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Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session

SB 546

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Relating to: administrative subpoena for investigating Internet crimes against children, creating an Internet crimes against children surcharge, and making an appropriation. (FE)

Attorney general Children — Protection and services Circuit court Court — Fee Criminal identification and investigation Data processing — Criminal acts and law enforcement Justice, department of Privacy Subpoena

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

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill creates an Internet crimes against children surcharge. Under the bill,

if a court imposes a sentence on a person or places a person on probation for

committing a crime, the court imposes a surcharge of $20 for each misdemeanor

conviction and $40 for each felony conviction. Under the bill, the Department of

Justice uses the moneys received from the surcharge to fund the activities of task

forces on Internet crimes against children, and to fund criminal investigations, law

enforcement, and prosecutions relating to Internet crimes against children.

The bill also authorizes the attorney general or his or her designee to issue an

administrative subpoena to a provider of an electronic communication service or

remote computing service that would compel the provider to produce documents or

records helpful to an investigation of an Internet crime against a child. The bill

allows the person issued the subpoena to motion a circuit court to limit or quash the

subpoena and allows the attorney general or his or her designee to request that the

subpoena be kept confidential until after all requested documents and records are

produced.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Cowles (R) , Gudex (R) , Lassa (D) , Marklein (R) , Moulton (R) , Olsen (R) , Wanggaard (R)

29 cosponsors

A. Ott (R) , Ballweg (R) , Barca, Shankland, Wachs, Zepnick, Sargent, Ohnstad and Hesselbein , Carpenter (D) , Duchow (R) , E. Brooks (R) , Heaton (R) , Hintz (D) , Horlacher (R) , Jorgensen (D) , Kahl (D) , Kleefisch (R) , Kremer (R) , Kulp (R) , Macco (R) , Murphy (R) , Novak (R) , Quinn (R) , Ripp (R) , Rodriguez (R) , Rohrkaste (R) , Sanfelippo (R) , Spiros (R) , Spreitzer (D) , Stuck (D) , Subeck (D) , T. Larson (R) , Tittl (R) , Zamarripa (D)

Votes

Senate: Report introduction of Senate Amendment 3 by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Feb 1, 2016 official source full page

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

Senate: Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Feb 1, 2016 official source full page

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

Senate: Report adoption of Senate Amendment 2 recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Feb 1, 2016 official source full page

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

Senate: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Feb 1, 2016 official source full page

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

Senate: Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0

Passed 15–0 Feb 11, 2016 official source full page

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

Senate: Report adoption of Senate Amendment 2 recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0

Passed 15–0 Feb 11, 2016 official source full page

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

Senate: Report passage as amended recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 14, Noes 0

Passed 14–0 Feb 11, 2016 official source full page

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

Senate: Read a third time and passed, Ayes 32, Noes 0

Passed 32–0 Feb 16, 2016 official source full page

Not voting · 1

Assembly: Read a third time and concurred in as amended, Ayes 87, Noes 7, Paired 2

Passed 87–7 Feb 18, 2016 official source full page

Aye · 87

Not voting · 3

Assembly: Assembly Amendment 1 laid on table, Ayes 74, Noes 20

Passed 74–20 Feb 18, 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 8, 2016 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Wanggaard, Cowles, Gudex, Lassa, Marklein, Moulton and Olsen; cosponsored by Representatives Kleefisch, Ballweg, E. Brooks, Duchow, Heaton, Horlacher, Jorgensen, Kahl, Kremer, Kulp, T. Larson, Macco, Murphy, Novak, A. Ott, Quinn, Ripp, Rodriguez, Rohrkaste, Sanfelippo, Spiros, Tittl and Zamarripa

  2. Jan 8, 2016 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety

  3. Jan 13, 2016 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  4. Jan 14, 2016 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Wanggaard

  5. Jan 15, 2016 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. Jan 28, 2016 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 2 offered by Senators Lasee and Wanggaard

  7. Feb 1, 2016 · Senate

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  8. Feb 1, 2016 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  9. Feb 1, 2016 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  10. Feb 1, 2016 · Senate

    Report introduction of Senate Amendment 3 by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  11. Feb 1, 2016 · Senate

    Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  12. Feb 1, 2016 · Senate

    Report adoption of Senate Amendment 2 recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  13. Feb 2, 2016 · Senate

    Withdrawn from committee on Senate Organization and rereferred to joint committee on Finance pursuant to Senate Rule 46(2)(c)

  14. Feb 10, 2016 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  15. Feb 11, 2016 · Senate

    Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0

  16. Feb 11, 2016 · Senate

    Report adoption of Senate Amendment 2 recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0

  17. Feb 11, 2016 · Senate

    Report passage as amended recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 14, Noes 0

  18. Feb 11, 2016 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  19. Feb 15, 2016 · Senate

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

  20. Feb 16, 2016 · Senate

    Read a second time

  21. Feb 16, 2016 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 adopted

  22. Feb 16, 2016 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 2 adopted

  23. Feb 16, 2016 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  24. Feb 16, 2016 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  25. Feb 16, 2016 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 32, Noes 0

  26. Feb 16, 2016 · Senate

    Senator Carpenter added as a coauthor

  27. Feb 16, 2016 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  28. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  29. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  30. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Made a special order of business at 2:37 PM on 2-18-2016 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 29

  31. Feb 18, 2016 · Assembly

    Representatives Barca, Shankland, Wachs, Zepnick, Sargent, Ohnstad and Hesselbein added as cosponsors

  32. Feb 18, 2016 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  33. Feb 18, 2016 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Kessler

  34. Feb 18, 2016 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 laid on table, Ayes 74, Noes 20

  35. Feb 18, 2016 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representatives Jarchow and Goyke

  36. Feb 18, 2016 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 2 adopted

  37. Feb 18, 2016 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  38. Feb 18, 2016 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  39. Feb 18, 2016 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in as amended, Ayes 87, Noes 7, Paired 2

  40. Feb 18, 2016 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  41. Feb 19, 2016 · Senate

    Received from Assembly amended and concurred in as amended, Assembly Amendment 2 adopted

  42. Feb 19, 2016 · Senate

    Representative Stuck added as a cosponsor

  43. Feb 19, 2016 · Senate

    Representative Spreitzer added as a cosponsor

  44. Feb 24, 2016 · Senate

    Representative Hintz added as a cosponsor

  45. Feb 24, 2016 · Senate

    Representative Subeck added as a cosponsor

  46. Mar 14, 2016 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 3-15-2016 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  47. Mar 15, 2016 · Senate

    Assembly Amendment 2 concurred in

  48. Mar 15, 2016 · Senate

    Action ordered immediately messaged

  49. Mar 29, 2016 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled

  50. Mar 29, 2016 · Senate

    LRB correction (Senate Amendment 1)

  51. Mar 29, 2016 · Senate

    LRB correction (Senate Amendment 2)

  52. Apr 18, 2016 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 4-18-2016

  53. Apr 19, 2016 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 4-19-2016. 2015 Wisconsin Act 369

  54. Apr 19, 2016 · Senate

    Published 4-20-2016