Walker Outlaws Soliciting Sexual Photos Of Minors

Gov. Scott Walker has signed a Republican bill that makes soliciting sexually explicit photographs from children illegal.

Under the bill, anyone between the ages of 18 and 21 who solicits such photos from a child no more than three years younger would be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by up to nine months in jail and $10,000 in fines. In all other instances solicitation of such photos from a minor is a felony punishable by up to three-and-a-half years in prison and $10,000 in fines.

The bill’s chief Assembly sponsor, Rep. Andre Jacque, R-DePere, says the bill gives prosecutors the ability to charge someone who requests such photos, allowing detectives to expand sexual predator investigations.

Walker signed the bill Friday at a Mount Pleasant police station.