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Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

SB 478

Died at session end Official bill text Atom feed

Relating to: intentional exposure of genitals and providing a penalty.

Legislature — Criminal penalties joint review committee on Sex crimes

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, 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

Current law prohibits a person from publicly and indecently exposing genitals

or pubic area. A person who violates the prohibition is guilty of a Class A

misdemeanor. This bill eliminates the element that the exposure be indecent and

instead requires that the exposure be intentional.

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) , Kapenga (R) , Stroebel (R)

17 cosponsors

Behnke (R) , Binsfeld (R) , Dittrich (R) , Duchow (R) , Goeben (R) , Green (R) , Gundrum (R) , Maxey (R) , Michalski (R) , Murphy (R) , Rettinger (R) , Rozar (R) , S. Johnson (R) , Schraa (R) , Tomczyk (R) , Tusler (R) , Wichgers (R)

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families, Ayes 3, Noes 2

Passed 3–2 Nov 29, 2023 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: PASSAGE

Passed 23–9 Jan 16, 2024 official source full page

Not voting · 1

Full history

  1. Sep 29, 2023 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Kapenga, Ballweg and Stroebel; cosponsored by Representatives Duchow, Behnke, Binsfeld, Dittrich, Goeben, Green, Gundrum, Maxey, Michalski, Rettinger, Rozar, Schraa, Tusler and Wichgers

  2. Sep 29, 2023 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families

  3. Oct 3, 2023 · Senate

    Senator Tomczyk added as a coauthor

  4. Oct 3, 2023 · Senate

    Representative Murphy added as a cosponsor

  5. Oct 5, 2023 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  6. Oct 6, 2023 · Senate

    Representative S. Johnson added as a cosponsor

  7. Nov 28, 2023 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  8. Nov 29, 2023 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families, Ayes 3, Noes 2

  9. Nov 29, 2023 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  10. Jan 12, 2024 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 1-16-2024 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  11. Jan 16, 2024 · Senate

    Read a second time

  12. Jan 16, 2024 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  13. Jan 16, 2024 · Senate

    Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  14. Jan 16, 2024 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 23, Noes 9

  15. Jan 16, 2024 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  16. Jan 16, 2024 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  17. Feb 14, 2024 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  18. Apr 15, 2024 · Assembly

    Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1