AB 408

This bill creates a sexual assault victim bill of rights. In addition to the rights

extended to crime victims under Wisconsin's basic bill of rights for victims and

witnesses, this bill adds the following rights for victims of sexual assault, regardless

of whether or not they choose to cooperate with a law enforcement agency: the right

to be provided with accurate written information about his or her rights as a sexual

assault victim; the right to be advised about and provided with emergency

contraception and testing for sexually transmitted diseases; the right to choose

whether or not to undergo a sexual assault nurse examination; the right to choose

whether or not to cooperate with a law enforcement agency; the right for any

examination evidence to be transported to a state crime lab within 30 days; the right

to have any examination evidence stored for 15 years or until the end of the prison

term of the person convicted of the assault against him or her; and the right to not

be investigated or prosecuted for a misdemeanor or controlled substances violation

based on any evidence obtained in a sexual assault nurse examination.