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Bills from the 2017–18 session

Assembly Bill 1027

Definition of serious child sex offender for purposes of placing a sexually violent person on supervised release

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

    Mar 16, 2018

  2. Committee, stopped here

    Stopped here. No public hearing was held.

  3. Assembly vote, not reached

  4. Senate vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Mar 28, 2018: “Failed to pass pursuant to ⁠”

It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Corrections. 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, a person who has been found to be a sexually violent person may be involuntarily committed to the Department of Health Services for control, care, and treatment. If a person is committed and placed in institutional care, the person may periodically petition the court for supervised release. If a court determines that supervised release is appropriate, DHS must prepare for the court a supervised release plan for the person that identifies a proposed residence. If the person is a serious child sex offender, the person may not be placed into a residence on a property that is adjacent to a property where a child's primary residence exists.

Under current law a “serious child sex offender” is a person who has been convicted of first-degree or second-degree sexual assault of a child under the age of 13, repeated sexual assault of a child under the age of 13, or sexual assault of a child under the age of 13 placed in substitute care. Under this bill, the definition of serious child sex offender is expanded to include a person who has been convicted of any sexually violent offense against a person under the age of 16. This bill also adds that a person is a serious child sex offender if the person was convicted of an offense and, as part of a plea agreement, a sexually violent offense was uncharged or dismissed and the victim of the sexually violent offense was under the age of 16.

Who's behind it

8 lawmakers are its ⁠. 5 are Democrats and 3 are Republicans.

2 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 10 names

Authors (8)

Signed on in support (2)

What happened

  1. Mar 28, 2018

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Mar 16, 2018

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Corrections.

  3. Mar 16, 2018

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Mar 16, 2018 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Spreitzer, Loudenbeck, Berceau, Kolste, Novak, Ohnstad, Quinn and Zepnick; cosponsored by Senators Ringhand and Nass

  2. Mar 16, 2018 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Corrections

  3. Mar 28, 2018 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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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

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

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

Author

A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.

Official term: Author, coauthor

Signed on in support

Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.

Official term: Cosponsor