---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: sexual contact by a law enforcement officer with a person in detainment or custody and providing a penalty."
description: "Relating to: sexual contact by a law enforcement officer with a person in detainment or custody and providing a penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 199"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 199 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ballweg", "Bradley", "Jacque", "L. Taylor", "Larson", "Ringhand", "Roys", "Smith", "Wanggaard"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 30
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-10T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-18T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d0ff1311-bf2a-42d4-9303-df433a736d28"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2021/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb199"
source_hash: "4177555c161a416ff43ace57b9c06deeae23fc80565a38a765a60e1a843f9335"
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 199 (2021) — Relating to: sexual contact by a law enforcement officer with a person in detainment or custody 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](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2021/REG/SB199)

## Votes

- Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 7, Noes 0 — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ballweg — primary (person)
- Bradley — primary (person)
- Jacque — primary (person)
- L. Taylor — primary (person)
- Larson — primary (person)
- Ringhand — primary (person)
- Roys — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Wanggaard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-10T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators L. Taylor, Wanggaard, Jacque, Ballweg, Bradley, Larson, Ringhand, Smith and Roys; cosponsored by Representatives Thiesfeldt, Rozar, Anderson, Bowen, Brostoff, Cabrera, Gundrum, Krug, Moses, Mursau, L. Myers, Ortiz-Velez, Spreitzer, Subeck and Stubbs `introduction`
- **2021-03-10T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-12T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Skowronski added as a cosponsor
- **2021-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2021-05-06T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2021-05-07T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 7, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-07T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2021-06-04T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 6-9-2021 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2021-06-09T05:00:00+00:00** Senator Carpenter added as a coauthor
- **2021-06-09T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2021-06-09T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2021-06-09T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2021-06-09T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-09T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2021-06-10T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate `receipt`
- **2021-06-17T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Steffen added as a cosponsor
- **2021-12-07T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-20T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 1-25-2022 by Committee on Rules
- **2022-01-24T06:00:00+00:00** Representatives Drake and Emerson added as cosponsors
- **2022-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up `withdrawal`
- **2022-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2022-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2022-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2022-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2022-01-26T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in `receipt`
- **2022-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled `enrolled`
- **2022-03-15T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 3-15-2022 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 3-17-2022. 2021 Wisconsin Act 188 `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Published 3-18-2022 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d0ff1311-bf2a-42d4-9303-df433a736d28`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).