September 17, 2019 - Introduced by Senators Testin, Carpenter, Bernier, Nass,
Olsen, Petrowski and Wanggaard, cosponsored by Representatives Macco,
Wittke, Ballweg, Bowen, Brandtjen, Dittrich, Edming, Gundrum,
Horlacher, James, Krug, Kulp, Magnafici, Mursau, Novak, Petersen,
Petryk, Plumer, Quinn, Ramthun, Rohrkaste, Steffen, Summerfield, Tittl,
Tranel and Skowronski. Referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public
Safety.

SB427,2,2 1An Act to renumber 813.125 (1) (am) 1. and 813.125 (1) (am) 2.; to amend 48.57
2(3p) (g) 2., 48.685 (1) (c) 2., 50.065 (1) (e) 1., 103.34 (1) (b) 2., 165.84 (7) (ab) 1.,
3301.048 (2) (bm) 1. a., 302.11 (1g) (a) 2., 303.07 (2), 813.123 (1) (eg), 813.125 (1)
4(am) (intro.), 895.45 (1) (a), 938.208 (1) (a), 938.34 (4m) (b) 1., 938.355 (2d) (b)
53., 939.62 (2m) (a) 2m. b., 939.632 (1) (e) 1., 941.29 (1g) (a), 941.291 (1) (b),
6949.03 (1) (b), 968.26 (1b) (a) 2. a., 969.035 (1), 969.08 (10) (b), 973.01 (2) (c) 2.
7a., 973.0135 (1) (b) 2., 973.06 (1) (av) 2. a., 973.06 (1) (av) 2. b., 973.123 (1) and
8980.01 (6) (b); and to create 343.12 (7) (c) 9j., 813.12 (1) (ar), 813.12 (5b),
9813.123 (6g), 813.125 (1) (am) 3., 813.125 (1) (am) 4. (intro.), 813.125 (5b),
10939.623, 940.198, 940.225 (1) (d) and 971.109 of the statutes; relating to:
11increased penalties for crimes against elder persons; restraining orders for
12elder persons; freezing assets of a defendant charged with financial

1exploitation of an elder person; sexual assault of an elder person; physical
2abuse of an elder person; and providing a penalty.

Under this bill, any act of sexual misconduct that is currently a second degree
sexual assault is a first degree sexual assault if the victim is 60 years of age or older.
Under current law, if a person engages in any of the specified acts of sexual
misconduct, he or she is guilty of a Class C felony. Under the bill, he or she is guilty
of a Class B felony if the victim is 60 years of age or older, whether or not he or she
knew the victim's age.

This bill creates the crime of physical abuse of an elder person that is modeled
after the current law prohibition of physical abuse of a child. Under the bill, an elder
person is anyone who is 60 years of age or older, and a person may be prosecuted
irrespective of whether he or she knew the age of the crime victim. Under the bill,
the penalties range from a Class C felony for intentionally causing great bodily harm
to a Class I felony for recklessly causing bodily harm.