Wisconsin 2023-2024 Regular Session

Wisconsin Assembly Bill AB684 Compare Versions

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4	4	2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 684
5	5	November 27, 2023 - Introduced by Representatives SORTWELL, MAGNAFICI, ALLEN,
6	6	ARMSTRONG, BEHNKE, BRANDTJEN, GOEBEN, GUSTAFSON, S. JOHNSON,
7	7	RETTINGER, SCHMIDT and WICHGERS, cosponsored by Senators JAMES and NASS.
8	8	Referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety.
9	9	*AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*
10	10	AN ACT to repeal 165.81 (2) and 941.295; to amend 165.63 (4) (a), 175.60 (1) (j),
11	11	938.341, 938.78 (3), 939.22 (10), 948.60 (1), 971.17 (1g) and 973.176 (1); and to
12	12	create 939.22 (11m) and 941.2915 of the statutes; relating to: eliminating the
13	13	prohibitions on electric weapons and providing a penalty.
14	14	Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
15	15	Current law generally prohibits a person from selling, transporting,
16	16	possessing, or going armed with a device that is designed to immobilize or
17	17	incapacitate persons by the use of electric current, which is commonly known as an
18	18	electric weapon. Current law contains many exceptions to the prohibition, including
19	19	a law enforcement officer, a person who has a license to carry a concealed weapon,
20	20	a person who is in his or her dwelling or business, or a security person who has a
21	21	license or permit.
22	22	This bill eliminates the current prohibitions against electric weapons. The bill
23	23	creates a provision that prohibits a person who is prohibited from possessing a
24	24	firearm from possessing an electric weapon.
25	25	Because this bill creates a new crime or revises a penalty for an existing crime,
26	26	the Joint Review Committee on Criminal Penalties may be requested to prepare a
27	27	report.
28	28	The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
29	29	enact as follows:
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36	36	SECTION 1. 165.63 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
37	37	165.63 (4) (a) Enforce or investigate a violation of s. 941.29 or, 941.2905, or
38	38	941.2915.
39	39	SECTION 2. 165.81 (2) of the statutes is repealed.
40	40	SECTION 3. 175.60 (1) (j) of the statutes is amended to read:
41	41	175.60 (1) (j) “Weapon" means a handgun, an electric weapon, as defined in s.
42	42	941.295 (1c) (a), or a billy club.
43	43	SECTION 4. 938.341 of the statutes is amended to read:
44	44	938.341 Delinquency adjudication; restriction on firearm and electric
45	45	weapon possession. Whenever a court adjudicates a juvenile delinquent for an act
46	46	that if committed by an adult in this state would be a felony, the court shall inform
47	47	the juvenile of the requirements and penalties under s. ss. 941.29 and 941.2915.
48	48	SECTION 5. 938.78 (3) of the statutes, as affected by 2023 Wisconsin Act 10, is
49	49	amended to read:
50	50	938.78 (3) RELEASE OF INFORMATION WHEN ESCAPE OR ABSENCE; RULES. If a juvenile
51	51	adjudged delinquent under s. 48.12, 1993 stats., or s. 938.12 or found to be in need
52	52	of protection or services under s. 48.13 (12) or (14), 1993 stats., or s. 938.13 (12) or
53	53	(14) on the basis of a violation of s. 943.23 (1m) or (1r), 1999 stats., or s. 943.23 (1g),
54	54	2021 stats., or s. 941.10, 941.11, 941.20, 941.21, 941.23, 941.231, 941.235, 941.237,
55	55	941.26, 941.28, 941.295, 941.298, 941.30, 941.31, 941.32, 941.325, 943.02, 943.03,
56	56	943.04, 943.10 (2) (a), 943.231 (1), 943.32 (2), 948.02, 948.025, 948.03, 948.05,
57	57	948.055, 948.085 (2), 948.60, 948.605, or 948.61 or any crime specified in ch. 940 has
58	58	escaped from a juvenile correctional facility, residential care center for children and
59	59	youth, secured residential care center for children and youth, inpatient facility, as
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90	90	or from the custody of a peace officer or a guard of such a facility, center, or jail, or
91	91	has been allowed to leave a juvenile correctional facility, residential care center for
92	92	children and youth, secured residential care center for children and youth, inpatient
93	93	facility, juvenile detention facility, or juvenile portion of a county jail for a specified
94	94	time period and is absent from the facility, center, home, or jail for more than 12 hours
95	95	after the expiration of the specified period, the department of corrections or county
96	96	department, whichever has supervision over the juvenile, may release the juvenile's
97	97	name and any information about the juvenile that is necessary for the protection of
98	98	the public or to secure the juvenile's return to the facility, center, home, or jail. The
99	99	department of corrections shall promulgate rules establishing guidelines for the
100	100	release of the juvenile's name or information about the juvenile to the public.
101	101	SECTION 6. 939.22 (10) of the statutes is amended to read:
102	102	939.22 (10) “Dangerous weapon" means any firearm, whether loaded or
103	103	unloaded; any device designed as a weapon and capable of producing death or great
104	104	bodily harm; any ligature or other instrumentality used on the throat, neck, nose, or
105	105	mouth of another person to impede, partially or completely, breathing or circulation
106	106	of blood; any electric weapon, as defined in s. 941.295 (1c) (a); or any other device or
107	107	instrumentality which, in the manner it is used or intended to be used, is calculated
108	108	or likely to produce death or great bodily harm.
109	109	SECTION 7. 939.22 (11m) of the statutes is created to read:
110	110	939.22 (11m) “Electric weapon" means any device which is designed,
111	111	redesigned, used, or intended to be used, offensively or defensively, to immobilize or
112	112	incapacitate persons by the use of electric current.
113	113	SECTION 8. 941.2915 of the statutes is created to read:
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140	140	941.2915 Possession of an electric weapon. A person who is prohibited
141	141	from possessing a firearm under s. 941.29 who possesses an electric weapon is guilty
142	142	of a Class G felony.
143	143	SECTION 9. 941.295 of the statutes is repealed.
144	144	SECTION 10. 948.60 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
145	145	948.60 (1) In this section, “dangerous weapon" means any firearm, loaded or
146	146	unloaded; any electric weapon, as defined in s. 941.295 (1c) (a); metallic knuckles or
147	147	knuckles of any substance which could be put to the same use with the same or
148	148	similar effect as metallic knuckles; a nunchaku or any similar weapon consisting of
149	149	2 sticks of wood, plastic or metal connected at one end by a length of rope, chain, wire
150	150	or leather; a cestus or similar material weighted with metal or other substance and
151	151	worn on the hand; a shuriken or any similar pointed star-like object intended to
152	152	injure a person when thrown; or a manrikigusari or similar length of chain having
153	153	weighted ends.
154	154	SECTION 11. 971.17 (1g) of the statutes is amended to read:
155	155	971.17 (1g) NOTICE OF RESTRICTION ON FIREARM AND ELECTRIC WEAPON POSSESSION.
156	156	If the defendant under sub. (1) is found not guilty of a felony by reason of mental
157	157	disease or defect, the court shall inform the defendant of the requirements and
158	158	penalties under s. ss. 941.29 and 941.2915.
159	159	SECTION 12. 973.176 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
160	160	973.176 (1) FIREARM AND ELECTRIC WEAPON POSSESSION. Whenever a court
161	161	imposes a sentence or places a defendant on probation regarding a felony conviction,
162	162	the court shall inform the defendant of the requirements and penalties applicable to
163	163	him or her under s. ss. 941.29 (1m) or (4m) and 941.2915.
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