republic-os/legislation/us/states/wi/2023/ab-166.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: definition of “sexual contact” for purposes of crimes against children and sexual assault and providing a penalty."
description: "Relating to: definition of “sexual contact” for purposes of crimes against children and sexual assault and providing a penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "AB 166"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 166 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Behnke", "Bodden", "Brandtjen", "C. Anderson", "Dittrich", "Donovan", "Gundrum", "Moses", "Murphy", "Mursau", "Nedweski", "Ortiz-Velez", "Rettinger", "Rozar", "Sapik", "Subeck", "Wichgers"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 34
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-04-10T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-12-06T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7e6adbb8-61d9-457f-a768-5892315aa7ac"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab166"
source_hash: "ff8a8d8ce1baab8350d488657e59f1c71e8d360369aa85ed0f732371b040fbc5"
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 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](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2023/REG/AB166)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7e6adbb8-61d9-457f-a768-5892315aa7ac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).