Assembly
Record of Committee Proceedings
Committee on Children and Families
Assembly Bill 186
Relating to: prosecuting a person under the age of 18 with committing an act of prostitution.
By Representatives Billings, Crowley, Subeck, Doyle, Fields, Young, C. Taylor, Sargent, Goyke, Kolste, Wachs, Mason, Considine, Pope, Zamarripa, Riemer, Berceau, Spreitzer, Genrich, Mursau, E. Brooks, Kessler, Sinicki, Zimmerman, Steffen, Bowen, Zepnick, Hebl, Brostoff, Quinn, Anderson, Ohnstad and Petryk; cosponsored by Senators Harsdorf, Johnson, Darling, L. Taylor, Petrowski, Moulton, Carpenter, Olsen, Ringhand, Cowles, Vinehout, Hansen, Erpenbach, Wirch, Larson, Bewley and Miller.
March 28, 2017 Referred to Committee on Children and Families
October 04, 2017 Public Hearing Held
Present: (10) Representative Kitchens; Representatives Snyder, Vorpagel, Kerkman, Ballweg, Pronschinske, Krug, C. Taylor, Billings and Bowen.
Absent: (1) Representative Gannon.
Excused: (1) Representative Subeck.
Appearances For
· Attorney General Brad Schimel - Wisconsin Attorney General's Office
· Representative Jill Billings - Assembly Representative Jill Billings
· Senator LaTonya Johnson - State Senator LaTonya Johnson
· Jodi Emerson - Fierce Freedom
· Adrienne Roach - End Domestic Abuse Wisconsin
· Chase Tarrier - End Domestic Abuse Wisconsin
· Cindy Crane - Lutheran Office for Public Policy in WI
· Rebecca Nielsen - Lad Lake
· Donelle Hauser - Lad Lake
· Shirley Paulson - Women of the Evangelical Church in America
Appearances Against
· None.
Appearances for Information Only
· Representative Amy Loudenbeck - 31st Assembly District
Registrations For
· Jodi Bloch - Children's Hospital of Wisconsin
· Liz Buchen - Lutheran Social Services Agency
· Lynne Davis - State Bar of WI Child Law Section
· Ernest Fitzpatrick - Shared Hope International
· Jean Fitzpatrick - Shared Hope International
· Senator Sheila Harsdorf - 10th District
· Michelle Jensen - Child Abuse Neglect Prevention Board
· Sister Margaret Krause
· Kathy Markeland - WAFCA
· Danielle Pecker
· Adam Plotkin - State Public Defender
· United Migrant Opoortunity Services
· Brad Wassink - Department of Children and Families
· Representative Josh Zepnick - Representative Josh Zepnick
Registrations Against
· None.
Registrations for Information Only
· None.
November 15, 2017 Executive Session Held
Present: (8) Representative Kitchens; Representatives Snyder, Vorpagel, Kerkman, Ballweg, Krug, Billings and Bowen.
Absent: (0) None.
Excused: (3) Representatives Pronschinske, C. Taylor and Subeck.
Moved by Representative Ballweg, seconded by Representative Bowen that Assembly Bill 186 be recommended for passage.
Ayes: (8) Representative Kitchens; Representatives Snyder, Vorpagel, Kerkman, Ballweg, Krug, Billings and Bowen.
Noes: (0) None.
PASSAGE RECOMMENDED, Ayes 8, Noes 0
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Stamena Ivanov
Committee Clerk