---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: intimidating a victim of domestic abuse and providing a penalty."
description: "Relating to: intimidating a victim of domestic abuse and providing a penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "AB 804"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 804 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen", "Dittrich", "Duchow", "Edming", "Gundrum", "James", "Knodl", "Kuglitsch", "Sanfelippo", "Skowronski", "Wichgers"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 36
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-01-27T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-02-28T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4d645d5d-224d-4376-bbdd-26a3cb1cdf9b"
source_url: "http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2019/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab804"
source_hash: "60378027aaa341f7367020ceae8374aeac18cec124cb53cc840b7b41131c1279"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wi"]
---

# Wisconsin AB 804 (2019) — Relating to: intimidating a victim of domestic abuse and providing a penalty.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Assembly Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2019/REG/AB804-AA1)
2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2019/REG/AB804)

## Votes

- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 9, Noes 5 — **9–5** (pass) · lower
- Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 9, Noes 5 — **9–5** (pass) · lower
- Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Amendment 2 rejected, Ayes 19, Noes 14 — **19–14** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **67–32** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Allen — primary (person)
- Dittrich — primary (person)
- Duchow — primary (person)
- Edming — primary (person)
- Gundrum — primary (person)
- James — primary (person)
- Knodl — primary (person)
- Kuglitsch — primary (person)
- Sanfelippo — primary (person)
- Skowronski — primary (person)
- Wichgers — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2020-01-27T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives Knodl, Sanfelippo, Allen, Dittrich, Duchow, Edming, Gundrum, James, Kuglitsch, Skowronski and Wichgers; cosponsored by Senators Darling, Jacque and Wanggaard `introduction`
- **2020-01-27T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-30T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2020-02-04T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Knodl `amendment-introduction`
- **2020-02-05T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Brandtjen added as a coauthor
- **2020-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2020-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 9, Noes 5
- **2020-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 9, Noes 5 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 2-11-2020 by Committee on Rules
- **2020-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2020-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2020-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2020-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed, Ayes 67, Noes 32 `passage`
- **2020-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2020-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly
- **2020-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2020-02-14T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0
- **2020-02-14T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 2-19-2020 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2020-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator L. Taylor `amendment-introduction`
- **2020-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 2 offered by Senator L. Taylor `amendment-introduction`
- **2020-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 rejected `amendment-failure`
- **2020-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 2 rejected, Ayes 19, Noes 14 `amendment-failure`
- **2020-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2020-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2020-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage`
- **2020-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2020-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate concurred in
- **2020-02-25T06:00:00+00:00** LRB correction (Assembly Amendment 1)
- **2020-02-25T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 2-25-2020
- **2020-02-25T06:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 2-25-2020 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 2-28-2020. 2019 Wisconsin Act 112 `executive-signature`
- **2020-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Published 2-29-2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4d645d5d-224d-4376-bbdd-26a3cb1cdf9b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).