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Bills from the 2021–22 session

Assembly Bill 185

Prosecuting or adjudicating delinquent a person under the age of 18 for committing an act of prostitution

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.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Mar 23, 2021

  2. Committee, stopped here

    Stopped here. No public hearing was held.

  3. Assembly vote, not reached

  4. Senate vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. 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 Criminal Justice and Public Safety. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.

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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, a person who is under the age of 18 may be prosecuted or adjudicated delinquent for committing an act of prostitution, a Class A misdemeanor. Under this bill, a person who is under the age of 18 may not be prosecuted or adjudicated delinquent for committing an act of prostitution. 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.

Who's behind it

32 lawmakers are its ⁠. 20 are Democrats and 12 are Republicans.

20 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 52 names

Authors (32)

Signed on in support (20)

Versions and amendments

Every text the Legislature printed for this bill, including proposed changes. Each opens on the Legislature's site.

What happened

  1. Mar 15, 2022

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. May 7, 2021 to Nov 30, 2021

    7 more representatives and 1 senator signed on in support.

  3. Mar 23, 2021

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety.

  4. Mar 23, 2021

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Mar 23, 2021 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Billings, Kitchens, Armstrong, Baldeh, Bowen, Cabrera, Considine, Conley, Emerson, Haywood, Hebl, Hesselbein, Krug, B. Meyers, Moses, Mursau, Neubauer, Novak, Ortiz-Velez, Rozar, S. Rodriguez, Shankland, Shelton, Sinicki, Skowronski, Spiros, Spreitzer, Steffen, Subeck, Tusler, Vining and Wichgers; cosponsored by Senators Darling, Johnson, Bernier, Carpenter, Cowles, Erpenbach, Jacque, Larson, Pfaff, Ringhand, Roys, Smith, L. Taylor and Ballweg

  2. Mar 23, 2021 · Assembly

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

  3. May 7, 2021 · Assembly

    Representative Ohnstad added as a coauthor

  4. Sep 20, 2021 · Assembly

    Representative Stubbs added as a coauthor

  5. Sep 27, 2021 · Assembly

    Representatives James, Plumer and Andraca added as coauthors

  6. Oct 6, 2021 · Assembly

    Senator Bewley added as a cosponsor

  7. Oct 15, 2021 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Billings

  8. Oct 21, 2021 · Assembly

    Representative Milroy added as a coauthor

  9. Nov 30, 2021 · Assembly

    Representative Doyle added as a coauthor

  10. 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.

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Public hearing

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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

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

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.

More in the glossary

Public hearing

A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.

More in the glossary

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