---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: battery or threat to a health care provider or staff member of a health care facility and providing a penalty."
description: "Relating to: battery or threat to a health care provider or staff member of a health care facility and providing a penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "AB 960"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 960 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Armstrong", "Born", "Cabral-Guevara", "Dittrich", "Duchow", "Edming", "Gundrum", "James", "Kuglitsch", "Magnafici", "Moses", "Novak", "Steffen", "Vorpagel", "Vos", "Wittke"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 36
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-02-07T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-08T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aaa3b361-2dbc-48fd-b905-103f77fdc85f"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2021/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab960"
source_hash: "7f18dc27ee2d78f7dc7946d874ed88813d6f47483256a193552d05f534e98eed"
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 960 (2021) — Relating to: battery or threat to a health care provider or staff member of a health care facility and providing a penalty.

## Version chain

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

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2021/REG/AB960)

## Votes

- Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2 — **3–2** (pass) · upper
- Report passage recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 14, Noes 1 — **14–1** (pass) · lower
- CONCURRENCE — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Armstrong — primary (person)
- Born — primary (person)
- Cabral-Guevara — primary (person)
- Dittrich — primary (person)
- Duchow — primary (person)
- Edming — primary (person)
- Gundrum — primary (person)
- James — primary (person)
- Kuglitsch — primary (person)
- Magnafici — primary (person)
- Moses — primary (person)
- Novak — primary (person)
- Steffen — primary (person)
- Vorpagel — primary (person)
- Vos — primary (person)
- Wittke — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives Vos, Magnafici, Armstrong, Born, Cabral-Guevara, Dittrich, Duchow, Edming, Gundrum, James, Kuglitsch, Moses, Novak, Steffen, Vorpagel and Wittke; cosponsored by Senators LeMahieu, Wanggaard and Feyen `introduction`
- **2022-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Senators Ballweg and Darling added as cosponsors
- **2022-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Schraa added as a coauthor
- **2022-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Representatives Kurtz and Oldenburg added as coauthors
- **2022-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2022-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Senator Marklein added as a cosponsor
- **2022-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Wichgers added as a coauthor
- **2022-02-16T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2022-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 14, Noes 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Made a special order of business at 9:16 AM on 2-23-2022 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 29
- **2022-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2022-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2022-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly `receipt`
- **2022-02-24T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary and Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-25T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Milroy added as a coauthor
- **2022-03-02T06:00:00+00:00** Withdrawn from committee on Judiciary and Public Safety and rereferred to committee on Senate Organization pursuant to Senate Rule 46(2)(c) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2022-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2
- **2022-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 3-8-2022 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2022-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2022-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2022-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 31, Noes 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2022-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate concurred in `receipt`
- **2022-03-15T05:00:00+00:00** LRB correction
- **2022-03-15T05:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 3-15-2022 `enrolled`
- **2022-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 3-22-2022 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 3-23-2022. 2021 Wisconsin Act 209 `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Published 3-24-2022 `became-law`
- **2022-04-08T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Doyle added as a coauthor

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aaa3b361-2dbc-48fd-b905-103f77fdc85f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).