---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: possession of child pornography and providing a penalty."
description: "Relating to: possession of child pornography and providing a penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 68"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 68 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jacque", "L. Taylor", "Marklein"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-01T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-07-10T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/515e6d56-e41b-4d14-a35d-3ba39cc8faf5"
source_url: "http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2019/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb68"
source_hash: "a74984d1aaa6fe32de721d04ba9c75f02782e55e588a56b4145de9a3e28a0185"
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 68 (2019) — Relating to: possession of child pornography 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/SB68)
2. **Senate Substitute Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2019/REG/SB68-SSA1)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Jacque — primary (person)
- L. Taylor — primary (person)
- Marklein — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-01T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Jacque, L. Taylor and Marklein; cosponsored by Representatives Tusler, Crowley, Brandtjen, Horlacher, Kulp, Murphy, Mursau, Ramthun, Sanfelippo, Schraa, Skowronski, Sortwell, Steffen, Thiesfeldt, Tittl and Wichgers `introduction`
- **2019-03-01T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-23T05:00:00+00:00** Senator Kooyenga added as a coauthor
- **2019-05-07T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senator Jacque `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-07T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2019-05-09T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2019-05-10T05:00:00+00:00** Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-10T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-10T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2019-06-03T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 6-5-2019 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2019-06-05T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2019-06-05T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Substitute Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-05T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2019-06-05T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2019-06-05T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage`
- **2019-06-05T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2019-06-05T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate
- **2019-06-18T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-18T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 6-20-2019 by Committee on Rules
- **2019-06-19T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Rohrkaste added as a cosponsor
- **2019-06-20T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up
- **2019-06-20T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2019-06-20T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2019-06-20T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2019-06-20T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage`
- **2019-06-20T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2019-06-20T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in
- **2019-06-25T05:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled
- **2019-07-09T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 7-9-2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-10T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 7-10-2019. 2019 Wisconsin Act 16 `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-10T05:00:00+00:00** Published 7-11-2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/515e6d56-e41b-4d14-a35d-3ba39cc8faf5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).