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Bills from the 2023–24 session

Assembly Bill 60

Requirements for adult-entertainment establishments 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.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Feb 23, 2023

  2. Committee, passed

    Approved

  3. Assembly vote, stopped here

    Stopped here. The full Assembly never voted on it.

  4. Senate vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Apr 15, 2024: “Failed to pass pursuant to ⁠”

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What it would have done

Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

This bill creates requirements and prohibitions for adult-entertainment establishments. “Adult-entertainment establishment” is defined in the bill as a commercial establishment, business, or service that is distinguished by an emphasis on the offering of, or in which the predominant business or attraction is the offering of, sexually oriented material, devices, paraphernalia, or presentations or sexual activities, services, exhibitions, or performances. “Adult-entertainment establishment” does not include health care facilities, institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations, or schools.

The bill prohibits adult-entertainment establishments from being owned or operated by a person who has been convicted of certain offenses, such as prostitution, a sex offense against a child, or human trafficking, or who has been an owner or operator of an adult-entertainment establishment that was declared a public nuisance or that knowingly employed a victim of a human trafficking offense. The bill also prohibits adult-entertainment establishments from having employees under the age of 18. The bill also prohibits adult-entertainment establishments from knowingly allowing a violation of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act, certain obscenity laws, and certain sex or human trafficking laws to occur on the premises of the adult-entertainment establishment. The bill also requires adult-entertainment establishments to post a human trafficking poster created by the Department of Justice and a poster distributed by the federal Department of Homeland Security that provides human trafficking information in a prominent location for employees to view. The bill also requires adult-entertainment establishments to furnish a list of the adult-entertainment establishment's employees, operators, and owners to local law enforcement officials upon request.

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Adult-entertainment establishments or interested persons that violate the requirements or prohibitions of the bill are subject to a $10,000 forfeiture for each day the adult-entertainment establishment or interested person is in violation.

Who's behind it

11 representatives are its ⁠. 8 are Republicans and 3 are Democrats.

3 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 14 names

Authors (11)

Signed on in support (3)

Versions and amendments

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

How lawmakers voted

There were 2 votes on this bill.

Assembly Committee on Regulatory Licensing Reform vote on an amendment

Passed, 9 to 0 · Jan 4, 2024

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Regulatory Licensing Reform, Ayes 9, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Assembly Committee on Regulatory Licensing Reform vote to recommend it

Passed, 9 to 0 · Jan 4, 2024

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Regulatory Licensing Reform, Ayes 9, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page

What happened

  1. Apr 15, 2024

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Jan 10, 2024

    1 more representative signed on in support.

  3. Jan 4, 2024

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.

  4. Jan 4, 2024

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 9 to 0.

  5. Apr 12, 2023

    1 more representative signed on in support.

  6. Apr 12, 2023

    The committee held a public hearing.

  7. Feb 23, 2023

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Regulatory Licensing Reform.

  8. Feb 23, 2023

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Feb 23, 2023 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Bodden, Wichgers, Behnke, Brandtjen, Donovan, Gundrum, Murphy, Ortiz-Velez, Penterman, Sinicki and Subeck; cosponsored by Senator Jacque

  2. Feb 23, 2023 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Regulatory Licensing Reform

  3. Apr 12, 2023 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Apr 12, 2023 · Assembly

    Representative Allen added as a coauthor

  5. Dec 7, 2023 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Bodden

  6. Dec 13, 2023 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  7. Jan 4, 2024 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Regulatory Licensing Reform, Ayes 9, Noes 0

  8. Jan 4, 2024 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Regulatory Licensing Reform, Ayes 9, Noes 0

  9. Jan 4, 2024 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  10. Jan 10, 2024 · Assembly

    Representative Gustafson added as a coauthor

  11. 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.

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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

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.

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

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Roll call

A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.

Official term: Roll call vote

More in the glossary