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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

SB 953

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Relating to: Internet crimes against children administrative subpoenas for the crime of sexual extortion when the crime victim is a child. (FE)

Crime and criminals Crime victim Data processing — Criminal acts and law enforcement Justice department of Juvenile court Sex crimes Shared revenue Subpoena Youth Zoning

  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

Under current law, the attorney general may subpoena a provider of an electronic communication service or a remote computing service to compel the production of certain information if the information likely to be obtained is relevant to an ongoing investigation of a human trafficking crime or an Internet crime against a child and the attorney general has reasonable cause to believe either that an Internet or electronic service account provided by an electronic communication service or a remote computing service has been used in the crime. Additionally, the attorney general may subpoena a hotel to compel the production of certain information if the information likely to be obtained is relevant to an ongoing investigation of a human trafficking crime or an Internet crime against a child and the attorney general or his or her designee has reasonable cause to believe that a room provided by a hotel has been used in the crime.

This bill provides that the crime of sexual extortion is an Internet crime against a child for the purposes of Internet crimes against children administrative subpoenas, if the crime victim was under the age of 18 at the time of the offense.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Jacque (R) , James (R) , Roys (D) , Tomczyk (R) , Wanggaard (R)

34 cosponsors

Allen (R) , Andraca (D) , Armstrong (R) , B. Jacobson (R) , Behnke (R) , Brill (R) , DeSmidt (D) , Dittrich (R) , Donovan (R) , Fitzgerald (D) , Goeben (R) , Goodwin (D) , Green (R) , Joers (D) , Knodl (R) , Kreibich (R) , Maxey (R) , Mayadev (D) , Melotik (R) , Miresse (D) , Murphy (R) , Nedweski (R) , Neubauer (D) , O'Connor (R) , Ortiz-Velez (D) , Piwowarczyk (R) , Ratcliff (D) , Sinicki (D) , Sortwell (R) , Steffen (R) , Stubbs (D) , Subeck (D) , Udell (D) , Vining (D)

Registered lobbying interests · 2

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

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 8, Noes 0

Passed 8–0 Mar 3, 2026 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. Feb 6, 2026 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators James, Wanggaard, Tomczyk, Jacque and Roys; cosponsored by Representatives Dittrich, Joers, Brill, Mayadev, Ortiz-Velez, Sinicki, Miresse, O'Connor, Kreibich, Nedweski, B. Jacobson, Piwowarczyk, Behnke, Udell, Green, Maxey, Donovan, Goeben, Andraca, Armstrong, Sortwell, Goodwin, Fitzgerald, DeSmidt, Murphy, Knodl, Melotik, Stubbs, Neubauer, Steffen and Allen

  2. Feb 6, 2026 · Senate

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

  3. Feb 17, 2026 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  4. Feb 18, 2026 · Senate

    Representative Vining added as a cosponsor

  5. Feb 26, 2026 · Senate

    Representative Subeck added as a cosponsor

  6. Mar 3, 2026 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  7. Mar 3, 2026 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 8, Noes 0

  8. Mar 3, 2026 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  9. Mar 13, 2026 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  10. Mar 17, 2026 · Senate

    Senator Ratcliff added as a coauthor

  11. Mar 23, 2026 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1