The Senate voted 23-8 to reclassify Wisconsin’s existing statutes on taking a car without the owner’s consent into one category for carjacking.
The bill also would increase the felony classification for taking others’ cars by force and threatening the owner with a weapon to a Class B felony from a Class C felony. The change would raise the maximum prison penalty to 60 years from 40 years.
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