The Wisconsin Senate is passing a bill changing the penalty for engaging in sexual contact with an animal.
Under current Wisconsin law such an act is a misdemeanor, but Tuesday’s passage would make that contact a felony. Senate Bill 139 deals with any behavior regarding sexual contact with an animal including promoting others to participate, creating or distributing obscene material or harboring or obtaining an animal for the purpose of having sexual contact. The bill also criminalizes forcing children to engage in such contact.