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BIGAMY. (1) Whoever does any of the following may be
fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than 5 years or both:
(a) Contracts a marriage in this state with knowledge that his prior
marriage is not dissolved; or
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(b) Contracts a marriage in this state with knowledge that the prior
marriage of the person he marries is not dissolved; or
(c) Cohabits in this state with a person whom he married outside
this state with knowledge that his own prior marriage had not been dis-
solved or with knowledge that the prior marriage of the person he married
had not been dissolved.
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(3) It shall be an affirmative defense to bigamy that:
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(2) In this section "cohabit" means to live together under the repre-
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(a) The prior marriage was dissolved by divorce or annulment; or
(b) The accused reasonably believed the prior spouse to be dead; or
(c) The prior spouse had been continually absent for a period of 5
years during which time the accused did not know the prior spouse to be
alive; or
(d) The accused reasonably believed that he was legally eligible to
remarry.
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944INCEST. Whoever knowingly marries or has nonmarital
sexual intercourse or performs an act of deviate sexual conduct with a
person he knows is a blood relative and such relative is in fact related
in a degree within which the marriage of the parties is prohibited by the
law of this state may be imprisoned not more than 10 years. The rela-
tionships referred to herein include blood relationships without regard
to legitimacy, and relationship of parent and child by adoption.
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PERSISTENT NONSUPPORT. Any person may be fined not
more than $500 or imprisoned not more than one year in the county jail
or both the persistently fails to provide support (which he can provide
and) which he knows he is legally obliged to provide to a spouse, child
or other dependent
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OPEN LEWDNESS. A person who does any lewd act which
he knows is likely to be observed by others who would be affronted or
alarmed may be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned in the county
jail not more than one year or both.
✓ PROSTITUTION.
Any person
944. PROSTITUTION AND RELATED OFFENSES.
who intentionally does any of the following may be fined not more than
$500 or imprisoned not more than 2 years or both:
(a) Is an inmate of a house of prostitution or otherwise engages in
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(b) Loiters in or within view of any public place for the purpose of
being hired to engage in sexual activity.
DEFINITIONS INs this section:
"Sexual activity" includes homosexual and other deviate sexual
relations. A "house of prostitution" is any place where prostitution or
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control, management or supervision of another An "inmate" is a person
who engages in prostitution in or through the agency of a house of prosti-
tution.
Public place" means any place to which the public or any sub-
stantial group thereof has access.
PROMOTION AF PROSTITUTION.
(3) Whoever knowingly promotes prostitution of another under any
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Compels another to engage in or promote prostitution; or
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from a mental disease or defect that renders him incapable of appraising
the nature of his conduct; or
(3) Has deviate sexual intercourse knowing that the other person sub-
mits because he is unaware that a sexual act is being committed upon him.
944.06 CORRUPTION OF MINORS AND SEDUCTION. Whoever has
sexual intercourse with a female or whoever engages in deviate sexual in-
tercourse or causes another to engage in deviate sexual intercourse may
be fined or imprisoned as follows if:
(1) The other person is under the age of 18 years old and the actor
is 18 years of age or over. The actor may be imprisoned not more than
5 years.
(2) The other person is less than 21 years old and the actor is his
guardian or otherwise responsible for general supervision of his welfare.
The actor may be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than
3 years or both.
(3) The other person is in custody of law or detained in a hospital or
other institution and the actor has supervisory or disciplinary authority
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not more than 3 years or both.
(4) The other person is a female who is induced to participate by a
promise of marriage which the actor does not mean to perform. The actor
may be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than 3 years
or both.
944.07 SEXUAL ASSAULT. Whoever subjects another person he
knows is not his spouse to any sexual contact may be fined not more than
$1,000 or imprisoned not more than 3 years or both, if:
(1) He knows that the contact is offensive to the other person; or
(2) He knows that the other person suffers from a mental illness or
defect which renders him or her incapable of appraising the nature of his
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(3) He knows that the other person is unaware that a sexual act is
being committed; or
(4) The other person is less than 14 years old; or
(5) He has substantially impaired the other person's power to appraise
or control his conduct, by administering or employing without the other's
knowledge drugs, intoxicants or other means for the purpose of prevent-
ing resistance; or
(6) The other person is less than 16 years old and the actor is 18
years of age or over; or
(7) The other person is less than 21 years old and the actor is his
guardian or otherwise responsible for general supervision of his welfare;
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(8) The other person is in custody of law or detained in a hospital or
other institution and the actor has supervisory or disciplinary authority
over him.
944.08 INDECENT SOLICITATION OF A CHILD. Whoever solicits
a child under the age of 14 to do any act which if done would be a sexual
assault or sexual intercourse or deviate sexual conduct may be fined not
more than $500 or imprisoned not more than 6 months or both if he is 17
years of age or older.
944.09 INDECENT EXPOSURE. Whoever exposes his genitals, with
the intent of arousing or gratifying his sexual desire or the sexual desire
of any person other than his spouse, under circumstances in which he knows
his conduct is likely to cause affront or alarm may be fined not more than
$500 or imprisoned not more than one year in the county jail or both.
944.10 MISTAKE AS TO AGE. (1) Whenever in this subchapter the
criminality of conduct depends on a child's being below the age of 14, it
is no defense that the actor did not know the child's age, or reasonably
believed the child to be older than 14.
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a critical age other than 14, it is a defense for the actor to prove by a
preponderance of the evidence that he reasonably believed the child to be
above the critical age.
(3) The burden of injecting the issue of mistake is on the defendant,
but this does not shift the burden of proof. For this purpose the defendant
may introduce any relevant evidence of the female's previous experience
in, or knowledge of, sexual matters.
944.11 PROMPT COMPLAINT. No prosecution may be instituted un-
der this subchapter unless the alleged offense was brought to the notice of
public authority within 6 months of its occurrence or, where the alleged
victim was less than 18 years old or otherwise incompetent to make com-
plaint, within 6 months after a parent, guardian or other competent per-
son specially interested in the victim learns of the offense.
944.12 CORROBORATION. No person shall be convicted of any felony
under this subchapter upon the uncorroborated testimony of the alleged vic-
tim. Corroboration may be circumstantial. In any prosecution before a
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evaluate the testimony of a victim or complaining witness with special care
in view of the emotional involvement of the witness and the difficulty of
determining the truth with respect to alleged sexual activities carried out
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SUBCHAPTER II.
SEXUAL CRIMES WHICH AFFECT THE FAMILY.
944.25 BIGAMY. (1) Whoever does any of the following may be fined
not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than 5 years or both:
(a) Contracts a marriage in this state with knowledge that his prior
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(b) Contracts a marriage in this state with knowledge that the prior
marriage of the person he marries is not dissolved; or
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a critical age other than 14, it is a defense for the actor to prove by a
preponderance of the evidence that he reasonably believed the child to be
above the critical age.
(3) The burden of injecting the issue of mistake is on the defendant,
but this does not shift the burden of proof. For this purpose the defendant
may introduce any relevant evidence of the female's previous experience
in, or knowledge of, sexual matters.
944.11 PROMPT COMPLAINT. No prosecution may be instituted un-
der this subchapter unless the alleged offense was brought to the notice of
public authority within 6 months of its occurrence or, where the alleged
victim was less than 18 years old or otherwise incompetent to make com-
plaint, within 6 months after a parent, guardian or other competent per-
son specially interested in the victim learns of the offense.
944.12 CORROBORATION. No person shall be convicted of any felony
under this subchapter upon the uncorroborated testimony of the alleged vic-
tim. Corroboration may be circumstantial. In any prosecution before a
jury for an offense under this subchapter, the jury shall be instructed to
evaluate the testimony of a victim or complaining witness with special care
in view of the emotional involvement of the witness and the difficulty of
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SUBCHAPTER II.
SEXUAL CRIMES WHICH AFFECT THE FAMILY.
944.25 BIGAMY. (1) Whoever does any of the following may be fined
not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than 5 years or both:
(a) Contracts a marriage in this state with knowledge that his prior
marriage is not dissolved; or
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(a) The prior marriage was dissolved by divorce or annulment; or
(b) The accused reasonably believed the prior spouse to be dead; or
(c) The prior spouse had been continually absent for a period of 5
years during which time the accused did not know the prior spouse to be
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state with knowledge that his own prior marriage had not been dissolved
or with knowledge that the prior marriage of the person he married had
not been dissolved.
(2) In this section "cohabit" means to live together under the repre-
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(d) The accused reasonably believed that he was legally eligible to
remarry.
944.26 INCEST. Whoever knowingly marries or has nonmarital sex-
ual intercourse or performs an act of deviate sexual conduct with a per-
son he knows is a blood relative and such relative is in fact related in a
degree within which the marriage of the parties is prohibited by the law
of this state may be imprisoned not more than 10 years. The relationships
referred to herein include blood relationships without regard to legitimacy,
and relationship of parent and child by adoption.
944.27 PERSISTENT NONSUPPORT. Whoever persistently fails to
provide support (which he can provide and) which he knows he is legally
obliged to provide to a spouse, child or other dependent may be fined not
more than $500 or imprisoned not more than one year in the county jail
or both.
944.28 OPEN LEWDNESS. Whoever does any lewd act which he knows
is likely to be observed by others who would be affronted or alarmed may
be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned in the county jail not more than
one year or both.
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(a) "Sexual activity" includes homosexual and other deviate sexual
relations.
(b) A "house of prostitution" is any place where prostitution or pro-
motion of prostitution is regularly carried on by one person under the con-
trol, management or supervision of another.
(c) An "inmate" is a person who engages in prostitution in or through
the agency of a house of prostitution.
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(d) "Public place" means any place to which the public or any sub-
stantial group thereof has access.
(2) PROSTITUTION. Whoever intentionally does any of the following
may be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned not more than 2 years or
both:
(a) Is an inmate of a house of prostitution or otherwise engages in
sexual activity as a business; or
(b) Loiters in or within view of any public place for the purpose of
being hired to engage in sexual activity.
(3) PROMOTION OF PROSTITUTION. Whoever knowingly promotes
prostitution of another under any of the following circumstances may be
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(a) Owns, controls, manages, supervises or otherwise keeps, alone
or in association with others, a house of prostitution or a prostitution
business; or
(b) Procures an inmate for a house of prostitution or a place in a
house of prostitution for one who would be an inmate; or
(c) Encourages, induces or otherwise purposesly causes another to
become or remain a prostitute; or
(d) Compels another to engage in or promote prostitution; or
(e) Promotes prostitution of a child under 18. Mistake as to age is
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(f) Promotes prostitution of his wife, child, ward or any person for
whose care, protection or support he is responsible.
(4) OTHER WAYS OF PROMOTING PROSTITUTION. Whoever know-
ingly promotes prostitution under circumstances other than those provided
in sub. (3) may be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than
3 years or both. These shall include:
(a) Soliciting a person to patronize a prostitute; or
(b) Procuring a prostitute for a patron; or
(c) Transporting a person into or within this state with purpose to
promote that person's engaging in prostitution, or procuring or paying
for transportation with that purpose; or
(d) Leasing or otherwise permitting a place controlled by the actor,
alone or in association with others, to be regularly used for prostitution
or the promotion of prostitution, or failure to make reasonable effort to
abate such use by ejecting the tenant, notifying law enforcement authorities,
or other legally available means; or
(e) Soliciting, receiving or agreeing to receive any benefit for doing
or agreeing to do anything forbidden by this subsection.
(f) Hiring a prostitute to engage in sexual activity with him, or if he
enters or remains in a house of prostitution for the purpose of engaging
in sexual activity.
(g) Whoever is supported in whole or substantial part by the proceeds
of prostitution is presumed to be knowingly promoting prostitution except
the prostitute or the prostitute's minor child or other legal dependent in-
capable of self-support.
(5) EVIDENCE OF HOUSE OF PROSTITUTION. On the issue whether
a place is a house of prostitution the following shall be admissible evidence:
its general repute; the repute of the persons who reside in or frequent the
place; the frequency, timing and duration of visits by nonresidents.
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(a) Is performed by a physician; and
(b) Such physician believes, or is advised by 2 other physicians who
believe, there is substantial risk that continuance of the pregnancy would
gravely impair the physical or mental health of the mother or that the child
would be born with grave physical or mental defect, or that the pregnancy
resulted from rape, incest or other felonious intercourse; and
(c) Unless an emergency prevents, is performed in a licer sed mater-
nity hospital.
(d) All illicit intercourse with a girl below the age of 16 shall be
deemed felonious for purposes of this subsection.
SECTION 4. 947.15 of the statutes is renumbered 944.31 and 944.31
(title), as renumbered, is amended to read:
944.31 CONTRIBUTING TO THE DELINQUENCY OR ENDANGERING
WELFARE OF CHILDREN; NEGLECT; NEGLECT CONTRIBUTING TO
DEATH.
SECTION 5. 947.15 (1) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
947.15 (1) (c) Any parent, guardian, or other person supervising
the welfare of a child under 18 who knowingly endangers the child's wel-
fare by violating a duty of care, protection or support.
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sexual morality and providing penalties.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill proposes criminal penalties for certain nonconsentual
sexual acts. These acts include rape, sodomy, sexual assual, cor-
ruption of minors and seduction, indecent solicitation of a child
and indecent exposure.
This bill defines sexual intercourse, deviate sexual inter-
course, sexual contact and female in relation to these criminal
penalties. The penalties provided for criminal nonconsentual
acts depend on circumstances that are described in this bill.
The defense of mistake as to age or reasonable belief as to
age is not applicable when the offense is against a child that
is not 14 years of age. The defense does exist if the victim is over
14 but the burden of proving this defense is on the defendant.
Any conviction for criminal nonconsentual acts must be on the
basis of corroborated testimony.
The time for bringing a prosecution for criminal nonconsentual
sexual acts is limited to 6 months after the occurrence of the
act or if the victim is less than 18 years of age 6 months after
a parent or other competent person learns of the offense.
In addition this bill proposes to make the following changes
in relation to sexual crimes and other crimes which affect the family:
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1) Provides defenses to a charged bigamy that include prior
marriage dissolved, reasonable belief prior spouse dead, absence
of prior spouse for 5 years and reasonable belief of legal eligi-
bility to remarry.
2) Defines incest relationship to include blood relationships
without regard to legitimacy and relationship of parent and child
by adoption.
3) Makes persistent nonsupport a crime punishable by fine or
imprisonment.
4) Provides a fine and imprisonment for open lewdness.
5) Defines sexual activity, house of prostitution, inmate of
a house of prostitution and public place in relation to the criminal
offense of prostitution and the promotion of prostitution. Enumer-
ates some of the things that constitute prostitution and promotion
of prostitution.
6) Expands the definition of therapeutic abortions (which are
legal) to include cases where the physical or mental health of the
mother is gravely impaired, or cases where the child would be born
with grave physical or mental defect or cases where the pregnancy
resulted from rape, incest or other felonious intercourse.
7) Makes violating a duty of care, protection or support of a
child a crime.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate
and assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 940.04 (1), (2), (3), (4) and (6) of the statutes
are renumbered 944.40 (1), (2), (3), (4) and (6), respectively.
SECTION 2. 940.04 (5) of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 3. Chapter 944 (except 944.40 (1), (2), (3), (4)
and (6), as renumbered) of the statutes is repealed and recreated
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944.01 DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter:
(1) "Sexual intercourse" means genital copulation and occurs
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gratification between persons not married to each other, involving
the sex organs of one person and the mouth or anus of another.
(3) "Sexual contact" means any touching of the genitalia of
a person not married to the actor, done for the purpose of gratifying
sexual desire of either party.
(4) "Female" means any female who is not married to the actor.
Persons living together as man and wife are married for purposes of
this subchapter, regardless of the legal status of their relation-
ship otherwise. Spouses living apart under a decree of judicial
separation are not married to one another for purposes of this
subchapter.
944.02 FIRST DEGREE RAPE. Whoever does any of the following
with intent to engage in sexual intercourse with a female may be
imprisoned not less than 10 years nor more than 30 years unless no
serious bodily injury is inflicted on anyone or the victim was a
voluntary social companion upon the occasion of the crime and
had previously permitted the attacker sexual liberties in which
case he may be imprisoned not less than 3 nor more than 10 years.
(1) Compels a female to submit to sexual intercourse by
any threat that would prevent resistance by a woman of ordinary
resolution; or
(2) Has sexual intercourse with a female by threatening to
inflict on her or another person imminent death, serious bodily
injury or kidnapping, and she refrains from resisting because of
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(3) Has sexual intercourse with a female who is physically
powerless to resist or to communicate unwillingness to an act and
he knows of her condition; or
(4) Has sexual intercourse with a female who is less than 14
years old; or
(5) Has sexual intercourse with a female whose power to
appraise or control her conduct has been substantially impaired by
his action in administering or employing drugs, intoxicants, or
other means for the purpose of preventing resistance.
944.05 SECOND DEGREE RAPE. Whoever does any of the following
with the intent to engage in sexual intercourse with a female may
be imprisoned not more than 5 years:
(1) Has sexual intercourse with a female compelling her to
submit by any threat that would prevent resistance by a woman of
ordinary resolution; or
(2) Has sexual intercourse with a female that he knows suffers
from a mental illness or defect which renders her incapable of ap-
praising the nature of her conduct; or
(3) Has sexual intercourse with a female that he knows is
unaware that a sexual act is being committed upon her or that
she submits because she falsely supposes that he is her husband.
944.04 FIRST DEGREE SODOMY. Whoever does any of the following
with intent to engage in deviate sexual intercourse may be in
prisoned not more than 10 years:
(1) Engages in deviate sexual intercourse by threatening to
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from resisting because of a reasonable belief that he will carry
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(2) Engages in deviate sexual intercourse with a person who
is physically powerless to resist or to communicate unwillingness
to the act and the actor knows of the other's condition; or
(3) Engages in deviate sexual intercourse with a person who
is less than 14 years old; or
(4) Engages in deviate sexual intercourse with another person
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praise or control his conduct by administering or employing drugs,
intoxicants, or other means for the purpose of preventing resistance.
944.05 SECOND DEGREE SODOMY. Whoever does any of the following
with intent to engage in deviate sexual intercourse may be impris-
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(1) Compels another person to participate in deviate sexual
intercourse by any threat that would prevent resistance by a person
of ordinary resolution; or
(2) Has deviate sexual intercourse knowing that the other person
suffers from a mental disease or defect that renders him incapable
of appraising the nature of his conduct; or
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944.06 CORRUPTION OF MINORS AND SEDUCTION. Whoever has sexual
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actor is 18 years of age or over. The actor may be imprisoned
not more than 5 years.
(2) The other person is less than 21 years old and the actor is
his guardian or otherwise responsible for general supervision
of his welfare. The actor may be fined not more than $1,000 or
imprisoned not more than 3 years or both.
(3) The other person is in custody of law or detained in a
hospital or other institution and the actor has supervisory or
disciplinary authority over him. The actor may be fined not more
than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than 3 years or both.
(4) The other person is a female who is induced to participate
by a promise of marriage which the actor does not mean to perform.
The actor may be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more
than 3 years or both.
944.07 SEXUAL ASSAULT. Whoever subjects another person he
knows is not his spouse to any sexual contact may be fined not
more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than 3 years or both, if:
(1) Ile knows that the contact is offensive to the other person;
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(2) He knows that the other person suffers from a mental illness
or defect which renders him or her incapable of appraising the
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(5) He has substantially impaired the other person's power
to appraise or control his conduct, by administering or employing
without the other's knowledge drugs, intoxicants or other means
for the purpose of preventing resistance; or
(6) The other person is less than 16 years old and the actor
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of his welfare; or
(8) The other person is in custody of law or detained in a
hospital or other institution and the actor has supervisory or
disciplinary authority over him.
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944.09 INDECENT EXPOSURE. Whoever exposes his genitals,
with the intent of arousing or gratifying his sexual desire or the
sexual desire of any person other than his spouse, under circum
stances in which he knows his conduct is likely to cause affront or
alarm may be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned not more than
one year in the county jail or both.
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(2) However, when criminality depends on the child's being
below a critical age other than 14, it is a defense for the
actor to prove by a preponderance of the evidence that he
reasonably believed the child to be above the critical age.
(3) The burden of injecting the issue of mistake is on the
defendant, but this does not shift the burden of proof. For this
purpose the defendant may introduce any relevant evidence of the
female's previous experience in, or knowledge of, sexual matters.
944.11 PROMPT COMPLAINT. No prosecution may be instituted
under this subchapter unless the alleged offense was brought to the
notice of public authority within 6 months of its occurrence or,
where the alleged victim was less than 18 years old or otherwise
incompetent to make complaint, within months after a parent,
guardian or other competent person specially interested in the
victim learns of the offense.
944.12 CORROBORATION. No person shall be convicted of any
felony under this subchapter upon the uncorroborated testimony of
the alleged victim. Corroboration may be circumstantial. In any
prosecution before a jury for an offense under this subchapter, the
jury shall be instructed to evaluate the testimony of a victim or
complaining witness with special care in view of the emotional
involvement of the witness and the difficulty of determining the
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944.25 BIGAY. (1) Whoever does any of the following may be
fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than 5 years or
both:
(a) Contracts a marriage in this state with knowledge that
his prior marriage is not dissolved; or
(b) Contracts a marriage in this state with knowledge that the
prior marriage of the person he marries is not dissolved; or
(c) Cohabits in this state with a person whom he married out-
side this state with knowledge that his om prior marriage had
not been dissolved or with knowledge that the prior marriage of the
person he married had not been dissolved.
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(a) The prior marriage was dissolved by divorce or annulment;
(b) The accused reasonably believed the prior spouse to be
dead; or
(c) The prior spouse had been continually absent for a period
of 5 years during which time the accused did not know the prior
spouse to be alive; or
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to remarry.
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944.27 PERSISTENT NONSUPPORT. Whoever persistently fails to
provide support (which he can provide and) which he knows he is
legally obliged to provide to a spouse, child or other dependent
may be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned not more than one
year in the county jail or both.
944.28 OPEN LENDNESS. Whoever does any lewd act which he
knows is likely to be observed by others who would be affronted or
alarmed may be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned in the county
jail not more than one year or both.
944.29 PROSTITUTION AND RELATED OFFENSES. (1) DEFINITIONS.
In this section:
(a) "Sexual activity" includes homosexual and other deviate
sexual relations.
(b) A "house of prostitution" is any place where prostitution
or promotion of prostitution is regularly carried on by one person
under the control, management or supervison of another.
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(2) PROSTITUTION. Whoever intentionally does any of the
following may be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned not more
than 2 years or both:
(a) Is an inmate of a house of prostitution or otherwise
engages in sexual activity as a business; or
(6) Loiters in or within view of any public place for the
purpose of being hired to engage in sexual activity.
(3) PROMOTION OF PROSTITUTION. Whoever knowingly promote
prostitution of another under any of the following circumstances
may be imprisoned not more than 5 years:
(a) Oms, controls, manages, supervises or otherwise keeps,
along or in association with others, a house of prostitution
or a prostitution business; or
(b) Procures an inmate for a house of prostitution or a place
in a house of prostitution for one who would be an inmate; or
(c) Encourages, induces or otherwise purposesly causes
another to become or remain a prostitute; or
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(d) Compels another to engage in or promote prostitution;
(e) Promotes prostitution of a child under 18. Mistake as to
age is not a defense under this paragraph.
(f) Promotes prostitution of his wife, child, ward or any
person for whose care, protection or support he is responsible.
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(c) Transporting a person into or within this state with
purpose to promote that person's engaging in prostitution, or
procuring or paying for transportation with that purpose; or
(d) Leasing or otherwise permitting a place controlled by
the actor, alone or in association with others, to be regularly
used for prostitution or the promotion of prostitution, or failure
to make reasonable effort to abate such use by ejecting the tenant,
notifying law enforcement authorities, or other legally available.
means; or
(e) Soliciting, receiving or agreeing to receive any benefit for
doing or agreeing to do anything forbidden by this subsection.
(f) Iliring a prostitute to engage in sexual activity with
him, or if he enters or remains in a house of prostitution for
the purpose of engaging in sexual activity.
(g) Whoever is supported in whole or substantial part by the
proceeds of prostitution is presumed to be knowingly promoting
prostitution except the prostitute or the prostitute's minor child
or other legal dependent incapable of self-support.
(5) EVIDENCE OF HOUSE OF PROSTITUTION. On, the issue whe her
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evidence: its general repute; the repute of the persons who reside
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(5) The following acts shall, without limitation of the foregoing,
constitute promoting prostitution:
(a) Own, controlling, managing supervising or otherwise keeping.
alone or in association with others, a house of prostitution or a prostitu-
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(b) Procuring an inmate for a house of prostitution or a place in a
house of prostitution for one who would be an inmate; or
(c) Encouraging, inducing or otherwise purposely causing another
to become or remain a prostitute; or
(a) (Soliciting a person to patronize a prostitute; or
(e) Procuring a prostitute for a patron; or
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promote that person's engaging in prostitution, or procuring or paying
for transportation with that purpose; or
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alone or in association with others, to be regularly used for prostitution
or the promotion of prostitution, or failure to make reasonable effort to
abate such use by ejecting the tenant, notifying law enforcement authorities,
or other legally available means; or
(h) Soliciting, receiving or agreeing to receive any benefit for doing
or agreeing to do anything forbidden by this subsection.
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(5) Evidence of house of prostitution. On the issue whether a place
is a house of prostitution the following shall be admissible evidence: its
general repute; the repute of the persons who reside in or frequent the
place; the frequency, timing and duration of visits by nonresidents. Faszin
mony of a person against his spouse shall be admissible to prove offenses
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910 (5) of the statutes is created to read
944.40 (5) This section does not apply to a therapeutic abortion which:
(a) Is performed by a physician; and
(b) Such physician believes, or is advised by 2 other physicians who
believe, there is substantial risk that continuance of the pregnancy would
gravely impair the physical or mental health of the mother or that the
child would be born with grave physical or mental defect, or that the
pregnancy resulted from rape, incest or other felonious intercourse; and
(c) Unless an emergency prevents, is performed in a licensed mater-
nity hospital.
(d) All illicit intercourse with a girl below the age of 16 shall be
deened felonious for purposes of this subsection.
SECTION 9.7.15 (1) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
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the welfare of a child under 18 who knowingly endangers the child's wel-
fare by violating a duty of care, protection or support.
SECTION 947.15 of the statutes is renumbered 94431 and 94431
(title), as renumbered is amended to read:
94431 CONTRIBUTING TO THE DELINQUENCY OR ENDANGERING
WELFARE OF CHILDREN; NEGLECT; NEGLECT CONTRIBUTING TO
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who believe, there is substantial risk that continuance of the
pregnancy would gravely impair the physical or mental health of
the mother or that the child would be born with grave physical or
mental defect, or that the pregnancy resulted from rape, incest
or other felonious intercourse; and
(c) Unless an emergency prevents, is performed in a licensed
maternity hospital.
(d) All illicit intercourse with a girl below the age of 16
shall be deemed felonious for purposes of this subsection.
SECTION 4. 947.15 of the statutes is renumbered 944.31 and
944.31 (title), as renumbered, is amended to read:
944.31 CONTRIBUTING TO THE DELINQUENCY OR ENDANGERING WELFARE
OF CHILDREN; NEGLECT; NEGLECT CONTRIBUTING TO DEATH.
SECTION 5. 947.15 (1) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
947.15 (1) (c) Any parent, guardian, or other person super-
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to amend 947.15 thate), as remembered;
AN ACI to repeal 940.04 ; to renumber 940.04 0.5)(3)(
and want 947.15; to repeal and recreate chapter 944 Acent
(944.40 (1), (2), (3), (4) and (6), as commbered); and to create
947.15 (1) (c) of the statutes, relating to crimes against
sexual morality and providing penalties.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill proposes criminal penalties for certain nonconsentual
sexual acts. These acts include rape, sodomy, sexual assual, cor-
ruption of minors and seduction, indecent solicitation of a child
and indecent exposure.
This bill defines sexual intercourse, deviate sexual inter-
course, sexual contact and female in relation to these criminal
penalties. The penalties provided for criminal nonconsentual
acts depend on circumstances that are described in this bill.
The defense of mistake as to age or reasonable belief as to
age is not applicable when the offense is against a child that
is not 14 years of age. The defense des exist if the victin is over
14 but the burden of proving this defense is on the defendant.
Any conviction for criminal nonconsentual acts must be on the
basis of corroborated testimony.
The time for bringing a prosecution for criminal nonconsentual
sexual acts is limited to 6 months after the occurrence of the
act or if the victin is less than 18 years of age 6 months after
a parent or other competent person learns of the offense.
In addition this bill proposes to make the following changes
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by adoption.
3) Makes persistent nonsupport a crime punishable by fine or
imprisonment.
4) Provides a fine and imprisonment for open lewdness.
5) Defines sexual activity, house of prostitution, inmate of
a house of prostitution and public place in relation to the criminal
offense of prostitution and the promotion of prostitution. Enumer-
ates some of the things that constitute prostitution and promotion
of prostitution.
Expands the definition of therapeutic abortionhich are
include eases where the physical or mental health of the
nother s ravely impaired, or cases where the child would be born
with grave physical or mental defect or cases where the pregnancy
resulted from rape, incest or other felonious intercours
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The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate
and assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.940.04 (1), (2), (3), (4) and (6) of the statutes
are renumbered (944.40 (1), (2), (3), (4) and (6), respectively.
of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 1940.04
SECTION 3. Chapter 944 (except 944. 10 (1), (2), (3), (4)
and (6), as renumbered) of the statutes is repealed and recreated
to read:
CHAPTER 944.
SUBCHAPTER I.
SEXUAL CRIMES.
944.01 DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter:
(1) "Sexual intercourse" means genital copulation and occurs
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(2) "Deviate sexual intercourse" means any act of sexual
gratification between persons not married to each other, involving
the sex organs of one person and the mouth or anus of another.
(3) "Sexual contact" means any touching of the genitalia of
a person not married to the actor, done for the purpose of gratifying
sexual desire of either party.
(4) "Female" means any female who is not married to the actor.
Persons living together as man and wife are married for purposes of
this subchapter, regardless of the legal status of their relation-
ship otherwise. Spouses living apart under a decree of judicial
separation are not married to one another for purposes of this
subchapter.
944.02 FIRST DEGREE RAPE. Whoever does any of the following
with intent to engage in sexual intercourse with a female may be
imprisoned not less than 10 years nor more than 30 years unless no
serious bodily injury is inflicted on anyone or the victim was a
voluntary social companion upon the occasion of the crime and
had previously permitted the attacker sexual liberties in which
case he may be imprisoned not less than 3 nor more than 10 years.
(1) Compels a female to submit to sexual intercourse by
any threat that would prevent resistance by a woman of ordinary
resolution; or
(2) Has sexual intercourse with a female by threatening to
inflict on her or another person imminent death, serious bodily
injury or kidnapping, and she refrains from resisting because of
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ASSEMBLY BILL.
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Introduced by Assemblyman BARBEE
Co-sponsored by Senator
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CHIEF CLERK'S CORRECTION
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1969 ASSEMBLY BILL 196
Relating to:
February 27, 1969
On page 1, line 3 and page 12, lines 15 & 16, substitute "944.31 (1) (c)" for
"947.15 (1) (c)".
Under Senate Rule 32 (3) and Assembly Rule 42 (4), "any correction
made by the chief clerk
shall be noted by him on the jacket and
entered in the journal."
Fill out in quintuplicate.
Distribution: 1. Original and one copy to Chief Clerk of the
house in which the measure was introduced.
2. James J. Purke, Revisor of Statutes.
3. Place in drafting file.
4. Place in LRB correction file.
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This bill proposes criminal penalties for certain nonconsentual
sexual acts. These acts include rape, sodomy, sexual assualt, cor-
ruption of minors and seduction, indecent solicitation of a child
and indecent exposure.
This bill defines sexual intercourse, deviate sexual inter-
course, sexual contact and female in relation to these criminal
penalties. The penalties provided for criminal nonconsentual
acts depend on circumstances that are described in this bill.
The defense of mistake as to age or reasonable belief as to
age is not applicable when the offense is against a child that
is not 14 years of age. The defense does exist if the victim is over
14 but the burden of proving this defense is on the defendant.
Any conviction for criminal nonconsentual acts must be on the
basis of corroborated testimony.
The time for bringing a prosecution for criminal nonconsentual
sexual acts is limited to 6 months after the occurrence of the
act or if the victim is less than 18 years of age 6 months after
a parent or other competent person learns of the offense.
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1) Provides defenses to a charged bigany that include prior
marriage dissolved, reasonable belief prior spouse dead, absence
of prior spouse for 5 years and reasonable belief of legal eligi-
bility to remarry.
2) Defines incest relationship to include blood relationships.
3) Makes persistent nonsupport a crime punishable by fine or
imprisonment.
4) Provides a fine and imprisonment for open lewdness.
5) Defines sexual activity, house of prostitution, inmate of
a house of prostitution and public place in relation to the criminal
offense of prostitution and the promotion of prostitution. Enumer-
ates some of the things that constitute prostitution and promotion
of prostitution.
6) Eliminates the crime of abortion in this state.
7) Makes violating a duty of care, protection or support of a
child a crime.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate
and assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 940.04 of the statutes is repealed.
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944.01 DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter:
(1) "Sexual intercourse" means genital copulation and occurs
upon any penetration, however slight; emission is not required.
(2) "Deviate sexual intercourse" means any act of sexual
gratification between persons not married to each other, involving
the sex organs of one person and the mouth or anus of another.
(3) "Sexual contact" means any touching of the genitalia of
a person not married to the actor, done for the purpose of gratifying
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B111 628 Your attention is called to 944.28 of this proposed draft
regarding onen lewdness. This provides a penalty for a lewd act without
defining lewd. The statutes do not define lewd and Webster's defines
levd as common. I think that clairification of this section should be
considered to avoid constitutional callanges to this section on
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proposed draft regarding open lewdness. This provides a penalty
for a lewd act without defining lewd. The statutes do not define
lewd and Webster's defines lewd as common. I think that clarifi-
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challenges to this section on the grounds of vagueness.
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AN ACT to repeal 940.04 (5); to renumber 940.04 (1), (2), (3), (4) and (6)
and 947.15; to repeal and recreate chapter 944 (except 944.40 (1), (2), (3),
(4) and (6), as renumbered); and to create 947.15 (1) (c) of the statutes,
relating to crimes against sexual morality and providing penalties.
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This bill proposes criminal penalties for certain nonconsentual sex-
ual acts. These acts include rape, sodomy, sexual assault, corruption
of minors and seduction, indecent solicitation of a child and indecent ex-
posure.
This bill defines sexual intercourse, deviate sexual intercourse, sex-
ual contact and female in relation to these criminal penalties. The pen-
alties provided for criminal nonconsentual acts depend on circumstances
that are described in this bill.
The defense of mistake as to age or reasonable belief as to age is not
applicable when the offense is against a child that is not 14 years of age.
The defense does exist if the victim is over 14 but the burden of proving
this defense is on the defendant. Any conviction for criminal nonconsentual
acts must be on the basis of corroborated testimony.
The time for bringing a prosecution for criminal nonconsentual sexual
acts is limited to 6 months after the occurrence of the act or if the victim
is less than 18 years of age 6 months after a parent or other competent
person learns of the offense.
In addition this bill proposes to make the following changes in relation
to sexual crimes and other crimes which affect the family:
1) Provides defenses to a charged bigamy that include prior marriage
dissolved, reasonable belief prior spouse dead, absence of prior spouse
for 5 years and reasonable belief of legal eligibility to remarry.
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2) Defines incest relationship to include blood relationships without
- regard to legitimacy and relationship of parent and child by adoption.
3) Makes persistent nonsupport a crime punishable by fine or im-
prisonment.
4) Provides a fine and imprisonment for open lewdness.
5) Defines sexual activity, house of prostitution, inmate of a house
of prostitution and public place in relation to the criminal offense of pros-
titution and the promotion of prostitution. Enumerates some of the things
that constitute prostitution and promotion of prostitution.
6) Expands the definition of therapeutic abortions (which are legal)
to include cases where the physical or mental health of the mother is grave-
ly impaired, or cases where the child would be born with grave physical
or mental defect or cases where the pregnancy resulted from rape, incest
or other felonious intercourse.
7) Makes violating a duty of care, protection or support of a child a
crime.
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The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and as-
sembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 940.04 (1), (2), (3), (4) and (6) of the statutes are re-
numbered 944.40 (1), (2), (3), (4) and (6), respectively.
SECTION 2. 940.04 (5) of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 3. Chapter 944 (except 944.40 (1), (2), (3), (4) and (6), as
renumbered) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
CHAPTER 944.
SUBCHAPTER I.
SEXUAL CRIMES.
944.01 DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter:
(1) "Sexual intercourse" means genital copulation and occurs upon
any penetration, however slight; emission is not required.
(2) "Deviate sexual intercourse" means any act of sexual gratification
between persons not married to each other, involving the sex organs of
one person and the mouth or anus of another.
(3) "Sexual contact" means any touching of the genitalia of a person
not married to the actor, done for the purpose of gratifying sexual desire
of either party.
(4) "Female" means any female who is not married to the actor.
Persons living together as man and wife are married for purposes of this
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subchapter, regardless of the legal status of their relationship otherwise.
Spouses living apart under a decree of judicial separation are not married
to one another for purposes of this subchapter..
944.02 FIRST DEGREE RAPE. Whoever does any of the following
with intent to engage in sexual intercourse with a female may be imprisoned
not less than 10 years nor more than 30 years unless no serious bodily in-
jury is inflicted on anyone or the victim was a voluntary social companion
upon the occasion of the crime and had previously permitted the attacker
sexual liberties in which case he may be imprisoned not less than 3 nor
more than 10 years.
(1) Compels a female to submit to sexual intercourse by any threat
that would prevent resistance by a woman of ordinary resolution; or
(2) Has sexual intercourse with a female by threatening to inflict on
her or another person imminent death, serious bodily injury or kidnapping,
and she refrains from resisting because of a reasonable belief that he will
carry out his threats; or
(3) Has sexual intercourse with a female who is physically powerless
to resist or to communicate unwillingness to an act and he knows of her
condition; or
(4) Has sexual intercourse with a female who is less than 14 years
old; or
(5) Has sexual intercourse with a female whose power to appraise
or control her conduct has been substantially impaired by his action in
administering or employing drugs, intoxicants, or other means for the
purpose of preventing resistance.
944.03 SECOND DEGREE RAPE. Whoever does any of the following
with the intent to engage in sexual intercourse with a female may be im-
prisoned not more than 5 years:
(1) Has sexual intercourse with a female compelling her to submit
by any threat that would prevent resistance by a woman of ordinary res-
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(2) Has sexual intercourse with a female that he knows suffers from
a mental illness or defect which renders her incapable of appraising the
nature of her conduct; or
(3) Has sexual intercourse with a female that he knows is unaware
that a sexual act is being committed upon her or that she submits because
she falsely supposes that he is her husband.
944.04 FIRST DEGREE SODOMY. Whoever does any of the following
with intent to engage in deviate sexual intercourse may be imprisoned not
more than 10 years:
(1) Engages in deviate sexual intercourse by threatening to inflict on
the alleged victim or another person imminent death, serious bodily injury
or kidnapping, and the alleged victim refrains from resisting because of
a reasonable belief that he will carry out his threats; or
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(2) Engages in deviate sexual intercourse with a person who is phys-
ically powerless to resist or to communicate unwillingness to the act and
the actor knows of the other's condition; or
(3) Engages in deviate sexual intercourse with a person who is less
than 14 years old; or
(4) Engages in deviate sexual intercourse with another person when
he has substantially impaired the other person's power to appraise or con-
trol his conduct by administering or employing drugs, intoxicants, or other
means for the purpose of preventing resistance.
944.05 SECOND DEGREE SODOMY. Whoever does any of the following
with intent to engage in deviate sexual intercourse may be imprisoned not
less than one nor more than 5 years:
(1) Compels another person to participate in deviate sexual inter-
course by any threat that would prevent resistance by a person of ordinary
resolution; or
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(2) Has deviate sexual intercourse knowing that the other person suffers
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