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2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
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2025 ASSEMBLY BILL 61
February 24, 2025 - Introduced by Representatives
Nedweski
,
Dittrich
,
Piwowarczyk
,
Andraca
,
Armstrong
,
Behnke
,
Brill
,
Callahan
,
Donovan
,
Goeben
,
Gundrum
,
B. Jacobson
,
Kaufert
,
Kitchens
,
Kreibich
,
Maxey
,
Miresse
,
O'Connor
,
Penterman
,
Sinicki
,
Steffen
,
Tittl
and
Wichgers
, cosponsored by Senators
Wanggaard
,
Carpenter
,
L. Johnson
,
Marklein
and
Nass
. Referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety.
AB61,1,2
1
An Act
to amend
951.18 (2m) of the statutes;
relating to:
injuring or killing a
2
police or fire animal and providing a penalty.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, no person may do any of the following to any animal that is used by a law enforcement agency or fire department to perform agency or department functions or duties: frighten, intimidate, threaten, abuse, or harass the animal; strike, shove, kick, or otherwise subject the animal to physical contact; or strike the animal by using a dangerous weapon. Under current law, any person who intentionally does any of those actions and causes injury to the animal is guilty of a Class I felony, and any person who intentionally does any of those actions and causes death of the animal is guilty of a Class H felony. Additionally, for such a violation, a sentencing court must require a criminal violator to pay restitution, including veterinary care expenses or the value of a replacement animal.
This bill increases the penalty for injuring such an animal to a Class H felony and the penalty for causing the death of such an animal to a Class G felony. A Class H felony is punishable by a fine of up to $10,000 or imprisonment for up to six years, or both, and a Class G felony is punishable by a fine of up to $25,000 or imprisonment for up to 10 years, 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.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
AB61,1
1
Section
1
.
951.18 (2m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB61,2,12
2
951.18
(2m)
Any person who violates s. 951.095 is subject to a Class B
3
forfeiture. Any person who intentionally or negligently violates s. 951.095, knowing
4
that the animal that is the victim is used by a law enforcement agency or fire
5
department to perform agency or department functions or duties, is guilty of a
6
Class A misdemeanor. Any person who intentionally violates s. 951.095, knowing
7
that the animal that is the victim is used by a law enforcement agency or fire
8
department to perform agency or department functions or duties and causing
9
injury to the animal, is guilty of a Class
I
H
felony. Any person who intentionally
10
violates s. 951.095, knowing that the animal that is the victim is used by a law
11
enforcement agency or fire department to perform agency or department functions
12
or duties and causing death to the animal, is guilty of a Class
H
G
felony.
AB61,2,13
13
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