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| 3 | 3 | | 2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE |
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| 4 | 4 | | 2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 536 |
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| 5 | 5 | | October 18, 2023 - Introduced by Representatives DONOVAN, TUSLER, RETTINGER, |
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| 6 | 6 | | ALLEN, BEHNKE, BODDEN, BRANDTJEN, BROOKS, DUCHOW, GOEBEN, GUNDRUM, |
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| 7 | 7 | | MAXEY, MELOTIK, MICHALSKI, MURPHY, O'CONNOR and PENTERMAN, cosponsored |
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| 8 | 8 | | by Senators KNODL, HUTTON, BRADLEY, BALLWEG, JAMES, MARKLEIN and NASS. |
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| 9 | 9 | | Referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety. |
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| 10 | 10 | | ***AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*** |
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| 11 | 11 | | AN ACT to amend 346.17 (3) (a), 346.17 (3) (b), 346.17 (3) (c) and 346.17 (3) (d) |
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| 12 | 12 | | of the statutes; relating to: fleeing an officer and providing a penalty. |
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| 13 | 13 | | Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau |
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| 14 | 14 | | This bill increases the penalties for fleeing an officer. |
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| 15 | 15 | | Under current law, no operator of a vehicle, after having received a visual or |
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| 16 | 16 | | audible signal from a traffic officer, federal law enforcement officer, or marked or |
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| 17 | 17 | | unmarked police vehicle that the operator knows or reasonably should know is being |
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| 18 | 18 | | operated by a law enforcement officer, may knowingly flee so as to endanger other |
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| 19 | 19 | | vehicles or pedestrians. Under the bill: |
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| 20 | 20 | | 1. The penalty for fleeing an officer is increased from a Class I felony to a Class |
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| 21 | 21 | | H felony. |
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| 22 | 22 | | 2. The penalty for fleeing an officer and causing bodily harm to another or |
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| 23 | 23 | | damage to the property of another is increased from a Class H felony to a Class G |
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| 24 | 24 | | felony. |
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| 25 | 25 | | 3. The penalty for fleeing an officer and causing great bodily harm to another |
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| 26 | 26 | | is increased from a Class F felony to a Class E felony, with a mandatory minimum |
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| 27 | 27 | | of 1.5 years imprisonment. |
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| 28 | 28 | | 4. The penalty for fleeing an officer and causing death to another is increased |
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| 29 | 29 | | from a Class E felony to a Class D felony, with a mandatory minimum of 2.5 years |
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| 30 | 30 | | imprisonment. |
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| 34 | 34 | | ASSEMBLY BILL 536 |
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| 35 | 35 | | Because this bill creates a new crime or revises a penalty for an existing crime, |
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| 36 | 36 | | the Joint Review Committee on Criminal Penalties may be requested to prepare a |
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| 37 | 37 | | report. |
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| 38 | 38 | | The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do |
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| 39 | 39 | | enact as follows: |
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| 40 | 40 | | SECTION 1. 346.17 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read: |
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| 41 | 41 | | 346.17 (3) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), (c) or (d), any person violating s. |
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| 42 | 42 | | 346.04 (3) is guilty of a Class I H felony. |
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| 43 | 43 | | SECTION 2. 346.17 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read: |
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| 44 | 44 | | 346.17 (3) (b) If the violation results in bodily harm, as defined in s. 939.22 (4), |
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| 45 | 45 | | to another, or causes damage to the property of another, as defined in s. 939.22 (28), |
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| 46 | 46 | | the person is guilty of a Class H G felony. |
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| 47 | 47 | | SECTION 3. 346.17 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read: |
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| 48 | 48 | | 346.17 (3) (c) If the violation results in great bodily harm, as defined in s. 939.22 |
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| 49 | 49 | | (14), to another, the person is guilty of a Class F E felony. The court shall impose |
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| 50 | 50 | | a bifurcated sentence under s. 973.01, and the confinement portion of the bifurcated |
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| 51 | 51 | | sentence imposed on the person shall be not less than one year and 6 months. |
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| 52 | 52 | | SECTION 4. 346.17 (3) (d) of the statutes is amended to read: |
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| 53 | 53 | | 346.17 (3) (d) If the violation results in the death of another, the person is guilty |
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| 54 | 54 | | of a Class E D felony. The court shall impose a bifurcated sentence under s. 973.01, |
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| 55 | 55 | | and the confinement portion of the bifurcated sentence imposed on the person shall |
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| 56 | 56 | | be not less than 2 years and 6 months. |
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| 57 | 57 | | SECTION 5.0Initial applicability. |
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| 78 | 78 | | SECTION 5 |
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| 79 | 79 | | ASSEMBLY BILL 536 |
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| 80 | 80 | | (1) This act first applies to violations committed on the effective date of this |
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| 81 | 81 | | subsection. |
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| 82 | 82 | | (END) |
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