republic-os/legislation/us/states/wi/2019/ab-17.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: mandatory period of confinement for homicide by intoxicated use of a vehicle and providing a penalty. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: mandatory period of confinement for homicide by intoxicated use of a vehicle and providing a penalty. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "AB 17"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 17 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anderson", "Gundrum", "Hutton", "Kerkman", "Murphy", "Ott", "Spiros", "Wichgers"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 41
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-02-08T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-11-20T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/70c65b69-1f92-436e-baa2-fea7ae29d4ad"
source_url: "http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2019/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab17"
source_hash: "e3d0a2598ee175557886e164fe39faa0fe1297aa4e7efd29c04d8cbb8562b61a"
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 17 (2019) — Relating to: mandatory period of confinement for homicide by intoxicated use of a vehicle and providing a penalty. (FE)

## 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/AB17-AA1)
2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2019/REG/AB17)

## Votes

- Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 10, Noes 0 — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 10, Noes 0 — **10–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Anderson — primary (person)
- Gundrum — primary (person)
- Hutton — primary (person)
- Kerkman — primary (person)
- Murphy — primary (person)
- Ott — primary (person)
- Spiros — primary (person)
- Wichgers — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives Ott, Kerkman, Spiros, Wichgers, Anderson, Gundrum, Murphy and Hutton; cosponsored by Senators Darling, Craig, Bernier and Marklein `introduction`
- **2019-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-26T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received
- **2019-02-27T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Skowronski added as a coauthor
- **2019-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received
- **2019-03-05T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received
- **2019-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received
- **2019-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received
- **2019-04-04T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2019-05-01T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Crowley, Spreitzer and Emerson `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-10T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received
- **2019-05-29T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representative Ott `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-30T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2019-06-05T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Rohrkaste added as a coauthor
- **2019-06-12T05:00:00+00:00** Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 10, Noes 0
- **2019-06-12T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 10, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-12T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-18T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 6-20-2019 by Committee on Rules
- **2019-06-20T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2019-06-20T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-20T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2019-06-20T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2019-06-20T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage`
- **2019-06-20T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2019-06-20T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly
- **2019-06-24T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary and Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2019-09-04T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2019-09-25T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2019-09-25T05:00:00+00:00** Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-09-25T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2019-11-01T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 11-5-2019 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2019-11-05T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **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 concurred in `passage`
- **2019-11-05T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2019-11-06T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate concurred in
- **2019-11-13T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 11-13-2019
- **2019-11-14T06:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 11-14-2019 by directive of the Speaker `executive-receipt`
- **2019-11-20T06:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 11-20-2019. 2019 Wisconsin Act 31 `executive-signature`
- **2019-11-20T06:00:00+00:00** Published 11-21-2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/70c65b69-1f92-436e-baa2-fea7ae29d4ad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).