Wisconsin § 949.03 Compensable acts.

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§ 949.03 — Compensable acts.

Wisconsin § 949.03

Ch. 949Awards for the victims of crimes

Subch.subch. I of ch. 949 SUBCHAPTER I

CRIME VICTIM COMPENSATION

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Wis. Stat. § 949.03 (2026).

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949.03 The department may order the payment of an award for personal injury or death which results from: [Note: 949.03 Note NOTE: Section 949.03 (intro.) is shown as renumbered from sub.

(1)(intro.) by the legislative reference bureau under s. 13.92 (1) (bm) 2.] 949.03(1m) (1m) Preventing or attempting to prevent the commission of a crime; apprehending or attempting to apprehend a suspected criminal; aiding or attempting to aid a police officer to apprehend or arrest a suspected criminal; aiding or attempting to aid a victim of a crime specified in sub.

(2); or aiding or attempting to aid a victim of the crime specified and the condition provided in sub.

(4). [Note: 949.03 Note NOTE: Sub. (1m) is shown as renumbered from sub.

(1)(a) by the legislative reference bureau under s. 13.92 (

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949.03 The department may order the payment of an award for personal injury or death which results from:
[Note: 949.03 Note NOTE: Section 949.03 (intro.) is shown as renumbered from sub. (1) (intro.) by the legislative reference bureau under s. 13.92 (1) (bm) 2.]
949.03(1m) (1m) Preventing or attempting to prevent the commission of a crime; apprehending or attempting to apprehend a suspected criminal; aiding or attempting to aid a police officer to apprehend or arrest a suspected criminal; aiding or attempting to aid a victim of a crime specified in sub. (2) ; or aiding or attempting to aid a victim of the crime specified and the condition provided in sub. (4) .
[Note: 949.03 Note NOTE: Sub. (1m) is shown as renumbered from sub. (1) (a) by the legislative reference bureau under s. 13.92 (1) (bm) 2. The cross-references to sub. (2) and sub. (4) were changed from par. (b) and par. (c) by the legislative reference bureau under s. 13.92 (1) (bm) 2. to reflect the renumbering under s. 13.92 (1) (bm) 2. of s. 949.03 (1) (a).]
949.03(1s) (1s) Suicide or attempted suicide of a victim if the crime was a substantial causal factor in the victim’s suicide or attempted suicide.
949.03(2) (2) The commission or the attempt to commit any crime specified in s. 346.62 (4) , 346.63 (2) or (6) , 940.01 , 940.02 , 940.03 , 940.05 , 940.06 , 940.07 , 940.08 , 940.09 , 940.10 , 940.21 , 940.22 (2) , 940.225 , 940.23 , 940.235 , 940.24 , 940.25 , 940.285 , 940.29 , 940.30 , 940.302 (2) , 940.305 , 940.31 , 940.32 , 940.60 , 940.61 , 940.62 , 940.66 , 941.327 , 942.09 , 942.095 , 943.02 , 943.03 , 943.04 , 943.10 , 943.20 , 943.231 (1) , 943.30 , 943.31 , 943.32 , 943.81 , 943.86 , 943.87 , 947.016 (1) , (2) , or (3) , 948.02 , 948.025 , 948.03 , 948.04 , 948.05 , 948.051 , 948.06 , 948.07 , 948.075 , 948.08 , 948.085 , 948.09 , 948.095 , 948.20 , 948.21 (1) , 948.30 , or 948.51 or s. 940.19 , 2023 stats., s. 940.198 , 2023 stats., s. 940.20 , 2023 stats., s. 940.201 , 2023 stats., or s. 940.204 , 2023 stats.
[Note: 949.03 Note NOTE: Sub. (2) is shown as renumbered from sub. (1) (b) by the legislative reference bureau under s. 13.92 (1) (bm) 2.]
949.03(3) (3) The commission or the attempt to commit abuse described in s. 48.02 (1) (g) .
[Note: 949.03 Note NOTE: Sub. (3) is shown as renumbered from sub. (1) (bn) by the legislative reference bureau under s. 13.92 (1) (bm) 2.]
949.03(4) (4) The commission or the attempt to commit the crime specified in s. 346.67 (1) if the victim was a pedestrian, a person riding a bicycle, or a person in a buggy.
[Note: 949.03 Note NOTE: Sub. (4) is shown as renumbered from sub. (1) (c) by the legislative reference bureau under s. 13.92 (1) (bm) 2.]

Legislative History

949.03 History History: 1975 c. 224 s. 145za ; 1975 c. 344 ; 1977 c. 173 , 239 ; 1979 c. 118 ; 1983 a. 199 , 356 , 538 ; 1985 a. 275 ; 1985 a. 293 s. 3 ; 1985 a. 306 s. 5 ; 1987 a. 90 , 332 , 380 , 399 , 403 ; 1989 a. 105 , 140 , 359 ; 1993 a. 92 , 227 ; 1995 a. 153 , 374 , 456 ; 1997 a. 35 , 143 , 258 ; 2001 a. 109 ; 2005 a. 212 , 277 ; 2007 a. 97 , 116 ; 2011 a. 271 ; 2013 a. 362 ; 2015 a. 350 ; 2021 a. 76 , 209 ; 2023 a. 10 ; 2025 a. 24 s. 93 ; 2025 a. 48 ; s. 13.92 (1) (bm) 2.