Senate Bill 561
Evidentiary recordings of persons under the age of 18 engaging in sexually explicit conduct and attempt of certain sex crimes against children and providing penalties
Topics: Children: Protection and services, Court: Procedure, Evidence, Legislature: Criminal Penalties, Joint Review Committee on, Police, 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
Feb 26, 2010
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. It had a hearing but no committee vote.
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Senate vote, not reached
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Assembly 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 Senate Committee on Judiciary, Corrections, Insurance, Campaign Finance Reform, and Housing.
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Committee
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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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Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
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Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
Signed on in support
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Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
Cost estimate
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Official term: Fiscal estimate. 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, a district attorney must disclose to the defense, and permit the defense to inspect, copy, or photograph, any physical evidence that the district attorney intends to use as evidence against that defendant in a trial. Under this bill, if the evidence is a recording of a child engaging in sexually explicit conduct, the defense may inspect the recording only in a location maintained by the court or a law enforcement agency, one of which must, under this bill, retain possession, custody, and control of the recording and must provide the defense opportunity to examine, inspect, and view the recording. The defense may receive a copy for limited purposes only if a court finds that the defense has not had opportunity to examine, inspect, or view the recording.
Under current law, a person who causes a person under the age of 18 to view or listen to sexually explicit conduct is guilty of a felony if the viewing or listening is for sexual arousal or gratification of the actor or for humiliating or degrading the person under the age of 18. Also under current law, a person who communicates via a computer with an individual whom the person believes is under 16 years old with the intent to have sexual intercourse or sexual contact with an individual under 16 years old is guilty of a felony. This bill makes the attempt to do either of these crimes a felony punishable as the completed crime would currently be punishable.
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Because this bill creates a new crime or revises a penalty for an existing crime, the Joint Review Committee on Criminal Penalties may be requested to prepare a report concerning the proposed penalty and the costs or savings that are likely to result if the bill is enacted.
Who's behind it
2 senators are its . All 2 are Democrats.
5 more lawmakers .
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Authors (2)
- Julie M. Lassa · Democrat, Senate
- Jim Sullivan · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (5)
- Annette Williams · Democrat, Assembly
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- Edward Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Tony Staskunas · Democrat, Assembly
- Scott Suder · Republican, Assembly
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Apr 28, 2010
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Mar 26, 2010
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Mar 23, 2010
The committee held a public hearing.
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Mar 22, 2010
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Mar 9, 2010
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Mar 5, 2010
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Feb 26, 2010
Sent to the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Corrections, Insurance, Campaign Finance Reform, and Housing.
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Feb 26, 2010
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Feb 26, 2010 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Lassa and Sullivan;Cosponsored by Representatives Staskunas, Berceau, Brooks and Suder
- Feb 26, 2010 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary, Corrections, Insurance, Campaign Finance Reform, and Housing
- Mar 5, 2010 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Mar 5, 2010 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Mar 9, 2010 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Mar 22, 2010 · Senate
Representative A. Williams added as a cosponsor
- Mar 23, 2010 · Senate
Public hearing held
- Mar 26, 2010 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Apr 28, 2010 · Senate
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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate. 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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate