Wisconsin 2025-2026 Regular Session

Wisconsin Assembly Bill AB84 Compare Versions

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4	4	2025 ASSEMBLY BILL 84
5	5	February 28, 2025 - Introduced by Representatives ALLEN, PENTERMAN, BEHNKE,
6	6	BRILL, DITTRICH, GOODWIN, KREIBICH, MAXEY, MURSAU, PIWOWARCZYK,
7	7	SHEEHAN, SUBECK and WICHGERS, cosponsored by Senators JACQUE and
8	8	WANGGAARD. Referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety.
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11	11	AN ACT to amend 20.455 (2) (hd) and 48.48 (19); to create 20.437 (1) (hf),
12	12	814.75 (28), 814.76 (21), 944.35 and 973.05 (2m) (fr) of the statutes; relating
13	13	to: prostitution crime surcharge and making an appropriation.
14	14	Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
15	15	Under current law, the court must impose certain surcharges on a defendant
16	16	who has been found guilty of a criminal offense. The surcharges are in addition to
17	17	any applicable fines, costs, and fees. For instance, the court must impose a crime
18	18	victim and witness assistance surcharge in an amount of $67 for each conviction of
19	19	a misdemeanor count and in an amount of $92 for each conviction of a felony count.
20	20	The surcharge amounts collected reimburse counties for services provided to
21	21	victims and witnesses of crimes.
22	22	This bill creates a $5,000 surcharge to be imposed on persons who are
23	23	convicted of patronizing or soliciting prostitutes, pandering, keeping a place of
24	24	prostitution, soliciting a child for prostitution, or patronizing a child. Under the
25	25	bill, the surcharge amounts collected are used for treatment and services for sex-
26	26	trafficking victims and for criminal investigative operations and law enforcement
27	27	relating to Internet crimes against children.
28	28	For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be
29	29	printed as an appendix to this bill.
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33	33	ASSEMBLY BILL 84
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36	36	SECTION 1
37	37	The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
38	38	enact as follows:
39	39	SECTION 1. 20.437 (1) (hf) of the statutes is created to read:
40	40	20.437 (1) (hf) Sex-trafficking victim services. All moneys received from the
41	41	prostitution crime surcharge as authorized under s. 944.35, for treatment and
42	42	services for sex-trafficking victims under s. 48.48 (19).
43	43	SECTION 2. 20.455 (2) (hd) of the statutes is amended to read:
44	44	20.455 (2) (hd) Internet crimes against children. All moneys transferred
45	45	under par. (Lp), 2017 Wisconsin Act 59, section 9228 (1p), and 2019 Wisconsin Act
46	46	9, section 9227 (1), shall be credited to this appropriation account and all moneys
47	47	received from the prostitution crime surcharge as authorized under s. 944.35, for
48	48	criminal investigative operations and law enforcement relating to Internet crimes
49	49	against children, prosecution of Internet crimes against children, and activities of
50	50	state and local Internet crimes against children task forces.
51	51	SECTION 3. 48.48 (19) of the statutes is amended to read:
52	52	48.48 (19) To purchase or provide treatment and services for children who are
53	53	the victims of trafficking, as defined in s. 940.302 (1) (d), for purposes of a
54	54	commercial sex act, as defined in s. 940.302 (1) (a). Within the availability of
55	55	funding under s. 20.437 (1) (e) and (hf), the department shall ensure that that
56	56	treatment and those services are available to children in all geographic areas of the
57	57	state, including both urban and rural communities.
58	58	SECTION 4. 814.75 (28) of the statutes is created to read:
59	59	814.75 (28) The prostitution crime surcharge under s. 944.35.
60	60	SECTION 5. 814.76 (21) of the statutes is created to read:
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86	86	SECTION 5
87	87	814.76 (21) The prostitution crime surcharge under s. 944.35.
88	88	SECTION 6. 944.35 of the statutes is created to read:
89	89	944.35 Prostitution crime surcharge. (1) If a court imposes a sentence or
90	90	places a person on probation for a violation of s. 944.31, 944.32, 944.33, 944.34,
91	91	948.08, or 948.081, the court shall impose under ch. 814 a prostitution crime
92	92	surcharge of $5,000.
93	93	(2) The clerk of the circuit court shall collect and transmit to the county
94	94	treasurer under s. 59.40 (2) (m) the amount of the surcharge. The county treasurer
95	95	shall then pay the secretary of administration as provided in s. 59.25 (3) (f) 2. The
96	96	secretary of administration shall deposit all amounts received under this
97	97	subsection in the general fund, half of which is to be credited to the appropriation
98	98	account under s. 20.437 (1) (hf) and half of which is to be credited to the
99	99	appropriation account under s. 20.455 (2) (hd).
100	100	SECTION 7. 973.05 (2m) (fr) of the statutes is created to read:
101	101	973.05 (2m) (fr) To payment of the prostitution crime surcharge until paid in
102	102	full.
103	103	SECTION 8. Initial applicability.
104	104	(1) This act first applies to offenses committed on the effective date of this
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