AB271: Bill Text

AB271,2,5 939.626 Minimum sentence for serious sex crimes. (1) In this section, "serious sex crime" means a violation of s. 940.22 (2), 940.225 (1), (2) or (3), 948.02 (1), (2) or (3), 948.025 (1), 948.05 (1) or (2), 948.055 (1), 948.06, 948.07, 948.08, 948.095 (2), 948.11 (2) (a) or (am), 948.12 or 948.13 (2).

AB271,2,9 (2) If a person is convicted of committing a serious sex crime, the court shall sentence the person to not less than one year in the Wisconsin state prisons, but otherwise the penalties for the crime apply, subject to any applicable penalty enhancement. The court may not place the person on probation.

AB271,2,11 (3) Subsection (2) does not apply to a person who is sentenced under s. 939.626 (2m) or 939.623.

AB271, s. 2 Section 2. 940.22 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB271,2,18 940.22 (2) Sexual contact prohibited. Any person who is or who holds himself or herself out to be a therapist and who intentionally has sexual contact with a patient or client during any ongoing therapist-patient or therapist-client relationship, regardless of whether it occurs during any treatment, consultation, interview or examination, is guilty of a Class C felony and shall be sentenced as provided in s. 939.626. Consent is not an issue in an action under this subsection.

AB271, s. 3 Section 3. 940.225 (3s) of the statutes is created to read:

AB271,2,21 940.225 (3s) Minimum sentence. A person who violates sub. (1), (2) or (3) shall be sentenced as provided in s. 939.626.

AB271, s. 4 Section 4. 948.02 (3g) of the statutes is created to read:

AB271,3,3 948.02 (3g) Minimum sentence. A person who violates sub. (1), (2) or (3) shall be sentenced as provided in s. 939.626.

AB271, s. 5 Section 5. 948.025 (2g) of the statutes is created to read:

AB271,3,6 948.025 (2g) A person who violates sub. (1) shall be sentenced as provided in s. 939.626.

AB271, s. 6 Section 6. 948.05 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB271,3,9 948.05 (2m) A person who violates sub. (1) or (2) shall be sentenced as provided in s. 939.626.

AB271, s. 7 Section 7. 948.055 (3) of the statutes is created to read:

AB271,3,12 948.055 (3) A person who violates sub. (1) shall be sentenced as provided in s. 939.626.

AB271, s. 8 Section 8. 948.06 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB271,3,15 948.06 Incest with a child. (intro.) Whoever does any of the following is guilty of a Class BC felony and shall be sentenced as provided in s. 939.626:

AB271, s. 9 Section 9. 948.07 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB271,3,20 948.07 Child enticement. (intro.) Whoever, with intent to commit any of the following acts, causes or attempts to cause any child who has not attained the age of 18 years to go into any vehicle, building, room or secluded place is guilty of a Class BC felony and shall be sentenced as provided in s. 939.626:

AB271, s. 10 Section 10. 948.08 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB271,3,25 948.08 Soliciting a child for prostitution. Whoever intentionally solicits or causes any child to practice prostitution or establishes any child in a place of prostitution is guilty of a Class BC felony and shall be sentenced as provided in s. 939.626.

AB271, s. 11 Section 11. 948.095 (3) of the statutes is created to read:

AB271,4,3 948.095 (3) A person who violates sub. (2) shall be sentenced as provided in s. 939.626.

AB271, s. 12 Section 12. 948.11 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB271,4,8 948.11 (2) (a) Whoever, with knowledge of the nature of the material, sells, rents, exhibits, transfers or loans to a child any harmful material, with or without monetary consideration, is guilty of a Class E felony and shall be sentenced as provided in s. 939.626.

AB271, s. 13 Section 13. 948.11 (2) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB271,4,14 948.11 (2) (am) Any person who has attained the age of 17 and who, with knowledge of the nature of the description or narrative account, verbally communicates, by any means, a harmful description or narrative account to a child, with or without monetary consideration, is guilty of a Class E felony and shall be sentenced as provided in s. 939.626.

AB271, s. 14 Section 14. 948.12 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB271,4,20 948.12 Possession of child pornography. (intro.) Whoever possesses any undeveloped film, photographic negative, photograph, motion picture, videotape or other pictorial reproduction or audio recording of a child engaged in sexually explicit conduct under all of the following circumstances is guilty of a Class E felony and shall be sentenced as provided in s. 939.626:

AB271, s. 15 Section 15. 948.13 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB271,5,2 948.13 (2) Whoever has been convicted of a serious child sex offense and subsequently engages in an occupation or participates in a volunteer position that requires him or her to work or interact primarily and directly with children under 16 years of age is guilty of a Class C felony and shall be sentenced as provided in s. 939.626. This subsection does not apply to a person who is exempt under a court order issued under sub. (2m).

AB271, s. 16 Section 16. Initial applicability.

AB271,5,5 (1) This act applies to offenses committed on or after the effective date of this subsection.

AB271,5,6 (End)