Wisconsin Legislature: Crime and criminals

Absentee ballot changes re application, automatic receipt, photo ID requirement, unsolicited mailing or transmission of application or ballot, and canvassing; completed electronic voter registration applications retained; Elections Commission and penalty provisions; JRCCP may report [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, indefinitely confined voter and photo ID requirements for absentee voter provisions modified] - SB204

Absentee ballot changes re obtaining and returning; penalty provision; JRCCP may report - SB203

Bail for criminal defendants with previous conviction for felony or violent misdemeanor - AB838

Bail for criminal defendants with previous conviction for felony or violent misdemeanor - SB856

Bail jumping: felony penalty changed to misdemeanor [Sec. 3349-3351] [original bill only] - AB68

Bail jumping: felony penalty changed to misdemeanor [Sec. 3349-3351] - SB111

Battery by person placed in a facility while awaiting a commitment trial as a sexually violent person: felony crime provision; JRCCP may report - AB98

Battery by person placed in a facility while awaiting a commitment trial as a sexually violent person: felony crime provision; JRCCP may report - SB28

Battery or threat of against a juror or juror’s family member: felony penalty increased; judge can prohibit convicted person from contacting a juror; JRCCP may report - AB993

Battery or threat of against a juror or juror’s family member: felony penalty increased; judge can prohibit convicted person from contacting a juror; JRCCP may report - SB928

Battery or threat to health care providers, staff members at a health care facility, or their family made a felony; JRCCP may report - AB960

Battery or threats to cause bodily harm to a person or family member of a person who is an advocate re tribal court proceedings made a felony - SB420

Battery to public officer: felony expanded to include threats and bodily harm or threats to harm family members - AB409

Battery to public officer: felony expanded to include threats and bodily harm or threats to harm family members - SB403

Butane extraction used to manufacture marijuana or separate plant resin from marijuana plants: penalty revisions; JRCCP may report - AB440

Butane extraction used to manufacture marijuana or separate plant resin from marijuana plants: penalty revisions; JRCCP may report - SB440

Devices that accelerate the rate of fire of a semiautomatic firearm: prohibition on sale, manufacture, transfer, use, and possession; felony penalty provision - SB656

Election prohibitions re use of private resources for election administration, nonresidents counting or tabulating votes, and poll workers who are also employees of candidate groups, political organization, or issue advocacy group; Elections Commission and felony penalty provisions; JRCCP may report [A.Amdt.2: further revisions] - AB173

Eligibility and conditions for release prior to conviction of persons accused of certain crimes and considerations for imposing bail revised. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration) - AJR107

Eligibility and conditions for release prior to conviction of persons accused of certain crimes and considerations for imposing bail revised. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration) - SJR82

Extreme risk protection TRO and extreme risk protection injunction created; respondent to surrender all firearms and refrain from possessing a firearm until the TRO or injunction expires or is vacated; penalty provisions - AB638

Felony offenders prohibited from possessing, controlling, or residing with a vicious dog, criteria specified; JRCCP may report - AB540

Felony offenders prohibited from possessing, controlling, or residing with a vicious dog, criteria specified; JRCCP may report - SB536

Fentanyl and fentanyl analogs: felony penalties for manufacture, distribution, delivery, or possession revised; JRCCP may report - AB357

Fentanyl and fentanyl analogs: felony penalties for manufacture, distribution, delivery, or possession revised; JRCCP may report - SB352

GPS tracking device: refusing or obstructing installation of made a felony; JRCCP may report - SB229

Graffiti or damage to historical property on public property made a felony; JRCCP may report - AB776

Graffiti or damage to historical property on public property made a felony; JRCCP may report - SB751

Grievous bodily harm to or death of an animal: felony penalty; hunting dog, definition, and court order provisions; JRCCP may report - AB368

Grievous bodily harm to or death of an animal: felony penalty; hunting dog, definition, and court order provisions; JRCCP may report - SB366

Hiding, burying, or mutilating a corpse to conceal a crime: felony penalty increased; JRCCP may report - SB887

Impersonating a public officer, public employee, or employee of a utility with intent to mislead: felony crime created; JRCCP may report - AB251

Impersonating a public officer, public employee, or employee of a utility with intent to mislead: felony crime created; JRCCP may report - SB257

Intentional bodily harm to a probation, extended supervision, parole, community supervision, or aftercare agent: crime expanded to include family member of the agent, comparable programs by American Indian tribes or bands, and threats of harm; JRCCP may report - SB100

Material support or resources provided to an organization engaged in domestic terrorism is made a felony; JRCCP may report - AB1194

Reckless handling of a vaccine or drug rendering it ineffective or unusable made a felony; JRCCP may report [S.Amdt.1: "reckless handling" changed to "intentional destruction"] - SB242

Recklessly endangering the safety of a person incapacitated by alcohol or other drug: felony crime created; JRCCP may report - AB895

Representations depicting nudity without consent: felony expanded to include “deep fakes;” reproducing private representations made a misdemeanor - SB987

Restoring right to vote of persons convicted of certain felonies: payment of all fines, costs, fees, surcharges, and restitution, and completion of community service required - AB918

Restoring right to vote of persons convicted of certain felonies: payment of all fines, costs, fees, surcharges, and restitution, and completion of community service required - SB873

Right to vote of persons barred from voting re certain felony convictions restored after incarceration period ends; voter registration forms and voting procedure provisions - AB1071

Riot definition modified and penalties for attending or inciting and causing bodily harm to or expelling a bodily substance at a National Guard member; JRCCP may report - AB279

Riot definition modified and penalties for attending or inciting and causing bodily harm to or expelling a bodily substance at a National Guard member; JRCCP may report [S.Amdt.1: "intentionally attends a riot" specified; S.Amdt.2: "riot" and "unlawful assembly" definitions and penalties modified] - SB296

Sentencing revisions re reducing extended supervision; Class D felony maximum sentence; earned compliance credit created; parole, probation, and extended supervision revocation and sanctions; and earned release program; DOC reports required [Sec. 373-375, 377, 2680, 2683, 2704-2715, 2717-2720, 2724-2731, 2733, 2734, 2737, 2744-2747, 2750-2752, 2754, 3070, 3110, 3322, 3363, 3365, 3422, 3423, 3425, 3428-3430, 3444-3447, 3449, 3451, 9108 (1)-(5), 9308 (1)] [original bill only] - AB68

Sentencing revisions re reducing extended supervision; Class D felony maximum sentence; earned compliance credit created; parole, probation, and extended supervision revocation and sanctions; and earned release program; DOC reports required [Sec. 373-375, 377, 2680, 2683, 2704-2715, 2717-2720, 2724-2731, 2733, 2734, 2737, 2744-2747, 2750-2752, 2754, 3070, 3110, 3322, 3363, 3365, 3422, 3423, 3425, 3428-3430, 3444-3447, 3449, 3451, 9108 (1)-(5), 9308 (1)] - SB111

Special voting deputies visiting residential care facilities or qualified retirement homes: administrator notification to occupants’ relatives and penalty for influencing an occupant’s decision to cast a ballot [S.Sub.Amdt.2: further revisions, appointment by municipal clerk and conditions for the visit provisions added; S.Amdt.1: dispatch deputy for 1 registered voter provision removed] - SB205

Theft of mail penalties revised; JRCCP may report - AB891

Theft of mail penalties revised; JRCCP may report - SB831

Theft of property: misdemeanor and felony thresholds modified; JRCCP may report - AB1012

Theft of property: misdemeanor and felony thresholds modified; JRCCP may report - SB944

Time limitation for prosecution of lesser included offenses re specified felonies - AB386

Time limitation for prosecution of lesser included offenses re specified felonies - SB382

Violent felon prosecuted for illegal possession of a firearm revisions - AB841

Violent felon prosecuted for illegal possession of a firearm revisions - SB852

Changing name of child under 14 years old allowed if a parent is convicted of certain homicide or sex offenses - AB651

Changing name of child under 14 years old allowed if a parent is convicted of certain homicide or sex offenses - SB627

Missing and Murdered African American Women and Girls, Task Force on, established by AG; report required, sunset provision - AB886

Missing and Murdered African American Women and Girls, Task Force on, established by AG; report required, sunset provision - SB825

Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Awareness Day: May 5, 2021 recognized as - SJR51

Bill of rights for victims of sexual assault created; DOJ duties specified - AB133

Bill of rights for victims of sexual assault created; DOJ duties specified - SB153

Crime victim protective services grant program and local law enforcement services to victims and witnesses grants, for services between reporting a crime and a person being charged for the crime, created; sunset provision - AB1015

Crime victim protective services grant program and local law enforcement services to victims and witnesses grants, for services between reporting a crime and a person being charged for the crime, created; sunset provision - SB955

Crime victim services grants - AB444

Crime victim services grants - SB439

Crimes against elder persons: penalties increased; sexual assault penalty revised; physical abuse crime created; freezing of assets of defendant re financial exploitation; elder person may appear in court via telephone or live audiovisual means when seeking certain restraining orders; JRCCP may report - AB44

Crimes against elder persons: penalties increased; sexual assault penalty revised; physical abuse crime created; freezing of assets of defendant re financial exploitation; elder person may appear in court via telephone or live audiovisual means when seeking certain restraining orders; JRCCP may report - SB17

Criminal defense of adequate provocation, self-defense, or not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect eliminated if based on victim’s gender identity or expression or sexual orientation - AB470

Criminal defense of adequate provocation, self-defense, or not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect eliminated if based on victim’s gender identity or expression or sexual orientation - SB450

Criminal justice changes re firearm transfers and possession; crime victims and witnesses; law enforcement recruitment, retention, and training; obstructing justice; certain DOJ and DOC programs; hate crime reporting portal; DNA evidence statute of limitation; and funding for mental health and substance use services, DPI special education aid, and UW System; fraud scheme crime created; JRCCP may report - AB1140

Criminal justice changes re firearm transfers and possession; crime victims and witnesses; law enforcement recruitment, retention, and training; obstructing justice; certain DOJ and DOC programs; hate crime reporting portal; DNA evidence statute of limitation; and funding for mental health and substance use services, DPI special education aid, and UW System; fraud scheme crime created; JRCCP may report - SB1091

Damage to a building from arson added to crime victim compensation program - AB1083

DOJ address confidentiality program, Safe at Home, expanded to include parent, guardian, or legal custodian of victim of child abduction - AB1037

DOJ address confidentiality program, Safe at Home, expanded to include parent, guardian, or legal custodian of victim of child abduction - SB975

Employed inmate’s salary or wages: adding child or family support, restitution, and certain fees to withholdings - AB1151

Employed inmate’s salary or wages: adding child or family support, restitution, and certain fees to withholdings - SB1069

Expedite court proceedings in criminal and delinquency cases and juvenile dispositional hearings when victim or witness is an elder person; court required to preserve testimony of elderly witness or victim in criminal matters - AB43

Expedite court proceedings in criminal and delinquency cases and juvenile dispositional hearings when victim or witness is an elder person; court required to preserve testimony of elderly witness or victim in criminal matters - SB18

Federal COVID recovery rebates received by incarcerated persons used to pay restitution - AB219

Federal COVID recovery rebates received by incarcerated persons used to pay restitution - SB236

Permanent restraining order for victims of sexual assault - AB520

Permanent restraining order for victims of sexual assault [S.Sub.Amdt.2: further revisions, removal provision added] - SB519

Prostitution crime surcharge created; use of moneys specified - AB139

Prostitution crime surcharge created; use of moneys specified - SB26

Restoring right to vote of persons convicted of certain felonies: payment of all fines, costs, fees, surcharges, and restitution, and completion of community service required - AB918

Restoring right to vote of persons convicted of certain felonies: payment of all fines, costs, fees, surcharges, and restitution, and completion of community service required - SB873