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Bills · 2017-2018 Regular Session

SB 344

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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 Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, 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: Bewley (D) , Carpenter (D) , Cowles (R) , Darling (R) , Erpenbach (D) , Hansen (D) , Harsdorf (R) , Johnson (D) , L. Taylor (D) , Larson (D) , Miller (D) , Moulton (R) , Olsen (R) , Petrowski (R) , Ringhand (D) , Risser (D) , Vinehout (D) , Wirch (D)

37 cosponsors

Anderson (D) , Barca (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) , Kitchens (R) , Kleefisch (R) , 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) , Tittl (R) , Wachs (D) , Young (D) , Zamarripa (D) , Zepnick (D) , Zimmerman (R)

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Feb 7, 2018 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. Jul 13, 2017 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Harsdorf, Johnson, Darling, L. Taylor, Petrowski, Moulton, Carpenter, Olsen, Ringhand, Cowles, Vinehout, Hansen, Erpenbach, Wirch, Larson, Bewley, Miller and Risser; cosponsored 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, Petryk, Tittl and Kleefisch

  2. Jul 13, 2017 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety

  3. Sep 1, 2017 · Senate

    Representative Barca added as a cosponsor

  4. Oct 5, 2017 · Senate

    Representative Kitchens added as a cosponsor

  5. Jan 30, 2018 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  6. Feb 6, 2018 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  7. Feb 7, 2018 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  8. Feb 7, 2018 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  9. Mar 15, 2018 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 3-20-2018 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  10. Mar 20, 2018 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  11. Mar 20, 2018 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  12. Mar 20, 2018 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed

  13. Mar 20, 2018 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  14. Mar 20, 2018 · Senate

    Read a second time

  15. Mar 21, 2018 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  16. Mar 22, 2018 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  17. Mar 28, 2018 · Assembly

    Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1