Proposed Legislation Would Define and Establish Criminal Penalties for Grooming

Wednesday, November 5th, 2025 -- 2:00 PM

(Wisconsin Radio Network) At the Capitol, proposed legislation would define and establish criminal penalties for grooming.

According to the Wisconsin Radio Network, it would define grooming as a “course of conduct, pattern of behavior, or series of acts intended to condition, seduce, or entice a child for the purpose of sexual activity or exploitation.”

Examples include sexualized conversations, inappropriate physical contact, digital communications designed to lure a child, and efforts to isolate a child from family or peers.

Republicans, State Representative Amanda Nedweski and Senator Jesse James are circulating the measure, introduced in the wake of a yearlong investigation by the Capitol Times into how the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction investigates and reports allegations of sexual misconduct and grooming by school staff.

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