Bills › 91st General Assembly
Relating to the criminal offense of grooming, and making penalties applicable
Sponsored by Rep. Sean Bagniewski (D), Rep. Brian K. Lohse (R)
Topics:Crime & corrections
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 24, 2025
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 25, 2025
- Stopped: House committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2026 session adjourned on May 3, 2026, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary A person commits the crime of grooming if they try to trick, lure, or entice a child into sexual situations. This law also applies if the person is trying to trick a police officer who is pretending to be a child.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates to the criminal offense of grooming. The bill provides that a person commits grooming if the person seduces, solicits, lures, or entices, or attempts to seduce, solicit, lure, or entice, a child or a person believed to be a child, which includes a law enforcement officer or agent posing as be a child.
House subcommittee
Named February 25, 2025. On February 26, 2025 it recommended passage.
Three legislators hear a bill first and recommend what the committee should do; it’s the best time to weigh in. How to take part
1 written public comment to its subcommittee: February 26, 2025 (1) · on the Legislature’s site