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Bills from the 2017–18 session

Assembly Bill 186

Prosecuting a person under the age of 18 with committing an act of prostitution

Stopped before the full Assembly voted

The recommended passing it, but the full Assembly never voted on it. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Mar 28, 2017

  2. Committee, passed

    Approved

  3. Assembly vote, stopped here

    Stopped here. The full Assembly never voted on it.

  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 ⁠”

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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 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.

Who's behind it

33 lawmakers are its ⁠. 27 are Democrats and 6 are Republicans.

20 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 53 names

Authors (33)

Signed on in support (20)

How lawmakers voted

There was one vote on this bill.

Assembly Committee on Children and Families vote to recommend it

Passed, 8 to 0 · Dec 19, 2017

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Report passage recommended by Committee on Children and Families, Ayes 8, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page

What happened

  1. Mar 28, 2018

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Dec 19, 2017

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.

  3. Dec 19, 2017

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 8 to 0.

  4. Oct 5, 2017 to Oct 26, 2017

    2 more representatives signed on in support.

  5. Oct 4, 2017

    The committee held a public hearing.

  6. Sep 1, 2017

    1 more representative signed on in support.

  7. Mar 28, 2017

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Children and Families.

  8. Mar 28, 2017

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  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

Terms on this page

Committee

A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.

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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

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

Roll call

A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.

Official term: Roll call vote. 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.

More in the glossary

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

Roll call

A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.

Official term: Roll call vote

More in the glossary