Threatening to cause bodily harm
Wis. Stat. § 947.016
in effectA person who threatens to cause bodily harm to another without the consent of the person threatened is guilty of a Class H felony if any of the following is true:
(1) Certain individuals involved with a court or legal system. The person threatens 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, knowing the person’s status as an individual involved with a court or legal system, because of or in response to any action taken by the person in an official capacity or in a legal proceeding.
(2) Probation, extended supervision, and parole agents, community supervision agents, and aftercare agents and their family members. The person threatens 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:
(a) At the time of the threat, 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.
(b) The threat is in response to any action taken by the agent acting in an official capacity.
(3) Health care providers and staff and their family members.
(am) In this subsection:
1. “Health care facility” has the meaning given in s. 940.51 (12).
2. “Health care provider” has the meaning given in s. 940.51 (13).
(bm) The person threatens a current or former health care provider or a person who works or formerly worked in a health care facility or a family member of a current or former health care provider or a person who works or formerly worked in a health care facility under all of the following circumstances:
1. At the time of the threat, the person knows or should have known that the victim is or was formerly a health care provider or works or formerly worked in a health care facility or is a family member of the person who is or was formerly a health care provider or who works or formerly worked in a health care facility.
2. The threat is in response to an action occurring at a health care facility or an action by a health care provider acting in his or her official capacity or by an official, employee, or agent of a health care facility acting in his or her official capacity.
(4) Department of revenue, department of safety and professional services, and department of workforce development employees and their family members. The person threatens 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:
(a) At the time of the threat, 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.
(b) The official, employee, or agent is acting in an official capacity at the time of the threat, or the threat is in response to any action taken in an official capacity.
Source: WI Statutes (Official Site)URL: https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/statutes/947.016Fetched: 10/7/2026