//**PROOF OF CONCEPT** — full quality-of-life profile for Wisconsin, 16 dimensions of the sex-offense registry regime. Ratings are researcher judgments from the //registrant's// perspective; each links its statute. NOT legal advice.//

====== Wisconsin — Registry Profile ======

**Weighted burden index 55.8/100** · rank **15 of 56** (1 = least burdensome) · 11/16 dimensions statute-verified.

Legend: 🟢 favorable (less burden) · 🟠 moderate · 🔴 restrictive · ℹ️ context · ⚪ unknown. ✓ = statute-verified.

^ Dimension ^ Rating ^ Detail ^ Statute ^
| **Registration length** | 🟠 moderate | Tiered — 15 years after discharge is the default (and expires); lifetime for 2+ convictions, enumerated serious child/sexual-assault offenses, ch. 980 SVPs, or by court order — **lifetime** | [[https://codes.findlaw.com/wi/corrections-ch-301-to-304/wi-st-301-45.html|Wis. Stat. § 301.45(5)]] ✓ |
| **Removal / petition off** | 🟠 moderate | Narrow — no general rehabilitation petition; the 15-year term simply expires, but lifetime registrants remain until death except a limited court-ordered-lifetime termination (§ 939.615(6)(i)) and out-of-state-offense relief (§ 301.45(5m)) — ⚑ needs human review | [[https://codes.findlaw.com/wi/corrections-ch-301-to-304/wi-st-301-45.html|Wis. Stat. § 301.45(5), (5m)]] ✓ |
| **Individualized risk assessment** | 🔴 restrictive | No registry tiers; DOC uses a non-sex-offender-specific assessment only during community supervision | n/a |
| **In-person reporting frequency** | 🟠 moderate | Quarterly or yearly | 332.06(1) |
| **Registration fee** | 🔴 restrictive | Yes — recurring statewide annual fee up to $100, set by the Department of Corrections by rule (set at $100/yr via DOC 332.19(3)) | [[https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/statutes/statutes/301/45|Wis. Stat. § 301.45(10)]] ✓ |
| **Residency restriction** | 🟢 favorable | No statewide distance-based residency restriction — Wis. Stat. 301.03(20) governs only which COUNTY the DOC places a released offender in (not proximity to schools), and 301.475 restricts presence on school premises, not residence — local: local municipal residency-restriction ordinances are common statewide | [[https://codes.findlaw.com/wi/corrections-ch-301-to-304/wi-st-301-03.html|Wis. Stat. § 301.03(20); § 301.475]] ✓ |
| **Employment restriction** | 🔴 restrictive | Yes — §948.13 bars anyone convicted of a serious child sex offense from any occupation or volunteer position that requires working or interacting primarily and directly with children under 16 (Class F felony); the registration statute §301.45 itself imposes no bar | [[https://codes.findlaw.com/wi/crimes-ch-938-to-951/wi-st-948-13/|Wis. Stat. § 948.13(2)(a)]] ✓ |
| **Presence / loitering restriction** | 🔴 restrictive | Prohibited on school property; photographing minors also restricted | 301.475 |
| **Visitor registration trigger** | 🟢 favorable | None — no registration requirement for visitors | n/a |
| **Internet identifiers required** | 🔴 restrictive | Required — must report every email account, every website created/maintained, every internet user name, and every public/private internet profile | [[https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/statutes/301.45(2)(a)6m.|301.45(2)(a)6m]] ✓ |
| **Civil commitment** | 🔴 restrictive | Yes — ch. 980 civil commitment | 980.065 |
| **Public website exposure** | 🔴 restrictive | All adult registrants are on the public internet registry (§ 301.46(5)) — the statute draws no offense/risk tier for website inclusion; only children required to register are withheld (the Level 1/2 'special bulletin notification' tiers are a separate active-notification scheme, not the website) | [[https://codes.findlaw.com/wi/corrections-ch-301-to-304/wi-st-301-46.html|Wis. Stat. § 301.46(5)]] ✓ |
| **Halloween / holiday restriction** | 🟢 favorable | No Halloween/holiday restriction — the registration statute contains no seasonal decorations/lights/candy/stay-home rule; any such rule would be a non-statutory supervision condition | [[https://codes.findlaw.com/wi/corrections-ch-301-to-304/wi-st-301-45/|Wis. Stat. § 301.45]] ✓ |
| **Marked driver's license / ID** | 🟢 favorable | Not marked — the license-content statute lists required driver's-license contents and has no provision branding/marking the license or ID to identify the holder as a registrant | [[https://codes.findlaw.com/wi/vehicles-ch-340-to-351/wi-st-343-17/|Wis. Stat. § 343.17(3)]] ✓ |
| **Community notification (& who pays)** | 🟠 moderate | Risk-based special bulletin notification (§ 301.46) — discretionary for a single conviction, mandatory for ch. 980 SVPs or 2+ convictions, to law enforcement and, via bulletins, the wider community; no registrant charge | [[https://codes.findlaw.com/wi/corrections-ch-301-to-304/wi-st-301-46.html|Wis. Stat. § 301.46]] ✓ |
| **Age of consent (context)** | ℹ️ context | 18 — sex with a 16/17-year-old is a Class A misdemeanor if the actor is 19+ (§ 948.09); sex with a child under 16 is a felony (§ 948.02) | [[https://law.justia.com/codes/wisconsin/2015/chapter-948/section-948.09|948.09]] ✓ |

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Source wiki page: [[wisconsin|Wisconsin]] · compare with others via [[playground:qol_index|the index]].
//Weighted index from the v1 model (weighted_score.py); weights encode NARSOL's judgment about everyday lived burden. Removal ratings and the weights need NARSOL/attorney sign-off before authoritative use.//