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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

AB 79

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Relating to: prosecuting or adjudicating delinquent a person under the age of 18 for committing an act of prostitution.

Juvenile court Juvenile delinquency Prostitution Youth

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

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.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Anderson (D) , Andraca (D) , Bare (D) , Behnke (R) , Billings (D) , Clancy (D) , DeSmidt (D) , Dittrich (R) , Doyle (D) , Emerson (D) , Fitzgerald (D) , Goodwin (D) , Gundrum (R) , Haywood (D) , Hong (D) , J. Jacobson (D) , Joers (D) , Johnson (D) , Kitchens (R) , Madison (D) , McCarville (D) , Miresse (D) , Mursau (R) , Palmeri (D) , Roe (D) , Sinicki (D) , Snodgrass (D) , Snyder (R) , Spaude (D) , Steffen (R) , Stroud (D) , Stubbs (D) , Subeck (D) , Udell (D) , Vining (D)

14 cosponsors

Brown (D) , Dassler-Alfheim (D) , Habush Sinykin (D) , Hesselbein (D) , James (R) , Keyeski (D) , L. Johnson (D) , Larson (D) , Ratcliff (D) , Roys (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Tenorio (D) , Wall (D) , Wirch (D)

Registered lobbying interests · 7

Organizations that registered lobbying activity on this bill with the Wisconsin Ethics Commission. Registration means interest, not a position for or against. Official record

Full history

  1. Feb 28, 2025 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Kitchens, Billings, Anderson, Andraca, Bare, Behnke, Clancy, DeSmidt, Dittrich, Doyle, Emerson, Fitzgerald, Goodwin, Gundrum, Hong, J. Jacobson, Joers, Johnson, Madison, McCarville, Miresse, Mursau, Palmeri, Roe, Sinicki, Snodgrass, Snyder, Spaude, Steffen, Stroud, Stubbs, Subeck, Udell, Vining and Haywood; cosponsored by Senators James, L. Johnson, Dassler-Alfheim, Habush Sinykin, Hesselbein, Keyeski, Larson, Ratcliff, Roys, Spreitzer, Wall and Wirch

  2. Feb 28, 2025 · Assembly

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

  3. Apr 2, 2025 · Assembly

    Representative Tenorio added as a coauthor

  4. Mar 6, 2026 · Assembly

    Representative Brown added as a coauthor

  5. Mar 23, 2026 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1