---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: sexual contact with an animal and providing a penalty."
description: "Relating to: sexual contact with an animal and providing a penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 139"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 139 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cowles", "Jacque", "Marklein", "Risser"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-28T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-03-04T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4d48debe-3e61-4d18-b6e6-5434d6e0f9bb"
source_url: "http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2019/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb139"
source_hash: "6d0863ed09af0e267bd481a1cf98dac7ccdea42488e35a643ccecd406475b0f4"
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 139 (2019) — Relating to: sexual contact with an animal and providing a 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/2019/REG/SB139)
2. **Senate Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2019/REG/SB139-SA1)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Cowles — primary (person)
- Jacque — primary (person)
- Marklein — primary (person)
- Risser — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Jacque, Risser, Cowles and Marklein; cosponsored by Representatives Wichgers, Brandtjen, Edming, James, Loudenbeck, Murphy, Myers, Skowronski, Subeck and C. Taylor `introduction`
- **2019-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2019-09-17T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2019-09-23T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Jacque `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-09-25T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2019-09-25T05:00:00+00:00** Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-09-25T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-09-25T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2019-10-04T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 10-8-2019 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2019-10-08T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2019-10-08T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2019-10-08T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2019-10-08T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2019-10-08T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage`
- **2019-10-08T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2019-10-08T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate
- **2020-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from committee on Rules and take up
- **2020-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2020-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2020-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage`
- **2020-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2020-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in
- **2020-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled
- **2020-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** LRB correction (Senate Amendment 1)
- **2020-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 2-28-2020 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 3-3-2020. 2019 Wisconsin Act 162 `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Published 3-4-2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4d48debe-3e61-4d18-b6e6-5434d6e0f9bb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).