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AB56-SA12,248 6Section 248. Subchapter VIII of chapter 961 [precedes 961.70] of the statutes
7is created to read:
AB56-SA12,106,88 Chapter 961
AB56-SA12,106,99 Subchapter VIII
AB56-SA12,106,1010 regulation of Marijuana
AB56-SA12,106,11 11961.70 Definitions. In this subchapter:
AB56-SA12,106,12 12(1) “Compassion center" has the meaning given in s. 50.80 (1).
AB56-SA12,106,13 13(2) “Legal age" means 21 years of age.
AB56-SA12,106,14 14(5) “Permissible amount" means one of the following:
AB56-SA12,106,1615 (a) For a person who is a resident of Wisconsin, an amount that does not exceed
162 ounces of usable marijuana.
AB56-SA12,106,1817 (b) For a person who is not a resident of Wisconsin, an amount that does not
18exceed one-quarter ounce of usable marijuana.
AB56-SA12,106,19 19(6) “Permittee" has the meaning given under s. 139.97 (10).
AB56-SA12,106,20 20(7) “Qualifying patient" has the meaning given in s. 50.80 (6).
AB56-SA12,106,21 21(8) “Retail outlet" has the meaning given in s. 139.97 (11).
AB56-SA12,107,2 22(9) “Tetrahydrocannabinols concentration" means the percent of
23delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol content per dry weight of any part of the plant
24Cannabis, or per volume or weight of marijuana product, or the combined percent of

1delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol and tetrahydrocannabinolic acid in any part of the
2plant Cannabis regardless of moisture content.
AB56-SA12,107,3 3(10) “Treatment team" has the meaning given in s. 50.80 (8).
AB56-SA12,107,4 4(11) “Underage person" means a person who has not attained the legal age.
AB56-SA12,107,5 5(12) “Usable marijuana" has the meaning given in s. 139.97 (13).
AB56-SA12,107,9 6961.71 Underage persons prohibitions; penalties. (1) (a) 1. No permittee
7may sell, distribute, or deliver marijuana to any underage person, except that a
8permittee that is also a compassion center may sell, distribute, or deliver to an
9underage person who is a qualifying patient or to a treatment team.
AB56-SA12,107,1110 2. No permittee or compassion center may directly or indirectly permit an
11underage person to violate sub. (2m).
AB56-SA12,107,1412 (b) 1. A permittee that violates par. (a) 1. or 2. may be subject to a forfeiture of
13not more than $500 and to a suspension of the permittee's permit for an amount of
14time not to exceed 30 days.
AB56-SA12,107,1615 2. A compassion center that violates par. (a) 2. may be subject to a forfeiture
16of not more than $500.
AB56-SA12,107,2317 (c) In determining whether a permittee or compassion center has violated par.
18(a) 2., all relevant circumstances surrounding the presence of the underage person
19may be considered. In determining whether a permittee has violated par. (a) 1., all
20relevant circumstances surrounding the selling, distributing, or delivering of
21marijuana may be considered. In addition, proof of all of the following facts by the
22permittee or compassion center is a defense to any prosecution for a violation under
23par. (a):
AB56-SA12,107,2524 1. That the underage person falsely represented that he or she had attained the
25legal age.
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12. That the appearance of the underage person was such that an ordinary and
2prudent person would believe that the underage person had attained the legal age.
AB56-SA12,108,53 3. That the action was made in good faith and in reliance on the representation
4and appearance of the underage person in the belief that the underage person had
5attained the legal age.
AB56-SA12,108,76 4. That the underage person supported the representation under subd. 1. with
7documentation that he or she had attained the legal age.
AB56-SA12,108,9 8(2) Any underage person who does any of the following is subject to a forfeiture
9of not less than $250 nor more than $500:
AB56-SA12,108,1010 (a) Procures or attempts to procure marijuana from a permittee.
AB56-SA12,108,1211 (b) Falsely represents his or her age for the purpose of receiving marijuana from
12a permittee.
AB56-SA12,108,1413 (c) Knowingly possesses or consumes marijuana, except that this paragraph
14does not apply to an underage person who is a qualifying patient.
AB56-SA12,108,1515 (d) Violates sub. (2m).
AB56-SA12,108,21 16(2m) An underage person not accompanied by his or her parent, guardian, or
17spouse who has attained the legal age may not enter, knowingly attempt to enter, or
18be on the premises of a retail outlet that is not a compassion center. An underage
19person not accompanied by his or her parent, guardian, or spouse who has attained
20the legal age or by his or her treatment team may not enter, knowingly attempt to
21enter, or be on the premises of a compassion center.
AB56-SA12,108,23 22(3) An individual who has attained the legal age and who knowingly does any
23of the following may be subject to a forfeiture that does not exceed $1,000:
AB56-SA12,108,2524 (a) Permits or fails to take action to prevent a violation of sub. (2) (c) on premises
25owned by the individual or under the individual's control.
AB56-SA12,109,1
1(b) Encourages or contributes to a violation of sub. (2) (a).
AB56-SA12,109,8 2961.72 Restrictions; penalties. (1) No person except a permittee or a
3compassion center may sell, or possess with the intent to sell, marijuana. No person
4may distribute or deliver, or possess with the intent to distribute or deliver,
5marijuana except a permittee or except a compassion center or a member of a
6treatment team who distributes or delivers, or possesses with the intent to distribute
7or deliver, to a qualifying patient. Any person who violates a prohibition under this
8subsection is guilty of the following:
AB56-SA12,109,99 (a) Except as provided in par. (b), a Class I felony.
AB56-SA12,109,1310 (b) If the individual to whom the marijuana is, or is intended to be, sold,
11distributed, or delivered has not attained the legal age and the actual or intended
12seller, distributor, or deliverer is at least 3 years older than the individual to whom
13the marijuana is, or is intended to be, sold, distributed, or delivered, a Class H felony.
AB56-SA12,109,17 14(2) (a) A person that is not a permittee or a compassion center who possesses
15an amount of marijuana that exceeds the permissible amount but does not exceed 28
16grams of marijuana is subject to a civil forfeiture not to exceed $1,000 or
17imprisonment not to exceed 90 days or both.
AB56-SA12,109,2018 (b) A person who is not a permittee, a compassion center, a qualifying patient,
19or a treatment team member who possesses an amount of marijuana that exceeds 28
20grams of marijuana:
AB56-SA12,109,2121 1. Except as provided in subd. 2., a Class B misdemeanor.
AB56-SA12,109,2322 2. A Class I felony if the person has taken action to hide how much marijuana
23the person possesses and any of the following applies:
AB56-SA12,110,3
1a. The person has in place a system that could alert the person if law
2enforcement approaches an area that contains marijuana if the system exceeds a
3security system that would be used by a reasonable person in the person's region.
AB56-SA12,110,64 b. The person has in place a method of intimidating individuals who approach
5an area that contains marijuana if the method exceeds a method that would be used
6by a reasonable person in the person's region.
AB56-SA12,110,87 c. The person has rigged a system so that any individual approaching the area
8may be injured or killed by the system.
AB56-SA12,110,119 (c) A person who is not a permittee, a compassion center, a qualifying patient,
10or a treatment team member who possesses more than 6 marijuana plants that have
11reached the flowering stage at one time is one of the following:
AB56-SA12,110,1312 1. Except as provided in subds. 2. and 3., subject to a civil forfeiture not to
13exceed $1,000 or imprisonment not to exceed 90 days or both.
AB56-SA12,110,1514 2. Except as provided in subd. 3., guilty of a Class B misdemeanor if the number
15of marijuana plants that have reached the flowering stage is more than 12.
AB56-SA12,110,1916 3. Guilty of a Class I felony if the number of marijuana plants that have reached
17the flowering stage is more than 12, if the individual has taken action to hide the
18number of marijuana plants that have reached the flowering stage, and if any of the
19following applies:
AB56-SA12,110,2320 a. The person has in place a system that could alert the person if law
21enforcement approaches an area that contains marijuana plants if the system
22exceeds a security system that would be used by a reasonable person in the person's
23region.
AB56-SA12,111,3
1b. The person has in place a method of intimidating individuals who approach
2an area that contains marijuana plants if the method exceeds a method that would
3be used by a reasonable person in the person's region.
AB56-SA12,111,54 c. The person has rigged a system so that any individual approaching the area
5that contains marijuana plants may be injured or killed by the system.
AB56-SA12,111,96 (d) No person except a qualifying patient, a member of a treatment team, a
7permittee, or a compassion center may possess marijuana plants that have reached
8the flowering stage. Any person who violates this prohibition must apply for a permit
9under s. 139.979; in addition, the person is one of the following:
AB56-SA12,111,1110 1. Except as provided in subds. 2., 3., and 4., subject to a civil forfeiture that
11is not more than twice the permitting fee under s. 139.979.
AB56-SA12,111,1412 2. Except as provided in subds. 3. and 4., subject to a civil forfeiture not to
13exceed $1,000 or imprisonment not to exceed 90 days or both if the number of
14marijuana plants that have reached the flowering stage is more than 6.
AB56-SA12,111,1615 3. Except as provided in subd. 4., guilty of a Class B misdemeanor if the number
16of marijuana plants that have reached the flowering stage is more than 12.
AB56-SA12,111,2017 4. Guilty of a Class I felony if the number of marijuana plants that have reached
18the flowering stage is more than 12, if the person has taken action to hide how many
19marijuana plants that have reached the flowering stage are being cultivated, and if
20any of the following applies:
AB56-SA12,111,2421 a. The person has in place a system that could alert the person if law
22enforcement approaches an area that contains marijuana plants if the system
23exceeds a security system that would be used by a reasonable person in the person's
24region.
AB56-SA12,112,3
1b. The person has in place a method of intimidating individuals who approach
2an area that contains marijuana plants if the method exceeds a method that would
3be used by a reasonable person in the person's region.
AB56-SA12,112,54 c. The person has rigged a system so that any individual approaching the area
5that contains marijuana plants may be injured or killed by the system.
AB56-SA12,112,76 (e) Whoever uses or displays marijuana in a public space is subject to a civil
7forfeiture of not more than $100.
AB56-SA12,112,9 8(3) Any person except a compassion center who sells or attempts to sell
9marijuana via mail, telephone, or Internet is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
AB56-SA12,249 10Section 249. 967.055 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-SA12,112,2211 967.055 (1) (a) The legislature intends to encourage the vigorous prosecution
12of offenses concerning the operation of motor vehicles by persons under the influence
13of an intoxicant, a controlled substance, a controlled substance analog or any
14combination of an intoxicant, controlled substance and controlled substance analog,
15under the influence of any other drug to a degree which renders him or her incapable
16of safely driving, or under the combined influence of an intoxicant and any other drug
17to a degree which renders him or her incapable of safely driving or having a
18prohibited alcohol concentration, as defined in s. 340.01 (46m), or having a
19tetrahydrocannabinols concentration of 5.0 or greater,
offenses concerning the
20operation of motor vehicles by persons with a detectable amount of a restricted
21controlled substance in his or her blood, and offenses concerning the operation of
22commercial motor vehicles by persons with an alcohol concentration of 0.04 or more.
AB56-SA12,250 23Section 250. 967.055 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-SA12,113,724 967.055 (1) (b) The legislature intends to encourage the vigorous prosecution
25of offenses concerning the operation of motorboats by persons under the influence of

1an intoxicant, a controlled substance, a controlled substance analog or any
2combination of an intoxicant, controlled substance and controlled substance analog
3to a degree which renders him or her incapable of operating a motorboat safely, or
4under the combined influence of an intoxicant and any other drug to a degree which
5renders him or her incapable of operating a motorboat safely or having an alcohol
6concentration of 0.08 or more or a tetrahydrocannabinols concentration of 5.0 or
7greater
.
AB56-SA12,251 8Section 251. 967.055 (1m) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-SA12,113,109 967.055 (1m) (b) 1. A controlled substance included in schedule I under ch. 961
10other than a tetrahydrocannabinol.
AB56-SA12,252 11Section 252. 967.055 (1m) (b) 5. of the statutes is repealed.
AB56-SA12,253 12Section 253. 967.055 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-SA12,114,813 967.055 (2) (a) Notwithstanding s. 971.29, if the prosecutor seeks to dismiss
14or amend a charge under s. 346.63 (1) or (5) or a local ordinance in conformity
15therewith, or s. 346.63 (2) or (6) or 940.25, or s. 940.09 where the offense involved the
16use of a vehicle or an improper refusal under s. 343.305, the prosecutor shall apply
17to the court. The application shall state the reasons for the proposed amendment or
18dismissal. The court may approve the application only if the court finds that the
19proposed amendment or dismissal is consistent with the public's interest in deterring
20the operation of motor vehicles by persons who are under the influence of an
21intoxicant, a controlled substance, a controlled substance analog or any combination
22of an intoxicant, controlled substance and controlled substance analog, under the
23influence of any other drug to a degree which renders him or her incapable of safely
24driving, or under the combined influence of an intoxicant and any other drug to a
25degree which renders him or her incapable of safely driving, in deterring the

1operation of motor vehicles by persons with a detectable amount of a restricted
2controlled substance in his or her blood, in deterring the operation of motor vehicles
3by persons with a tetrahydrocannabinols concentration that is 5.0 or greater,
or in
4deterring the operation of commercial motor vehicles by persons with an alcohol
5concentration of 0.04 or more. The court may not approve an application to amend
6the vehicle classification from a commercial motor vehicle to a noncommercial motor
7vehicle unless there is evidence in the record that the motor vehicle being operated
8by the defendant at the time of his or her arrest was not a commercial motor vehicle.
AB56-SA12,254 9Section 254. 971.365 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-SA12,114,1310 971.365 (1) (a) In any case under s. 961.41 (1) (em), 1999 stats., or s. 961.41 (1)
11(cm), (d), (e), (f), or (g) or (h) involving more than one violation, all violations may be
12prosecuted as a single crime if the violations were pursuant to a single intent and
13design.
AB56-SA12,255 14Section 255. 971.365 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-SA12,114,1815 971.365 (1) (b) In any case under s. 961.41 (1m) (em), 1999 stats., or s. 961.41
16(1m) (cm), (d), (e), (f), or (g) or (h) involving more than one violation, all violations may
17be prosecuted as a single crime if the violations were pursuant to a single intent and
18design.
AB56-SA12,256 19Section 256. 971.365 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-SA12,114,2320 971.365 (1) (c) In any case under s. 961.41 (3g) (a) 2., 1999 stats., or s. 961.41
21(3g) (dm), 1999 stats., or s. 961.41 (3g) (am), (c), (d), (e), or (g) involving more than
22one violation, all violations may be prosecuted as a single crime if the violations were
23pursuant to a single intent and design.
AB56-SA12,257 24Section 257. 971.365 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-SA12,115,6
1971.365 (2) An acquittal or conviction under sub. (1) does not bar a subsequent
2prosecution for any acts in violation of s. 961.41 (1) (em), 1999 stats., s. 961.41 (1m)
3(em), 1999 stats., s. 961.41 (3g) (a) 2., 1999 stats., or s. 961.41 (3g) (dm), 1999 stats.,
4or s. 961.41 (1) (cm), (d), (e), (f), or (g), or (h), (1m) (cm), (d), (e), (f), or (g), or (h) or (3g)
5(am), (c), (d), (e), or (g) on which no evidence was received at the trial on the original
6charge.
AB56-SA12,258 7Section 258. 973.016 of the statutes is created to read:
AB56-SA12,115,11 8973.016 Special disposition for marijuana-related crimes. (1)
9Resentencing persons serving a sentence or probation. (a) A person serving a
10sentence or on probation may request resentencing or dismissal as provided under
11par. (b) if all of the following apply:
AB56-SA12,115,1312 1. The sentence or probation period was imposed for a violation of s. 961.41 (1)
13(h), 2017 stats., s. 961.41 (1m) (h), 2017 stats., or s. 961.41 (3g) (e), 2017 stats.
AB56-SA12,115,1414 2. One of the following applies:
AB56-SA12,115,1615 a. The person would not have been guilty of a crime had the violation occurred
16on or after the effective date of this subd. 2. a. .... [LRB inserts date].
AB56-SA12,115,1817 b. The person would have been guilty of a lesser crime had the violation
18occurred on or after the effective date of this subd. 2. b. .... [LRB inserts date].
AB56-SA12,115,2019 (b) 1. A person to whom par. (a) applies shall file a petition with the sentencing
20court to request resentencing, adjustment of probation, or dismissal.
AB56-SA12,116,321 2. If the court receiving a petition under subd. 1. determines that par. (a)
22applies, the court shall schedule a hearing to consider the petition. At the hearing,
23if the court determines that par. (a) 2. b. applies, the court shall resentence the person
24or adjust the probation and change the record to reflect the lesser crime, and, if the
25court determines that par. (a) 2. a. applies, the court shall dismiss the conviction and

1expunge the record. Before resentencing, adjusting probation, or dismissing a
2conviction under this subdivision, the court shall determine that the action does not
3present an unreasonable risk of danger to public safety.
AB56-SA12,116,54 3. If the court resentences the person or adjusts probation, the person shall
5receive credit for time or probation served for the relevant offense.
AB56-SA12,116,9 6(2) Redesignating offense for persons who completed a sentence or
7probation.
(a) A person who has completed his or her sentence or period of probation
8may request under par. (b) expungement of the conviction because the conviction is
9legally invalid or redesignation to a lesser crime if all of the following apply:
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