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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

AB 41

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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 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 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: Anderson (D) , Billings (D) , Brostoff (D) , C. Taylor (D) , Cabrera (D) , Considine (D) , Crowley (D) , Doyle (D) , Emerson (D) , Felzkowski (R) , Fields (D) , Goyke (D) , Gruszynski (D) , Gundrum (R) , Hebl (D) , James (R) , Kitchens (R) , Kolste (D) , Krug (R) , Kulp (R) , Kurtz (R) , Meyers (D) , Mursau (R) , Myers (D) , Neubauer (D) , Ohnstad (D) , Ott (R) , Petryk (R) , Pope (D) , Pronschinske (R) , Ramthun (R) , Riemer (D) , Rohrkaste (R) , Sargent (D) , Shankland (D) , Sinicki (D) , Skowronski (R) , Snyder (R) , Sortwell (R) , Spiros (R) , Spreitzer (D) , Steffen (R) , Steineke (R) , Stubbs (D) , Subeck (D) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Tittl (R) , Tusler (R) , Vining (D) , Vruwink (D) , Wittke (R) , Zamarripa (D) , Zimmerman (R)

22 cosponsors

Bewley (D) , Bowen (D) , Carpenter (D) , Cowles (R) , Darling (R) , Dittrich (R) , Erpenbach (D) , Feyen (R) , Hansen (D) , Jacque (R) , Johnson (D) , Kooyenga (R) , L. Taylor (D) , Larson (D) , Miller (D) , Olsen (R) , Ringhand (D) , Risser (D) , Schachtner (D) , Shilling (D) , Smith (D) , Wirch (D)

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Children and Families, Ayes 12, Noes 0

Passed 12–0 Apr 29, 2019 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. Feb 28, 2019 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Billings, Steineke, Emerson, Thiesfeldt, Kitchens, Rohrkaste, Hebl, Kolste, Kulp, Goyke, Zamarripa, Vining, Shankland, Vruwink, C. Taylor, Subeck, Tittl, Neubauer, Doyle, Sargent, Mursau, Brostoff, Pope, Snyder, Spiros, Crowley, Felzkowski, Considine, Stubbs, Zimmerman, Pronschinske, Meyers, Spreitzer, Ramthun, Sinicki, James, Gundrum, Wittke, Myers, Kurtz, Ohnstad, Sortwell, Skowronski, Anderson, Krug, Murphy, Fields, Petryk, Ott, Gruszynski, Riemer, Steffen, Tusler and Cabrera; cosponsored by Senators Darling, Johnson, Schachtner, Feyen, L. Taylor, Carpenter, Bewley, Shilling, Ringhand, Wirch, Smith, Risser, Cowles, Jacque, Olsen, Hansen, Erpenbach, Larson, Miller and Kooyenga

  2. Feb 28, 2019 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Children and Families

  3. Mar 4, 2019 · Assembly

    Representative Bowen added as a coauthor

  4. Mar 27, 2019 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Apr 1, 2019 · Assembly

    Representative Dittrich added as a coauthor

  6. Apr 10, 2019 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  7. Apr 29, 2019 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Children and Families, Ayes 12, Noes 0

  8. Apr 29, 2019 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  9. May 14, 2019 · Assembly

    Representative Murphy withdrawn as a coauthor

  10. Apr 1, 2020 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1