SB887: Bill Text

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2021 - 2022 LEGISLATURE

2021 Senate BILL 887

January 21, 2022 - Introduced by Senators Bewley, Jacque and Stroebel, cosponsored by Representatives Milroy, Allen, Andraca, Bowen, Cabral-Guevara, B. Meyers, Pope, Rozar, Sinicki and Stubbs. Referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.

SB887,1,2 An Act to amend 940.11 (1) and 940.11 (2) of the statutes; relating to: hiding, burying, or mutilating a corpse to conceal a crime and providing a penalty.

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law it is a Class F felony to mutilate, disfigure, dismember, hide, or bury a corpse if the act is done to conceal a crime or to avoid being apprehended, prosecuted, or convicted for a crime. This bill increases the penalty to a Class C felony.

A person who is convicted of a Class F felony is subject to a fine of not more than $25,000, imprisonment for not more than 12 years and 6 months, or both. A person who is convicted of a Class C felony is subject to a fine of not more than $100,000, imprisonment for not more than 40 years, or both.

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:

SB887,1 Section 1. 940.11 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB887,2,3 940.11 (1) Whoever mutilates, disfigures , or dismembers a corpse, with intent to conceal a crime or avoid apprehension, prosecution, or conviction for a crime, is guilty of a Class F C felony.

SB887,2 Section 2. 940.11 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB887,2,7 940.11 (2) Whoever hides or buries a corpse, with intent to conceal a crime or avoid apprehension, prosecution, or conviction for a crime or notwithstanding is guilty of a Class C felony.

SB887,2,13 (2m) Notwithstanding s. 946.90 (2) or (3), 946.91 (2), 946.92, or 946.93 (2) or (3), whoever hides or buries a corpse with intent to collect benefits under the assistance program for families with dependent children administered under ss. 49.141 to 49.161, the Medical Assistance program administered under subch. IV of ch. 49, or the food stamp program, as defined in s. 49.79 (1) (c), is guilty of a Class F felony.

SB887,2,14 (End)