---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: patronization of a child and providing a criminal penalty."
description: "Relating to: patronization of a child and providing a criminal penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 396"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 396 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson", "L. Taylor", "Lasee", "LeMahieu", "Marklein", "Moulton", "Olsen"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-08-31T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-12-08T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf253437-aafe-457c-b3f8-57a57691a065"
source_url: "http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2017/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb396"
source_hash: "29e84f1256d057a1ed762c82f7513f37a22f207ad930f58f0c991a5a671f4ea0"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wi"]
---

# Wisconsin SB 396 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to: patronization of a child and providing a criminal penalty.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2017/REG/SB396)

## Votes

- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 4, Noes 1 — **4–1** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Johnson — primary (person)
- L. Taylor — primary (person)
- Lasee — primary (person)
- LeMahieu — primary (person)
- Marklein — primary (person)
- Moulton — primary (person)
- Olsen — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-08-31T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators LeMahieu, L. Taylor, Johnson, Marklein, Lasee, Olsen and Moulton; cosponsored by Representatives Kleefisch, Fields, Bernier, Horlacher, Jacque, Katsma, Kremer, Krug, Kulp, Mursau, Petryk, Ripp, Rohrkaste, Felzkowski, Novak, Tusler and Thiesfeldt `introduction`
- **2017-08-31T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety
- **2017-10-18T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator LeMahieu
- **2017-10-19T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2017-10-24T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2017-10-24T05:00:00+00:00** Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 4, Noes 1
- **2017-10-24T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-10-24T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2017-10-27T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 10-31-2017 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2017-10-31T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2017-10-31T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 adopted
- **2017-10-31T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2017-10-31T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2017-10-31T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage`
- **2017-10-31T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2017-10-31T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate
- **2017-11-06T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2017-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 11-9-2017 by Committee on Rules
- **2017-11-09T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up
- **2017-11-09T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2017-11-09T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2017-11-09T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2017-11-09T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage`
- **2017-11-09T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2017-11-09T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in
- **2017-11-27T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled
- **2017-12-05T06:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 12-5-2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-12-08T06:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 12-8-2017. 2017 Wisconsin Act 128 `executive-signature`
- **2017-12-08T06:00:00+00:00** Published 12-9-2017

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cf253437-aafe-457c-b3f8-57a57691a065`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).