Relating to: increased penalties for crimes against elder persons; restraining orders for elder persons; freezing assets of a defendant charged with financial exploitation of an elder person; sexual assault of an elder person; physical abuse of an elder person; and providing a penalty.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2021
Committee Review
May 2021
Senate Passage
Feb 2021
Assembly Passage
May 2021
Signed into Law
Aug 2021
Introduced Jan 28, 2021
Signed Aug 9, 2021
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
30
Key actions
5
Committee
3
Amendments
1
Aug 9, 2021
Signed into law
Report approved by the Governor on 8-6-2021. 2021 Wisconsin Act 76
upper
May 11, 2021
Lower · Passed
Read a third time and concurred in
lower
May 6, 2021
Lower · Passed
Placed on calendar 5-11-2021 by Committee on Rules
lower
May 6, 2021
Committee
Read first time and referred to committee on Rules
lower
Feb 16, 2021
Upper · Passed
Read a third time and passed
upper
Feb 12, 2021
Upper · Passed
Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 6, Noes 1
upper
Feb 11, 2021
Introduced
Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Jacque
upper
Jan 28, 2021
Introduced
Introduced by Senators Testin, Carpenter, Ballweg, Felzkowski, Feyen, Nass and L. Taylor;
cosponsored by Representatives Macco, Wittke, Armstrong, Callahan, Dittrich, Edming, Horlacher, Kerkman, Kuglitsch, Magnafici, Milroy, Petryk, Snyder, Steffen, Summerfield, Zimmerman, Ramthun, Skowronski and James
upper
6 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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