SB82,1,4 1An Act to amend 940.22 (2), 948.06 (intro.), 948.07 (intro.), 948.08, 948.11 (2) (a),
2948.11 (2) (am), 948.12 (intro.) and 948.13 (2); and to create 939.626, 940.225
3(3s), 948.02 (3g), 948.025 (2g), 948.05 (2m), 948.055 (3) and 948.095 (3) of the
4statutes; relating to: minimum sentences for certain sex offenses.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Current law provides penalties for various sex offenses. The current penalties
include periods of imprisonment in a jail or the state prisons. In addition, a court may
currently place a person convicted of a sex offense on probation, except that in certain
cases involving repeat offenders a court must impose a prison sentence and may not
place the repeat offender on probation.
This bill provides that if a person is convicted of certain felony sex offenses, the
court must sentence the person to at least one year in prison and may not place the
person on probation. The felony sex offenses covered by the bill include the following:
sexual exploitation by a therapist; sexual assault; sexual assault of a child; sexual
exploitation of a child; causing a child to view or listen to sexual activity; incest with
a child; child enticement; soliciting a child for prostitution; sexual assault of a
student by a school instructional staff person; exposing a child to harmful material
or harmful descriptions or narrations; possession of child pornography; and working
with children after being convicted of a serious child sex offense.

For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as
an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
SB82, s. 1 1Section 1. 939.626 of the statutes is created to read:
SB82,2,5 2939.626 Minimum sentence for serious sex crimes. (1) In this section,
3"serious sex crime" means a violation of s. 940.22 (2), 940.225 (1), (2) or (3), 948.02
4(1), (2) or (3), 948.025 (1), 948.05 (1) or (2), 948.055 (1), 948.06, 948.07, 948.08,
5948.095 (2), 948.11 (2) (a) or (am), 948.12 or 948.13 (2).
SB82,2,9 6(2) If a person is convicted of committing a serious sex crime, the court shall
7sentence the person to not less than one year in the Wisconsin state prisons, but
8otherwise the penalties for the crime apply, subject to any applicable penalty
9enhancement. The court may not place the person on probation.
SB82,2,11 10(3) Subsection (2) does not apply to a person who is sentenced under s. 939.626
11(2m) or 939.623.
SB82, s. 2 12Section 2. 940.22 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB82,2,1813 940.22 (2) Sexual contact prohibited. Any person who is or who holds himself
14or herself out to be a therapist and who intentionally has sexual contact with a
15patient or client during any ongoing therapist-patient or therapist-client
16relationship, regardless of whether it occurs during any treatment, consultation,
17interview or examination, is guilty of a Class C felony and shall be sentenced as
18provided in s. 939.626
. Consent is not an issue in an action under this subsection.
SB82, s. 3 19Section 3. 940.225 (3s) of the statutes is created to read:
SB82,2,2120 940.225 (3s) Minimum sentence. A person who violates sub. (1), (2) or (3) shall
21be sentenced as provided in s. 939.626.
SB82, s. 4
1Section 4. 948.02 (3g) of the statutes is created to read:
SB82,3,32 948.02 (3g) Minimum sentence. A person who violates sub. (1), (2) or (3) shall
3be sentenced as provided in s. 939.626.
SB82, s. 5 4Section 5. 948.025 (2g) of the statutes is created to read:
SB82,3,65 948.025 (2g) A person who violates sub. (1) shall be sentenced as provided in
6s. 939.626.
SB82, s. 6 7Section 6. 948.05 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:
SB82,3,98 948.05 (2m) A person who violates sub. (1) or (2) shall be sentenced as provided
9in s. 939.626.
SB82, s. 7 10Section 7. 948.055 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
SB82,3,1211 948.055 (3) A person who violates sub. (1) shall be sentenced as provided in s.
12939.626.
SB82, s. 8 13Section 8. 948.06 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB82,3,15 14948.06 Incest with a child. (intro.) Whoever does any of the following is
15guilty of a Class BC felony and shall be sentenced as provided in s. 939.626:
SB82, s. 9 16Section 9. 948.07 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB82,3,20 17948.07 Child enticement. (intro.) Whoever, with intent to commit any of the
18following acts, causes or attempts to cause any child who has not attained the age
19of 18 years to go into any vehicle, building, room or secluded place is guilty of a Class
20BC felony and shall be sentenced as provided in s. 939.626:
SB82, s. 10 21Section 10. 948.08 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB82,3,25 22948.08 Soliciting a child for prostitution. Whoever intentionally solicits
23or causes any child to practice prostitution or establishes any child in a place of
24prostitution is guilty of a Class BC felony and shall be sentenced as provided in s.
25939.626
.
SB82, s. 11
1Section 11. 948.095 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
SB82,4,32 948.095 (3) A person who violates sub. (2) shall be sentenced as provided in s.
3939.626.
SB82, s. 12 4Section 12. 948.11 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB82,4,85 948.11 (2) (a) Whoever, with knowledge of the nature of the material, sells,
6rents, exhibits, transfers or loans to a child any harmful material, with or without
7monetary consideration, is guilty of a Class E felony and shall be sentenced as
8provided in s. 939.626
.
SB82, s. 13 9Section 13. 948.11 (2) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB82,4,1410 948.11 (2) (am) Any person who has attained the age of 17 and who, with
11knowledge of the nature of the description or narrative account, verbally
12communicates, by any means, a harmful description or narrative account to a child,
13with or without monetary consideration, is guilty of a Class E felony and shall be
14sentenced as provided in s. 939.626
.
SB82, s. 14 15Section 14. 948.12 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB82,4,20 16948.12Possession of child pornography. (intro.) Whoever possesses any
17undeveloped film, photographic negative, photograph, motion picture, videotape or
18other pictorial reproduction or audio recording of a child engaged in sexually explicit
19conduct under all of the following circumstances is guilty of a Class E felony and shall
20be sentenced as provided in s. 939.626
:
SB82, s. 15 21Section 15. 948.13 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB82,5,222 948.13 (2) Whoever has been convicted of a serious child sex offense and
23subsequently engages in an occupation or participates in a volunteer position that
24requires him or her to work or interact primarily and directly with children under
2516 years of age is guilty of a Class C felony and shall be sentenced as provided in s.

1939.626
. This subsection does not apply to a person who is exempt under a court
2order issued under sub. (2m).
SB82, s. 16 3Section 16. Initial applicability.
SB82,5,54 (1) This act applies to offenses committed on or after the effective date of this
5subsection.
SB82,5,66 (End)
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