Wisconsin 2025 Regular Session Status: To Executive 5 R cosponsors

SB 533 — Relating to: intentionally disarming a correctional officer and providing a penalty.

Last action — Published 4-10-2026

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    Passed Senate
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    Passed Assembly
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This bill has been sent to the executive. Introduced October 15, 2025. It awaits signature.

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Likely to advance 74% · moderate confidence

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Moderate

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  • To Executive

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 22 sponsors

    1 primary, 21 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (5 R).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 4 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

An Act to renumber and amend 941.21; to amend 941.21 (title); to create 941.21 (1) and (3) of the statutes;

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

50 added · 23 removed

Plain-language change summary

The recent amendment to Senate Bill 533 expands the definition of the crime of intentionally disarming an officer to now include correctional officers and juvenile correctional officers, in addition to just peace officers. It also clarifies that items involved can include equipment essential to the officer's duties, such as keys and radios, in addition to dangerous weapons. This change is important because it recognizes the critical roles of correctional officers and enhances their protection by imposing penalties for disarming them, thereby reinforcing safety in correctional facilities.

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- 2026 LEGISLATURE LRBa0629/1 CMH:wlj SENATE AMENDMENT 1, TO SENATE BILL 533 November 12, 2025 - Offered by SenatAMES.
- 2026 LEGISLATURE LRB-4412/1 CMH:skw SENATE BILL 533 October 15, 2025 - Introduced by SenatorsAMES, WANGGAARD , EYEN , MARKLEIN and N ASS, cosponsored by Representatives S PIROS, K AUFERT, B EHNKE , CALLAHAN , DITTRICH, GOEBEN , GUNDRUM , B.
At the locations indicated, amend the bill as follows:
ACOBSON , KNODL, M ELOTIK, M URPHY, MURSAU , O'CONNOR , ENTERMAN , STUBBS, SUBECK and W ICHGERS .
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Referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
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A N A CT to renumber and amend 941.21;
delete that line and substitute:
to amend 941.21 (title);
“941.21 (1) In this section:
to create 941.21 (1) and (3) of the statutes;
(a) “Correctional officer” means any of the following:”.
relating to:
2.
intentionally disarming a correctional officer and providing a penalty.
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Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau Under current law, a person is guilty of a Class H felony if they intentionally disarm a peace officer by taking from the officer a dangerous weapon or an item such as a tear gas bomb, hand grenade, projectile, shell, or pepper spray.
delete “(a)” and substitute “1.”.
This bill expands the crime so that it applies to intentionally disarming a correctional officer or juvenile correctional officer as well as a peace officer and includes items that the correctional officer requires for their duties, such as keys or radios.
3.
Because this bill creates a new crime or revises a penalty for an existing crime, the Joint Review Committee on Criminal Penalties may be requested to prepare a report.
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The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
delete “principal”.
SECTION 1.
4.
941.21 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
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941.21 (title) Disarming a peace an officer.
delete “(b)” and substitute “2.”.
- 2026 Legislature - 2 - LRB-4412/1 CMH:skw SENATE BILL 533 SECTION 2 S ECTION 2.
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941.21 of the statutes is renumbered 941.21 (2) and amended to read:
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941.21 (2) Whoever intentionally disarms a peace officer who is acting in his or her official capacity by taking a dangerous weapon or a device or container described under s.
after that line insert:
941.26 (1g) (b) or (4) (a) from the officer without his or her consent is guilty of a Class H felonThis section subsection applies to any dangerous weapon or any device or container described under s.
“(b) “Equipment” means an item issued to or used by a correctional officer for the correctional officer’s duties that is designed, or intended to be used, to cause bodily harm, restraint, or incapacitation or that could be used by the correctional - 2026 Legislature - 2 - LRBa0629/1 CMH:wlj officer to communicate with other employees, seek assistance, or enter locked areas.”.
941.26 (1g) (b) or (4) (a) that the officer is carrying or that is in an area within the officer’s immediate presence.
6.
S ECTION 3.
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941.21 (1) and (3) of the statutes are created to read:
delete lines 17 and 18 and substitute “under s.
941.21 (1) In this section, “correctional officer” means any of the following:
941.26 (1g) (b) or (4) (a), or equipment from the correctional officer without”.
(a) A person employed by the state or any political subdivision as a guard or officer whose principal duties are the supervision and discipline of inmates.
(END )
(b) A juvenile correctional officer, as defined under s.
48.981 (1) (cu).
(3) Whoever intentionally disarms a correctional officer who is acting in his or her official capacity by taking a dangerous weapon, a device or container described under s.
941.26 (1g) (b) or (4) (a), or any official item, such as a radio, keys, or other item used for the correctional officer’s duties, from the correctional officer without his or her consent is guilty of a Class H felony.
This subsection applies to any item that the correctional officer is carrying or that is in an area within the correctional officer’s immediate presence.
(END)
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Action History

  1. Published 4-10-2026

  2. Report approved by the Governor on 4-9-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 244

  3. Presented to the Governor on 4-2-2026

  4. Representative Emerson added as a cosponsor

  5. Representative Anderson added as a cosponsor

  6. Representative Billings added as a cosponsor

  7. Representative Brown added as a cosponsor

  8. Representative J. Jacobson added as a cosponsor

  9. Report correctly enrolled

  10. Received from Assembly concurred in

  11. Ordered immediately messaged

  12. Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 81, Noes 15

  13. Rules suspended

  14. Representative Maxey added as a cosponsor

  15. Ordered to a third reading

  16. Read a second time

  17. Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up

  18. Placed on calendar 1-20-2026 by Committee on Rules

  19. Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  20. Representative Franklin added as a cosponsor

  21. Received from Senate

  22. Ordered immediately messaged

  23. Read a third time and passed, Ayes 29, Noes 4

  24. Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  25. Ordered to a third reading

  26. Senate Amendment 1 adopted

  27. Read a second time

  28. Senators Dassler-Alfheim and Smith added as coauthors

  29. Placed on calendar 11-18-2025 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  30. Available for scheduling

  31. Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 3

  32. Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 3

  33. Executive action taken

  34. Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator James

  35. Representative Born added as a cosponsor

  36. Senator Hutton added as a coauthor

  37. Public hearing held

  38. Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety

  39. Introduced by Senators James, Wanggaard, Feyen, Marklein and Nass; cosponsored by Representatives Spiros, Kaufert, Behnke, Callahan, Dittrich, Goeben, Gundrum, B. Jacobson, Knodl, Melotik, Murphy, Mursau, O'Connor, Penterman, Stubbs, Subeck and Wichgers

Sponsors

  • Spiros · Cosponsor
  • Kaufert · Cosponsor
  • Jesse James · Primary
  • Behnke · Cosponsor
  • Callahan · Cosponsor
  • Dittrich · Cosponsor
  • Goeben · Cosponsor
  • Gundrum · Cosponsor
  • B. Jacobson · Cosponsor
  • Knodl · Cosponsor
  • Melotik · Cosponsor
  • Murphy · Cosponsor
  • Mursau · Cosponsor
  • O'Connor · Cosponsor
  • Penterman · Cosponsor
  • Stubbs · Cosponsor
  • Subeck · Cosponsor
  • Wichgers · Cosponsor
  • Van Wanggaard · Cosponsor
  • Dan Feyen · Cosponsor
  • Howard Marklein · Cosponsor
  • Steve Nass · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 21 co-sponsors · 110 not signed on · 17 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (21)

Not signed on (110)

110 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Read a third time and concurred in

Passed 81 Yea · 15 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 52001
Democrat 281302
Unaffiliated 1200
Total 811503
% of votes cast 82%15%0%3%
How each member voted (99)
Member Party Vote
JOHNSON — Nay
MOORE OMOKUNDE — Nay
SPEAKER — Yea
Anderson, Clinton Democrat Yea
Andraca, Deb Democrat Yea
Arney, Margaret Democrat Nay
Bare, Mike Democrat Yea
Billings, Jill Democrat Yea
Brown, Brienne Democrat Yea
Clancy, Ryan Democrat Nay
Cruz, Angelina Democrat Not Voting
DeSanto, Karen Democrat Yea
DeSmidt, Ben Democrat Yea
Doyle, Steve Democrat Yea
Emerson, Jodi Democrat Yea
Fitzgerald, Joan Democrat Yea
Goodwin, Russell Democrat Nay
Haywood, Kalan Democrat Not Voting
Hong, Francesca Democrat Nay
Hysell, Andrew Democrat Yea
Jacobson, Jenna Democrat Yea
Joers, Alex Democrat Nay
Kirsch, Karen Democrat Yea
Madison, Darrin Democrat Nay
Mayadev, Renuka Democrat Nay
McCarville, Maureen Democrat Yea
McGuire, Tip Democrat Yea
Miresse, Vincent Democrat Yea
Neubauer, Greta Democrat Yea
Ortiz-Velez, Sylvia Democrat Nay
Palmeri, Lori Democrat Yea
Phelps, Christian Democrat Nay
Prado, Priscilla Democrat Yea
Rivera-Wagner, Amaad Democrat Yea
Roe, Ann Democrat Yea
Sheehan, Joe Democrat Yea
Sinicki, Christine Democrat Nay
Snodgrass, Lee Democrat Nay
Spaude, Ryan Democrat Yea
Stroud, Angela Democrat Yea
Stubbs, Shelia Democrat Yea
Subeck, Lisa Democrat Yea
Taylor, Sequanna Democrat Nay
Tenorio, Angelito Democrat Nay
Udell, Randy Democrat Yea
Vining, Robyn Democrat Yea
Allen, Scott Republican Yea
Armstrong, David Republican Yea
August, Tyler Republican Yea
Behnke, Elijah Republican Yea
Born, Mark Republican Yea
Brill, Lindee Republican Yea
Brooks, Robert Republican Yea
Callahan, Calvin Republican Yea
Dallman, Alex Republican Yea
Dittrich, Barbara Republican Yea
Donovan, Bob Republican Yea
Duchow, Cindi Republican Yea
Franklin, Benjamin Republican Yea
Goeben, Joy Republican Yea
Green, Chanz Republican Yea
Gundrum, Rick Republican Yea
Gustafson, Nate Republican Yea
Hurd, Karen Republican Yea
Jacobson, Brent Republican Yea
Kaufert, Dean Republican Yea
Kitchens, Joel Republican Yea
Knodl, Daniel Republican Yea
Kreibich, Rob Republican Yea
Krug, Scott Republican Yea
Kurtz, Tony Republican Yea
Maxey, Dave Republican Yea
Melotik, Paul Republican Yea
Moses, Clint Republican Yea
Murphy, David Republican Yea
Mursau, Jeffrey Republican Yea
Nedweski, Amanda Republican Yea
Neylon, Adam Republican Yea
Novak, Todd Republican Yea
O'Connor, Jerry Republican Yea
Penterman, William Republican Yea
Petersen, Kevin Republican Yea
Piwowarczyk, Jim Republican Yea
Pronschinske, Treig Republican Yea
Rodriguez, Jessie Republican Yea
Snyder, Patrick Republican Yea
Sortwell, Shae Republican Yea
Spiros, John Republican Yea
Steffen, David Republican Yea
Summerfield, Rob Republican Yea
Swearingen, Rob Republican Yea
Tittl, Paul Republican Not Voting
Tranel, Travis Republican Yea
Tucker, Duke Republican Yea
Tusler, Ron Republican Yea
VanderMeer, Nancy Republican Yea
Wichgers, Chuck Republican Yea
Wittke, Robert Republican Yea
Zimmerman, Shannon Republican Yea

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Read a third time and passed

Passed 29 Yea · 4 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 18000
Democrat 8400
Unaffiliated 3000
Total 29400
% of votes cast 88%12%0%0%
How each member voted (33)
Member Party Vote
JOHNSON — Yea
DASSLER-ALFHEI — Yea
HABUSH SINYKIN — Yea
Carpenter, Tim Democrat Yea
Drake, Dora Democrat Nay
Hesselbein, Dianne Democrat Yea
Keyeski, Sarah Democrat Yea
Larson, Chris Democrat Nay
Pfaff, Brad Democrat Yea
Ratcliff, Melissa Democrat Nay
Roys, Kelda Democrat Nay
Smith, Jeff Democrat Yea
Spreitzer, Mark Democrat Yea
Wall, Jamie Democrat Yea
Wirch, Robert Democrat Yea
Bradley, Julian Republican Yea
Cabral-Guevara, Rachael Republican Yea
Felzkowski, Mary Republican Yea
Feyen, Dan Republican Yea
Hutton, Rob Republican Yea
Jacque, André Republican Yea
Jagler, John Republican Yea
James, Jesse Republican Yea
Kapenga, Chris Republican Yea
LeMahieu, Devin Republican Yea
Marklein, Howard Republican Yea
Nass, Steve Republican Yea
Quinn, Romaine Republican Yea
Stafsholt, Rob Republican Yea
Testin, Patrick Republican Yea
Tomczyk, Cory Republican Yea
Wanggaard, Van Republican Yea
Wimberger, Eric Republican Yea

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 533 do?
An Act to renumber and amend 941.21; to amend 941.21 (title); to create 941.21 (1) and (3) of the statutes;
Who sponsors SB 533?
SB 533 is sponsored by Spiros, Kaufert, James, Jesse (Republican), Behnke, Callahan, Dittrich, Goeben, Gundrum, B. Jacobson, Knodl, Melotik, Murphy, Mursau, O'Connor, Penterman, Stubbs, Subeck, Wichgers, Wanggaard, Van (Republican), Feyen, Dan (Republican), Marklein, Howard (Republican), and Nass, Steve (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 533?
This bill has been sent to the executive. Introduced October 15, 2025. It awaits signature.
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