AB970: Bill Text

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2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE

2023 Assembly BILL 970

January 17, 2024 - Introduced by Representatives Tittl, O'Connor, Behnke, Callahan, Dittrich, Edming, Gundrum, Hurd, Kitchens, Krug, Murphy, Mursau, Plumer, Sapik, Schraa and Sortwell, cosponsored by Senators James and Testin. Referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety.

AB970,1,2 An Act to amend 301.45 (1d) (b) of the statutes; relating to: sex offender registration for certain crimes.

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, a person must register with the Department of Corrections as a sex offender if he or she has been convicted of certain sex offenses or found not guilty of certain sex offenses by reason of mental disease or defect. The length of time that the person must register varies depending on the offense or the number of convictions or findings.

This bill adds keeping a place of prostitution to the list of sex offenses for which a person must register as a sex offender.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

AB970,1 Section 1. 301.45 (1d) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB970,2,2 301.45 (1d) (b) “Sex offense" means a violation, or the solicitation, conspiracy, or attempt to commit a violation, of s. 940.22 (2), 940.225 (1), (2) or (3), 944.06, 944.18, 944.34, 948.02 (1) or (2), 948.025, 948.05, 948.051, 948.055, 948.06, 948.07 (1) to (4), 948.075, 948.08, 948.085, 948.095, 948.11 (2) (a) or (am), 948.12, 948.13, or 948.30, of s. 940.302 (2) if s. 940.302 (2) (a) 1. b. applies, or of s. 940.30 or 940.31 if the victim was a minor and the person who committed the violation was not the victim's parent.

AB970,2 Section 2. Initial applicability.

AB970,2,5 (1) This act first applies to a violation committed on the effective date of this subsection.

AB970,2,6 (End)