Wisconsin 2023 2023-2024 Regular Session

Wisconsin Assembly Bill AB965 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/16/2024

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2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 965
January 16, 2024 - Introduced by Representatives T USLER and STUBBS,
cosponsored by Senators WANGGAARD and TAYLOR. Referred to Committee on
Criminal Justice and Public Safety.
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AN ACT to create 946.645 of the statutes; relating to: picketing or parading at
the residence of a judge with the intent to interfere with, obstruct, or impede
the administration of justice or influence any judge and providing a penalty.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under this bill, it is a Class A misdemeanor to picket, parade, or demonstrate
at or near any residence occupied by a judge with the intent to interfere with,
obstruct, or impede the administration of justice or with the intent to influence any
judge in the discharge of his or her duty.  A Class A misdemeanor is punishable by
a fine of up to $10,000 or imprisonment not to exceed nine months, 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:
SECTION 1.  946.645 of the statutes is created to read:
946.645  Picketing or parading at the residence of a judge. Whoever
pickets, parades, or demonstrates at or near any residence occupied or used by a
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judge with the intent to interfere with, obstruct, or impede the administration of
justice or with the intent to influence any judge in the discharge of his or her duty
is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
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