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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

AB 71

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Relating to: possession of child pornography and providing a penalty.

Children Legislature — Criminal penalties joint review committee on Obscenity Sex crimes

  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, in order for an image or video to be child pornography, the

child must be engaged in sexually explicit conduct. Under this bill, an image or video

is child pornography if it depicts the child in a sexually suggestive manner, which

means that it depicts: 1) a child's less than completely and opaquely covered genitals,

pubic area, or intimate parts in a manner that, by means of the posing, composition,

format, or animated sensual details, emits sensuality with sufficient impact to

concentrate prurient interest on the child; 2) any form of contact with a child's

genitals, pubic area, or intimate parts in a manner that, by means of the posing,

composition, format, or animated sensual details, emits sensuality with sufficient

impact to concentrate prurient interest on the child; or 3) a child in any other way

that is for the purpose of sexual stimulation or gratification of any person who may

view the depiction where the depiction does not have serious literary, artistic,

political, or scientific value.

Because this bill creates a new crime or revises a penalty for an existing crime,

the Joint Review Committee on Criminal Penalties may be requested to prepare a

report.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Brandtjen (R) , Crowley (D) , Horlacher (R) , Kulp (R) , Mursau (R) , Ramthun (R) , Sanfelippo (R) , Schraa (R) , Skowronski (R) , Sortwell (R) , Steffen (R) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Tittl (R) , Tusler (R) , Wichgers (R)

5 cosponsors

Jacque (R) , Kooyenga (R) , L. Taylor (D) , Marklein (R) , Rohrkaste (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 13, Noes 0

Passed 13–0 Jun 18, 2019 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 13, Noes 0

Passed 13–0 Jun 18, 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. Mar 7, 2019 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Tusler, Crowley, Brandtjen, Horlacher, Kulp, Mursau, Ramthun, Sanfelippo, Schraa, Skowronski, Sortwell, Steffen, Thiesfeldt, Tittl and Wichgers; cosponsored by Senators Jacque, L. Taylor and Marklein

  2. Mar 7, 2019 · Assembly

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

  3. Mar 26, 2019 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Apr 23, 2019 · Assembly

    Senator Kooyenga added as a cosponsor

  5. May 6, 2019 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Tusler

  6. Jun 13, 2019 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  7. Jun 18, 2019 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 13, Noes 0

  8. Jun 18, 2019 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 13, Noes 0

  9. Jun 18, 2019 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  10. Jun 18, 2019 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 6-20-2019 by Committee on Rules

  11. Jun 19, 2019 · Assembly

    Representative Rohrkaste added as a coauthor

  12. Jun 20, 2019 · Assembly

    Laid on the table

  13. Apr 1, 2020 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1