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2021 - 2022 LEGISLATURE
June 25, 2021 - Introduced by Representatives Sortwell, Armstrong, Behnke,
Brandtjen, Dittrich, Edming, Moses, Murphy, Rozar, Schraa, Spiros and
Tusler, cosponsored by Senators Feyen and Marklein. Referred to
Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety.
AB409,1,3
1An Act to renumber and amend 940.20 (4);
to amend 940.20 (4) (title); and
2to create 940.20 (4) (a) of the statutes;
relating to: battery or threat to a public
3officer and providing a penalty.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, it is a Class I felony to cause bodily harm to a public officer
in order to influence the action of the public officer or as a result of any official action
taken by the public officer. This bill adds that it is also a Class I felony to threaten
to cause bodily harm to the public officer or to cause or threaten to cause bodily harm
to a family member of the public officer.
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.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB409,1
4Section
1. 940.20 (4) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB409,1,55
940.20
(4) (title)
Battery or threat to public officers.
AB409,2
6Section
2. 940.20 (4) of the statutes is renumbered 940.20 (4) (b) and amended
7to read:
AB409,2,5
1940.20
(4) (b) Whoever intentionally causes
or threatens to cause bodily harm
2to a public officer
or a public officer's family member in order to influence the action
3of such
public officer or as a result of any action taken
by the public officer within an
4official capacity, without the consent of the person
threatened or injured, is guilty of
5a Class I felony.
AB409,3
6Section
3. 940.20 (4) (a) of the statutes is created to read:
AB409,2,87
940.20
(4) (a) In this subsection, “family member” means a parent, spouse,
8sibling, child, stepchild, foster child, niece, nephew, or grandchild.
