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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: increased penalties for crimes against elder persons; restraining orders for elder persons; freezing assets of a defendant charged with financial exploitation of an elder person; sexual assault of an elder person; physical abuse of an elder person; and providing a penalty."
description: "Relating to: increased penalties for crimes against elder persons; restraining orders for elder persons; freezing assets of a defendant charged with financial exploitation of an elder person; sexual assault of an elder person; physical abuse of an elder person; and providing a penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 17"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 17 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ballweg", "Carpenter", "Felzkowski", "Feyen", "L. Taylor", "Nass", "Testin"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 30
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-28T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-08-09T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6370930c-8ae2-42cf-af93-7bd74e749bc1"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2021/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb17"
source_hash: "1d26da6d580b555610594e6e70f460111d79ddb8f3b79eea246d4c76345a559e"
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 17 (2021) — Relating to: increased penalties for crimes against elder persons; restraining orders for elder persons; freezing assets of a defendant charged with financial exploitation of an elder person; sexual assault of an elder person; physical abuse of an elder person; 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/SB17)
## Votes
- Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 6, Noes 1 — **61** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Ballweg — primary (person)
- Carpenter — primary (person)
- Felzkowski — primary (person)
- Feyen — primary (person)
- L. Taylor — primary (person)
- Nass — primary (person)
- Testin — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-01-28T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Testin, Carpenter, Ballweg, Felzkowski, Feyen, Nass and L. Taylor; cosponsored by Representatives Macco, Wittke, Armstrong, Callahan, Dittrich, Edming, Horlacher, Kerkman, Kuglitsch, Magnafici, Milroy, Petryk, Snyder, Steffen, Summerfield, Zimmerman, Ramthun, Skowronski and James `introduction`
- **2021-01-28T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2021-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Jacque
- **2021-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2021-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 6, Noes 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2021-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 2-16-2021 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2021-02-16T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2021-02-16T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-16T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2021-02-16T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-16T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2021-02-16T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate `receipt`
- **2021-05-06T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-10T06:00:00+00:00** Representatives Stubbs and Bowen added as cosponsors
- **2021-05-06T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 5-11-2021 by Committee on Rules
- **2021-05-10T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Subeck added as a cosponsor
- **2021-05-11T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up `withdrawal`
- **2021-05-11T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-11T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2021-05-11T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2021-05-11T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-11T05:00:00+00:00** Representative S. Rodriguez added as a cosponsor
- **2021-05-11T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2021-05-12T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in `receipt`
- **2021-05-18T05:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled `enrolled`
- **2021-08-05T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 8-5-2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-08-09T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 8-6-2021. 2021 Wisconsin Act 76 `executive-signature`
- **2021-08-09T05:00:00+00:00** Published 8-7-2021 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6370930c-8ae2-42cf-af93-7bd74e749bc1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).