AB1140,48,17 13(3) Whoever intentionally causes bodily harm or threatens to cause bodily
14harm to a person who he or she knows or has reason to know is a family member of
15a juror or is sharing a common domicile with a juror, for a reason related to the juror's
16service as a juror, without the consent of the person harmed or threatened is guilty
17of a Class H felony.
AB1140,110 18Section 110. 940.41 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1140,48,19 19940.41 Definitions. (intro.) In ss. 940.42 940.43 to 940.49:
AB1140,111 20Section 111. 940.41 (1d) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1140,48,2221 940.41 (1d) “Family member” means a spouse, child, stepchild, foster child,
22parent, sibling, or grandchild.
AB1140,112 23Section 112. 940.42 of the statutes is repealed.
AB1140,113 24Section 113. 940.43 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1140,48,25 25940.43 (title) Intimidation of witnesses ; felony.
AB1140,114
1Section 114. 940.43 of the statutes is renumbered 940.43 (2m), and 940.43
2(2m) (intro.), (b), (c) and (e), as renumbered, are amended to read:
AB1140,49,43 940.43 (2m) (intro.) Whoever violates s. 940.42 sub. (1m) under any of the
4following circumstances is guilty of a Class G felony:
AB1140,49,65 (b) Where the act is accompanied by injury or damage to the real or personal
6property of any person covered under sub. (1) par. (a).
AB1140,49,87 (c) Where the act is accompanied by any express or implied threat of force,
8violence, injury or damage described in sub. (1) or (2) par. (a) or (b).
AB1140,49,139 (e) Where the act is committed by any person who has suffered any prior
10conviction for any violation under this section, s. 943.30, 1979 stats., ss. s. 940.42 to
11940.45
, 2019 stats., s. 940.44, or any federal statute or statute of any other state
12which, if the act prosecuted was committed in this state, would be a violation under
13ss. 940.42 to 940.45 this section or s. 940.44.
AB1140,115 14Section 115. 940.43 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1140,49,1715 940.43 (1m) Whoever knowingly uses intimidation against, threatens, or
16corruptly persuades another person or engages in misleading conduct toward
17another person with intent to do any of the following is guilty of a Class H felony:
AB1140,49,1918 (a) Influence, dissuade, delay, or prevent the testimony of any person at any
19trial, proceeding, or inquiry authorized by law.
AB1140,49,2020 (b) Cause or induce any person to do any of the following:
AB1140,49,2221 1. Withhold testimony or a record, document, or other object from any trial,
22proceeding, or inquiry authorized by law.
AB1140,49,2523 2. Alter, destroy, mutilate, or conceal any record, document, or other object with
24intent to impair its integrity or availability for use in any trial, proceeding, or inquiry
25authorized by law.
AB1140,50,3
13. Evade legal process summoning the person as a witness or to produce a
2record, document, or other object in any trial, proceeding, or inquiry authorized by
3law.
AB1140,50,54 4. Be absent from any trial, proceeding, or inquiry authorized by law to which
5the person has been summoned by legal process.
AB1140,50,86 (c) Hinder, delay, or prevent the communication of information relating to the
7commission or possible commission of a violation of the criminal code to a law
8enforcement officer, public officer, or public employee.
AB1140,116 9Section 116. 940.44 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1140,50,10 10940.44 (title) Intimidation of victims ; misdemeanor.
AB1140,117 11Section 117. 940.44 of the statutes is renumbered 940.44 (1m), and 940.44
12(1m) (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:
AB1140,50,1713 940.44 (1m) (intro.) Except as provided in s. 940.45, whoever Whoever
14knowingly and maliciously prevents or dissuades, or who attempts to so prevent or
15dissuade,
another person who has been the victim of any crime or who is acting on
16behalf of the victim from doing any of the following is guilty of a Class A
17misdemeanor
H felony:
AB1140,118 18Section 118. 940.45 (title) of the statutes is repealed.
AB1140,119 19Section 119. 940.45 of the statutes is renumbered 940.44 (2m), and 940.44
20(2m) (intro.), (b), (c) and (e), as renumbered, are amended to read:
AB1140,50,2221 940.44 (2m) (intro.) Whoever violates s. 940.44 sub. (1m) under any of the
22following circumstances is guilty of a Class G felony: