Battery; bodily harm caused to certain persons
Wis. Stat. § 940.62
in effect(1) Class I felony battery to certain persons. A person who causes bodily harm to another by an act done with intent to cause bodily harm to that person or another without the consent of the person so harmed is guilty of a Class I felony if any of the following applies:
(a) Battery to public officers. The person causes the bodily harm to a public officer in order to influence the action of such officer or as a result of any action taken within an official capacity.
(b) Battery to certain employees of counties, cities, villages, or towns. The person causes the bodily harm to an employee of a county, city, village, or town under all of the following circumstances:
1. At the time of the act, the person knows or should know that the victim is an employee of a county, city, village, or town.
2. The victim is enforcing, or conducting an inspection for the purpose of enforcing, a state, county, city, village, or town zoning ordinance, building code, or other construction law, rule, standard, or plan at the time of the act or the act is in response to any such enforcement or inspection activity.
3. The enforcement or inspection complies with any law, ordinance, or rule, including any applicable notice requirement.
(c) Battery to election officials, election registration officials, or clerks. The person causes the bodily harm to an election official, election registration official, county clerk, or municipal clerk who is acting in his or her official capacity if the person knows or has reason to know that the victim is an election official, election registration official, county clerk, or municipal clerk.
(d) Battery to technical college district or school district officers and employees. The person causes the bodily harm to a technical college district or school district officer or employee acting in that capacity if the person knows or has reason to know that the victim is a technical college district or school district officer or employee.
(e) Battery to public transit vehicle operator, driver or passenger. The person causes the bodily harm to another under any of the following circumstances:
1. The bodily harm occurs while the victim is an operator, a driver, or a passenger of, in or on, a public transit vehicle.
2. The bodily harm occurs after the offender forces or directs the victim to leave a public transit vehicle.
3. The bodily harm occurs as the offender prevents, or attempts to prevent, the victim from gaining lawful access to a public transit vehicle.
(2) Class H felony battery to certain persons. A person who causes bodily harm to another by an act done with intent to cause bodily harm to that person or another without the consent of the person so harmed is guilty of a Class H felony if any of the following applies:
(a) Battery to certain individuals involved with a court or legal system. The person causes the bodily harm to the person or family member of any current or former judge, prosecutor, law enforcement officer, guardian ad litem, corporation counsel, advocate, attorney, witness, or grand or petit juror, or a person sharing a common domicile with a witness, under all of the following circumstances:
1. At the time of the act, the person knows or has reason to know that the victim is a judge, prosecutor, law enforcement officer, guardian ad litem, corporation counsel, advocate, attorney, witness, or grand or petit juror or a member of their family, or a person sharing a common domicile with a witness.
2. The act is in response to any action taken in an official capacity or in a legal proceeding.
(b) Battery to probation, extended supervision, or parole agents, community supervision agents, and aftercare agents or their family members. The person causes the bodily harm to the person or family member of a probation, extended supervision, or parole agent, a community supervision agent, or an aftercare agent under all of the following circumstances:
1. At the time of the act, the person knows or has reason to know that the victim is a probation, extended supervision, or parole agent, a community supervision agent, or an aftercare agent, or a member of the agent’s family.
2. The act is in response to any action taken by the agent acting in an official capacity.
(c) Battery to department of revenue, department of safety and professional services, or department of workforce development employees or their family members. The person causes the bodily harm to the person or family member of any department of revenue, department of safety and professional services, or department of workforce development official, employee, or agent under all of the following circumstances:
1. At the time of the act, the person knows or should have known that the victim is a department official, employee, or agent or a member of his or her family.
2. The official, employee, or agent is acting in an official capacity at the time of the act, or the act is in response to any action taken in an official capacity.
(d) Battery to firefighters and commission wardens. The person causes the bodily harm to a firefighter or to a commission warden, acting in an official capacity, who the person knows or has reason to know is a firefighter or commission warden.
(e) Battery to health care providers and staff or their family member. The person causes the bodily harm to a health care provider, to a person who works in a health care facility, or to a family member of a health care provider or a person who works in a health care facility under all of the following circumstances:
1. At the time of the act, the person knows or should have known that the victim is a health care provider or works or formerly worked in a health care facility or is a family member of the health care provider or person who works or formerly worked in a health care facility.
2. The act is in response to an action by the health care provider acting in his or her capacity as a health care provider, to an action occurring at the health care facility, or to an action by an official, employee, or agent of the health care facility acting in his or her official capacity.
Source: WI Statutes (Official Site)URL: https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/statutes/940.62Fetched: 10/7/2026