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1995 - 1996 LEGISLATURE
February 24, 1995 - Introduced by Representatives Bell, Albers, Baldwin, Black,
Bock, Boyle, Hahn, Handrick, Lorge, Notestein, Riley, Robson, Travis,
Wasserman, Wilder, Wirch, R. Young and L. Young, cosponsored by Senators
Panzer, Breske, Burke, Chvala, Risser and
Rosenzweig. Referred to
Committee on Children and Families.
AB154,1,3
1An Act to renumber 944.20;
to renumber and amend 948.10; and
to create
2944.17 (3), 944.20 (2) and 948.10 (2) of the statutes;
relating to:
3breast-feeding.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, there are various prohibitions against lewd behavior or
sexual gratification in public. This bill specifies that those prohibitions do not apply
to a mother's breast-feeding of her child.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB154, s. 1
4Section
1. 944.17 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
AB154,1,65
944.17
(3) Subsection (2) does not apply to a mother's breast-feeding of her
6child.
AB154, s. 2
7Section
2. 944.20 of the statutes is renumbered 944.20 (1).
AB154, s. 3
8Section
3. 944.20 (2) of the statutes is created to read:
AB154,1,109
944.20
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a mother's breast-feeding of her
10child.
AB154, s. 4
11Section
4. 948.10 of the statutes is renumbered 948.10 (1) and amended to
12read:
AB154,2,4
1948.10
(1) Whoever, for purposes of sexual arousal or sexual gratification,
2causes a child to expose genitals or pubic area or exposes genitals or pubic area to a
3child is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
This section does not apply if the child is
4the defendant's spouse.
AB154, s. 5
5Section
5. 948.10 (2) of the statutes is created to read:
AB154,2,76
948.10
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply under any of the following
7circumstances:
AB154,2,88
(a) The child is the defendant's spouse.
AB154,2,99
(b) A mother's breast-feeding of her child.
AB154,2,12
11(1) This act first applies to acts occurring on the effective date of this
12subsection.
