Current through Acts 2023-2024, ch. 272
Section 947.011 - Disrupting a funeral or memorial service(1) In this section: (a) "Facility" includes a cemetery in which a funeral or memorial service takes place.(b) "Funeral or memorial service" includes a wake or a burial, as defined in s. 157.061(1), but does not include a service that is not intended to honor or commemorate one or more specific decedents.(2)(a) No person may do any of the following during a funeral or memorial service, during the 60 minutes immediately preceding the scheduled starting time of a funeral or memorial service if a starting time has been scheduled, or during the 60 minutes immediately following a funeral or memorial service: 1. Engage in conduct that is prohibited under s. 947.01(1) within 500 feet of any entrance to a facility being used for the service with the intent to disrupt the service.2. Intentionally block access to a facility being used for the service.(b) No person, with the intent to disrupt a funeral procession, may impede vehicles that he or she knows are part of the procession.(c) No person may do any of the following during a funeral or memorial service, during the 60 minutes immediately preceding the scheduled starting time of a funeral or memorial service if a starting time has been scheduled, or during the 60 minutes immediately following a funeral or memorial service: 1. Engage in conduct that is prohibited under s. 947.01(1) within 500 feet of any entrance to a facility being used for the service.2. Block access to a facility being used for the service.(d) No person may impede vehicles that are part of a funeral procession if the person's conduct violates s. 947.01(1).(3)(a) Except as provided in par. (b), any person who violates this section is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.(b) Any person who violates sub. (2) (a) or (b) after having been convicted of a violation of this section is guilty of a Class I felony.