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AB1140,56,74 (b) Paragraph (a) does not apply to a firearm frame or receiver manufactured
5before 1968, a person who is licensed to manufacture undetectable firearms while the
6person is on official duty, a law enforcement officer while on official duty, or armed
7forces or national guard personnel while on official duty.
AB1140,136 8Section 136 . 941.296 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1140,56,109 941.296 (1) (b) “Handgun" has the meaning given in s. 175.35 (1) (b) 941.237
10(1) (d)
.
AB1140,137 11Section 137. 941.38 (1) (b) 5m. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1140,56,1312 941.38 (1) (b) 5m. Battery or threat to witness a juror, as prohibited in s.
13940.201 940.202.
AB1140,138 14Section 138. 941.38 (1) (b) 11. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1140,56,1515 941.38 (1) (b) 11. Intimidation of witnesses, as prohibited in s. 940.42 or 940.43.
AB1140,139 16Section 139. 941.38 (1) (b) 12. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1140,56,1717 941.38 (1) (b) 12. Intimidation of victims, as prohibited in s. 940.44 or 940.45.
AB1140,140 18Section 140 . 943.20 (1) (f) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1140,56,2119 943.20 (1) (f) Having devised or intending to devise any scheme or artifice to
20defraud, obtains money or property by means of false or fraudulent pretenses,
21representations, or promises.
AB1140,141 22Section 141. 946.60 of the statutes is repealed.
AB1140,142 23Section 142. 946.61 of the statutes is repealed.
AB1140,143 24Section 143. 946.65 of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
AB1140,57,1
1946.65 Obstructing justice. (1m) In this section:
AB1140,57,42 (a) “Criminal investigator” means any individual authorized by a department,
3agency, or political subdivision of the state or the Wisconsin national guard to
4conduct or engage in an investigation of or prosecution for a crime.
AB1140,57,105 (b) “Record” means any material on which written, drawn, printed, spoken,
6visual, or electromagnetic information or electronically generated or stored data is
7recorded or preserved, regardless of physical form or characteristics. “ Record”
8includes handwritten, typed, or printed pages, maps, charts, photographs, films,
9recordings, tapes, optical discs, and any other medium on which electronically
10generated or stored data is recorded or preserved.
AB1140,57,11 11(2m) Whoever does any of the following is guilty of a Class H felony:
AB1140,57,1512 (a) With intent to avoid, evade, prevent, or obstruct compliance with any
13governmental civil or criminal investigative demand, intentionally withholds,
14misrepresents, removes from any place, conceals, covers up, destroys, mutilates,
15alters, or falsifies any record or oral testimony that is the subject of the demand.
AB1140,57,1916 (b) Intentionally, by offer of consideration, threat or force, or
17misrepresentation, influences, obstructs, or impedes any proceeding before a court,
18court commissioner, administrative law judge, or department or agency of the state
19or any inquiry or investigation by the legislature.
AB1140,57,2420 (c) Intentionally, by threat or force, prevents, obstructs, impedes, or interferes
21with due exercise of rights or the performance of duties pursuant to any order,
22judgment, or decree of a court of this state. No injunctive or other civil relief against
23the conduct made criminal by this section shall be denied on the ground that such
24conduct may be punished under this paragraph.
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1(d) Intentionally prevents or obstructs the communication of information
2relating to a crime to a criminal investigator.
AB1140,58,33 (e) Attempts to commit any of the acts described in pars. (a) to (d).
AB1140,58,74 (f) Knowingly alters, destroys, mutilates, conceals, covers up, or falsifies any
5record, document, or tangible object with the intent to impede, obstruct, or influence
6the investigation or proper administration of any matter within the jurisdiction of
7any department, agency, or political subdivision of the state.
AB1140,58,118 (g) Knowingly accepts consideration with the intent to influence, obstruct, or
9impede or attempt to influence, obstruct, or impede the administration of the law in
10any proceeding before a court, court commissioner, administrative law judge, or
11department, agency, or political subdivision of the state.
AB1140,144 12Section 144. 946.82 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1140,59,313 946.82 (4) “Racketeering activity" means any activity specified in 18 USC 1961
14(1) in effect as of April 27, 1982, or the attempt, conspiracy to commit, or commission
15of any of the felonies specified in: chs. 945 and 961, subch. V of ch. 551, and ss. 49.49,
16134.05, 139.44 (1), 180.0129, 181.0129, 185.825, 201.09 (2), 215.12, 221.0625,
17221.0636, 221.0637, 221.1004, 553.41 (3) and (4), 553.52 (2), 940.01, 940.19 (4) to (6),
18940.20, 940.201 940.202, 940.203, 940.21, 940.30, 940.302 (2), 940.305, 940.31,
19940.43 (2m) and (3m), 940.44 (2m), 941.20 (2) and (3), 941.26, 941.28, 941.298,
20941.31, 941.32, 942.09, 943.01 (2), (2d), or (2g), 943.011, 943.012, 943.013, 943.02,
21943.03, 943.04, 943.05, 943.06, 943.10, 943.20 (3) (bf) to (e), 943.201, 943.203, 943.23
22(1g), (2) and (3), 943.24 (2), 943.27, 943.28, 943.30, 943.32, 943.34 (1) (bf), (bm), and
23(c), 943.38, 943.39, 943.40, 943.41 (8) (b) and (c), 943.50 (4) (bf), (bm), and (c) and
24(4m), 943.60, 943.70, 943.76, 943.81, 943.82, 943.83, 943.84, 943.85, 943.86, 943.87,
25943.88, 943.89, 943.90, 944.21 (5) (c) and (e), 944.32, 944.34, 945.03 (1m), 945.04

1(1m), 945.05 (1), 945.08, 946.10, 946.11, 946.12, 946.13, 946.31, 946.32 (1), 946.48,
2946.49, 946.61, 946.64, 946.65, 946.72, 946.76, 946.79, 947.015, 948.05, 948.051,
3948.08, 948.12, and 948.30.
AB1140,145 4Section 145. 947.01 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 947.01 (1) (intro.) and
5amended to read:
AB1140,59,76 947.01 (1) (intro.) Whoever, in a public or private place, engages in violent,
7abusive
any of the following is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor:
AB1140,59,10 8(b) Abusive, indecent, profane, boisterous, unreasonably loud or otherwise
9disorderly conduct under circumstances in which the conduct tends to cause or
10provoke a disturbance is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor.
AB1140,146 11Section 146. 947.01 (1) (a) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1140,59,1312 947.01 (1) (a) Violent behavior that involves the use or attempted use of
13physical force or the use or threat to use a dangerous weapon.
AB1140,147 14Section 147. 949.03 (1) (b) of the statutes, as affected by 2021 Wisconsin Act
1576
, is amended to read:
AB1140,59,2316 949.03 (1) (b) The commission or the attempt to commit any crime specified in
17s. 346.62 (4), 346.63 (2) or (6), 940.01, 940.02, 940.03, 940.05, 940.06, 940.07, 940.08,
18940.09, 940.10, 940.19, 940.198, 940.20, 940.201 940.202, 940.21, 940.22 (2),
19940.225, 940.23, 940.235, 940.24, 940.25, 940.285, 940.29, 940.30, 940.302 (2),
20940.305, 940.31, 940.32, 940.43 (2m) or (3m), 940.44 (2m), 941.327, 942.09, 943.02,
21943.03, 943.04, 943.10, 943.20, 943.23 (1g), 943.32, 943.81, 943.86, 943.87, 948.02,
22948.025, 948.03, 948.04, 948.05, 948.051, 948.06, 948.07, 948.075, 948.08, 948.085,
23948.09, 948.095, 948.20, 948.21 (1), 948.30 or 948.51.
AB1140,148 24Section 148 . 961.472 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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1961.472 (5) (b) The person is participating in a an evidence-based substance
2abuse use disorder treatment program that meets the requirements of s. 165.95 (3),
3as determined by the department of justice under s. 165.95 (9) and (10).
AB1140,149 4Section 149 . 967.11 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1140,60,75 967.11 (1) In this section, “approved substance abuse treatment program"
6means a substance abuse treatment program that meets the requirements of s.
7165.95 (3), as determined by the department of justice under s. 165.95 (9) and (10).
AB1140,150 8Section 150 . 967.11 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1140,60,149 967.11 (2) If a county establishes an approved substance abuse treatment
10program and the approved program authorizes the use of surveillance and
11monitoring technology or day reporting programs, a court or a district attorney may
12require a person participating in an the approved substance abuse treatment
13program to submit to surveillance and monitoring technology or a day reporting
14program as a condition of participation.
AB1140,151 15Section 151. 968.075 (1) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1140,60,1916 968.075 (1) (a) (intro.) “Domestic abuse" means any of the following engaged
17in by an adult person against his or her spouse or former spouse, against an adult
18with whom the person resides or formerly resided or against an adult with whom the
19person has a child in common
a relative of the adult person:
AB1140,152 20Section 152. 968.075 (1) (f) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1140,60,2121 968.075 (1) (f) “Relative” means any of the following:
AB1140,60,2222 1. Spouse or former spouse.
AB1140,60,2323 2. Parent or stepparent.
AB1140,60,2424 3. Legal guardian.
AB1140,60,2525 4. Person with whom the adult person has a child in common.
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15. Person with whom the adult person is cohabiting or has cohabited as a
2spouse, a parent, or a legal guardian.
AB1140,61,43 6. Person who is similarly situated to the adult person as a spouse, a parent,
4or a legal guardian.
AB1140,61,65 7. An adult who is residing or has resided with the adult person if subd. 1., 2.,
63., 4., 5., or 6. does not apply.
AB1140,153 7Section 153 . 968.20 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1140,62,68 968.20 (3) (b) Except as provided in par. (a) or sub. (1m) or (4), a city, village,
9town or county or other custodian of a seized dangerous weapon or ammunition, if
10the dangerous weapon or ammunition is not required for evidence or use in further
11investigation and has not been disposed of pursuant to a court order at the
12completion of a criminal action or proceeding, shall make reasonable efforts to notify
13all persons who have or may have an authorized rightful interest in the dangerous
14weapon or ammunition of the application requirements under sub. (1). If, within 30
15days after the notice, an application under sub. (1) is not made and the seized
16dangerous weapon or ammunition is not returned by the officer under sub. (2), the
17city, village, town or county or other custodian may retain the dangerous weapon or
18ammunition and authorize its use by a law enforcement agency, except that a
19dangerous weapon used in the commission of a homicide or a handgun, as defined
20in s. 175.35 (1) (b) 941.237 (1) (d), may not be retained. If a dangerous weapon other
21than a firearm is not so retained, the city, village, town or county or other custodian
22shall safely dispose of the dangerous weapon or, if the dangerous weapon is a motor
23vehicle, as defined in s. 340.01 (35), sell the motor vehicle following the procedure
24under s. 973.075 (4). If a firearm or ammunition is not so retained, the city, village,
25town or county or other custodian shall ship it to the state crime laboratories and it

1is then the property of the laboratories. A person designated by the department of
2justice may destroy any material for which the laboratories have no use or arrange
3for the exchange of material with other public agencies. In lieu of destruction,
4shoulder weapons for which the laboratory has no use shall be turned over to the
5department of natural resources for sale and distribution of proceeds under s. 29.934
6or for use under s. 29.938.
AB1140,154 7Section 154. 968.26 (1b) (a) 2. a. of the statutes, as affected by 2021 Wisconsin
8Act 76
, is amended to read:
AB1140,62,159 968.26 (1b) (a) 2. a. Section 940.04, 940.11, 940.19 (2), (4), (5), or (6), 940.195
10(2), (4), (5), or (6), 940.198 (2) (b) or (c) or (3), 940.20, 940.201 940.202, 940.203,
11940.205, 940.207, 940.208, 940.22 (2), 940.225 (3), 940.29, 940.302 (2) (c), 940.32,
12940.43 (2m) or (3m), 940.44 (2m), 941.32, 941.38 (2), 942.09 (2), 943.10, 943.205,
13943.32 (1), 946.43, 946.44, 946.47, 946.48, 948.02 (3), 948.03 (2) (b) or (c), (3), or (4),
14948.04, 948.055, 948.095, 948.10 (1) (a), 948.11, 948.13 (2) (a), 948.14, 948.20, 948.23
15(1), (2), or (3) (c) 2. or 3., or 948.30 (1).
AB1140,155 16Section 155. 969.08 (10) (b) of the statutes, as affected by 2021 Wisconsin Act
1776
, is amended to read:
AB1140,63,318 969.08 (10) (b) “Serious crime" means any crime specified in s. 943.23 (1m),
191999 stats., or s. 943.23 (1r), 1999 stats., or s. 346.62 (4), 940.01, 940.02, 940.03,
20940.05, 940.06, 940.08, 940.09, 940.10, 940.19 (5), 940.195 (5), 940.198 (2) (a) or (c),
21940.20, 940.201 940.202 (2), 940.203, 940.21, 940.225 (1) to (3), 940.23, 940.24,
22940.25, 940.29, 940.295 (3) (b) 1g., 1m., 1r., 2. or 3., 940.302 (2), 940.31, 940.43 (2m)
23or (3m), 940.44 (2m),
941.20 (2) or (3), 941.26, 941.30, 941.327, 943.01 (2) (c), 943.011,
24943.013, 943.02, 943.03, 943.04, 943.06, 943.10, 943.23 (1g), 943.30, 943.32, 943.81,
25943.82, 943.83, 943.85, 943.86, 943.87, 943.88, 943.89, 943.90, 946.01, 946.02,

1946.43, 947.015, 948.02 (1) or (2), 948.025, 948.03, 948.04, 948.05, 948.051, 948.06,
2948.07, 948.085, or 948.30 or, if the victim is a financial institution, as defined in s.
3943.80 (2), a crime under s. 943.84 (1) or (2).
AB1140,156 4Section 156. 969.15 of the statutes is created to read:
AB1140,63,8 5969.15 Enforcement assistance for court orders that render persons
6ineligible to possess a firearm under federal law.
If a person who is released
7on bail or bond under this chapter is subject to a court order described in 18 USC 922
8(g) (8), all of the following shall occur:
AB1140,63,10 9(1) Within one business day of the person's release, the clerk shall send a copy
10of the court order to the sheriff with jurisdiction over the person's residence.
AB1140,63,17 11(2) No later than 24 hours after receiving the copy of the court order under sub.
12(1), the sheriff shall enter the court order, including modifying or cancelling a
13previous court order per the current court order, into the transaction information for
14management of enforcement system. The sheriff shall ensure that the information
15on the existence and status of any court order under this section is available to other
16law enforcement agencies through a verification system. The information does not
17need to be maintained after the order is no longer in effect.
AB1140,63,21 18(3) A law enforcement agency or a clerk may use electronic transmission to
19facilitate the exchange of information under this section. Any person who uses
20electronic transmission shall ensure that the electronic transmission does not allow
21unauthorized disclosure of the information transmitted.
AB1140,157 22Section 157 . 971.17 (1g) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1140,64,223 971.17 (1g) Notice of restriction on firearm possession. If the defendant
24under sub. (1) is found not guilty of a felony, or of a violation under s. 175.33 (2), by

1reason of mental disease or defect, the court shall inform the defendant of the
2requirements and penalties under s. 941.29.
AB1140,158 3Section 158. 971.37 (1m) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1140,64,104 971.37 (1m) (a) 2. An adult accused of or charged with a criminal violation of
5s. 940.19, 940.20 (1m), 940.201, 940.225, 940.23, 940.285, 940.30, 940.42, 940.43,
6940.44, 940.45, 940.48, 941.20, 941.30, 943.01, 943.011, 943.14, 943.15, 946.49,
7947.01 (1), 947.012 or 947.0125 and the conduct constituting the violation involved
8an act by the adult person against his or her spouse or former spouse, against an
9adult with whom the adult person resides or formerly resided or against an adult
10with whom the adult person has created a child.
AB1140,159 11Section 159. 973.017 (3) (f) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1140,64,1412 973.017 (3) (f) The fact that the person committed or attempted to commit a
13violation of s. 940.01 because the victim of the homicide or attempted homicide was
14any of the following:
AB1140,64,1615 1. A juror, as defined in s. 940.202 (1) (b), or a family member, as defined in s.
16940.41 (1d), of a juror.
AB1140,64,1817 2. A witness, as defined in s. 940.41 (3), or a family member, as defined in s.
18940.41 (1d), of a witness.
AB1140,64,2019 3. A victim, as defined in s. 940.41 (2), or a family member, as defined in s.
20940.41 (1d), of a victim.
AB1140,160 21Section 160. 973.055 (1) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1140,65,322 973.055 (1) (a) 1. The court convicts the person of a violation of a crime specified
23in s. 940.01, 940.02, 940.03, 940.05, 940.06, 940.19, 940.20 (1m), 940.201, 940.21,
24940.225, 940.23, 940.235, 940.285, 940.30, 940.305, 940.31, 940.32, 940.42, 940.43,
25940.44, 940.45, 940.48, 941.20, 941.30, 943.01, 943.011, 943.14, 943.15, 946.49,

1947.01 (1), 947.012 or 947.0125 or of a municipal ordinance conforming to s. 940.201
2940.43 (3m), 941.20, 941.30, 943.01, 943.011, 943.14, 943.15, 946.49, 947.01 (1),
3947.012 or 947.0125; and
AB1140,161 4Section 161. 973.123 (1) of the statutes, as affected by 2021 Wisconsin Act 76,
5is amended to read:
AB1140,65,146 973.123 (1) In this section, “violent felony" means any felony under s. 943.23
7(1m), 1999 stats., or s. 943.23 (1r), 1999 stats., or s. 940.01, 940.02, 940.03, 940.05,
8940.06, 940.08, 940.09, 940.10, 940.19, 940.195, 940.198, 940.20, 940.201 940.202,
9940.203, 940.21, 940.225, 940.23, 940.235, 940.285 (2), 940.29, 940.295 (3), 940.30,
10940.302, 940.305, 940.31, 940.43 (1) to (3), 940.45 (1) to (3) (2m) (a) to (c) or (3m),
11940.44 (2m) (a) to (c)
, 941.20, 941.26, 941.28, 941.29, 941.292, 941.30, 941.327 (2) (b)
123. or 4., 943.02, 943.04, 943.06, 943.10 (2), 943.23 (1g), 943.32, 943.87, 946.43, 948.02
13(1) or (2), 948.025, 948.03, 948.04, 948.05, 948.051, 948.06, 948.07, 948.08, 948.085,
14or 948.30.
AB1140,162 15Section 162 . 973.155 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1140,65,2016 973.155 (1m) A convicted offender shall be given credit toward the service of
17his or her sentence for all days spent in custody as part of a substance abuse
18treatment program that meets the requirements of s. 165.95 (3), as determined by
19the department of justice under s. 165.95 (9) and (10), for any offense arising out of
20the course of conduct that led to the person's placement in that program.
AB1140,163 21Section 163 . 973.176 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1140,66,222 973.176 (1) Firearm possession. Whenever a court imposes a sentence or
23places a defendant on probation regarding a felony conviction or regarding a
24conviction for a misdemeanor under s. 175.33 (2)
, the court shall inform the

1defendant of the requirements and penalties applicable to him or her under s. 941.29
2(1m) or (4m).
AB1140,164 3Section 164 . Nonstatutory provisions.
AB1140,66,44 (1) Field prosecutor positions; drug-related offenses.
AB1140,66,95 (a) Project positions. The authorized FTE positions for the department of
6justice, funded from the appropriation under s. 20.455 (1) (a), are decreased by 2.0
7GPR project positions on the effective date of this paragraph for the purpose of
8assisting the division of criminal investigation in the field offices of Wausau and
9Appleton and for assisting district attorneys in prosecuting drug-related offenses.
AB1140,66,1010 (b) Field prosecutors.
AB1140,66,14 111. Notwithstanding s. 230.15 (1), (3), or (7), all incumbent employees holding
12project positions in the department of justice eliminated under par. (a) are
13transferred to the positions authorized under Section 165 (9 ) of this act on the
14effective date of this subdivision.
AB1140,66,17 152. Notwithstanding s. 230.27 (2m) (a), an employee who is transferred under
16subd. 1. may transfer rights and benefits, including seniority and continuous service
17earned while serving the project appointment, to the permanent position.
AB1140,66,19 183. Notwithstanding s. 230.28 (4), no employee transferred under subd. 1 . is
19required to serve a probationary period.
AB1140,66,2420 (2) Community services to reduce recidivism; onetime funding.
21Notwithstanding s. 16.42 (1) (e), in submitting information under s. 16.42 for the
222023-25 biennial budget bill, the department of justice shall submit information
23concerning the appropriation under s. 20.455 (1) (ds) as though the increase in the
24dollar amount of that appropriation by Section 165 (8 ) of this act did not take effect.
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1(3) Violence prevention grants. The department of justice shall establish a
2program to award grants from the appropriation under s. 20.455 (2) (dm) in the
32021-23 fiscal biennium for violence prevention programs. Grant applications are
4due no later than June 30 of each fiscal year. The department of justice shall consult
5with the department of health services to determine grant awards under this section.
AB1140,67,116 (4) Community policing and community prosecution grant program. From the
7appropriation under s. 20.455 (2) (cs), the department of justice shall provide grants
8in the 2021-23 fiscal biennium for community policing and community prosecution.
9In determining whether to award a grant under this section, the department of
10justice may consider whether the grant will be used to address community policing
11needs through hot-spot policing.
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