Assembly Bill 1052
Courtroom supports for and sealing the identifying information of child victims and child witnesses of human trafficking crimes. (FE)
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
Feb 2, 2024
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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, Apr 15, 2024: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Judiciary. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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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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Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
Signed on in support
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Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
Cost estimate
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Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Current law provides certain additional rights and protections to victims and witnesses during their involvement with the criminal justice or juvenile justice system.
This bill provides that child victims or child witnesses of human trafficking crimes must be provided any courtroom supports that the court finds necessary to support the health, safety, or liberty of the child and determines are in the interest of justice.
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The bill also provides that in any criminal proceeding for a human trafficking violation or civil action for injury due to human trafficking, a child victim's or child witness's identifying information must be sealed and may not be disclosed to the public unless the court orders the disclosure to be made after a hearing in which the court takes into consideration the health, safety, and liberty of the child and determines that the disclosure is in the interest of justice.
Who's behind it
26 lawmakers are its . 16 are Democrats and 10 are Republicans.
4 more lawmakers .
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Authors (26)
- Elijah Behnke · Republican, Assembly
- Jill Billings · Democrat, Assembly
- Amy Binsfeld · Republican, Assembly
- Janel Brandtjen · Republican, Assembly
- Sue Conley · Democrat, Assembly
- Dave Considine · Democrat, Assembly
- Barbara Dittrich · Republican, Assembly
- Dora Drake · Democrat, Senate
- Jodi Emerson · Democrat, Assembly
- Jimmy Anderson · Democrat, Assembly
- Jenna Jacobson · Democrat, Assembly
- Alex Joers · Democrat, Assembly
- Joel Kitchens · Republican, Assembly
- Darrin Madison · Democrat, Assembly
- Dave Maxey · Republican, Assembly
- Supreme Moore Omokunde · Democrat, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- Jerry O'Connor · Republican, Assembly
- Tod Ohnstad · Democrat, Assembly
- Lori Palmeri · Democrat, Assembly
- Melissa Ratcliff · Democrat, Senate
- Scott Johnson · Republican, Assembly
- Michael Schraa · Republican, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Lee Snodgrass · Democrat, Assembly
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (4)
- Jesse James · Republican, Senate
- LaTonya Johnson · Democrat, Senate
- Chris Larson · Democrat, Senate
- Bob Wirch · Democrat, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Apr 15, 2024
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Feb 15, 2024
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Feb 2, 2024
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Judiciary.
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Feb 2, 2024
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Feb 2, 2024 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Billings, O'Connor, Emerson, Moore Omokunde, Maxey, Binsfeld, Conley, Snodgrass, Mursau, Palmeri, Joers, Dittrich, Ratcliff, S. Johnson, Ohnstad, Subeck, Drake, Madison, Behnke, Sinicki, Considine, J. Anderson, Brandtjen, Schraa, Jacobson and Kitchens; cosponsored by Senators James, L. Johnson, Wirch and Larson
- Feb 2, 2024 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary
- Feb 15, 2024 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Apr 15, 2024 · 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
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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate. 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
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate