Wisconsin 2025-2026 Regular Session

Wisconsin Senate Bill SB33 Compare Versions

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1	1	2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
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4	4	2025 SENATE BILL 33
5	5	February 12, 2025 - Introduced by Senator JACQUE, cosponsored by Representatives
6	6	B. JACOBSON, WICHGERS, ALLEN, ANDERSON, BEHNKE, BRILL, BROOKS,
7	7	DITTRICH, GUNDRUM, KREIBICH, MAXEY, MOSES, MURPHY, MURSAU, SINICKI,
8	8	SUBECK, TUSLER and UDELL. Referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public
9	9	Safety.
10	10	AN ACT to create 942.09 (1) (e), 942.09 (2) (am) 4. and 942.09 (3m) (a) 3. of the
11	11	statutes; relating to: representations depicting nudity and providing a
12	12	penalty.
13	13	Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
14	14	Under current law, it is generally a Class I felony to capture or distribute
15	15	representations depicting nudity without the consent of the person depicted. This
16	16	bill expands the prohibition to include what are known as Xdeep fakes.Y The bill
17	17	provides that it is a Class I felony to post, publish, distribute, or exhibit a synthetic
18	18	intimate representation (commonly known as a Xdeep fakeY) of an identifiable
19	19	person with intent to coerce, harass, or intimidate that person. Under the bill, a
20	20	synthetic intimate representation is defined as a representation generated using
21	21	technological means that uses an identifiable person[s face, likeness, or other
22	22	distinguishing characteristic to depict an intimate representation of that person,
23	23	regardless of whether the representation includes components that are artificial,
24	24	legally generated, or generally accessible.
25	25	Under current law, it is a Class A misdemeanor to publish or post a private
26	26	representation, which is a sexually explicit representation that is intended by the
27	27	person depicted in the representation to be possessed or viewed only by the persons
28	28	with whom it was directly shared, without consent of the person depicted. This bill
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31	31	3 2025 - 2026 Legislature
32	32	SENATE BILL 33
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35	35	provides that it is also a Class A misdemeanor to reproduce such representations
36	36	without that person[s consent.
37	37	Because this bill creates a new crime or revises a penalty for an existing crime,
38	38	the Joint Review Committee on Criminal Penalties may be requested to prepare a
39	39	report.
40	40	The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
41	41	enact as follows:
42	42	SECTION 1. 942.09 (1) (e) of the statutes is created to read:
43	43	942.09 (1) (e) XSynthetic intimate representationY means a representation
44	44	generated using technological means that uses an identifiable person[s face,
45	45	likeness, or other distinguishing characteristic to depict an intimate representation
46	46	of that person, regardless of whether the representation includes components that
47	47	are artificial, legally generated, or generally accessible.
48	48	SECTION 2. 942.09 (2) (am) 4. of the statutes is created to read:
49	49	942.09 (2) (am) 4. Posts, publishes, distributes, or exhibits a synthetic
50	50	intimate representation of an identifiable person with intent to coerce, harass, or
51	51	intimidate that person.
52	52	SECTION 3. 942.09 (3m) (a) 3. of the statutes is created to read:
53	53	942.09 (3m) (a) 3. Makes a reproduction of a private representation, if the
54	54	person depicted in the reproduction did not consent to the making of the
55	55	reproduction.
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