Proposed Wisconsin Firearm Legislation SB517
Legislation Overview
Title: The possession of a firearm by a person who has committed a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence or by a fugitive from justice and providing a penalty. (FE)
Description: An Act to renumber 941.29 (1g) (a) and 971.17 (1g); to amend 165.845 (2) and 973.176 (1); and to create 165.63 (2) (c), 165.845 (1m), 175.35 (2g) (d) 3., 941.29 (1g) (ad), 941.29 (1g) (ah), 941.29 (1m) (ag), 941.29 (1m) (cm), 941.29 (1m) (h), 971.17 (1g) (b) and 973.136 of the statutes; Relating to: the possession of a firearm by a person who has committed a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence or by a fugitive from justice and providing a penalty. (FE)
Session: 2019-2020 Regular Session
Last Action: Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Last Action Date: April 1, 2020
Sponsors
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15 sponsors: Dale Kooyenga (R); Dan Feyen (R); Van Wanggaard (R); Timothy Carpenter (D); Andre Jacque (R); Robert Cowles (R); Patty Schachtner (D); Jeffrey Mursau (R); Lisa Subeck (D); Gary Hebl (D); Barbara Dittrich (R); Scott Allen (R); Robert Kulp (R); Kevin Petersen (R); Robert Wittke (R);
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 45% (15 of 33)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Apr 1, 2020 | Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1 |
| Senate | Feb 27, 2020 | Representative Shankland added as a cosponsor |
| Senate | Feb 19, 2020 | Senator Risser added as a coauthor |
| Senate | Feb 19, 2020 | Representative Brostoff added as a cosponsor |
| Senate | Feb 14, 2020 | Representative C. Taylor added as a cosponsor |
| Senate | Feb 14, 2020 | Representative Loudenbeck added as a cosponsor |
| Senate | Feb 10, 2020 | Senator Larson added as a coauthor |
| Senate | Dec 30, 2019 | Fiscal estimate received |
| Senate | Nov 11, 2019 | Fiscal estimate received |
| Senate | Oct 30, 2019 | Fiscal estimate received |
| Senate | Oct 18, 2019 | Introduced |
| Senate | Oct 18, 2019 | Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | Oct 18, 2019 | 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
