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Bills · 2017-2018 Regular Session

AB 400

Died at session end Official bill text Atom feed

Relating to: patronizing a prostitute and providing a criminal penalty. (FE)

Prostitution

  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

This bill increases the penalty for the crime of patronizing a prostitute from a

Class A misdemeanor to a Class I felony if the person has been previously convicted

of that crime at least two times. Under the bill, a first or second violation remains

a Class A misdemeanor.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Berceau (D) , Billings (D) , Fields (D) , Gannon (R) , Horlacher (R) , Jacque (R) , Kitchens (R) , Kleefisch (R) , Kolste (D) , Kremer (R) , Kulp (R) , Petryk (R) , Ripp (R) , Rohrkaste (R) , Stuck (D) , Subeck (D) , Tusler (R) , Zepnick (D)

5 cosponsors

Carpenter (D) , Cowles (R) , Feyen (R) , Harsdorf (R) , L. Taylor (D)

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 9, Noes 0

Passed 9–0 Sep 29, 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. Jun 19, 2017 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Kleefisch, Stuck, Berceau, Billings, Fields, Gannon, Horlacher, Jacque, Kitchens, Kolste, Kremer, Kulp, Petryk, Ripp, Rohrkaste, Subeck, Tusler and Zepnick; cosponsored by Senators Feyen, L. Taylor, Carpenter, Cowles and Harsdorf

  2. Jun 19, 2017 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety

  3. Jun 22, 2017 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Jul 5, 2017 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Jul 13, 2017 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. Jul 18, 2017 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  7. Aug 30, 2017 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  8. Sep 7, 2017 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  9. Sep 21, 2017 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  10. Sep 29, 2017 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  11. Sep 29, 2017 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 9, Noes 0

  12. Nov 7, 2017 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 11-9-2017 by Committee on Rules

  13. Nov 9, 2017 · Assembly

    Laid on the table

  14. Mar 28, 2018 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1