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2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 503
October 18, 2023 - Introduced by Representatives DUCHOW, BEHNKE, BINSFELD,
DITTRICH, GOEBEN, GREEN, GUNDRUM, MAXEY, MICHALSKI, RETTINGER, ROZAR,
SCHRAA, TUSLER, WICHGERS, BRANDTJEN, MURPHY and S. JOHNSON, cosponsored
by Senators KAPENGA, BALLWEG and STROEBEL. Referred to Committee on
Criminal Justice and Public Safety.
1 AN ACT to amend 944.20 (1) (a) and (b) and 944.20 (2) of the statutes; relating
2 to: intentional exposure of genitals and providing a penalty.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Current law prohibits a person from publicly and indecently exposing genitals
or pubic area. A person who violates the prohibition is guilty of a Class A
misdemeanor. This bill eliminates the element that the exposure be indecent and
instead requires that the exposure be intentional.
Because this bill creates a new crime or revises a penalty for an existing crime,
the Joint Review Committee on Criminal Penalties may be requested to prepare a
report.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
3 SECTION 1. 944.20 (1) (a) and (b) of the statutes are amended to read:
4 944.20 (1) (a) Commits an indecent act of sexual gratification with another
5 with knowledge that they are in the presence of others; or.
6 (b) Publicly and indecently Intentionally exposes genitals or pubic area in a
7 public area.
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ASSEMBLY BILL 503 SECTION 2
1 SECTION 2. 944.20 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
2 944.20 (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a mother's breast-feeding of her
3 child. Subsection (1) (b) does not apply to diapering a baby.
4 (END)


Statutes affected:
Bill Text: 944.20(2), 944.20