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Bills · 2017-2018 Regular Session

AB 486

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Relating to: patronization of a child and providing a criminal penalty.

Children — Protection and services Crime and criminals — Felony 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

Under current law, the penalty for patronizing a prostitute is a Class A

misdemeanor. This bill increases the penalty to a Class I felony for patronizing a

person who is under the age of 18. This bill also specifies that, for the increased

penalty, the prosecutor does not need to prove that the actor knew the person was

under the age of 18 and it is not a defense to the crime that the actor believed the

person was at least 18.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Bernier (R) , Felzkowski (R) , Fields (D) , Horlacher (R) , Jacque (R) , Katsma (R) , Kleefisch (R) , Kremer (R) , Krug (R) , Kulp (R) , Mursau (R) , Novak (R) , Petryk (R) , Ripp (R) , Rohrkaste (R) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Tusler (R)

7 cosponsors

Johnson (D) , L. Taylor (D) , Lasee (R) , LeMahieu (R) , Marklein (R) , Moulton (R) , Olsen (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 6, Noes 3

Passed 6–3 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.

Assembly: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 8, Noes 1

Passed 8–1 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. Aug 29, 2017 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Kleefisch, Fields, Bernier, Horlacher, Jacque, Katsma, Kremer, Krug, Kulp, Mursau, Petryk, Ripp, Rohrkaste, Felzkowski, Tusler, Novak and Thiesfeldt; cosponsored by Senators LeMahieu, L. Taylor, Johnson, Lasee, Marklein, Olsen and Moulton

  2. Aug 29, 2017 · Assembly

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

  3. Sep 7, 2017 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Sep 14, 2017 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Kleefisch

  5. Sep 21, 2017 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  6. Sep 29, 2017 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 6, Noes 3

  7. Sep 29, 2017 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 8, Noes 1

  8. Sep 29, 2017 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  9. Nov 7, 2017 · Assembly

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

  10. Nov 9, 2017 · Assembly

    Laid on the table

  11. Mar 28, 2018 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1