant mother of the unborn child exercises the right to a jury trial by demanding a jury trial at any time before or during the plea hearing. If a jury trial is demanded in a proceeding under s. 48.13 or 48.133, the jury shall consist of 6 persons. If a jury trial is demanded in a proceeding under s. 48.42, the jury shall consist of 12 persons unless the parties agree to a lesser number. Chapters 756 and 805 shall govern the selection of jurors. If the hearing involves a child victim or witness, as defined in s. 950.02, the court may order that a deposition be taken by audiovisual means and allow the use of a recorded deposition under s. 967.04 (7) to (10) and, with the district attorney, shall comply with s. 971.105 967.22. At the conclusion of the hearing, the court or jury shall make a determination of the facts, except that in a case alleging a child or an unborn child to be in need of protection or services under s. 48.13 or 48.133, the court shall make the determination under s. 48.13 (intro.) or 48.133 relating to whether the child or unborn child is in need of protection or services that can be ordered by the court. If the court finds that the child or unborn child is not within the jurisdiction of the court or, in a case alleging a child or an unborn child to be in need of protection or services under s. 48.13 or 48.133, that the child or unborn child is not in need of protection or services that can be ordered by the court or if the court or jury finds that the facts alleged in the petition have not been proved, the court shall dismiss the petition with prejudice.

AB383,23 Section 23. 48.315 (4) of the statutes is created to read:

AB383,26,22 48.315 (4) The court and the representative of the public under s. 48.09 shall take appropriate action to ensure a speedy fact-finding and dispositional hearing in order to minimize the time during which any victim of the abuse or neglect addressed at the hearing or any witness, as defined in s. 950.02 (5), who is a child must endure the stress of his or her involvement in the proceeding. In ruling on any motion or other request for any continuance or delay of the proceedings, the court shall consider and give weight to any adverse impact the delay or continuance may have on the well-being of the victim or any child witness.

AB383,24 Section 24. 48.366 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB383,27,3 48.366 (1) (b) Subject to par. (c), if the person committed a crime specified in s. 940.20 (1) or 946.43 while placed in a juvenile correctional facility and is adjudged delinquent on that basis following transfer of jurisdiction under s. 970.032 971.75 (5), the court shall enter an order extending its jurisdiction until the person reaches 21 years of age or until termination of the order under sub. (6), whichever occurs earlier.

AB383,25 Section 25. 48.396 (2) (dr) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB383,27,10 48.396 (2) (dr) Upon request of the department of corrections or any other person preparing a presentence investigation under s. 972.15 973.004 to review court records for the purpose of preparing the presentence investigation, the court shall open for inspection by any authorized representative of the requester the records of the court relating to any child who has been the subject of a proceeding under this chapter.

AB383,26 Section 26. 48.78 (2) (d) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB383,27,13 48.78 (2) (d) 1. The subject of a presentence investigation under s. 972.15 973.004.

AB383,27 Section 27. 48.981 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB383,28,5 48.981 (1) (b) "Community placement" means probation; extended supervision; parole; aftercare; conditional transfer into the community under s. 51.35 (1); conditional transfer or discharge under s. 51.37 (9); placement in a Type 2 residential care center for children and youth or a Type 2 juvenile correctional facility authorized under s. 938.539 (5); conditional release under s. 971.17 975.57 or 975.59; supervised release under s. 980.06 or 980.08; participation in the community residential confinement program under s. 301.046, the intensive sanctions program under s. 301.048, the corrective sanctions program under s. 938.533, the intensive supervision program under s. 938.534, or the serious juvenile offender program under s. 938.538; or any other placement of an adult or juvenile offender in the community under the custody or supervision of the department of corrections, the department of health services, a county department under s. 46.215, 46.22, 46.23, 51.42, or 51.437 or any other person under contract with the department of corrections, the department of health services or a county department under s. 46.215, 46.22, 46.23, 51.42, or 51.437 to exercise custody or supervision over the offender.

AB383,28 Section 28. 48.981 (7) (a) 14m. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB383,28,7 48.981 (7) (a) 14m. A judge conducting proceedings under s. 968.26 968.105.

AB383,29 Section 29. 49.138 (1m) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB383,28,10 49.138 (1m) (c) A member of the family was a victim of domestic abuse, as defined in s. 968.075 969.27 (1) (a).

AB383,30 Section 30. 49.19 (4) (d) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB383,28,14 49.19 (4) (d) 3. Is the wife of a husband who has been committed to the department pursuant to ch. 975, 2011 stats., irrespective of the probable period of such commitment; or

AB383,31 Section 31. 49.95 (8) of the statutes is amended to read: