---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: causing bodily harm to a nurse and providing a penalty. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: causing bodily harm to a nurse and providing a penalty. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 163"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 163 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carpenter", "Cowles", "Feyen", "Jacque", "Kooyenga", "Marklein", "Nass", "Testin"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-04-11T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-02-06T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0a6a91c1-4ff2-401a-b018-6b2d81725c67"
source_url: "http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2019/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb163"
source_hash: "9cbab0c2a2d99ed9f7f2ef89ea0a489871545b5fc61b0208dbbe3409e0697f7a"
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 163 (2019) — Relating to: causing bodily harm to a nurse and providing a penalty. (FE)

## Version chain

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

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2019/REG/SB163)
2. **Senate Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2019/REG/SB163-SA1)
3. **Senate Substitute Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2019/REG/SB163-SSA1)

## Votes

- Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 laid on table, Ayes 62, Noes 36 — **62–36** (pass) · lower
- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 4, Noes 1 — **4–1** (pass) · upper
- Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Carpenter — primary (person)
- Cowles — primary (person)
- Feyen — primary (person)
- Jacque — primary (person)
- Kooyenga — primary (person)
- Marklein — primary (person)
- Nass — primary (person)
- Testin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-11T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Kooyenga, Carpenter, Cowles, Feyen, Jacque, Marklein, Nass and Testin; cosponsored by Representatives Magnafici, Duchow, Tittl, Kuglitsch, Brooks, Dittrich, Horlacher, James, Kerkman, Kulp, Kurtz, Murphy, Novak, Ohnstad, Ott, Petersen, Rohrkaste, Sinicki, Skowronski, Spiros, Thiesfeldt, Tranel, Tusler, Wichgers and Quinn `introduction`
- **2019-04-11T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-30T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received
- **2019-06-06T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Fields added as a cosponsor
- **2019-06-11T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received
- **2019-06-11T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received
- **2019-09-17T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2019-09-18T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Jacque `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-09-25T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2019-09-25T05:00:00+00:00** Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-09-25T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 4, Noes 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-09-25T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2019-10-17T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senator Kooyenga `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-11-01T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 11-5-2019 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2019-11-04T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received
- **2019-11-05T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2019-11-05T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Substitute Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2019-11-05T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2019-11-05T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2019-11-05T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage`
- **2019-11-05T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2019-11-06T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate
- **2020-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 1-21-2020 by Committee on Rules
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Spreitzer, Emerson, Crowley, Stubbs and McGuire `amendment-introduction`
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 laid on table, Ayes 62, Noes 36 `amendment-deferral`
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage`
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Sinicki withdrawn as a cosponsor
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2020-01-22T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in
- **2020-01-27T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled
- **2020-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 2-3-2020 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 2-5-2020. 2019 Wisconsin Act 97 `executive-signature`
- **2020-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Published 2-6-2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0a6a91c1-4ff2-401a-b018-6b2d81725c67`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).