Amendment SSA1-AB68

AB68-SSA1,1548,6 973.01 (3) Not applicable to life sentences. If a person is being sentenced for a felony that is punishable by life imprisonment, he or she is not subject to this section but shall be sentenced under s. 973.014 (1g) or (3).

AB68-SSA1,3435 Section 3435. 973.01 (3g) of the statutes is repealed.

AB68-SSA1,3436 Section 3436. 973.01 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,1548,14 973.01 (4) No good time; extension or reduction of term of imprisonment. A person sentenced to a bifurcated sentence under sub. (1) shall serve the term of confinement in prison portion of the sentence without reduction for good behavior. The term of confinement in prison portion is subject to extension under s. 302.113 (3) and, if applicable, to reduction under s. 302.045 (3m), 302.05 (3) (c) 2. a., 302.113 (9g), 973.018, 973.195 (1r), or 973.198.

AB68-SSA1,3437 Section 3437. 973.01 (4m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-SSA1,1548,20 973.01 (4m) Reduction of mandatory minimum sentence. If a person is serving a bifurcated sentence under sub. (1) that is subject to a mandatory minimum term of confinement, the sentencing court may reduce the term of confinement below the applicable mandatory minimum if the person qualifies for a reduction under under s. 302.045 (3m), 302.05 (3) (c) 2. a., 302.113 (9g), 973.195 (1r), or 973.198.

AB68-SSA1,3438 Section 3438. 973.01 (5m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-SSA1,1548,25 973.01 (5m) Early discharge from extended supervision. (a) In this subsection, “qualifying offense” means a crime other than a violation of ch. 940 or s. 948.02, 948.025, 948.03, 948.05, 948.051, 948.055, 948.06, 948.07, 948.075, 948.08, 948.085, or 948.095.

AB68-SSA1,1549,3 (b) The court may modify the person's sentence by reducing the term of extended supervision and may order early discharge of the person from the sentence if all of the following apply:

AB68-SSA1,1549,5 1. The department petitions the court to discharge the person from extended supervision for a qualifying offense.

AB68-SSA1,1549,7 2. The person has completed 3 years or 50 percent of his or her term of extended supervision for the qualifying offense, whichever is less.

AB68-SSA1,1549,9 3. The person has satisfied all conditions of extended supervision that were set by the sentencing court for the qualifying offense.

AB68-SSA1,1549,11 4. The person has satisfied all rules and conditions of supervision that were set by the department for the qualifying offense.

AB68-SSA1,1549,12 5. The person has fulfilled all financial obligations to his or her victims.

AB68-SSA1,1549,13 6. The person is not required to register under s. 301.45.

AB68-SSA1,1549,15 (c) If a person is serving more than one sentence, early discharge under par. (b) applies only to the terms of extended supervision imposed for qualifying offenses.

AB68-SSA1,1549,16 (d) 1. In this paragraph, “victim" has the meaning given in s. 950.02 (4).

AB68-SSA1,1549,25 2. When a court receives a petition under par. (b) 1., the clerk of the circuit court shall send a notice of hearing to the victim of the crime committed by the person serving the term of extended supervision, if the victim has submitted a card under subd. 3. requesting notification. The notice shall inform the victim that he or she may appear at any hearing scheduled under par. (b) and shall inform the victim of the manner in which he or she may provide a statement concerning the early discharge from extended supervision. The clerk of the circuit court shall make a reasonable attempt to send the notice of hearing to the last-known address of the victim, postmarked at least 10 days before the date of the hearing.

AB68-SSA1,1550,12 3. The director of state courts shall design and prepare cards for a victim to send to the clerk of the circuit court for the county in which the person serving the term of extended supervision was convicted and sentenced. The cards shall have space for a victim to provide his or her name and address, the name of the applicable person serving a term of extended supervision, and any other information that the director of state courts determines is necessary. The director of state courts shall provide the cards, without charge, to clerks of circuit court. Clerks of circuit court shall provide the cards, without charge, to victims. Victims may send completed cards to the clerk of the circuit court for the county in which the person serving a term of extended supervision was convicted and sentenced. All court records or portions of records that relate to mailing addresses of victims are not subject to inspection or copying under s. 19.35 (1).

AB68-SSA1,3439 Section 3439. 973.01 (8) (a) 6. of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-SSA1,1550,15 973.01 (8) (a) 6. The conditions under which the court may reduce the term of the person's extended supervision under sub. (5m).

AB68-SSA1,3440 Section 3440. 973.01 (8) (ag) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,1550,20 973.01 (8) (ag) If the The court provides under sub. (3g) that shall inform the person is eligible to participate in of the availability of the earned release program under s. 302.05 (3), the court shall also inform the person of the provisions of s. 302.05 (3) (c).

AB68-SSA1,3441 Section 3441. 973.014 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,1550,25 973.014 (1) (intro.) Except as provided in sub. (2) or (3), when a court sentences a person to life imprisonment for a crime committed on or after July 1, 1988, but before December 31, 1999, the court shall make a parole eligibility determination regarding the person and choose one of the following options:

AB68-SSA1,3442 Section 3442. 973.014 (1g) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,1551,5 973.014 (1g) (a) (intro.) Except as provided in sub. (2) or (3), when a court sentences a person to life imprisonment for a crime committed on or after December 31, 1999, the court shall make an extended supervision eligibility date determination regarding the person and choose one of the following options:

AB68-SSA1,3443 Section 3443. 973.014 (3) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-SSA1,1551,8 973.014 (3) (a) In this subsection, “youthful offender” means a person who committed an offense before the person attained the age of 18 years.

AB68-SSA1,1551,11 (b) When a court sentences a youthful offender to life imprisonment for a crime committed on or after July 1, 1988, but before December 31, 1999, the court shall set a date on which the youthful offender is eligible for parole.

AB68-SSA1,1551,14 (c) When a court sentences a youthful offender to life imprisonment for a crime committed on or after December 31, 1999, the court shall set a date on which the youthful offender is eligible for release to extended supervision.

AB68-SSA1,1551,17 (d) When sentencing a youthful offender to life imprisonment under par. (b) or (c), the court shall inform the youthful offender of the procedure for petitioning for a sentence adjustment under s. 973.018.

AB68-SSA1,1551,20 (e) When sentencing a youthful offender to life imprisonment under par. (b) or (c), the court shall consider, in addition to all other relevant factors, all of the following:

AB68-SSA1,1551,23 1. That, because children are less criminally culpable and more amenable to reform, youthful offenders are constitutionally different from adults for the purposes of sentencing.

AB68-SSA1,1551,25 2. That the sentencing goals of deterrence, retribution, and incapacitation are secondary to the goal of rehabilitation when sentencing youthful offenders.

AB68-SSA1,1552,4 3. That unless the state proves beyond a reasonable doubt that the youthful offender is permanently incorrigible and is therefore unable to be rehabilitated, youthful offenders must have a meaningful opportunity to obtain release from prison based on maturity and rehabilitation.

AB68-SSA1,3444 Section 3444. 973.015 (1b) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-SSA1,1552,6 973.015 (1b) In this section, “record” means a criminal case file.

AB68-SSA1,3445 Section 3445. 973.015 (1m) (a) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 973.015 (1m) (a) 1. (intro.) and amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,1552,16 973.015 (1m) (a) 1. (intro.) Subject to subd. 2. and except as provided in subd. 3., when a person is under the age of 25 at the time of the commission of an offense for which the person has been found guilty in a court for violation of a law for which the maximum period of imprisonment is 6 years or less, the, a court may order at the time of sentencing after a conviction that the record a criminal case be expunged upon successful completion of the sentence if the court determines the person will benefit and society will not be harmed by this disposition. by one of the following methods:

AB68-SSA1,1552,19 (d) This subsection does not apply to information maintained by the department of transportation regarding a conviction that is required to be included in a record kept under s. 343.23 (2) (a).

AB68-SSA1,3446 Section 3446. 973.015 (1m) (a) 1. a. and b. of the statutes are created to read:

AB68-SSA1,1552,24 973.015 (1m) (a) 1. a. Except as provided in subd. 3., the court may order at the time of sentencing that the record be expunged upon successful completion of the sentence if the court determines that the person will benefit and society will not be harmed by this disposition.

AB68-SSA1,1553,21 b. If at least one year has passed since the person successfully completed his or her sentence, the person may file a petition in the county of conviction requesting that the record be expunged. Upon receipt of the petition, the court shall review the petition to determine if the person is ineligible to petition for expungement because subd. 3. or 4. applies, less than one year has passed since the person successfully completed his or her sentence, there are criminal charges pending against the person, or the person has exceeded the maximum number of petitions allowed under this subd. 1. b. If the court determines the person is eligible to petition for expungement, the court shall forward the petition to the district attorney. If the district attorney requests a hearing within 90 days after the court forwards the petition, the court shall schedule a hearing to review the petition. If the district attorney waives the hearing or at least 90 days have passed since the court forwarded the petition, the court may review the petition with or without a hearing. If a hearing is scheduled, then if practicable, the sentencing judge shall be the judge to review the petition. The court may order that the record be expunged if the court determines the person will benefit and society will not be harmed by this disposition. If the court does not order the record be expunged under this subd. 1. b., the person may file a 2nd petition under this subd. 1. b. only if at least 2 years have passed since he or she filed the first petition. No person may file more than 2 petitions per record under this subd. 1. b. For a 2nd petition regarding the same record, the person shall pay to the clerk of circuit court a $100 fee.

AB68-SSA1,3447 Section 3447. 973.015 (1m) (a) 3. c. and d. and 4. of the statutes are created to read:

AB68-SSA1,1553,25 973.015 (1m) (a) 3. c. A crime for which the maximum period of imprisonment is more than 6 years.

AB68-SSA1,1554,1 d. A violation of chs. 341 to 348.

AB68-SSA1,1554,3 4. The court may order at the time of sentencing that the record is ineligible for expungement.

AB68-SSA1,3448 Section 3448. 973.015 (1m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,1554,20 973.015 (1m) (b) A For purposes of par. (a), a person has successfully completed the sentence if the person has completed all periods of incarceration, parole, or extended supervision to which he or she was sentenced; the person has paid all fines, costs, fees, surcharges, and restitution assessed and has completed any court-ordered community service; the person has not been convicted of a subsequent offense crime; and, if on probation was imposed, the probation has not been revoked and the probationer has satisfied the conditions of probation. Upon successful completion of the a sentence involving incarceration or probation, the detaining or probationary authority shall issue and forward to the court of record a certificate of discharge which shall be forwarded to the court of record and which shall have the effect of expunging the record that indicates whether the person successfully completed his or her sentence. If the court has ordered the record expunged under par. (a) 1. a. or 2. and the person has successfully completed the sentence, the person's record shall be expunged as ordered. If the person has been imprisoned incarcerated, the detaining authority shall also forward a copy of the certificate of discharge to the department.

AB68-SSA1,3449 Section 3449. 973.015 (1m) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-SSA1,1555,10 973.015 (1m) (c) Upon receipt of a petition under par. (a) 1. b., the district attorney shall make a reasonable attempt to notify the victim, as defined under s. 950.02 (4), of the petition. In the notice, the district attorney shall inform the victim that he or she may waive the hearing requirement and that, if waived, the court may review the petition without a hearing. The district attorney shall inform the victim of the manner in which he or she may provide written statements concerning the petition and, if the victim does not waive the hearing requirement, that he or she may appear at the hearing. If the victim waives the hearing requirement, the district attorney may inform the court that there is no objection to waiving the hearing requirement. Notwithstanding the confidentiality of victim address information obtained under s. 302.113 (9g) (g) 3., a district attorney who is required to make a reasonable attempt to notify a victim under this paragraph may obtain from the clerk of the circuit court the victim address information that the victim provided to the clerk under s. 302.113 (9g) (g) 3.

AB68-SSA1,3450 Section 3450. 973.015 (4) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-SSA1,1555,15 973.015 (4) A record of a crime expunged under this section is not considered a conviction for employment purposes or for purposes of the issuance of a license, as defined in s. 111.32 (10), by a licensing agency, as defined in s. 111.32 (11). This subsection does not apply to the extent that its application conflicts with federal law.

AB68-SSA1,3451 Section 3451 . 973.016 of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-SSA1,1555,20 973.016 Special disposition for marijuana-related crimes. (1) Resentencing persons serving a sentence or probation. (a) A person serving a sentence or on probation may request resentencing or dismissal as provided under par. (b) if all of the following apply:

AB68-SSA1,1555,22 1. The sentence or probation period was imposed for a violation of s. 961.41 (1) (h), 2017 stats., s. 961.41 (1m) (h), 2017 stats., or s. 961.41 (3g) (e), 2017 stats.

AB68-SSA1,1555,23 2. One of the following applies:

AB68-SSA1,1555,25 a. The person would not have been guilty of a crime had the violation occurred on or after the effective date of this subd. 2. a. .... [LRB inserts date].

AB68-SSA1,1556,2 b. The person would have been guilty of a lesser crime had the violation occurred on or after the effective date of this subd. 2. b. .... [LRB inserts date].

AB68-SSA1,1556,4 (b) 1. A person to whom par. (a) applies shall file a petition with the sentencing court to request resentencing, adjustment of probation, or dismissal.

AB68-SSA1,1556,12 2. If the court receiving a petition under subd. 1. determines that par. (a) applies, the court shall schedule a hearing to consider the petition. At the hearing, if the court determines that par. (a) 2. b. applies, the court shall resentence the person or adjust the probation and change the record to reflect the lesser crime, and, if the court determines that par. (a) 2. a. applies, the court shall dismiss the conviction and expunge the record. Before resentencing, adjusting probation, or dismissing a conviction under this subdivision, the court shall determine that the action does not present an unreasonable risk of danger to public safety.

AB68-SSA1,1556,14 3. If the court resentences the person or adjusts probation, the person shall receive credit for time or probation served for the relevant offense.

AB68-SSA1,1556,18 (2) Redesignating offense for persons who completed a sentence or probation. (a) A person who has completed his or her sentence or period of probation may request under par. (b) expungement of the conviction because the conviction is legally invalid or redesignation to a lesser crime if all of the following apply:

AB68-SSA1,1556,20 1. The sentence or probation period was imposed for a violation of s. 961.41 (1) (h), 2017 stats., s. 961.41 (1m) (h), 2017 stats., or s. 961.41 (3g) (e), 2017 stats.

AB68-SSA1,1556,21 2. One of the following applies:

AB68-SSA1,1556,23 a. The person would not have been guilty of a crime had the violation occurred on or after the effective date of this subd. 2. a. .... [LRB inserts date].

AB68-SSA1,1556,25 b. The person would have been guilty of a lesser crime had the violation occurred on or after the effective date of this subd. 2. b. .... [LRB inserts date].

AB68-SSA1,1557,2 (b) 1. A person to whom par. (a) applies shall file a petition with the sentencing court to request expungement or redesignation.

AB68-SSA1,1557,9 2. If the court receiving a petition under subd. 1. determines that par. (a) applies, the court shall schedule a hearing to consider the petition. At the hearing, if the court determines that par. (a) 2. b. applies, the court shall redesignate the crime to a lesser crime and change the record to reflect the lesser crime, and if the court determines that par. (a) 2. a. applies, the court shall expunge the conviction. Before redesignating or expunging under this subdivision, the court shall determine that the action does not present an unreasonable risk of danger to public safety.

AB68-SSA1,1557,13 (3) Effect of resentencing, dismissal, redesignation, or expungement. If the court changes or expunges a record under this section, a conviction that was changed or expunged is not considered a conviction for any purpose under state or federal law, including for purposes of s. 941.29 or 18 USC 921.

AB68-SSA1,3452 Section 3452. 973.017 (2c) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-SSA1,1557,17 973.017 (2c) Mitigation for youth. When making a sentencing decision for a person who had not attained the age of 18 years at the time the crime was committed, the court shall consider all of the following mitigating factors:

AB68-SSA1,1557,20 (a) That, because children are less criminally culpable and more amenable to reform, youthful offenders are constitutionally different from adults for the purposes of sentencing.

AB68-SSA1,1557,22 (b) That the sentencing goals of deterrence, retribution, and incapacitation are secondary to the goal of rehabilitation when sentencing youthful offenders.

AB68-SSA1,1558,2 (c) That unless the state proves beyond a reasonable doubt that the youthful offender is permanently incorrigible and is therefore unable to be rehabilitated, youthful offenders must have a meaningful opportunity to obtain release from prison based on maturity and rehabilitation.

AB68-SSA1,3453 Section 3453. 973.018 of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-SSA1,1558,5 973.018 Sentence adjustment for youthful offenders. (1) Definition. In this section, “youthful offender” has the meaning given in s. 973.014 (3) (a).

AB68-SSA1,1558,10 (2) Sentence adjustment; factors. A court may reduce a term of imprisonment, including life imprisonment under s. 973.014 (3), for a youthful offender who has served 15 years of his or her term of imprisonment if the court finds that the interests of justice warrant a reduction. In making its determination, the court shall consider all of the following:

AB68-SSA1,1558,11 (a) The sentencing factors set forth in ss. 973.014 (3) (e) and 973.017 (2c).

AB68-SSA1,1558,13 (b) The youthful offender's subsequent growth, behavior, and rehabilitation while incarcerated.

AB68-SSA1,1558,21 (3) Petition for sentence adjustment. (a) One year before the youthful offender becomes eligible for a sentence adjustment under this section, the department shall provide written notice of the eligibility to the qualifying youthful offender, the sentencing court, the district attorney for the county in which the youthful offender was sentenced, and the state public defender. Notice under this paragraph shall include notice of the youthful offender's right to counsel and notice that if the youthful offender believes that he or she cannot afford an attorney, the youthful offender may ask the state public defender to represent him or her.

AB68-SSA1,1558,24 (b) A youthful offender has a right to counsel in the sentence adjustment proceedings under this section. The right to counsel begins at the service of notice under par. (a).

AB68-SSA1,1559,5 (c) After service of notice under par. (a) and upon request by the youthful offender or the youthful offender's attorney, the court shall make documents from the sentencing hearing available to the youthful offender or his or her attorney, including the presentence investigation report in accordance with s. 972.15 (4m) and the transcript from the sentencing hearing.

AB68-SSA1,1559,10 (d) A qualifying youthful offender may file a petition for a sentence adjustment under this section. The petitioner shall file the petition and any affidavits and other written support for the petition in the sentencing court no more than 90 days before the youthful offender's eligibility date. A copy of the petition shall be served on the district attorney in the county in which the youthful offender was sentenced.

AB68-SSA1,1559,12 (e) Upon receipt of a petition under par. (d), the district attorney shall notify any victims of the crime in accordance with s. 950.04 (1v) (gm).

AB68-SSA1,1559,14 (4) Hearing. (a) The court shall hold a hearing within 120 days of a petition filed under sub. (3) (d), unless all parties agree to an extension for the hearing date.

AB68-SSA1,1559,19 (b) The court shall consider relevant information, including expert testimony and other information about the youthful offender's participation in any available educational, vocational, volunteer, community service, or other programs, the youthful offender's work reports and psychological evaluations, and the youthful offender's major violations of institutional rules, if any.

AB68-SSA1,1559,22 (c) The youthful offender has the right to attend the hearing, the right to be represented by counsel, and the right to testify, present evidence, and cross-examine witnesses.