---
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: "2023"
identifier: "SB 314"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 314 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ballweg", "Hutton", "James", "Tomczyk", "Wanggaard"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-05-24T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-03-28T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8385988e-e177-4260-948a-7ed37f16409a"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb314"
source_hash: "eba044793b53010a10dd4e5546d0426b5c4cd836ae6fe8a0024220736eb5e17f"
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 314 (2023) — 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](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2023/REG/SB314)
2. **Senate Amendment 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2023/REG/SB314-SSA1-SA2)
3. **Senate Substitute Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2023/REG/SB314-SSA1)

## Votes

- Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 7, Noes 0 — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 7, Noes 0 — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ballweg — primary (person)
- Hutton — primary (person)
- James — primary (person)
- Tomczyk — primary (person)
- Wanggaard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-24T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators James, Ballweg, Hutton, Tomczyk and Wanggaard; cosponsored by Representatives Callahan, Behnke, Binsfeld, Bodden, Brandtjen, Donovan, Duchow, Hurd, S. Johnson, Maxey, Michalski, Murphy, O'Connor, Ohnstad, Rettinger, Subeck and Wichgers `introduction`
- **2023-05-24T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-12-18T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senator James
- **2024-01-03T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2024-01-09T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senator James
- **2024-01-10T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2024-01-10T06:00:00+00:00** Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 7, Noes 0 `amendment-passage`
- **2024-01-10T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 7, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-10T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2024-01-12T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 2 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senator James
- **2024-01-12T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 1-16-2024 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 2 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Substitute Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- **2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate `receipt`
- **2024-02-01T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Steffen added as a cosponsor
- **2024-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 2-15-2024 by Committee on Rules
- **2024-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up `withdrawal`
- **2024-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2024-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2024-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in `receipt`
- **2024-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** LRB correction (Senate Substitute Amendment 1)
- **2024-03-21T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 3-21-2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 3-27-2024. 2023 Wisconsin Act 224 `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Published 3-28-2024 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8385988e-e177-4260-948a-7ed37f16409a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).