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| 3 | 3 | | 2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE |
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| 4 | 4 | | 2023 SENATE BILL 640 |
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| 5 | 5 | | November 7, 2023 - Introduced by Senator J ACQUE, cosponsored by |
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| 6 | 6 | | Representatives PENTERMAN, WICHGERS and BRANDTJEN. Referred to |
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| 7 | 7 | | Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety. |
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| 8 | 8 | | ***AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*** |
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| 9 | 9 | | AN ACT to amend 940.11 (1) and 940.11 (2) of the statutes; relating to: hiding, |
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| 10 | 10 | | burying, or mutilating a corpse to conceal a crime and providing a penalty. |
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| 11 | 11 | | Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau |
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| 12 | 12 | | Under current law it is a Class F felony to mutilate, disfigure, dismember, hide, |
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| 13 | 13 | | or bury a corpse if the act is done to conceal a crime or to avoid being apprehended, |
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| 14 | 14 | | prosecuted, or convicted for a crime. This bill increases the penalty to a Class C |
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| 15 | 15 | | felony. |
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| 16 | 16 | | A person who is convicted of a Class F felony is subject to a fine of not more than |
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| 17 | 17 | | $25,000, imprisonment for not more than 12 years and 6 months, or both. A person |
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| 18 | 18 | | who is convicted of a Class C felony is subject to a fine of not more than $100,000, |
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| 19 | 19 | | imprisonment for not more than 40 years, or both. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Because this bill creates a new crime or revises a penalty for an existing crime, |
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| 21 | 21 | | the Joint Review Committee on Criminal Penalties may be requested to prepare a |
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| 22 | 22 | | report. |
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| 23 | 23 | | The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do |
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| 24 | 24 | | enact as follows: |
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| 25 | 25 | | SECTION 1. 940.11 (1) of the statutes is amended to read: |
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| 29 | 29 | | CMH:cjs |
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| 30 | 30 | | SECTION 1 SENATE BILL 640 |
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| 31 | 31 | | 940.11 (1) Whoever mutilates, disfigures, or dismembers a corpse, with intent |
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| 32 | 32 | | to conceal a crime or avoid apprehension, prosecution, or conviction for a crime, is |
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| 33 | 33 | | guilty of a Class F C felony. |
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| 34 | 34 | | SECTION 2. 940.11 (2) of the statutes is amended to read: |
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| 35 | 35 | | 940.11 (2) Whoever hides or buries a corpse, with intent to conceal a crime or |
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| 36 | 36 | | avoid apprehension, prosecution, or conviction for a crime or notwithstanding is |
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| 37 | 37 | | guilty of a Class C felony. |
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| 38 | 38 | | (2m) Notwithstanding s. 946.90 (2) or (3), 946.91 (2), 946.92, or 946.93 (2) or |
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| 39 | 39 | | (3), whoever hides or buries a corpse with intent to collect benefits under the |
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| 40 | 40 | | assistance program for families with dependent children administered under ss. |
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| 41 | 41 | | 49.141 to 49.161, the Medical Assistance program administered under subch. IV of |
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| 42 | 42 | | ch. 49, or the food stamp program, as defined in s. 49.79 (1) (c), is guilty of a Class |
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| 43 | 43 | | F felony. |
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| 44 | 44 | | (END) |
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