Proposed Wisconsin Firearm Legislation SB450
Legislation Overview
Title: Eliminating criminal defenses of adequate provocation, self-defense, or not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect if the claim is based on the victim's gender identity or sexual orientation.
Description: An Act to renumber and amend 971.15 (2); and to create 939.44 (3), 939.48 (5m) and 971.15 (2) (b) of the statutes; Relating to: eliminating criminal defenses of adequate provocation, self-defense, or not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect if the claim is based on the victim's gender identity or sexual orientation.
Session: 2021-2022 Regular Session
Last Action: Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Last Action Date: March 15, 2022
Sponsors
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35 sponsors: Timothy Carpenter (D); Melissa Sargent (D); LaTonya Johnson (D); Christopher Larson (D); Kelda Roys (D); Jeff Smith (D); Greta Neubauer (D); Marisabel Cabrera (D); Todd Novak (R); Lee Snodgrass (D); Mark Spreitzer (D); Jimmy Anderson (D); Deb Andraca (D); Samba Baldeh (D); Jill Billings (D); David Bowen (D); Jonathan Brostoff (D); Sue Conley (D); Dave Considine (D); Jodi Emerson (D); Evan Goyke (D); Gary Hebl (D); Dianne Hesselbein (D); Francesca Hong (D); Tip McGuire (D); Tod Ohnstad (D); Sondy Pope (D); Daniel Riemer (D); Sara Rodriguez (D); Katrina Shankland (D); Kristina Shelton (D); Christine Sinicki (D); Shelia Stubbs (D); Lisa Subeck (D); Robyn Vining (D);
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 106% (35 of 33)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Mar 15, 2022 | Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1 |
| Senate | Jul 7, 2021 | Introduced |
| Senate | Jul 7, 2021 | Read first time and referred to Committee on Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | Jul 7, 2021 | state link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
There have not been any votes on this bill
Link: link to state bill page
