Assembly Bill 127
Sexual contact by a law enforcement officer with a person in detainment or custody and providing a penalty
Stopped before the full Assembly voted
The recommended passing it, but the full Assembly never voted on it. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Mar 5, 2021
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Assembly vote, stopped here
Stopped here. The full Assembly never voted on it.
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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 ”
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Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
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
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Under this bill, it is a Class C Felony for a law enforcement officer to have sexual contact or sexual intercourse with a person who has been detained by a law enforcement officer or who is in the custody of a law enforcement officer. For the purposes of the crime created in this bill, consent is not an issue. The bill adds the prohibited conduct to the list of activities in current law that constitute second degree sexual assault. Current law does not contain a criminal prohibition on sexual contact between a law enforcement officer and a person in his or her custody.
Under current law, a person may be required to register as a sex offender for certain crimes that are sexually motivated if the judge determines that it would be in the interest of public protection to have the person register. Under this bill, the new offense of sexual contact between a law enforcement officer and a person in his or her custody would be subject to this provision.
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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.
Who's behind it
15 lawmakers are its . 9 are Democrats and 6 are Republicans.
11 more lawmakers .
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Authors (15)
- Jimmy Anderson · Democrat, Assembly
- David Bowen · Democrat, Assembly
- Jonathan Brostoff · Democrat, Assembly
- Marisabel Cabrera · Democrat, Assembly
- Rick Gundrum · Republican, Assembly
- Scott Krug · Republican, Assembly
- LaKeshia Myers · Democrat, Assembly
- Clint Moses · Republican, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- Sylvia Ortiz-Velez · Democrat, Assembly
- Donna Rozar · Republican, Assembly
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
- Shelia Stubbs · Democrat, Assembly
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
- Jeremy Thiesfeldt · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (11)
- Joan Ballweg · Republican, Senate
- Julian Bradley · Republican, Senate
- Drake and Emerson
- André Jacque · Republican, Senate
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
- Chris Larson · Democrat, Senate
- Janis Ringhand · Democrat, Senate
- Ken Skowronski · Republican, Assembly
- Jeff Smith · Democrat, Senate
- David Steffen · Republican, Assembly
- Van Wanggaard · Republican, Senate
How lawmakers voted
There was one vote on this bill.
Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety vote to recommend it
Passed, 13 to 0 · Nov 15, 2021
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report passage recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 13, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Mar 15, 2022
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Jan 24, 2022
2 more representatives signed on in support.
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Nov 15, 2021
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Nov 15, 2021
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 13 to 0.
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Jun 17, 2021
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Jun 17, 2021
The committee held a public hearing.
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Mar 12, 2021
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Mar 5, 2021
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety.
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Mar 5, 2021
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Mar 5, 2021 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Thiesfeldt, Rozar, Anderson, Bowen, Brostoff, Cabrera, Gundrum, Krug, Moses, Mursau, L. Myers, Ortiz-Velez, Spreitzer, Subeck and Stubbs; cosponsored by Senators L. Taylor, Wanggaard, Jacque, Ballweg, Bradley, Larson, Ringhand and Smith
- Mar 5, 2021 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety
- Mar 12, 2021 · Assembly
Representative Skowronski added as a coauthor
- Jun 17, 2021 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Jun 17, 2021 · Assembly
Representative Steffen added as a coauthor
- Jun 23, 2021 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Nov 15, 2021 · Assembly
Report passage recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 13, Noes 0
- Nov 15, 2021 · Assembly
Referred to committee on Rules
- Jan 20, 2022 · Assembly
Placed on calendar 1-25-2022 by Committee on Rules
- Jan 24, 2022 · Assembly
- Jan 25, 2022 · Assembly
Laid on the table
- 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.
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
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote. 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.
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
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote