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Bills · 2017-2018 Regular Session

AB 186

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Relating to: prosecuting a person under the age of 18 with committing an act of prostitution.

Juvenile court Prostitution Youth

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under this bill, a person who is under the age of 18 may not be prosecuted for

committing an act of prostitution. This is a change from current law, under which a

person who is under the age of 18 may be prosecuted for committing an act of

prostitution, a Class A misdemeanor. This bill also eliminates the option under

current law in cases where a person under the age of 18 has committed an act of

prostitution for a court to enter a consent decree under the Juvenile Justice Code, or

a deferred prosecution agreement under the Juvenile Justice Code or adult criminal

statutes, if the court determines that a consent decree or deferred prosecution

agreement will serve the best interests of the person being prosecuted and will not

harm society.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Anderson (D) , Berceau (D) , Billings (D) , Bowen (D) , Brostoff (D) , C. Taylor (D) , Considine (D) , Crowley (D) , Doyle (D) , E. Brooks (R) , Fields (D) , Genrich (D) , Goyke (D) , Hebl (D) , Kessler (D) , Kolste (D) , Mason (D) , Mursau (R) , Ohnstad (D) , Petryk (R) , Pope (D) , Quinn (R) , Riemer (D) , Sargent (D) , Sinicki (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Steffen (R) , Subeck (D) , Wachs (D) , Young (D) , Zamarripa (D) , Zepnick (D) , Zimmerman (R)

20 cosponsors

Barca (D) , Bewley (D) , C. Larson (D) , Carpenter (D) , Cowles (R) , Darling (R) , Erpenbach (D) , Hansen (D) , Harsdorf (R) , Johnson (D) , Kitchens (R) , Kleefisch (R) , L. Taylor (D) , Miller (D) , Moulton (R) , Olsen (R) , Petrowski (R) , Ringhand (D) , Vinehout (D) , Wirch (D)

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Children and Families, Ayes 8, Noes 0

Passed 8–0 Dec 19, 2017 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. Mar 28, 2017 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Billings, Crowley, Subeck, Doyle, Fields, Young, C. Taylor, Sargent, Goyke, Kolste, Wachs, Mason, Considine, Pope, Zamarripa, Riemer, Berceau, Spreitzer, Genrich, Mursau, E. Brooks, Kessler, Sinicki, Zimmerman, Steffen, Bowen, Zepnick, Hebl, Brostoff, Quinn, Anderson, Ohnstad and Petryk; cosponsored by Senators Harsdorf, Johnson, Darling, L. Taylor, Petrowski, Moulton, Carpenter, Olsen, Ringhand, Cowles, Vinehout, Hansen, Erpenbach, Wirch, C. Larson, Bewley and Miller

  2. Mar 28, 2017 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Children and Families

  3. Sep 1, 2017 · Assembly

    Representative Barca added as a coauthor

  4. Oct 4, 2017 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Oct 5, 2017 · Assembly

    Representative Kitchens added as a coauthor

  6. Oct 26, 2017 · Assembly

    Representative Kleefisch added as a coauthor

  7. Nov 15, 2017 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  8. Dec 19, 2017 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Children and Families, Ayes 8, Noes 0

  9. Dec 19, 2017 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  10. Mar 28, 2018 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1