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Bills · 2009-2010 Regular Session

AB 558

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the possession of a firearm by a person who has committed a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence and providing a penalty.

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Current law prohibits a person from possessing a firearm if he or she has been

convicted of a felony, found not guilty of a felony by reason of mental disease or defect,

or adjudicated delinquent for an act that if committed by an adult in this state would

be a felony. Federal law prohibits a person who is convicted of a misdemeanor crime

of domestic violence from possessing a firearm. Under this bill, following a

conviction, or a finding of not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect, for a

misdemeanor crime of domestic violence, state law also prohibits the person from

possessing a firearm. A person who violates the prohibition is guilty of a felony and

is subject to a fine of up to $25,000 or a term of imprisonment of up to 10 years, or

both.

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.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: A. Ott (R) , Berceau (D) , Bernard Schaber (D) , Cullen (D) , Fields (D) , Grigsby (D) , Hraychuck (D) , Milroy (D) , Parisi (D) , Pasch (D) , Pope-Roberts (D) , Roys (D) , Seidel (D) , Staskunas (D) , Strachota (R) , Turner (D) , Van Akkeren (D) , Zepnick (D)

5 cosponsors

Coggs (D) , Jauch (D) , Lassa (D) , Robson (D) , Taylor (D)

Votes

Assembly: Report Assembly Amendment 2 adoption recommended by committee on Corrections and the Courts, Ayes 10, Noes 0

Passed 10–0 Feb 16, 2010 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Nov 10, 2009 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Staskunas, Bernard Schaber, Hraychuck, Pasch, Pope-Roberts, Parisi, Roys, Berceau, Fields, Turner, A. Ott, Milroy, Cullen, Van Akkeren, Zepnick, Seidel, Strachota, Grigsby and LeMahieu;Cosponsored by Senators Taylor, Robson, Lassa, Jauch and Coggs

  2. Nov 10, 2009 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Corrections and the Courts

  3. Nov 19, 2009 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Nov 23, 2009 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Nov 23, 2009 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. Dec 2, 2009 · Assembly

    Report of joint review committee on Criminal Penalties requested pursuant to s. 13.525 (5) Wisconsin Statutes

  7. Dec 4, 2009 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  8. Dec 15, 2009 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  9. Jan 21, 2010 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  10. Jan 27, 2010 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  11. Jan 28, 2010 · Assembly

    Representative LeMahieu withdrawn as a coauthor

  12. Feb 3, 2010 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 1 offered by Representative Staskunas

  13. Feb 5, 2010 · Assembly

    Report of joint review committee on Criminal Penalties received

  14. Feb 9, 2010 · Assembly

    LRB correction (Assembly amendment 1)

  15. Feb 9, 2010 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 2 offered by Representative Staskunas

  16. Feb 10, 2010 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  17. Feb 16, 2010 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 2 adoption recommended by committee on Corrections and the Courts, Ayes 10, Noes 0

  18. Feb 16, 2010 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by committee on Corrections and the Courts, Ayes 7, Noes 3

  19. Feb 16, 2010 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  20. Apr 13, 2010 · Assembly

    Made a special order of business at 11:15 A.M. on 4-15-2010 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 22

  21. Apr 15, 2010 · Assembly

    Placed at the foot of the calendar of 4-15-2010

  22. Apr 15, 2010 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  23. Apr 15, 2010 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 2 adopted

  24. Apr 15, 2010 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  25. Apr 15, 2010 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  26. Apr 15, 2010 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed

  27. Apr 15, 2010 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  28. Apr 16, 2010 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  29. Apr 16, 2010 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary, Corrections, Insurance, Campaign Finance Reform, and Housing

  30. Apr 28, 2010 · Senate

    Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1