Assembly Bill 1197
A mitigating factor in sentencing where the crime is committed by a victim of sex trafficking
Stopped in committee
It never got a , so it never came up for a vote. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Mar 10, 2022
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Senate vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Mar 15, 2022: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Rules. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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Committee
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Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
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Author
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What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Under current law, when a court makes a sentencing decision, it must consider aggravating or mitigating factors. This bill creates a mitigating factor for sentencing a person who has been convicted of a violent crime against a sex trafficker if the offender was the victim of the sex trafficker not more than one year before the violent crime was committed. The bill also applies to inmates serving a sentence imposed before the bill became effective. Under the bill, an inmate may petition the sentencing court for a sentence modification if he or she was sentenced before the mitigating factor became law, and the court may modify the sentence if it determines that a modification is appropriate for that inmate based on the mitigating factor created in the bill.
Who's behind it
David Bowen, a Democrat, is its .
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Author (1)
- David Bowen · Democrat, Assembly
What happened
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Mar 15, 2022
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Mar 10, 2022
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Mar 10, 2022
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Mar 10, 2022 · Assembly
Introduced by Representative Bowen
- Mar 10, 2022 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Rules
- Mar 15, 2022 · Assembly
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Terms on this page
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.
Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis