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Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

AB 127

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Relating to: sexual contact by a law enforcement officer with a person in detainment or custody and providing a penalty.

Legislature — Criminal penalties joint review committee on Police 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 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.

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: Anderson (D) , Bowen (D) , Brostoff (D) , Cabrera (D) , Gundrum (R) , Krug (R) , L. Myers (D) , Moses (R) , Mursau (R) , Ortiz-Velez (D) , Rozar (R) , Spreitzer (D) , Stubbs (D) , Subeck (D) , Thiesfeldt (R)

11 cosponsors

Ballweg (R) , Bradley (R) , Drake and Emerson , Jacque (R) , L. Taylor (D) , Larson (D) , Ringhand (D) , Skowronski (R) , Smith (D) , Steffen (R) , Wanggaard (R)

Votes

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

Passed 13–0 Nov 15, 2021 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 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

  2. Mar 5, 2021 · Assembly

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

  3. Mar 12, 2021 · Assembly

    Representative Skowronski added as a coauthor

  4. Jun 17, 2021 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Jun 17, 2021 · Assembly

    Representative Steffen added as a coauthor

  6. Jun 23, 2021 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  7. Nov 15, 2021 · Assembly

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

  8. Nov 15, 2021 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  9. Jan 20, 2022 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 1-25-2022 by Committee on Rules

  10. Jan 24, 2022 · Assembly

    Representatives Drake and Emerson added as coauthors

  11. Jan 25, 2022 · Assembly

    Laid on the table

  12. Mar 15, 2022 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1