A PHOTO of a young girl participating in a World Naked Bike Ride event has sparked an attempted crackdown by Republican lawmakers.

The Madison Police Department in Wisconsin received multiple complaints at the time of the event back in June alleging that a girl thought to be around the age of 10 had been in attendance.

A photo of the girl riding a bike with her bare buttocks visible was posted to Facebook by the event’s organizer. She was not facing the camera in the picture. 

Local police and prosecutors determined the photos of the girl participating in the Madison ride did not violate any laws.

After reviewing the image the department’s Special Victims Unit determined that Wisconsin’s statutes on possession of child pornography were not applicable because the photo was not sexual in nature.

Madison police also determined a statute that relates to exposing a child to harmful material or narrations did not apply either.

Michael Haas, the Madison City Attorney, previously said that the police department was careful to use its discretion to not cite participants under the local public indecency ordinance.

Court decisions involving the interpretation of what constitutes “indecent” leave room for judgment about whether the conduct offends a community’s sense of decency, he said.

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On Thursday, a Senate committee held a public hearing for two bills aimed at changing how police would prosecute displays of public nudity and preventing taking photos of nude children.

The proposals have gained the support of about 20 Republicans but no backing from Democrats.

“It’s kind of a joke, but it’s not a joke,” said Senate President Chris Kapenga, R-Delafield, one of the authors of the bills. “This is a pretty serious issue, especially in today’s society.”

One of the bills wants to eliminate the language in state law that exposing genitals “publicly and indecently” constitutes a Class A misdemeanor, which carries a $10,000 fine, nine months in prison, or both. Instead, the statute would apply to “intentional” exposure in public.

Breastfeeding in public has been excluded from both proposals.

The other bill would prohibit people from allowing minors to attend “an event at which a group of adult participants intentionally expose their genitals, buttocks or other intimate parts in a public area.”

It also aims to prohibit taking photos of naked children in public, unless for the purpose of reporting it to law enforcement within one day.

The event’s organizer, Peter Keating, said that kids have always been permitted to participate in the event if they are with a parent or legal guardian.