Wisconsin 2023-2024 Regular Session

Wisconsin Senate Bill SB926 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 01/19/2024

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2023 - 2024  LEGISLATURE  
2023 SENATE BILL 926
January 19, 2024 - Introduced by Senators WANGGAARD and TAYLOR, cosponsored
by Representatives TUSLER and STUBBS. Referred to Committee on Judiciary
and Public Safety.
***AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE***
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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