Assembly Bill 453
The statute of limitations for sexual contact with a child
Topics: Children: Abuse and neglect, Limitation of action, Religious societies, Sex crimes
Stopped before the full Assembly voted
The recommended passing it, but the full Assembly never voted on it. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Sep 25, 2009
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Assembly vote, stopped here
Stopped here. The full Assembly never voted on it.
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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 ”
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Committee
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Senate Joint Resolution 1
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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
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Under current law, the time a person has to bring an action (the statute of limitations) for an injury resulting from being sexually assaulted or subject to incest as a child, or from being subject to sexual contact by a member of the clergy as a child, is any time before the injured party reaches the age of 35.
This bill removes the time limit for bringing those actions. In addition, the bill applies this unlimited time period to a broader range of actions. Under the bill, there is no limit on the time a person has to bring an action for injury resulting from being subject, as a child, to any sexual contact by an adult or by an adult member of the clergy. The bill also revives any cause of action that was barred by the present statute of limitations and allows an injured party to bring that action for his or her injury within three years after the effective date of the bill.
Who's behind it
21 representatives are its . 13 are Democrats, 7 are Republicans and 1 is a Independent.
8 more lawmakers .
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Authors (21)
- Annette Williams · Democrat, Assembly
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- Garey Bies · Republican, Assembly
- Mark Honadel · Republican, Assembly
- Ann Hraychuck · Democrat, Assembly
- Louis Molepske Jr. · Democrat, Assembly
- John Nygren · Republican, Assembly
- Joe Parisi · Democrat, Assembly
- Sandy Pasch · Democrat, Assembly
- Kevin Petersen · Republican, Assembly
- Sondy Pope · Democrat, Assembly
- Jon Richards · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- James Soletski · Democrat, Assembly
- Scott Suder · Republican, Assembly
- Gary Tauchen · Republican, Assembly
- Robert Turner · Democrat, Assembly
- Karl Van Roy · Republican, Assembly
- Amy Sue Vruwink · Democrat, Assembly
- Jeffrey Wood · Independent, Assembly
- Josh Zepnick · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (8)
- Joan Ballweg · Republican, Senate
- Spencer Coggs · Democrat, Senate
- Jon Erpenbach · Democrat, Senate
- Julie M. Lassa · Democrat, Senate
- Luther S. Olsen · Republican, Senate
- Kelda Roys · Democrat, Senate
- Dale Schultz · Republican, Senate
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
Versions and amendments
Every text the Legislature printed for this bill, including proposed changes. Each opens on the Legislature's site.
How lawmakers voted
There was one vote on this bill.
Assembly Committee on Children and Families vote to recommend it
Passed, 6 to 2 · Oct 29, 2009
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report passage recommended by committee on Children and Families, Ayes 6, Noes 2”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Apr 28, 2010
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Dec 28, 2009
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Oct 29, 2009
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Oct 29, 2009
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 6 to 2.
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Oct 21, 2009
The committee held a public hearing.
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Sep 30, 2009
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Sep 25, 2009
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Children and Families.
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Sep 25, 2009
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Sep 25, 2009 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Parisi, Suder, Soletski, Brooks, Pope-Roberts, Richards, Pasch, Berceau, Wood, Sinicki, Bies, Zepnick, A. Ott, Vruwink, Nygren, Van Roy, Tauchen, Nerison, Turner, Honadel, Hraychuck, A. Williams, Molepske Jr. and Petersen;Cosponsored by Senators Lassa, Taylor, Olsen, Schultz, Erpenbach and Coggs
- Sep 25, 2009 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Children and Families
- Sep 30, 2009 · Assembly
Representative Ballweg added as a coauthor
- Oct 21, 2009 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Oct 28, 2009 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Oct 28, 2009 · Assembly
Assembly amendment 1 offered by committee on Children and Families
- Oct 28, 2009 · Assembly
Assembly amendment 2 offered by committee on Children and Families
- Oct 29, 2009 · Assembly
Report passage recommended by committee on Children and Families, Ayes 6, Noes 2
- Oct 29, 2009 · Assembly
Referred to committee on Rules
- Nov 3, 2009 · Assembly
Representative Brooks withdrawn as a coauthor
- Nov 5, 2009 · Assembly
Representative Nerison withdrawn as a coauthor
- Dec 28, 2009 · Assembly
Representative Roys added as a coauthor
- Jan 26, 2010 · Assembly
Representative A. Ott withdrawn as a coauthor
- Feb 25, 2010 · Assembly
Assembly amendment 3 offered by Representative Staskunas
- 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.
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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote. 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.
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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote