Wisconsin Legislature: AB817-ASA1,2,5

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2019 - 2020 LEGISLATURE

ASSEMBLY SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT 1,
TO ASSEMBLY BILL 817

February 11, 2020 - Offered by Representatives Crowley, Bowen, Hintz,
Hesselbein, Spreitzer, Doyle, B. Meyers, McGuire, Neubauer, Fields, Pope,
Ohnstad, Sargent, Subeck, Sinicki, C. Taylor, Emerson, Cabrera, Goyke,
Brostoff and Stuck.

1An Act to repeal 946.49 (1) (a) and (b); to renumber and amend 946.49 (1)
2(intro.); to amend 946.49 (2); and to create 946.49 (3) of the statutes; relating
3to: bail jumping and providing a penalty.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:

4Section 1 . 946.49 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 946.49 (1) and
5amended to read:

6 946.49 (1) Whoever, having been released from custody under ch. 969,
7intentionally fails to appear as required or to comply with the terms a term of his or
8her bond that prohibits contact with another individual or prohibits his or her
9presence in a specified location is: guilty of a Class B misdemeanor.

10Section 2 . 946.49 (1) (a) and (b) of the statutes are repealed.

11Section 3. 946.49 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

1946.49 (2) A witness for whom bail has been required under s. 969.01 (3) is
2guilty of a Class I felony B misdemeanor for failure to appear as provided.

3Section 4. 946.49 (3) of the statutes is created to read:

4 946.49 (3) A prosecutor may charge a person for a violation under sub. (1) only
5once per underlying criminal charge for which he or she has been released on bond.

6 (End)