Wisconsin House Bill 78

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 11-1)
Status: Failed on April 15 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-04-15 - Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

An Act to renumber 940.198 (1) (a) and 971.109 (1) (a); to renumber and amend 939.623 (1); to amend 343.12 (7) (c) 9j., 813.12 (5b), 813.123 (6g), 813.125 (5b), 911.01 (4) (c), 939.623 (title), 939.623 (2) (intro.), 939.623 (3), 940.198 (title), 940.198 (1) (b), 940.198 (2) (a), 940.198 (2) (b), 940.198 (2) (c), 940.198 (3) (a), 940.198 (3) (b), 940.198 (3) (c), 940.198 (4), 971.109 (title), 971.109 (2) (a) and 971.109 (2) (c); and to create 813.12 (1) (ab), 813.125 (1) (am) 2., 939.623 (1) (b), 940.198 (1) (ag), 940.225 (1) (e) and 971.109 (1) (ac) of the statutes; Relating to: increased penalties for crimes against adults at risk; restraining orders for adults at risk; freezing assets of a defendant charged with financial exploitation of an adult at risk; sexual assault of an adult at risk; and providing a penalty.

Increased penalties for crimes against adults at risk; restraining orders for adults at risk; freezing assets of a defendant charged with financial exploitation of an adult at risk; sexual assault of an adult at risk; and providing a penalty.

Rep. Nik Rettinger [R]	Rep. Rick Gundrum [R]	Rep. Scott Allen [R]	Rep. David Armstrong [R]
Rep. Elijah Behnke [R]	Rep. Janel Brandtjen [R]	Rep. Bob Donovan [R]	Sen. Dan Knodl [R]
Rep. David Murphy [R]	Rep. Chuck Wichgers [R]	Sen. Andre Jacque [R]	Sen. Timothy Carpenter [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-04-15	House	Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
2024-01-10	House	Representative Gustafson added as a coauthor
2023-03-23	House	Public hearing held
2023-02-28	House	Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety
2023-02-28	House	Introduced

Type	Source
Summary	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab78
Text	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2023/REG/AB78.pdf
Supplement	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/related/records/assembly/criminal_justice_and_public_safety/1717012.pdf