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Bills from the 2013–14 session

Senate Bill 402

Expunging a record of a conviction or adjudication of delinquency if the offender was a victim of human trafficking

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.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Nov 11, 2013

  2. Committee, stopped here

    Stopped here. No public hearing was held.

  3. Senate vote, not reached

  4. Assembly vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Apr 8, 2014: “Failed to pass pursuant to ⁠”

It never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Judiciary and Labor. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.

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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 a criminal offense for which the maximum period of imprisonment is not more than six years and the person committed the offense before he or she was 25 years old, the court may order, at the time the person is sentenced, that the record of the offense be expunged when the person successfully completes his or her sentence imposed for the offense. If the person was adjudicated delinquent for committing an offense, current law allows the person to petition the court to expunge the record of the adjudication when he or she reaches the age of 17. Under current law, the court may expunge the record of the adjudication if the person complied with the conditions of his or her dispositional order. Current law excludes certain offenses from expungement and generally requires the court to determine that the person will benefit and society will not be harmed by expungement.

Current law requires the court to expunge a record of conviction, upon an offender's successful completion of his or her sentence, for certain offenses related to invasion of privacy if the offender was under the age of 18 when he or she committed the offense. If the person was adjudicated delinquent for committing the offenses related to invasion of privacy, current law requires the court to expunge the record of the adjudication, upon petition of the person when she he or attains the age of 17, if the person had no prior adjudications of delinquency and he or she complied with the conditions of his or her dispositional order.

Read the full summary

Under this bill, if a person successfully completes his or her sentence, or if a juvenile who was adjudicated delinquent complies with the conditions of his or her dispositional order and petitions for expungement upon attaining the age of 17, the court must order that the record be expunged if the court finds that all of the following are true:

1. The person was under the age of 18 when he or she committed the offense.

2. The person was a victim of human trafficking.

3. The person would not have committed the offense if not for the person's status as a victim of human trafficking.

4. The offense is otherwise eligible for expungement.

Who's behind it

4 senators are its ⁠. All 4 are Democrats.

10 more lawmakers ⁠.

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Authors (4)

Signed on in support (10)

What happened

  1. Apr 8, 2014

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Nov 11, 2013

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Judiciary and Labor.

  3. Nov 11, 2013

    Introduced in the Senate.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Nov 11, 2013 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Harris, Risser, Vinehout and Erpenbach; cosponsored by Representatives Young, Johnson, Kessler, Barnes, Wachs, Pope, Richards, Ohnstad, C. Taylor and Bernier

  2. Nov 11, 2013 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Labor

  3. Apr 8, 2014 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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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

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Signed on in support

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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.

More in the glossary

Public hearing

A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.

More in the glossary

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

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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

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