Bill > AB84

This bill creates a new $5,000 surcharge that will be imposed on individuals convicted of specific prostitution-related crimes, including patronizing or soliciting prostitutes, pandering, keeping a place of prostitution, soliciting a child for prostitution, or patronizing a child. The surcharge funds will be split equally between two key purposes: treatment and services for sex-trafficking victims, and criminal investigative operations and law enforcement related to Internet crimes against children. When collected, the surcharge will be processed through the county treasurer and then deposited in the state's general fund, with half going to the Department of Children and Families to support sex-trafficking victim services and half going to support Internet crimes against children task forces and investigations. The bill ensures that the treatment and services for child trafficking victims will be available across both urban and rural areas of the state, subject to funding availability. The surcharge will apply to offenses committed on the bill's effective date, and it will be collected and processed through the existing court fee and surcharge collection system, with priority given to paying off the surcharge before other financial obligations in a criminal case.

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https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab84