LRB-2847/1
CMH:nwn&kjf:rs
2009 - 2010 LEGISLATURE
October 23, 2009 - Introduced by Representatives Hubler, Berceau, Petersen, Van
Akkeren, Vruwink, Turner, Pasch, Townsend, Danou, Grigsby, Sinicki and
Hilgenberg, cosponsored by Senators Jauch, Lassa, Kreitlow and Hopper.
Referred to Committee on Criminal Justice.
AB515,1,2
1An Act to amend 948.03 (3) (a) of the statutes;
relating to: reckless bodily harm
2to a child and providing a penalty.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, a person who is convicted of causing great bodily harm to
a child is guilty of a felony and is subject to a fine of not more than $25,000 or up to
ten years imprisonment or both. This bill changes the penalty to a fine of not more
than $50,000 or up to 15 years imprisonment or both.
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 concerning the proposed penalty and the costs or savings that are likely to
result if the bill is enacted.
For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be
printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB515, s. 1
3Section
1. 948.03 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB515,1,54
948.03
(3) (a) Whoever recklessly causes great bodily harm to a child is guilty
5of a Class
G E felony.
AB515,2,32
(1) The treatment of section 948.03 (3) (a) of the statutes first applies to acts
3committed on the effective date of this subsection.
