Assembly Bill 225
Mandatory minimum sentences for certain child sex offenses
Topics: Children: Protection and services, Juvenile delinquency, Sentences and penalties, Sex crimes, Youth
Stopped in committee
It had a but no committee vote, so it never came up for a vote. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Apr 23, 2009
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. It had a hearing but no committee vote.
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Senate vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Apr 28, 2010: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It sat with the Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice.
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Public hearing
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Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
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Author
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Signed on in support
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What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Under current law, if a person is convicted of sexual exploitation of a child, use of a computer to facilitate a child sex crime, or possession of child pornography, the court must impose a bifurcated sentence, which includes a term of confinement in prison and a term of extended supervision in the community. Current law sets a mandatory minimum term of confinement of five years if the conviction is for sexual exploitation of child or use of a computer to facilitate a child sex crime, and a mandatory minimum term of confinement of three years if the conviction is for possession of child pornography. The mandatory minimum term of confinement does not apply if the convicted person was under the age of 18 when he or she committed the crime or if the court finds that, if it does not apply the mandatory minimum, the best interests of the community will be served and the public will not be harmed.
Under this bill, the mandatory minimum term of confinement does not apply only if the convicted person was under the age of 18 when he or she committed the crime.
Who's behind it
17 lawmakers are its . All 17 are Republicans.
6 more lawmakers .
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Authors (17)
- Edward Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Scott Gunderson · Republican, Assembly
- Mark Honadel · Republican, Assembly
- Samantha Kerkman · Republican, Assembly
- Joel Kleefisch · Republican, Assembly
- Dan Knodl · Republican, Assembly
- Daniel LeMahieu · Republican, Assembly
- Thomas Lothian · Republican, Assembly
- John Murtha · Republican, Assembly
- Steve Nass · Republican, Senate
- John Nygren · Republican, Assembly
- Jerry Petrowski · Republican, Senate
- Richard Spanbauer · Republican, Assembly
- Pat Strachota · Republican, Assembly
- Scott Suder · Republican, Assembly
- John Townsend · Republican, Assembly
- Robin Vos · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (6)
- Alberta Darling · Republican, Senate
- Randy Hopper · Republican, Senate
- Pat Kreitlow · Democrat, Senate
- Joe Leibham · Republican, Senate
- Luther S. Olsen · Republican, Senate
- Jeffrey Plale · Democrat, Senate
What happened
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Apr 28, 2010
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Apr 13, 2010
“Report of joint review committee on Criminal Penalties requested pursuant to s. 13.525 (5) Wisconsin Statutes” (the official wording)
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Apr 12, 2010
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice.
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Feb 24, 2010
The committee held a public hearing.
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Apr 23, 2009
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Corrections and the Courts.
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Apr 23, 2009
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Apr 23, 2009 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Honadel, Vos, Suder, Brooks, Gunderson, Kerkman, Kleefisch, Knodl, LeMahieu, Lothian, Murtha, Nass, Nygren, Petrowski, Spanbauer, Strachota and Townsend;Cosponsored by Senators Plale, Darling, Hopper, Kreitlow, Leibham and Olsen
- Apr 23, 2009 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Corrections and the Courts
- Feb 24, 2010 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Apr 12, 2010 · Assembly
Withdrawn from committee on Corrections and the Courts and referred to committee on Criminal Justice pursuant to Assembly Rule 42 (3)(c)
- Apr 13, 2010 · Assembly
Report of joint review committee on Criminal Penalties requested pursuant to s. 13.525 (5) Wisconsin Statutes
- Apr 28, 2010 · Assembly
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Terms on this page
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.
Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor