Assembly
Record of Committee Proceedings
Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Assembly Bill 48
Relating to:� prosecuting or adjudicating delinquent a person under the age of 18 for committing an act of prostitution.
By Representatives Kitchens, Billings, J. Anderson, Andraca, Baldeh, Clancy, Conley, Considine, Drake, Emerson, Goyke, Green, Gundrum, Gustafson, Haywood, Joers, Madison, Myers, Ohnstad, Ortiz-Velez, Palmeri, Riemer, Rodriguez, Rozar, Schraa, Shankland, Sinicki, Snyder, Subeck, Vining and Wittke; cosponsored by Senators James, L. Johnson, Agard, Ballweg, Cowles, Felzkowski, Hesselbein, Larson, Roys, Smith, Spreitzer, Taylor and Wirch.
February 20, 2023������ Referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety
June 01, 2023������������� Public Hearing Held
Present:������ (15)����� Representative Spiros; Representatives Schutt, Duchow, Novak, Green, Donovan, Schraa, Steffen, Wichgers, Sortwell, Drake, McGuire, Emerson, Stubbs and Madison.
Absent:������ (0)������� None.
Excused:���� (0)������� None.
Appearances For
������ Representative Joel Kitchens - 1st Assembly District
������ Representative Jill Billings - 95th Assembly District
������ Senator Jesse James - 23rd Senate District
������ Senator LaTonya Johnson - 6th Senate District
������ Ragen Shapiro - WI Department of Children and Families
������ Asia Jackson - Wisconsin Department of Children and Families
������ Adam Plotkin - State Public Defender
������ Matt Giesfeldt - State Public Defender
������ Nila Gvahl - Children's Wisconsin Child Advocacy Centers
������ Sheriff Christy Knowles - Badger State Sheriffs; WI Sheriffs and Deputy Sheriffs Association
������ Lindsey Vang - Pathfinders
������ Kathryn Yang - Pathfinders
������ Dana World-Patterson - Human Trafficking Task Force of Greater Milwaukee
������ Deanna Weiss - Children & the Law Section- State Bar of WI
������ Jamie Lynn Crofts - Wisconsin Voices
������ Ian Henderson - WI Coalition Against Sexual Assault
������ Joli Guenther - WI Association for Runaway SUCS
������ Catherine Morgan - Fierce Freedom
������ Joyce Orth - Fierce Freedom
������ Jay Reinke - Human Trafficking Tast Force of Greater Milwaukee
������ Rebecca Effiong - Lad Lake
������ Nancy Yarbreugin - Lad Lake
������ Chris Barry - Awaken Wisconsin
������ Camryn Peterson - Shared Hope International
������ Rachel Harrison - Fight to End Exploitation
������ Pastor Cindy Crane - Lutheran Office for Public Policy in WI
������ Shirley Paulson - Women of the ELCA Lutheran Church
������ Dr. Joy Ippolito
������ Emily Rush
������ Jenna Gormal - End Domestic Abuse WI
������ Shannon Wienandt
Appearances Against
������ None.
Appearances for Information Only
������ None.
Registrations For
������ Attorney General Josh Kaul - Department of Justice
������ Mollie Mclene
������ Jim Palmer - Wisconsin Professional Police Association
������ Hannah Huffman - UMOS
������ Kathy Markeland - WAFCA
������ Kris Moelter - Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board
������ Alice O'Connor - Wisconsin Professional Police Association
������ Lynne Davis - Children & the Law Section- State Bar of WI
������ Marc Herstand - National Association of Social Workers Wisconsin
������ Megan O'Halloren - Walker's Point Youth & Family Center
Registrations Against
������ None.
Registrations for Information Only
������ None.
April 11, 2024������������ Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
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Cameil Bowler
Committee Clerk
