This is the preview version of the Wisconsin State Legislature site.
Please see http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov for the production version.
LRB-1007/1
EVM:emw
2019 - 2020 LEGISLATURE
February 8, 2019 - Introduced by Representatives Ott, Spiros, Anderson,
Kerkman, Murphy, Sinicki, Subeck, C. Taylor, Wichgers and Hutton,
cosponsored by Senators Darling, Carpenter, Jacque, Kooyenga, Larson
and Marklein. Referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety.
AB18,1,8 1An Act to repeal 346.65 (2) (f) 1. and 346.65 (2g) (d); to renumber and amend
2346.65 (2) (am) 1. and 346.65 (2) (f) 2.; to amend 343.30 (1q) (b) (intro.), 343.30
3(1q) (b) 3., 343.305 (10) (b) 3., 343.31 (3) (bm) 3., 345.20 (2) (c), 345.24 (1), 346.65
4(2) (am) 2., 346.65 (2) (bm), 346.65 (2c), 346.65 (2e), 346.65 (2g) (a), 346.65 (2g)
5(ag), 346.65 (2g) (am), 346.65 (2i), 939.51 (1) (intro.) and 972.11 (3m); and to
6create
346.65 (2) (am) 1. b., c. and d. of the statutes; relating to: penalties for
7offenses related to operating a vehicle while intoxicated and providing a
8penalty.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill criminalizes a first offense relating to operating a vehicle while
intoxicated (OWI-related offense).
Under current law, a first OWI-related offense is a civil violation, unless there
was a minor passenger under the age of 16 in the vehicle at the time of the offense.
A person who commits a civil OWI-related offense is subject to a forfeiture of not less
than $150 nor more than $300. Subsequent OWI-related offenses are crimes
punishable by fines and periods of imprisonment that increase with every
subsequent offense.
Current law increases the penalty for a second OWI-related offense if the
person committed the second offense within ten years of the first offense or if the

person committed an OWI-related offense that caused death or great bodily harm
to another.
Under this bill, a person who commits a first OWI-related offense is guilty of
a Class C misdemeanor and may be fined up to $500, imprisoned for up to 30 days,
or both. Under the bill, a person who commits a second OWI-related offense is
subject to the increased penalties regardless of whether the person commits the
offense within ten years of his or her first OWI-related offense.
Under the bill, a court may, upon petition by the person who has been convicted
of a first OWI-related offense, vacate the person's criminal conviction and amend the
record to a civil violation if, in the five years since the person was convicted of the
offense, he or she has not committed any other OWI-related offense. Under the bill,
the clerk of courts amends the court records that are available in person and online
to show only the civil violation.
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.
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:
AB18,1 1Section 1. 343.30 (1q) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB18,2,32 343.30 (1q) (b) (intro.) For persons convicted under s. 346.63 (1) or a local
3ordinance in conformity therewith
:
AB18,2 4Section 2. 343.30 (1q) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB18,2,125 343.30 (1q) (b) 3. Except as provided in sub. (1r) or subd. 4m., if the number
6of convictions under ss. 940.09 (1) and 940.25 in the person's lifetime, plus the total
7number of other convictions, suspensions, and revocations counted under s. 343.307
8(1) within a 10-year period, equals 2, the court shall revoke the person's operating
9privilege for not less than one year nor more than 18 months. After the first 45 days
10of the revocation period has elapsed, the person is eligible for an occupational license
11under s. 343.10 if he or she has completed the assessment and is complying with the
12driver safety plan ordered under par. (c).
AB18,3
1Section 3. 343.305 (10) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB18,3,102 343.305 (10) (b) 3. Except as provided in subd. 4m., if the number of convictions
3under ss. 940.09 (1) and 940.25 in the person's lifetime, plus the total number of other
4convictions, suspensions, and revocations counted under s. 343.307 (2) within a
510-year period
, equals 2, the court shall revoke the person's operating privilege for
62 years. After the first 90 days of the revocation period or, if the total number of
7convictions, suspensions, and revocations counted under this subdivision within any
85-year period equals 2 or more, after one year of the revocation period has elapsed,
9the person is eligible for an occupational license under s. 343.10 if he or she has
10completed the assessment and is complying with the driver safety plan.
AB18,4 11Section 4. 343.31 (3) (bm) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB18,3,2312 343.31 (3) (bm) 3. Except as provided in subd. 4m., if the number of convictions
13under ss. 940.09 (1) and 940.25 in the person's lifetime, plus the total number of
14suspensions, revocations, and other convictions counted under s. 343.307 (1) within
15a 10-year period
, equals 2, the department shall revoke the person's operating
16privilege for not less than one year nor more than 18 months. If an Indian tribal court
17in this state revokes the person's privilege to operate a motor vehicle on tribal lands
18for not less than one year nor more than 18 months for the conviction specified in par.
19(bm) (intro.), the department shall impose the same period of revocation. After the
20first 60 days of the revocation period or, if the total number of convictions,
21suspensions, and revocations counted under this subdivision within any 5-year
22period equals 2 or more, after one year of the revocation period has elapsed, the
23person is eligible for an occupational license under s. 343.10.
AB18,5 24Section 5. 345.20 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB18,4,3
1345.20 (2) (c) Sections 967.055 and 972.11 (3m) apply to traffic forfeiture
2actions for violations of s. 346.63 (1) or (5) or a local ordinance in conformity
3therewith.
AB18,6 4Section 6. 345.24 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB18,4,115 345.24 (1) A person arrested under s. 346.63 (1) or (5) or an ordinance in
6conformity therewith with s. 346.63 (5) or s. 346.63 (2) or (6) or 940.25, or s. 940.09
7where the offense involved the use of a vehicle, may not be released until 12 hours
8have elapsed from the time of his or her arrest or unless a chemical test administered
9under s. 343.305 shows that the person has an alcohol concentration of less than 0.04,
10but the person may be released to his or her attorney, spouse, relative or other
11responsible adult at any time after arrest.
AB18,7 12Section 7 . 346.65 (2) (am) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 346.65 (2) (am) 1.
13a. and amended to read:
AB18,4,1614 346.65 (2) (am) 1. a. Shall forfeit not less than $150 nor more than $300, except
15Except as provided in subds. 2. to 7. and par. (f), is guilty of a Class C misdemeanor
16and shall be imprisoned for not less than one day
.
AB18,8 17Section 8 . 346.65 (2) (am) 1. b., c. and d. of the statutes are created to read:
AB18,4,2518 346.65 (2) (am) 1. b. A person who is convicted of a violation under subd. 1. a.
19may petition the court to vacate his or her conviction. The court shall order that the
20conviction be vacated and the record of the conviction be expunged and that a record
21of a civil violation be entered if the person has completed his or her sentence, as
22defined in s. 973.015 (1m) (b), and, in the 5 years after the person was convicted of
23the violation, the person was not convicted or adjudicated of committing a
24subsequent violation that is counted as a suspension, revocation, or conviction under
25s. 343.307 (1).
AB18,5,3
1c. The clerk of court shall forward a copy of the order to amend the record of the
2conviction to a civil offense to the department of justice and to the department of
3transportation.
AB18,5,64 d. A conviction that is vacated under subd. 1. b. is not a conviction for any
5matter relating to an application for employment or for the rental, purchase, or
6financing of housing.
AB18,9 7Section 9. 346.65 (2) (am) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB18,5,148 346.65 (2) (am) 2. Except as provided in pars. (bm) and (f), shall be fined not
9less than $350 nor more than $1,100 and imprisoned for not less than 5 days nor more
10than 6 months if the number of convictions under ss. 940.09 (1) and 940.25 in the
11person's lifetime, plus the total number of suspensions, revocations, and other
12convictions counted under s. 343.307 (1) within a 10-year period, equals 2, except
13that suspensions, revocations, or convictions arising out of the same incident or
14occurrence shall be counted as one.
AB18,10 15Section 10. 346.65 (2) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB18,6,216 346.65 (2) (bm) In any county that opts to offer a reduced minimum period of
17imprisonment for the successful completion of a probation period that includes
18alcohol and other drug treatment, if the number of convictions under ss. 940.09 (1)
19and 940.25 in the person's lifetime, plus the total number of suspensions,
20revocations, and other convictions counted under s. 343.307 (1) within a 10-year
21period
, equals 2, except that suspensions, revocations, or convictions arising out of
22the same incident or occurrence shall be counted as one, the fine shall be the same
23as under par. (am) 2., but the period of imprisonment shall be not less than 5 days,
24except that if the person successfully completes a period of probation that includes
25alcohol and other drug treatment, the period of imprisonment shall be not less than

15 nor more than 7 days. A person may be sentenced under this paragraph or under
2par. (cm) or (dm) or sub. (2j) (bm), (cm), or (cr) or (3r) once in his or her lifetime.
AB18,11 3Section 11. 346.65 (2) (f) 1. of the statutes is repealed.
AB18,12 4Section 12 . 346.65 (2) (f) 2. of the statutes is renumbered 346.65 (2) (f) and
5amended to read:
AB18,6,126 346.65 (2) (f) If there was a minor passenger under 16 years of age in the motor
7vehicle at the time of the violation that gave rise to the conviction under s. 346.63 (1),
8the applicable minimum and maximum fines and imprisonment under par. (am) 2.
9to 7.
for the conviction are doubled. An offense under s. 346.63 (1) that subjects a
10person to a penalty under par. (am) 3., 4., 5., 6., or 7. when there is a minor passenger
11under 16 years of age in the motor vehicle is a felony and the place of imprisonment
12shall be determined under s. 973.02.
AB18,13 13Section 13 . 346.65 (2c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB18,6,1914 346.65 (2c) In sub. (2) (am) 2., 3., 4., 5., 6., and 7., the time period shall be
15measured from the dates of the refusals or violations that resulted in the revocation
16or convictions. If a person has a suspension, revocation, or conviction for any offense
17under a local ordinance or a state statute of another state that would be counted
18under s. 343.307 (1), that suspension, revocation, or conviction shall count as a prior
19suspension, revocation, or conviction under sub. (2) (am) 2., 3., 4., 5., 6., and 7.
AB18,14 20Section 14. 346.65 (2e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB18,7,221 346.65 (2e) If the court determines that a person does not have the ability to
22pay the costs and fine or forfeiture imposed under sub. (2) (am), (f), or (g), the court
23may reduce the costs, or fine , and forfeiture imposed and order the person to pay,
24toward the cost of the assessment and driver safety plan imposed under s. 343.30 (1q)

1(c), the difference between the amount of the reduced costs and fine or forfeiture and
2the amount of costs and fine or forfeiture imposed under sub. (2) (am), (f), or (g).
AB18,15 3Section 15 . 346.65 (2g) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB18,7,124 346.65 (2g) (a) In addition to the authority of the court under s. 973.05 (3) (a)
5to provide that a defendant perform community service work for a public agency or
6a nonprofit charitable organization in lieu of part or all of a fine imposed under sub.
7(2) (am) 1., 2., 3., 4., and 5., (f), and (g) and except as provided in par. (ag), the court
8may provide that a defendant perform community service work for a public agency
9or a nonprofit charitable organization in lieu of part or all of a forfeiture under sub.
10(2) (am) 1. or
may require a person who is subject to sub. (2) to perform community
11service work for a public agency or a nonprofit charitable organization in addition
12to the penalties specified under sub. (2).
AB18,16 13Section 16 . 346.65 (2g) (ag) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB18,7,2114 346.65 (2g) (ag) If the court determines that a person does not have the ability
15to pay a fine imposed under sub. (2) (am) 1., 2., 3., 4., or 5., (f), or (g), the court shall
16require the defendant to perform community service work for a public agency or a
17nonprofit charitable organization in lieu of paying the fine imposed or, if the amount
18of the fine was reduced under sub. (2e), in lieu of paying the remaining amount of the
19fine. Each hour of community service performed in compliance with an order under
20this paragraph shall reduce the amount of the fine owed by an amount determined
21by the court.
AB18,17 22Section 17. 346.65 (2g) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:
Loading...
Loading...