Wisconsin Legislature: Crime and criminals

Retail theft with intent to sell stolen property on the Internet made a felony; purchasing property on the Internet known to be stolen also made a felony - AB874

``Riot" while arrested, detained, or in law enforcement custody defined; mandatory prison term for certain crimes committed while participating in a riot - AB92

Salvia divinorum plant's active chemical ingredient: manufacture, distribution, or delivery of intended for human consumption prohibited; penalty and exception provisions - AB477

Scrap metal sales, purchases, and dealers: definitions, photograph and ledger requirements, fines, civil action provision, and theft of property modified - AB560

Scrap metal sales, purchases, and dealers: definitions, photograph and records requirements, fines, civil action provision, and theft of property modified [S.Amdt.1: definition revisions; S.Amdt.2: photographic or video image of vehicle license plate requirement deleted; S.Amdt.3: confidentiality of certain information] - SB473

Self-defense resulting in death or great bodily harm: court presumption criteria created - AB35

Self-defense resulting in death or great bodily harm: court presumption criteria created [A.Sub.Amdt.1 or A.Amdt.1; deleted by Conf.Sub.Amdt.1] - SB40

``Service animal" definition modified re discrimination in public accommodations; harassment of service animal prohibited; dog license tax exemption for service dog revised - AB287

``Service animal" definition modified re discrimination in public accommodations; harassment of service animal prohibited; dog license tax exemption for service dog revised - SB111

Special orders of business for March 12, 2008 established re AJR-106, AB-187, AB-422, AB-702, AB-737, AB-739, AB-778, AB-806, AB-857, AB-874, AB-878, AB-894, AB-896, AB-900, AB-905, AB-906, AB-908, AB-913, SB-20, SB-28, SB-48, SB-124, SB-128, SB-269, SB-351, SB-409, SB-483, SB-514, SB-517 - AR18

Telephone solicitation: residential and nonresidential customer definition expanded to include mobile telephone customers; expiration modified re notice to DATCP for inclusion in nonsolicitation directory; solicitor prohibited from threatening violence or harassment against recipient - AB5

Tenant termination of tenancy permitted for imminent threat of serious physical harm, conditions specified; lease is void and unenforceable if landlord takes certain actions in retaliation for tenant's contact with law enforcement, health, or safety services; municipality and county prohibited from imposing a fee on property owner or occupant for call for emergency services [for further revisions, see entry under ``Landlord and tenant"] - SB269

Theft of services: retail theft penalties expanded to include; ``merchandise" definition - AB503

Threat to cause bodily harm to social service worker, juvenile intake worker, child support worker, or their family members: misdemeanor crime created - AB269

Threatening to cause or intentionally causing bodily harm to a technical college district or school district officer or employee prohibited; felony provisions - AB282

Threatening to cause or intentionally causing bodily harm to a technical college district or school district officer or employee prohibited; felony provisions - SB159

Transporting a corpse with intent to conceal a crime or avoid apprehension, prosecution, or conviction: vehicle may be seized and forfeited - AB923

Traveling sales crews: regulations created; exceptions and penalty provisions - AB208

Traveling sales crews: regulations created; exceptions and penalty provisions [S.Sub.Amdt.1 as amended by Senate; deleted by A.Sub.Amdt.1 or A.Amdt.1] - SB40

Traveling sales crews: regulations created; exceptions and penalty provisions - SB80

Trespassing liability exemption under certain conditions for assessor and staff making an assessment for the state or political subdivision; certain civil liability for owner provided - AB293

Trespassing liability exemption under certain conditions for assessor and staff making an assessment for the state or political subdivision; certain civil liability for owner provided - SB148

Vicious dog, intact dog, or dog without identifying microchip: certain serious felony offenders prohibited from possessing; penalties and exemption provisions - SB38

Violent offender registry created; Corr.Dept duties set; offenses specified and Internet provision - AB566

Voluntary intoxication as defense to criminal liability eliminated - AB330

Voter intimidation or suppression and false statements or representations to deter people from voting: prohibitions and penalties created; repealing requirement that police officers be stationed at certain polling places in populous cities - AB966

Wisconsin Circuit Court Access (WCCA) Web site: removing civil forfeiture, misdemeanor, or felony case if the case or charge is dismissed, defendant is found not guilty, or case or charge is overturned on appeal - AB754

Wisconsin Circuit Court Access (WCCA) Web site: removing civil forfeiture, misdemeanor, or felony case if the case or charge is dismissed, defendant is found not guilty, or case or charge is overturned on appeal - SB458

Witness exclusion order: law enforcement officer may be ordered to testify before other witnesses in criminal or delinquency cases - AB373

Bodily harm or threats of bodily harm to a DA, assistant DA, or their families: felony crime created - AB245

Crimes committed on school premises during certain hours by a person who is not a student at that school: penalties revised; offenses specified - AB366

Employee of a 1st class city: intentionally causing or threatening to cause bodily harm to the employee made a crime [A.Amdt.1: 1st class city removed; county, city, town, and village added; ``threat" provisions removed, inspection provisions added] - AB525

Employee of a 1st class city: intentionally causing or threatening to cause bodily harm to the employee made a crime - SB278

``Riot" while arrested, detained, or in law enforcement custody defined; mandatory prison term for certain crimes committed while participating in a riot - AB92

Special orders of business for March 5, 2008 established re AB-47, AB-67, AB-92, AB-151, AB-212, AB-281, AB-346, AB-424, AB-479, AB-486, AB-517, AB-543, AB-553, AB-569, AB-579, AB-603, AB-635, AB-645, AB-663, AB-672, AB-673, AB-676, AB-677, AB-692, AB-693, AB-717, AB-736, AB-753, AB-755, AB-771, AB-772, AB-793, AB-804, AB-805, AB-817, AB-819, AB-825, AB-835, AB-842, AB-853, AB-864, AB-869, AB-872, AB-901, SB-69, SB-176, SB-272, SB-289, SB-294, SB-324, SB-325, SB-326, SB-327, SB-328, SB-335, SB-368, SB-369, SB-370 - AR16

Telephone solicitation: residential and nonresidential customer definition expanded to include mobile telephone customers; expiration modified re notice to DATCP for inclusion in nonsolicitation directory; solicitor prohibited from threatening violence or harassment against recipient - AB5

Witness to a crime: causing bodily harm or threats to cause made a felony - AB337

Accidental injury by dangerous weapon: penalty for failure of person who caused the injury to perform certain duties revised; leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident causing injury, but not great bodily harm, penalty modified - AB564

Accidental injury by dangerous weapon: penalty for failure of person who caused the injury to perform certain duties revised; leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident causing injury, but not great bodily harm, penalty modified - SB306

Alcohol beverages provided to a minor who suffers great bodily harm or death from their consumption: penalties expanded to include underage persons who are 18, 19, or 20 years old - AB196

Bodily harm or threats of bodily harm to a DA, assistant DA, or their families: felony crime created - AB245

Convicted felon ineligible for licensure as a lobbyist; Ethics Board duties specified - SB106

Convicted felon ineligible for licensure as a lobbyist; Government Accountability Board duties specified - AB761

Counterfeit or altered identification documents: manufacturing, distributing, or selling for specified purposes made a felony; ``racketeering activity" provisions - SB465

Crimes against children: laws revised and reconciliation of 2005 WisActs 430, 431, and 437 - AB209

Crimes against children: laws revised and reconciliation of 2005 WisActs 430, 431, and 437 [S.Amdt.3: GPS provision removed] - SB103

Discrimination in housing because of certain arrest or conviction record prohibited, felony and mortgage provisions; discrimination in employment because of arrest or conviction record made a felony - AB933

DNA analysis: person charged with a felony required to provide biological sample under certain condition; sheriff and crime laboratories provisions - AB1

DNA evidence connected to certain felonies: time period for commencing prosecution revised; 2005 WisActs 60 and 276 reconciliation provision - AB524

DNA evidence connected to certain felonies: time period for commencing prosecution revised; 2005 WisActs 60 and 276 reconciliation provision - SB271

Electronic message sent and made to appear from a person without that person's consent: felony crime created - AB548

Employee of a 1st class city: intentionally causing or threatening to cause bodily harm to the employee made a crime [A.Amdt.1: 1st class city removed; county, city, town, and village added; ``threat" provisions removed, inspection provisions added] - AB525

Employment discrimination based on conviction record: educational agency exempt re unpardoned felony conviction - AB30

Employment discrimination based on conviction record: educational agency exempt re unpardoned felony conviction - SB8

Employment discrimination based on conviction record: educational agency exempt re unpardoned felony conviction [A.Sub.Amdt.1 or A.Amdt.1; deleted by Conf.Sub.Amdt.1] - SB40

Escape by person on probation, parole, or extended supervision; ``custody" definition revised [Conf.Sub.Amdt.1] - MR8 AB1

Exposing genitals or pubic area to a child or causing a child to expose: classification of crime changed to a felony - AB913

Failure-to-stop violation that results in substantial bodily harm: additional felony penalty category created - AB960

Failure-to-stop violation that results in substantial bodily harm: additional felony penalty category created - SB559

Felony victim's prior testimony: admissibility of in revocation of probation, parole, or extended supervision proceedings - AB431

GPS device placed in a vehicle without the person's knowledge or consent made a felony - AB846

GPS signal from a tracking device used by Corr.Dept to monitor the movement of a sex offender: interference or tampering with made a felony - AB597

Graffiti violations: damage threshold for felony sentence lowered - AB241

Graffiti violations: damage threshold for felony sentence lowered - SB261

Harboring or aiding a felon: family members are not exempt from prohibition against destroying, altering, hiding, or disguising physical evidence - AB338

Harboring or aiding a felon or destroying, altering, or hiding physical evidence, or placing false evidence to prevent apprehension, prosecution, or conviction of a felon: penalties revised - AB397

Harboring or aiding a felon or destroying, altering, or hiding physical evidence, or placing false evidence to prevent apprehension, prosecution, or conviction of a felon: penalties revised - SB196

Human trafficking and trafficking of a child: crimes created; AG, DA, DHFS, OJA, and DOA duties specified - AB544

Human trafficking and trafficking of a child: crimes created; AG, DA, DHFS, OJA, and DOA duties specified - SB292

Illegal alien charged with a violent felony is ineligible for pre-trial release if clear and convincing evidence is presented: constitutional amendment (1st consideration) - SJR29

Juvenile convicted in adult court of throwing a bodily substance at another person while in a juvenile correctional or secured facility: court required to sentence the juvenile to the maximum term of confinement in prison; exception provided - SB339

Motor vehicle accident that causes injury but not great bodily harm: leaving the scene without providing information or assistance made a felony crime - AB523

Operating a motor vehicle with a cancelled, suspended, or revoked privilege or without a valid driver's license: penalties revised; provisions of 2005 WisAct 412 repealed - AB565

Person convicted of certain sexual assault felonies: trial judge may not release from imprisonment before sentencing or the granting of probation - SB290

Police officer or fire fighter of any class of city charged with a misdemeanor or felony: suspension and compensation withheld pending disposition of the charges; duties of chief, first class city, appeal, and collective bargaining provisions - SB489

Prisoners in jail: sheriff required to verify citizenship if charged with a felony or OWI and notify U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement if not a citizen or authorized to be in the U.S. - AB711

Receiving a stolen firearm made a felony - AB411

Repeat drunken driving offenses: felony penalties revised - AB54

Repeat drunken driving offenses: felony penalties revised [S.Amdt.3: driver improvement surcharge provision] - SB116

Resisting arrest while armed with or threatening to use a dangerous weapon: conditions for felony conviction modified - AB162

Retail theft of merchandise made a felony, DA and racketeering provisions; sellers at flea markets required to have proof of ownership of specific merchandise - AB340

Retail theft with intent to sell stolen property on the Internet made a felony; purchasing property on the Internet known to be stolen also made a felony - AB874

Right to vote barred re felony conviction: right restored to persons on extended supervision, parole, or probation but barred again if person is returned to prison, jail, or house of correction; Corr.Dept notice provision - AB390

Right to vote barred re felony conviction: right restored to persons on extended supervision, parole, or probation but barred again if person is returned to prison, jail, or house of correction; Corr.Dept notice provision - AB630

Sexual contact or intercourse with a corpse and disturbing or exposing a burial site or buried human corpse made felony crimes - SB247

Special orders of business for March 11, 2008 established re AB-482, AB-668, AB-685, AB-688, AB-709, AB-735, AB-745, AB-765, AB-769, AB-798, AB-803, AB-807, AB-809, AB-828, AB-846, AB-849, AB-862, AB-863, AB-893, AB-898, SB-49, SB-72, SB-86, SB-142, SB-260, SB-288, SB-403, SB-430 - AR17

Strangulation and suffocation: felony crime created; definitions and domestic abuse assessment re violated restraining order provisions - AB499