February 15, 2022 - Introduced by Representatives Steffen, Sortwell,
Kuglitsch, Brandtjen, Wichgers, James, Gundrum, Duchow, Skowronski,
Dittrich and Knodl, cosponsored by Senators Darling, Wanggaard, Feyen,
Marklein and Stroebel. Referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and
Public Safety.

AB993,1,7 1An Act to renumber and amend 940.20 (3) (title) and 940.20 (3); to amend
248.685 (2) (bb), 48.685 (5) (bm) 4., 48.686 (1) (c) 9., 48.686 (1) (c) 12., 48.686 (2)
3(bb), 50.065 (2) (bb), 165.70 (1) (b), 165.84 (7) (ab) 2., 301.048 (2) (bm) 1. a.,
4767.461 (4), 940.03, 941.29 (1g) (a), 941.291 (1) (b), 941.39 (title), 946.82 (4),
5949.03 (1) (b), 968.26 (1b) (a) 2. a., 969.08 (10) (b), 973.049 (2) and 973.123 (1);
6and to create 939.22 (21) (es), 940.202 (1) and (3) and 941.38 (1) (b) 5s. of the
7statutes; relating to: battery or threat to jurors and providing a penalty.

Under current law, the crime of battery is defined as intentionally causing
another person bodily harm and is a Class A misdemeanor. Under current law, if the
battery is a special circumstance battery—for example, the battery is committed
against an individual because of the individual's status as a law enforcement officer,
witness in a trial, or juror—the penalty is increased to a Class H felony. Under this
bill, a threat or battery against a juror or a threat or battery against a family member
of a juror is a Class I felony.

Current law also allows a judge, upon sentencing a person for a crime, to
prohibit the person from contacting a victim of or witness to the person's crime during
any part of the person's sentence or probation. The bill allows a judge to prohibit a
person who is convicted of a crime from contacting, for any part of the person's

sentence or probation, a juror who served at any proceeding related to the person's
crime.

Because this bill creates a new crime or revises a penalty for an existing crime,
the Joint Review Committee on Criminal Penalties may be requested to prepare a
report.