LRB-1843/1
MLJ:amn
2019 - 2020 LEGISLATURE
February 25, 2019 - Introduced by Senators Darling, Johnson, Schachtner,
Feyen, L. Taylor, Carpenter, Bewley, Shilling, Ringhand, Wirch, Smith,
Risser, Cowles, Jacque, Olsen, Hansen, Erpenbach, Larson, Miller and
Kooyenga, cosponsored by Representatives Billings, Steineke, Emerson,
Thiesfeldt, Kitchens, Rohrkaste, Hebl, Kolste, Kulp, Goyke, Zamarripa,
Vining, Shankland, Vruwink, C. Taylor, Subeck, Tittl, Neubauer, Doyle,
Sargent, Mursau, Brostoff, Pope, Snyder, Spiros, Crowley, Felzkowski,
Considine, Stubbs, Zimmerman, Pronschinske, Meyers, Spreitzer, Ramthun,
Sinicki, James, Gundrum, Wittke, Myers, Kurtz, Ohnstad, Sortwell,
Skowronski, Anderson, Krug, Murphy, Fields, Petryk, Ott, Gruszynski,
Riemer, Steffen and Tusler. Referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public
Safety.
SB49,1,3
1An Act to amend 944.30 (1m) (intro.) and 944.30 (2m) of the statutes;
relating
2to: prosecuting a person under the age of 18 with committing an act of
3prostitution.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under this bill, a person who is under the age of 18 may not be prosecuted for
committing an act of prostitution. This is a change from current law, under which a
person who is under the age of 18 may be prosecuted for committing an act of
prostitution, a Class A misdemeanor. 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.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
SB49,1
4Section
1. 944.30 (1m) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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944.30
(1m) (intro.)
Any
Except as provided in sub. (2m), any person who
6intentionally does any of the following is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor:
SB49,2
1Section
2. 944.30 (2m) of the statutes is amended to read:
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944.30
(2m) If the person
A person may not be prosecuted under
sub. (1m)
this
3section if he or she has not attained the age of 18 years
and if the court determines
4that the best interests of the person are served and society will not be harmed, the
5court may enter a consent decree under s. 938.32 or a deferred prosecution
6agreement in accordance with s. 938.245, 971.39, or 971.40
at the time he or she
7commits an offense under sub. (1m).
