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Bill	Relating to: definition of “sexual contact” for purposes of crimes against children and sexual assault and providing a penalty.	Relating to: definition of “sexual contact” for purposes of crimes against children and sexual assault and providing a penalty.	us/states/wi	Wisconsin Legislature	2023	AB 166	Wisconsin AB 166 (2023)	bill		enacted	Behnke Bodden Brandtjen C. Anderson Dittrich Donovan Gundrum Moses Murphy Mursau Nedweski Ortiz-Velez Rettinger Rozar Sapik Subeck Wichgers	1	34	3	2023-04-10T05:00:00+00:00	2023-12-06T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/7e6adbb8-61d9-457f-a768-5892315aa7ac	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab166	ff8a8d8ce1baab8350d488657e59f1c71e8d360369aa85ed0f732371b040fbc5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wi

Wisconsin AB 166 (2023) — Relating to: definition of “sexual contact” for purposes of crimes against children and sexual assault 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

Votes

• Report passage recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 13, Noes 0 — 13–0 (pass) · lower
• Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 7, Noes 0 — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• PASSAGE — 96–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Behnke — primary (person)
• Bodden — primary (person)
• Brandtjen — primary (person)
• C. Anderson — primary (person)
• Dittrich — primary (person)
• Donovan — primary (person)
• Gundrum — primary (person)
• Moses — primary (person)
• Murphy — primary (person)
• Mursau — primary (person)
• Nedweski — primary (person)
• Ortiz-Velez — primary (person)
• Rettinger — primary (person)
• Rozar — primary (person)
• Sapik — primary (person)
• Subeck — primary (person)
• Wichgers — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-04-10T05:00:00+00:00 Introduced by Representatives Rettinger, Nedweski, C. Anderson, Behnke, Bodden, Brandtjen, Dittrich, Donovan, Gundrum, Moses, Murphy, Mursau, Ortiz-Velez, Rozar, Sapik, Subeck and Wichgers; cosponsored by Senators Testin, Wanggaard, Marklein and Tomczyk introduction
• 2023-04-10T05:00:00+00:00 Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety reading-1, referral-committee
• 2023-05-02T05:00:00+00:00 Public hearing held
• 2023-05-18T05:00:00+00:00 Executive action taken
• 2023-05-23T05:00:00+00:00 Representative Steffen added as a coauthor
• 2023-05-31T05:00:00+00:00 Report passage recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 13, Noes 0 committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-05-31T05:00:00+00:00 Referred to committee on Rules referral-committee
• 2023-06-01T05:00:00+00:00 Placed on calendar 6-7-2023 by Committee on Rules
• 2023-06-07T05:00:00+00:00 Representative Cabrera added as a coauthor
• 2023-06-07T05:00:00+00:00 Read a second time reading-2
• 2023-06-07T05:00:00+00:00 Ordered to a third reading reading-3
• 2023-06-07T05:00:00+00:00 Rules suspended
• 2023-06-07T05:00:00+00:00 Read a third time and passed, Ayes 96, Noes 0 passage, reading-3
• 2023-06-07T05:00:00+00:00 Ordered immediately messaged
• 2023-06-07T05:00:00+00:00 Received from Assembly receipt
• 2023-06-08T05:00:00+00:00 Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary and Public Safety referral-committee
• 2023-09-01T05:00:00+00:00 Representative O'Connor added as a coauthor
• 2023-09-05T05:00:00+00:00 Public hearing held
• 2023-09-05T05:00:00+00:00 Senator James added as a cosponsor
• 2023-09-08T05:00:00+00:00 Representative Maxey added as a coauthor
• 2023-09-11T05:00:00+00:00 Executive action taken
• 2023-09-11T05:00:00+00:00 Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 7, Noes 0 committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-11T05:00:00+00:00 Available for scheduling
• 2023-09-12T05:00:00+00:00 Placed on calendar 9-14-2023 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
• 2023-09-14T05:00:00+00:00 Read a second time reading-2
• 2023-09-14T05:00:00+00:00 Ordered to a third reading reading-3
• 2023-09-14T05:00:00+00:00 Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
• 2023-09-14T05:00:00+00:00 Read a third time and concurred in passage, reading-3
• 2023-09-14T05:00:00+00:00 Ordered immediately messaged
• 2023-09-14T05:00:00+00:00 Received from Senate concurred in receipt
• 2023-09-15T05:00:00+00:00 Report correctly enrolled on 9-15-2023 enrolled
• 2023-11-30T06:00:00+00:00 Presented to the Governor on 11-30-2023 executive-receipt
• 2023-12-06T06:00:00+00:00 Report approved by the Governor on 12-6-2023. 2023 Wisconsin Act 61 executive-signature
• 2023-12-06T06:00:00+00:00 Published 12-7-2023 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7e6adbb8-61d9-457f-a768-5892315aa7ac. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).