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2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
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2025 SENATE BILL 17
February 5, 2025 - Introduced by Senators
James
and
Tomczyk
, cosponsored by Representatives
Goeben
,
Armstrong
,
Murphy
,
Dittrich
,
Nedweski
,
B. Jacobson
,
Callahan
,
Brill
,
Allen
,
Subeck
,
Wichgers
,
Mursau
and
Behnke
. Referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
SB17,1,3
1
An Act
to amend
940.203 (2) (intro.), (a) and (b) of the statutes;
relating to:
2
special circumstances battery to a community service officer and providing a
3
penalty.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, a person who intentionally causes bodily harm to another person commits the crime of simple battery and is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. Current law provides greater penalties for special circumstances battery, which is defined as intentionally causing or threatening to cause bodily harm to certain persons. For example, under current law, a person who intentionally causes or threatens to cause bodily harm to a law enforcement officer in response to an action that officer took in an official capacity is guilty of a Class H felony. The bill adds a community service officer so to make it a Class H felony to cause or threaten to cause bodily harm to a community service officer in response to an action the CSO took in an official capacity.
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:
SB17,1
1
Section
1
.
940.203 (2) (intro.), (a) and (b) of the statutes are amended to
2
read:
SB17,2,6
3
940.203
(2)
(intro.) Whoever intentionally causes bodily harm or threatens to
4
cause bodily harm to the person or family member of any judge, prosecutor,
or
law
5
enforcement officer
, or community service officer
under all of the following
6
circumstances is guilty of a Class H felony:
SB17,2,10
7
(a) At the time of the act or threat, the actor knows or should have known that
8
the victim is a judge, prosecutor,
or
law enforcement officer
, or community service
9
officer
or a member of the judge’s, prosecutor’s,
or
law enforcement officer’s
, or
10
community service officer’s
family.
SB17,2,12
11
(b) The act or threat is in response to any action taken by a judge, prosecutor,
12
or
law enforcement officer
, or community service officer
in an official capacity.
SB17,2,13
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