Wisconsin 2025-2026 Regular Session

Wisconsin Senate Bill SB92 Compare Versions

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1	1	2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
2	2	LRB-2282/1
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4	4	2025 SENATE BILL 92
5	5	March 7, 2025 - Introduced by Senators JACQUE, HUTTON, NASS, TOMCZYK and
6	6	CABRAL-GUEVARA, cosponsored by Representatives PENTERMAN, ALLEN,
7	7	BEHNKE, DONOVAN, FRANKLIN, GOEBEN, GUNDRUM, GUSTAFSON, B.
8	8	JACOBSON, KNODL, MAXEY, MELOTIK, MURPHY, PIWOWARCZYK, TUSLER,
9	9	WICHGERS, WITTKE, KRUG, MURSAU and BROOKS. Referred to Committee on
10	10	Judiciary and Public Safety.
11	11	AN ACT to create 943.20 (5), 943.50 (6), 971.19 (2m) and 971.36 (5) of the
12	12	statutes; relating to: theft crimes and providing a penalty.
13	13	Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
14	14	Under current law, the penalty for the crime of property theft varies by the
15	15	value of the property taken. The penalty ranges from a Class A misdemeanor if the
16	16	value of the property is not more than $2,500 to a Class F felony if the value of the
17	17	property exceeds $100,000. Similarly, the penalty for the crime of retail theft varies
18	18	by the value of the merchandise or service that is taken. The penalty ranges from a
19	19	Class A misdemeanor if the value is not more than $500 to a Class G felony if the
20	20	value exceeds $10,000.
21	21	This bill specifies that, if, in a six-month period, a defendant commits more
22	22	than one violation of property theft or more than one violation of retail theft, the
23	23	value of items taken at each violation may be aggregated and the crimes may be
24	24	prosecuted as one property theft crime or one retail theft crime. The penalty for the
25	25	crime would be determined by the aggregated value of the items taken.
26	26	Because this bill creates a new crime or revises a penalty for an existing crime,
27	27	the Joint Review Committee on Criminal Penalties may be requested to prepare a
28	28	report.
29	29	For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be
30	30	printed as an appendix to this bill.
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32	32	2 2025 - 2026 Legislature
33	33	SENATE BILL 92
34	34	- 2 - LRB-2282/1
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36	36	SECTION 1
37	37	The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
38	38	enact as follows:
39	39	SECTION 1. 943.20 (5) of the statutes is created to read:
40	40	943.20 (5) AGGREGATION OF VALUES. For purposes of charging and penalty
41	41	determinations under sub. (3) (a) to (cm), the value of property from multiple
42	42	violations committed by the same person in a 6-month period may be aggregated.
43	43	SECTION 2. 943.50 (6) of the statutes is created to read:
44	44	943.50 (6) For purposes of charging and penalty determinations under sub.
45	45	(4) (a) to (c), the value of property from multiple violations committed by the same
46	46	person in a 6-month period may be aggregated.
47	47	SECTION 3. 971.19 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:
48	48	971.19 (2m) If 2 or more violations of s. 943.20 or 943.50 are prosecuted as a
49	49	single crime as provided in s. 971.36 (5), the trial may be in any county in which any
50	50	of the violations occurred and the prosecutor shall have exclusive jurisdiction over
51	51	the violations.
52	52	SECTION 4. 971.36 (5) of the statutes is created to read:
53	53	971.36 (5) In any case involving aggregated acts under s. 943.20 (5) or 943.50
54	54	(6), notwithstanding sub. (3), the acts may be prosecuted as a single crime.
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