Proposed Wisconsin Firearm Legislation SB624
Legislation Overview
Title: Background checks requirement before transfers of firearms and providing a penalty. (FE)
Description: An Act to repeal 175.35 (1) (b); to renumber 175.35 (2) (a), (b), (c) and (d) and 175.35 (2j); to renumber and amend 175.35 (2) (intro.) and 175.35 (2i); to amend 20.455 (2) (gr), 175.35 (title), 175.35 (1) (at), 175.35 (2g) (a), 175.35 (2g) (b) 1., 175.35 (2g) (b) 2., 175.35 (2k) (ar) 2., 175.35 (2k) (c) 2. a., 175.35 (2k) (c) 2. b., 175.35 (2k) (g), 175.35 (2k) (h), 175.35 (2L), 175.35 (2t) (a), (b) and (c), 175.35 (3) (b) 2., 175.60 (7) (d), 175.60 (15) (b) 4. b., 938.208 (1) (b), 938.34 (4m) (b) 2., 938.341, 941.237 (1) (d), 941.296 (1) (b), 968.20 (3) (b), 971.17 (1g) and 973.176 (1); and to create 175.33, 175.35 (1) (br), 175.35 (2) (bm), 175.35 (2) (cm) (intro.), 175.35 (2i) (b) 2., 175.35 (2j) (b) and 941.29 (1m) (dm), (dn) and (do) of the statutes; Relating to: background checks requirement before transfers of firearms and providing a penalty. (FE)
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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41 sponsors: LaTonya Johnson (D); Melissa Sargent (D); Jon Erpenbach (D); Kelda Roys (D); Christopher Larson (D); Lena Taylor (D); Timothy Carpenter (D); Janet Bewley (D); Jeff Smith (D); Janis Ringhand (D); Brad Pfaff (D); Shelia Stubbs (D); Deb Andraca (D); Sue Conley (D); Dianne Hesselbein (D); Francesca Hong (D); Jimmy Anderson (D); Gary Hebl (D); Lee Snodgrass (D); Samba Baldeh (D); Christine Sinicki (D); Sara Rodriguez (D); Sondy Pope (D); Jodi Emerson (D); Sylvia Ortiz-Velez (D); Greta Neubauer (D); Jill Billings (D); Jonathan Brostoff (D); Mark Spreitzer (D); Kristina Shelton (D); Evan Goyke (D); David Bowen (D); Tod Ohnstad (D); Daniel Riemer (D); Robyn Vining (D); Dave Considine (D); Gordon Hintz (D); Beth Meyers (D); Kalan Haywood (D); Marisabel Cabrera (D); Dora Drake (D);
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 124% (41 of 33)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Mar 15, 2022 | Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1 |
| Senate | Jan 3, 2022 | Fiscal estimate received |
| Senate | Nov 3, 2021 | Fiscal estimate received |
| Senate | Oct 20, 2021 | Introduced |
| Senate | Oct 20, 2021 | Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | Oct 20, 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
