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Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

SB 199

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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, completed
  2. Passes Senate, completed
  3. Passes Assembly, completed
  4. Governor signs, completed
  5. Law, completed

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: Ballweg (R) , Bradley (R) , Jacque (R) , L. Taylor (D) , Larson (D) , Ringhand (D) , Roys (D) , Smith (D) , Wanggaard (R)

19 cosponsors

Anderson (D) , Bowen (D) , Brostoff (D) , Cabrera (D) , Carpenter (D) , Drake and Emerson , Gundrum (R) , Krug (R) , L. Myers (D) , Moses (R) , Mursau (R) , Ortiz-Velez (D) , Rozar (R) , Skowronski (R) , Spreitzer (D) , Steffen (R) , Stubbs (D) , Subeck (D) , Thiesfeldt (R)

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 7, Noes 0

Passed 7–0 May 7, 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 10, 2021 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators L. Taylor, Wanggaard, Jacque, Ballweg, Bradley, Larson, Ringhand, Smith and Roys; cosponsored by Representatives Thiesfeldt, Rozar, Anderson, Bowen, Brostoff, Cabrera, Gundrum, Krug, Moses, Mursau, L. Myers, Ortiz-Velez, Spreitzer, Subeck and Stubbs

  2. Mar 10, 2021 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety

  3. Mar 12, 2021 · Senate

    Representative Skowronski added as a cosponsor

  4. Mar 18, 2021 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  5. May 6, 2021 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  6. May 7, 2021 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 7, Noes 0

  7. May 7, 2021 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  8. Jun 4, 2021 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 6-9-2021 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  9. Jun 9, 2021 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  10. Jun 9, 2021 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  11. Jun 9, 2021 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed

  12. Jun 9, 2021 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  13. Jun 9, 2021 · Senate

    Senator Carpenter added as a coauthor

  14. Jun 9, 2021 · Senate

    Read a second time

  15. Jun 10, 2021 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  16. Jun 17, 2021 · Assembly

    Representative Steffen added as a cosponsor

  17. Dec 7, 2021 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  18. Jan 20, 2022 · Assembly

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

  19. Jan 24, 2022 · Assembly

    Representatives Drake and Emerson added as cosponsors

  20. Jan 25, 2022 · Assembly

    Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up

  21. Jan 25, 2022 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  22. Jan 25, 2022 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  23. Jan 25, 2022 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  24. Jan 25, 2022 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in

  25. Jan 25, 2022 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  26. Jan 26, 2022 · Senate

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  27. Feb 3, 2022 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled

  28. Mar 15, 2022 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 3-15-2022

  29. Mar 18, 2022 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 3-17-2022. 2021 Wisconsin Act 188

  30. Mar 18, 2022 · Senate

    Published 3-18-2022