Senate Bill 4
Invading an individual's privacy by viewing under or through clothing and providing a penalty. (FE)
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
Jan 16, 2015
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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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 13, 2016: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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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, the crime of invasion of privacy is a Class A misdemeanor.
The crime includes actions such as knowingly installing a surveillance device in a private place with the intent to observe an individual who has less than fully and opaquely covered genitals, pubic area, buttocks, or breasts without the individual's consent. This bill creates an additional crime of invasion of privacy for an individual who knowingly installs or uses a device to intentionally view under outer clothing another individual's genitals, pubic area, breast, or buttocks, including genitals, pubic area, breasts, or buttocks that are covered by undergarments, or to view another body part of an individual that is not otherwise visible, without that individual's consent. Under the bill, whoever commits this offense is guilty of a Class I felony.
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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
3 senators are its . 2 are Republicans and 1 is a Democrat.
18 more lawmakers .
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Authors (3)
- Alberta Darling · Republican, Senate
- Steve Nass · Republican, Senate
- Fred A. Risser · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (18)
- Joan Ballweg · Republican, Senate
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- Jill Billings · Democrat, Assembly
- Chris Taylor · Democrat, Assembly
- Edward Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Gary Hebl · Democrat, Assembly
- Jim Ott · Republican, Assembly
- André Jacque · Republican, Senate
- Robb Kahl · Democrat, Assembly
- Samantha Kerkman · Republican, Assembly
- Joel Kleefisch · Republican, Assembly
- Jesse Kremer · Republican, Assembly
- Dave Murphy · Republican, Assembly
- John Nygren · Republican, Assembly
- Melissa Sargent · Democrat, Assembly
- John Spiros · Republican, Assembly
- Thomas Larson · Republican, Assembly
- Dana Wachs · Democrat, Assembly
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Apr 13, 2016
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Jan 26, 2015
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Jan 20, 2015 to Jan 23, 2015
2 more representatives signed on in support.
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Jan 16, 2015
Sent to the Senate Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
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Jan 16, 2015
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Jan 16, 2015 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Darling, Nass, Harris Dodd and Risser; cosponsored by Representatives J. Ott, Sargent, Kerkman, Wachs, T. Larson, Kleefisch, Hebl, Nygren, Spiros, Murphy, Kahl, Jacque, C. Taylor, Berceau, E. Brooks and Billings
- Jan 16, 2015 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety
- Jan 20, 2015 · Senate
Representative Kremer added as a cosponsor
- Jan 22, 2015 · Senate
Senator Harris Dodd withdrawn as a coauthor
- Jan 23, 2015 · Senate
Representative Ballweg added as a cosponsor
- Jan 26, 2015 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Jan 26, 2015 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Jan 26, 2015 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Jan 26, 2015 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Apr 13, 2016 · 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