Assembly Bill 243
Sexual assault of a student by a member of a school staff and providing a penalty
Topics: Legislature: Criminal Penalties, Joint Review Committee on, School, School: Employee, Sex crimes, Teacher
Stopped in committee
It never got a , 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
Sep 7, 2011
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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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, Mar 23, 2012: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Education. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
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 person who is a member of a school staff may not have sexual contact or sexual intercourse with a child who is over the age of 16 but under the age of 18 and who is enrolled in the person's school or school district. A person who does so is guilty of a Class H felony and subject to a fine up to $10,000, imprisonment up to six years, or both. In addition, a person who is convicted of this crime must register as a sex offender and is ineligible for early release from incarceration and for certain types of employment or licensing. Current law also places restrictions on the type of evidence that is admissible when a person is prosecuted for the crime, allows a court to restrict spectators at the trial, and requires school administrators to report a person who is charged with this crime to the state superintendent of public instruction.
This bill makes it a crime for a person who is or was a member of a school staff to have sexual contact or sexual intercourse with a person who is, or who was within one year of the contact or intercourse, a student at a school where the person is or was a member of the school staff. Under the bill, a person who does so is guilty of a Class H felony and is subject to the same penalties, sex offender registry requirements, and restrictions as a member of a school staff who is convicted of having sexual contact or sexual intercourse with a child who is over the age of 16 and who is enrolled in the person's school or school district.
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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
4 representatives are its . All 4 are Democrats.
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Authors (4)
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- Penny Bernard Schaber · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Robert Turner · Democrat, Assembly
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Mar 23, 2012
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Jan 23, 2012
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Sep 28, 2011
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Sep 27, 2011
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Sep 26, 2011
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Sep 22, 2011
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Sep 20, 2011
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Sep 7, 2011
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Education.
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Sep 7, 2011
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Sep 7, 2011 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Sinicki, Berceau, Bernard Schaber and Turner
- Sep 7, 2011 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Education
- Sep 20, 2011 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Sep 22, 2011 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Sep 26, 2011 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Sep 27, 2011 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Sep 27, 2011 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Sep 28, 2011 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Jan 23, 2012 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Mar 23, 2012 · 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
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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate