WisconsinWisconsin law includes child sexual extortion in subpoena investigations
The attorney general may seek certain records while investigating sexual extortion if the victim was under 18 and the required grounds for a subpoena are met.
What it does
Wisconsin law counts sexual extortion as an Internet crime against a child for subpoena purposes when the victim was under 18. The attorney general may seek certain provider or hotel records during an investigation if the required grounds are met.
Argument forInvestigators may be able to seek relevant records from service providers when investigating sexual extortion of a child.
Argument againstSeeking account or hotel records could expose private information about child victims during investigations.
More detail
Wisconsin law counts sexual extortion as an Internet crime against a child for administrative subpoena purposes when the victim was under 18. The provision covers sexual extortion when the victim was under 18 at the time of the offense. The attorney general may seek records only for an ongoing investigation and with reasonable cause to believe the relevant account or hotel room was used in the crime. The victim must have been under 18 when the offense occurred.
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- Passed Senate
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History
- 2026
- Apr 9Published 4-9-2026Latest
- Apr 9Report approved by the Governor Tony Evers on 4-8-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 218Became Law
- Apr 2Presented to the Governor on 4-2-2026To Governor
- Mar 20Report correctly enrolled on 3-20-2026Minor
- Mar 18Received from Senate concurred inMinor
- Mar 17Ordered immediately messaged
- Mar 17Read a third time and concurred inPassed Senate
- Mar 17Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- Mar 17Ordered to a third readingMinor
- Mar 17Read a second timeMinor
- Mar 17Senators Ratcliff, Smith and Carpenter added as cosponsors
- Mar 16Placed on calendar 3-17-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- Vote recorded Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 16Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2
- Mar 13Fiscal estimate receivedMinor
- Mar 3Available for scheduling
- Vote recorded Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 8, Noes 0. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 3Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 8, Noes 0Minor
- Mar 3Executive action taken
- Feb 27Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary and Public SafetyMinor
- Feb 26Representative Subeck added as a coauthor
- Feb 23Received from AssemblyMinor
- Feb 19Ordered immediately messaged
- Feb 19Read a third time and passedPassed Assembly
- Feb 19Rules suspended
- Feb 19Ordered to a third readingMinor
- Feb 19Read a second timeMinor
- Feb 18Made a special order of business at 11:56 AM on 2-19-2026 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 14
- Feb 18Representative Vining added as a coauthor
- Feb 12Referred to committee on RulesMinor
- Vote recorded Report passage recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 13, Noes 0. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 12Report passage recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 13, Noes 0Minor
- Feb 11Executive action taken
- Feb 5Representative Allen added as a coauthor
- Feb 3Representatives Duchow and Steffen added as coauthors
- Feb 3Public hearing held
- Jan 30Representative Kaufert added as a coauthor
- Jan 30Senator Roys added as a cosponsor
- Jan 29Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public SafetyMinor
- Jan 29Introduced by Representatives Dittrich, Joers, Brill, Mayadev, Billings, Andraca, Armstrong, Behnke, DeSmidt, Donovan, Fitzgerald, Goeben, Goodwin, Green, B. Jacobson, Knodl, Kreibich, Maxey, Miresse, Murphy, Nedweski, O'Connor, Ortiz-Velez, Piwowarczyk, Sinicki, Sortwell, Udell, Stubbs, Melotik and Neubauer; cosponsored by Senators James, Wanggaard, Tomczyk and JacqueIntroduced
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