Assembly Bill 373
Providing information to a firearms dealer when purchasing a handgun, authorizing the Department of Justice to prosecute violations of certain laws regulating firearms, and providing penalties
Topics: Crime and criminals: Felony, Firearms and dangerous weapons, Fraud, Justice, Department of, Legislature: Criminal Penalties, Joint Review Committee on
Stopped in committee
It had a but no committee vote, so it never came up for a vote. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Aug 12, 2009
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. It had a hearing but no committee vote.
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Senate vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Apr 28, 2010: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It sat with the Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice.
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Terms on this page
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.
Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Under current law, a federally licensed firearms dealer may not transfer a handgun to a person following a sale until the person has provided identification to the firearms dealer and has completed a notification form prescribed by the Department of Justice (DOJ) that requires the person to provide his or her name, date of birth, gender, race, and social security number and other identifying information. The firearms dealer must then convey the information from the completed notification form to DOJ so that DOJ can conduct a background check to determine whether the person is prohibited from possessing a firearm. A person completing the notification form must provide truthful information on the form. If a person intentionally provides false information, he or she must be fined not less than $500 nor more than $10,000 and may be imprisoned for not more than nine months.
This bill provides that a person who intentionally gives false information on his or her notification form regarding whether the person is purchasing a firearm with the purpose or intent of transferring the firearm to another person who is presently prohibited from possessing a firearm is guilty of a Class H felony and may be fined not less than $500. A Class H felony is punishable by a fine not to exceed $10,000, imprisonment not to exceed six years, or both. The bill also authorizes DOJ to prosecute such a violation.
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Because this bill creates a new crime or revises a penalty for an existing crime, the Joint Review Committee on Criminal Penalties may be requested to prepare a report concerning the proposed penalty and the costs or savings that are likely to result if the bill is enacted.
Who's behind it
15 lawmakers are its . 11 are Republicans and 4 are Democrats.
8 more lawmakers .
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Authors (15)
- Joan Ballweg · Republican, Senate
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- Garey Bies · Republican, Assembly
- Edward Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Scott Gunderson · Republican, Assembly
- Gordon Hintz · Democrat, Assembly
- Dan Knodl · Republican, Assembly
- Thomas Lothian · Republican, Assembly
- Kevin Petersen · Republican, Assembly
- Keith Ripp · Republican, Assembly
- Jeff Smith · Democrat, Senate
- Richard Spanbauer · Republican, Assembly
- John Townsend · Republican, Assembly
- Robin Vos · Republican, Assembly
- Ted Zigmunt · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (8)
- Tim Carpenter · Democrat, Senate
- Alberta Darling · Republican, Senate
- Jim Ott · Republican, Assembly
- Mary Lazich · Republican, Senate
- John Nygren · Republican, Assembly
- Luther S. Olsen · Republican, Senate
- Dale Schultz · Republican, Senate
- Pat Strachota · Republican, Assembly
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Apr 28, 2010
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Nov 12, 2009
The committee held a public hearing.
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Nov 9, 2009
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Oct 2, 2009 to Oct 20, 2009
3 more representatives and 2 senators signed on in support.
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Aug 26, 2009
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Aug 25, 2009
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Aug 20, 2009
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Aug 12, 2009
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice.
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Aug 12, 2009
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Aug 12, 2009 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Gunderson, Berceau, Ballweg, Bies, Brooks, Hintz, Knodl, Lothian, Petersen, Ripp, Smith, Spanbauer, Townsend, Vos and Zigmunt;Cosponsored by Senators Darling, Lazich and Schultz
- Aug 12, 2009 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Criminal Justice
- Aug 20, 2009 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Aug 25, 2009 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Aug 26, 2009 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Oct 2, 2009 · Assembly
Representative Nygren added as a coauthor
- Oct 6, 2009 · Assembly
Senator Olsen added as a cosponsor
- Oct 9, 2009 · Assembly
Senator Carpenter added as a cosponsor
- Oct 9, 2009 · Assembly
Representative J. Ott added as a coauthor
- Oct 20, 2009 · Assembly
Representative Strachota added as a coauthor
- Nov 9, 2009 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Nov 12, 2009 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Apr 28, 2010 · Assembly
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Terms on this page
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.
Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate