---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: throwing or expelling a bodily substance at a public safety worker or prosecutor. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: throwing or expelling a bodily substance at a public safety worker or prosecutor. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 99"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 99 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ballweg", "Bernier", "Cowles", "Jacque", "Marklein", "Wanggaard"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 33
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-11T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-06-23T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a2fb65e-507e-43e8-a3cc-bfbf8f4d7382"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2021/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb99"
source_hash: "531bff0e3cfb0e00253b4ac3c1b7337de07fc96a234fb10900f6e6c750c252c6"
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 SB 99 (2021) — Relating to: throwing or expelling a bodily substance at a public safety worker or prosecutor. (FE)

## 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/SB99)

## Votes

- Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 7, Noes 0 — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ballweg — primary (person)
- Bernier — primary (person)
- Cowles — primary (person)
- Jacque — primary (person)
- Marklein — primary (person)
- Wanggaard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Bernier, Ballweg, Cowles, Jacque, Marklein and Wanggaard; cosponsored by Representatives James, Armstrong, Bowen, Brandtjen, Dittrich, Edming, Gundrum, Kitchens, Krug, Kuglitsch, Magnafici, Moses, Murphy, Oldenburg, Plumer, Ramthun, J. Rodriguez, Rozar, Subeck, Tittl, Tusler and Wichgers `introduction`
- **2021-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-25T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2021-03-03T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Allen added as a cosponsor
- **2021-03-05T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Skowronski added as a cosponsor
- **2021-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Steffen added as a cosponsor
- **2021-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2021-03-12T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 7, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-12T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2021-03-12T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2021-03-12T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 3-16-2021 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2021-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2021-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2021-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2021-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate `receipt`
- **2021-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2021-03-19T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Emerson added as a cosponsor
- **2021-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2021-06-08T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-09T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 6-16-2021 by Committee on Rules
- **2021-06-16T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up `withdrawal`
- **2021-06-16T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2021-06-16T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2021-06-16T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2021-06-16T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-16T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2021-06-16T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in `receipt`
- **2021-06-17T05:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled `enrolled`
- **2021-06-22T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 6-22-2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-23T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 6-22-2021. 2021 Wisconsin Act 54 `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-23T05:00:00+00:00** Published 6-23-2021 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8a2fb65e-507e-43e8-a3cc-bfbf8f4d7382`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).