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Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session

AB 630

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Relating to: capturing and distributing a representation of a nude child and providing a criminal penalty.

Children — Protection and services Crime and criminals Family Obscenity Sex crimes

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Assembly, completed
  3. Passes Senate, completed
  4. Governor signs, completed
  5. Law, completed

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Current law prohibits a person from photographing, videotaping, or otherwise

capturing an image of a nude person without the depicted person's consent. A person

who does so or who possesses, distributes, or exhibits the image, knowing the image

was without the depicted person's consent, is guilty of a Class I felony. Current law

generally excepts a parent, guardian, or legal custodian of a child who photographs,

videotapes, or otherwise captures an image of the child nude or who distributes or

exhibits an image of the child nude for noncommercial purposes. This bill limits the

exception so that it excludes a parent, guardian, or legal custodian of a child who

photographs, videotapes, or otherwise captures an image, or distributes or exhibits

an image, of the child nude for the purpose of sexual arousal, gratification,

humiliation, degradation, or monetary or commercial gain.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Ballweg (R) , Duchow (R) , Horlacher (R) , Jagler (R) , Kahl (D) , Kremer (R) , Rohrkaste (R) , Subeck (D)

3 cosponsors

Bernier (R) , Lassa (D) , Olsen (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 12, Noes 0

Passed 12–0 Feb 3, 2016 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2

Passed 3–2 Feb 15, 2016 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Jan 5, 2016 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Jagler, Ballweg, Duchow, Horlacher, Kahl, Kremer, Rohrkaste and Subeck; cosponsored by Senators Lassa and Olsen

  2. Jan 5, 2016 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety

  3. Jan 14, 2016 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Jan 28, 2016 · Assembly

    Executive session held

  5. Feb 3, 2016 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 12, Noes 0

  6. Feb 3, 2016 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  7. Feb 4, 2016 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 2-9-2016 by Committee on Rules

  8. Feb 9, 2016 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed

  9. Feb 9, 2016 · Assembly

    Representative Bernier added as a coauthor

  10. Feb 9, 2016 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  11. Feb 9, 2016 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  12. Feb 9, 2016 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  13. Feb 9, 2016 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  14. Feb 10, 2016 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  15. Feb 11, 2016 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization

  16. Feb 11, 2016 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  17. Feb 15, 2016 · Senate

    Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2

  18. Feb 15, 2016 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 2-16-2016 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  19. Feb 16, 2016 · Senate

    Read a second time

  20. Feb 16, 2016 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  21. Feb 16, 2016 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  22. Feb 16, 2016 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in

  23. Feb 16, 2016 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  24. Feb 17, 2016 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  25. Feb 29, 2016 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled on 2-29-2016

  26. Apr 18, 2016 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 4-18-2016

  27. Apr 19, 2016 · Assembly

    Report approved by the Governor on 4-19-2016. 2015 Wisconsin Act 370

  28. Apr 19, 2016 · Assembly

    Published 4-20-2016