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AB484,143,2422 940.195 (1) Whoever causes bodily harm to an unborn child by an act done with
23intent to cause bodily harm to that unborn child, to the woman person who is
24pregnant with that unborn child, or another is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
AB484,339 25Section 339. 940.195 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
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1940.195 (2) Whoever causes substantial bodily harm to an unborn child by an
2act done with intent to cause bodily harm to that unborn child, to the woman person
3who is pregnant with that unborn child, or another is guilty of a Class I felony.
AB484,340 4Section 340. 940.195 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB484,144,75 940.195 (4) Whoever causes great bodily harm to an unborn child by an act
6done with intent to cause bodily harm to that unborn child, to the woman person who
7is pregnant with that unborn child, or another is guilty of a Class H felony.
AB484,341 8Section 341. 940.195 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB484,144,129 940.195 (5) Whoever causes great bodily harm to an unborn child by an act
10done with intent to cause great bodily harm to that unborn child, to the woman
11person who is pregnant with that unborn child , or another is guilty of a Class E
12felony.
AB484,342 13Section 342. 940.23 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB484,144,1714 940.23 (1) (b) Whoever recklessly causes great bodily harm to an unborn child
15under circumstances that show utter disregard for the life of that unborn child, the
16woman person who is pregnant with that unborn child, or another is guilty of a Class
17D felony.
AB484,343 18Section 343. 943.20 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB484,144,2119 943.20 (2) (c) “Property of another" includes property in which the actor is a
20co-owner and property of a partnership of which the actor is a member, unless the
21actor and the victim are husband and wife married to each other.
AB484,344 22Section 344 . 943.201 (1) (b) 8. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB484,144,2423 943.201 (1) (b) 8. The maiden name surname of an individual's mother parent
24before marriage if the surname was changed as a result of marriage
.
AB484,345 25Section 345 . 943.205 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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1943.205 (2) (b) “Owner" includes a co-owner of the person charged and a
2partnership of which the person charged is a member, unless the person charged and
3the victim are husband and wife married to each other.
AB484,346 4Section 346 . 944.17 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB484,145,65 944.17 (3) Subsection (2) does not apply to a mother's breast-feeding person's
6breastfeeding
of her that person's child.
AB484,347 7Section 347 . 944.20 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB484,145,98 944.20 (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a mother's breast-feeding person's
9breastfeeding
of her that person's child.
AB484,348 10Section 348 . 948.10 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB484,145,1211 948.10 (2) (b) A mother's breast-feeding person's breastfeeding of her that
12person's
child.
AB484,349 13Section 349 . 948.31 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB484,145,2114 948.31 (2) Whoever causes a child to leave, takes a child away or withholds a
15child for more than 12 hours from the child's parents or, in the case of a nonmarital
16child whose parents do not subsequently intermarry under s. 767.803, from the
17child's mother or, if he has been granted legal custody, the child's father a parent with
18legal custody of the child
, without the consent of the parents , the mother or the father
19or the parent with legal custody, is guilty of a Class I felony. This subsection is not
20applicable if legal custody has been granted by court order to the person taking or
21withholding the child.
AB484,350 22Section 350. 990.01 (19j) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB484,146,423 990.01 (19j) (b) “Live birth" means the complete expulsion or extraction from
24his or her mother an individual, of a human being, at any stage of development, who,
25after the expulsion or extraction, breathes or has a beating heart, pulsation of the

1umbilical cord, or definite movement of voluntary muscles, regardless of whether the
2umbilical cord has been cut, and regardless of whether the expulsion or extraction
3occurs as a result of natural or induced labor, a cesarean section, or an abortion, as
4defined in s. 253.10 (2) (a).
AB484,351 5Section 351 . 990.01 (22m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB484,146,86 990.01 (22m) Natural parent. “Natural parent" means a parent of a child who
7is not an adoptive parent, whether the parent is biologically related to the child or
8not.
AB484,352 9Section 352 . 990.01 (39) of the statutes is created to read:
AB484,146,1110 990.01 (39) Spouses. “Spouses" means 2 individuals of the same sex or different
11sexes who are legally married to each other.
AB484,353 12Section 353 . 990.01 (40m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB484,146,1413 990.01 (40m) Stepparent. “Stepparent" means a person who is the spouse of
14a child's parent and who is not also a parent of the child.
AB484,354 15Section 354 . Nonstatutory provisions.
AB484,146,1616 (1) Terminology changes.
AB484,147,2517 (a) In the statutes indicated, replace “paternity” with “parentage”: ss. 13.63 (1)
18(b), 13.64 (2), 29.024 (2g) (d) 1., 29.229 (5m) (c), 45.01 (4), 46.03 (7) (bm), 48.235 (4)
19(a) 7m. and (4m) (a) 7m., 48.299 (6) (a), (d), and (e) 5., 48.355 (4g) (a) (intro.) and (d)
201., 48.396 (2) (dm), 48.40 (1r), 48.42 (2) (b) (intro.) and (bm) (intro.) and (4) (b) 2.,
2148.422 (6) (c), 48.423 (title), 48.46 (1m), 48.48 (11), 48.715 (6), 48.837 (4) (e), 48.91 (2),
2249.141 (1) (i) 2., 49.145 (2) (f) 1. a., 49.19 (4) (h) 1. a., 49.22 (title), (1), (7), and (7g) (a),
2349.463 (3) (title) and (b) 1. b. and 2. (intro.) and b. and (6), 49.48 (3), 49.79 (6q) (title)
24and (b) 1. b. and 2. (intro.) and b. and (6u) (title) and (a) 1., 49.83, 49.855 (6), 49.857
25(1) (f), 49.90 (2r) and (11), 59.40 (2) (p), 59.53 (5) (title) and (a), 69.15 (3) (d) and (3m)

1(a) (intro.), 93.135 (3), 102.17 (1) (cm), 103.275 (2) (bm), 103.34 (10) (b), 103.91 (4) (b),
2103.92 (6), 104.07 (5), 105.13 (2), 115.315, 118.19 (1r) (b), 138.09 (3) (am) 3. and (4)
3(b), 138.12 (4) (b) 6. and (5) (am) 1. c. and 2., 138.14 (5) (b) 3. and (9) (b), 165.85 (3)
4(cm) and (3m) (a), 169.34 (3) (a), 170.12 (8) (b) 1. c. and 2., 202.021 (4) (a) 7., 202.06
5(2) (e), 217.06 (6), 217.09 (1m), 218.0116 (1g) (a) and (1m) (a) 3. and (b), 218.02 (3) (e),
6(6) (b), and (9) (a) 2., 218.04 (4) (am) 3. and (5) (am), 218.05 (4) (c) 3., (11) (c), and (12)
7(am), 218.11 (6m) (a), 218.12 (3m) (a), 218.22 (3m) (a), 218.32 (3m) (a), 218.41 (3m)
8(a), 218.51 (4m) (a), 224.72 (7m) (c), 224.725 (6) (c), 224.77 (2m) (c), 224.95 (1) (c),
9250.041 (3), 256.17 (3), 299.08 (2), 341.51 (4m) (a), 343.345, 343.66 (2), 440.13 (2) (a)
10and (b), 551.412 (4g) (a) 3. and (b), 562.05 (5) (a) 9. and (8) (d), 563.28 (1), 628.097
11(1m), 628.10 (2) (c), 632.69 (2) (d) 1. and (4) (c), 633.14 (2m) (a), 633.15 (2) (c), 751.15
12(3), 757.675 (2) (g), 757.69 (1) (p) 3., 767.001 (1) (L), 767.01 (2), 767.041 (1) (b), 767.205
13(2) (a) (intro.) and 1. and (b) 2., 767.215 (5) (am), 767.35 (6) and (7), 767.401 (1) (b)
14and (2) (a) and (b), 767.407 (1) (c) and (d) and (4), 767.41 (1) (b) and (1m) (intro.),
15767.511 (1) (intro.), 767.513 (2), 767.521 (intro.), 767.77 (1), 767.80 (title) and (1)
16(intro.), 767.805 (title), (1), (1m), (2) (a), (3) (title) and (a), (4) (intro.), (5) (a), and (6)
17(a) (intro.), (b), and (c), 767.814, 767.815 (intro.), 767.82 (title), (1) (a), (2), (5), (6), and
18(8), 767.83 (2) and (3), 767.84 (title), 767.853 (intro.), (1) (intro.), (2), and (3) (a),
19767.863 (1) and (3), 767.865 (2), 767.87 (title), (1) (intro.) and (f), (2m), (4) (a), and (8),
20767.88 (title), (1), and (2) (intro.), 767.89 (title), (1), (3) (intro.) and (a), (3m) (a) and
21(b), and (4) (a) 1. c., 769.316 (10), 769.401 (2) (b) and (f), 803.01 (3) (b) 1., 814.61 (1)
22(c) 1. and (7) (c), 818.02 (6), 818.05, 822.02 (4), 852.05 (4), 885.06 (1) and (2), 885.10,
23891.39 (1) (b), 893.88, 895.01 (1) (am) 1., 895.4803, 905.04 (4) (g), 938.235 (4) (a) 7m.,
24938.299 (6) (a), (d), and (e) 5., 938.355 (4g) (a) (intro.) and (d) 1., 938.396 (2g) (g),
25948.22 (7) (b) 2. and (bm), 948.31 (1) (a) 1., 977.05 (4) (i) 7., and 977.08 (2) (h).
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1(b) In the statutes indicated, replace “father,” “fathers," or “father's" with
2“parent,” “parents," or “parent's": ss. 48.025 (5) (a) (intro.), 48.42 (2) (b) 3. and (bm)
32., (2m) (a), and (4) (b) 3., 48.422 (6) (b), 48.432 (1) (am) 2. a., 48.837 (4) (e), 48.91 (2),
448.913 (1) (h), (4), and (7), 49.90 (11), 767.83 (2m), 767.84 (1) (b) 3. and (1m), 767.893
5(2) (a) and (b) (intro.), (2m) (c), and (3) (intro.), 769.201 (1m) (gm), and 769.401 (2) (c),
6(d), and (e).
AB484,149,107 (c) In the statutes indicated, replace “mother,” “mothers,” or “mother's” with
8“parent,” “parents,” or “parent's”: ss. 48.01 (1) (a), (am), (ap), (bm), (br), and (h), 48.02
9(1) (am) and (17m), 48.06 (1) (a) 3., 48.067 (1), (2), (3), (4), and (8), 48.069 (1) (a) and
10(c), 48.07 (4), 48.08 (1) and (3), 48.133, 48.135 (title), (1), and (2), 48.14 (5), 48.15,
1148.185 (1) (a) and (b), subch. IV (title) of ch. 48, 48.19 (1) (d) 8., 48.193 (title), (1)
12(intro.) and (d) 1., 2., and 3., and (2), 48.20 (4m), 48.203 (title), (1), (2), (3), (6) (b) and
13(c), and (7), 48.205 (title) and (2), 48.207 (title), (1m) (intro.), (a), (c), (d), and (e), and
14(2) (b), 48.21 (3) (title), (ag), and (b) and (7), 48.213 (title), (1) (a), (2), (3), (4), (4m),
15and (5), 48.217 (title), (1) (a), (b) 1. b., and (c) 3., (2) (a) (as affected by 2021 Wisconsin
16Act 42
), and (2m) (a) and (b) 2., 48.23 (2m) (title), (a), and (c) and (4) (b), 48.235 (3)
17(b) 1. and (4m) (a) 3m., 48.24 (1m), (2) (a), (2m) (a) 6., and (5), 48.243 (1) (intro.), (3),
18and (4), 48.245 (1) (c) and (2) (a) 1., 2., 3., and 4. and (c), 48.25 (1), 48.255 (1m) (intro.),
19(b), (bm), (c), and (e), 48.263 (1), 48.27 (1), (3) (a) 1., (4) (b) 1., and (8), 48.275 (1) and
20(2) (a), (b), (c), and (cg) (intro.), 48.29 (1), 48.293 (2), 48.295 (1c), (1g), (2), and (3),
2148.297 (4) and (5), 48.299 (1) (b) and (4) (b), 48.30 (1), (3), (6) (a), (7), and (8) (a) and
22(c), 48.305, 48.31 (2), (4), and (7) (a), 48.315 (1) (a) and (f), 48.32 (1) (am), (2) (a) and
23(c), (3), (5) (intro.), and (6), 48.33 (1) (a), (b), (c), (d), and (f), 48.345 (3) (cm), 48.347
24(1), (2), (3) (intro.) and (a), (4) (a), and (5) (a) and (b), 48.35 (1) (b) (intro.) and 1., 48.355
25(2) (a), (b) 1., 1m., and 7., and (d), (2m), (5), and (7), 48.356 (2), 48.357 (title), (1) (a)

1and (am) 1. b. and 2. c., (2) (a) 1. (as affected by 2021 Wisconsin Act 42) and (b) 1. and
22., and (2m) (a) 1. (as affected by 2021 Wisconsin Act 42) and (b) 2., 48.36 (2), 48.361
3(2) (b) 1m. and (c), 48.362 (4) (a) and (c), 48.363 (1) (a) and (b), 48.365 (1m), (2), (2g)
4(a), (2m) (b), and (5) (a), 48.375 (2) (c), 48.396 (1), (1b), (1d), (2) (aj) and (ap), and (5)
5(b), (c), and (e), 48.415 (2) (a) 2. a. and b., 48.45 (1) (am) and (b) and (1r), 48.46 (1),
648.48 (1) and (17) (a) 1., 2., and 3., 48.52 (title), (1m) (intro) and (c), and (2) (a), 48.547
7(1) and (3) (intro.), 48.57 (1) (a), (b), (c), and (g), 48.59 (1) and (2), 48.625 (1m), 48.63
8(5) (b), 48.647 (1) (ag) (intro.), 48.78 (2) (aj) and (ap), 48.981 (3) (b) 2m., (bm) (intro.)
9and 2., (c) 2m. a. and b., 3., 5., 6m., and 7., and (d) 1., (4) (a) 4., and (7) (a) 3m., 4., and
105., 301.01 (2) (cm), and 938.34 (3) (cm).
AB484,150,311 (2) Legislative intent. The legislature intends this act to harmonize the
12language of the Wisconsin statutes relating to marriage and the determination of
13parentage with the provision of s. 990.001 (2), which specifies that words importing
14one gender extend and may be applied to any gender. The legislature intends that
15by amending the statutes relating to marriage and the determination of parentage
16with respect to married couples to use gender-neutral language where appropriate
17so as to clarify that the same statutory rights and responsibilities apply between
18married persons of the same sex as between married persons of different sexes and
19to extend some of the presumptions of parentage to either parent, the Wisconsin
20statutes will be better aligned with the holding of the U.S. Supreme Court in
21Obergefell v. Hodges, 135 S. Ct. 2584, 192 L. Ed. 2d 609 (2015), which recognizes that
22same-sex couples have a fundamental constitutional right to marriage. To the
23extent language remains in Wisconsin law referring to one gender after the effective
24date of this subsection, the rule of construction regarding gender under s. 990.001
25(2) remains applicable, and it is not the intent of the legislature, except to the extent

1necessary to conform to the requirements of federal law, to narrow to one gender the
2construction of any provision for which an application to any gender would be
3appropriate.
AB484,150,44 (End)
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