Senate Bill 112
The possession of green skins of fur-bearing animals, the tagging of traps, and the sale, purchase, bartering, and trade of wild animals and their carcasses
Topics: Animal, Game, Game: Hunting, Natural Resources, Department of: Hunting and fishing
Became law
The governor signed it on Aug 13, 2009. It's .
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Introduced, passed
Mar 13, 2009
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Senate vote, passed
Passed May 13, 2009
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Assembly vote, passed
Passed Jun 18, 2009
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Governor, passed
Signed
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Law, here now
2009 Wisconsin Act 38
Latest entry in the official record, Aug 18, 2009: “Published 8-27-2009.”
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Cost estimate
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What it does
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Under current law, a person is prohibited from possessing the green skin of any fur-bearing animal, except beaver, from the fifth day after the beginning of the closed season for that animal until the end of that closed season. This bill exempts from this prohibition the possession of the green skin of a lawfully killed fur-bearing animal that carries a registration tag issued by the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) or for which there is an open season without any bag or possession limits. The bill also exempts from the prohibition a landowner or occupant who possesses the greenskin of certain fur-bearing animals that are trapped on that land. Also, under the bill, the prohibition and the exemption apply to beaver in the same manner that they apply to other fur-bearing animals.
Under current law, with limited exceptions, no person may sell, buy, barter, or trade a deer (except farm-raised deer), bear, elk, squirrel, the carcass of one of those wild animals, at any time, or any other wild animal, or its carcass, during the closed season for that wild animal. The tail and skin of a squirrel are currently exempt from this prohibition. This bill expands the exemption by including the skull and claws of a squirrel. Also, the bill allows a person to sell, purchase, barter, or trade a fur-bearing animal that has a valid registration tag attached by DNR or a wild animal, or its carcass, for which there is an open season and for which there is no bag or possession limit. The bill further allows the sale, purchase, barter, and trade of liquid scent made from the carcass of a lawfully taken wild animal, except from a bear's gallbladder. Finally, the bill allows the sale, purchase, barter, and trade of rabbits, or their parts, if they are lawfully taken by landowners on their own property or as part of DNR's program for eliminating nuisance wildlife.
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Under current law, each trap used by a licensed trapper must have a metal tag that has the name and address of the owner of the trap. The bill changes this requirement so that the name and address must be that of the operator of the trap.
Under the bill, the operator of a trap may use, in lieu of the name and address, a customer identification number issued by DNR to the operator under DNR's automated system for issuing trapping licenses and other fishing and hunting approvals.
Who's behind it
4 senators are its . 2 are Democrats and 2 are Republicans.
6 more lawmakers .
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Authors (4)
- Jim Holperin · Democrat, Senate
- Neal Kedzie · Republican, Senate
- Luther S. Olsen · Republican, Senate
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (6)
- Alvin Ott · Republican, Assembly
- Scott Gunderson · Republican, Assembly
- Ann Hraychuck · Democrat, Assembly
- Nick Milroy · Democrat, Assembly
- Jeff Smith · Democrat, Senate
- Amy Sue Vruwink · Democrat, Assembly
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
How lawmakers voted
There was one vote on this bill.
Senate Committee on Transportation vote to recommend it
Passed, 7 to 0 · May 1, 2009
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report passage recommended by committee on Transportation, Tourism, Forestry, and Natural Resources, Ayes 7, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Aug 18, 2009
The new law was published.
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Aug 13, 2009
The governor signed it. It became 2009 Wisconsin Act 38.
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Aug 6, 2009
Sent to the governor.
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Jun 18, 2009
The Assembly passed it too.
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May 14, 2009
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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May 14, 2009
The Assembly received it.
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May 13, 2009
The Senate passed it.
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May 1, 2009
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 7 to 0.
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Apr 16, 2009
The committee held a public hearing.
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Apr 13, 2009
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Mar 13, 2009
Sent to the Senate Committee on Transportation, Tourism, Forestry, and Natural Resources.
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Mar 13, 2009
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Mar 13, 2009 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Holperin, Kedzie, Olsen and Taylor;Cosponsored by Representatives Hraychuck, Gunderson, Milroy, A. Ott, Smith and Vruwink
- Mar 13, 2009 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Transportation, Tourism, Forestry, and Natural Resources
- Apr 13, 2009 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Apr 16, 2009 · Senate
Public hearing held
- May 1, 2009 · Senate
Executive action taken
- May 1, 2009 · Senate
Report passage recommended by committee on Transportation, Tourism, Forestry, and Natural Resources, Ayes 7, Noes 0
- May 1, 2009 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- May 12, 2009 · Senate
Placed on calendar 5-13-2009 by committee on Senate Organization
- May 13, 2009 · Senate
Read a second time
- May 13, 2009 · Senate
Ordered to a third reading
- May 13, 2009 · Senate
Rules suspended
- May 13, 2009 · Senate
Read a third time and passed
- May 13, 2009 · Senate
Ordered immediately messaged
- May 14, 2009 · Assembly
Received from Senate
- May 14, 2009 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Rules
- Jun 16, 2009 · Assembly
Placed on calendar 6-18-2009 by committee on Rules
- Jun 18, 2009 · Assembly
Read a second time
- Jun 18, 2009 · Assembly
Ordered to a third reading
- Jun 18, 2009 · Assembly
Rules suspended
- Jun 18, 2009 · Assembly
Read a third time and concurred in
- Jun 18, 2009 · Assembly
Ordered immediately messaged
- Jun 18, 2009 · Senate
Received from Assembly concurred in
- Jun 22, 2009 · Senate
Report correctly enrolled on 6-22-2009
- Aug 6, 2009 · Senate
Presented to the Governor on 8-6-2009
- Aug 13, 2009 · Senate
Report approved by the Governor on 8-13-2009. 2009 Wisconsin Act 38
- Aug 18, 2009 · Senate
Published 8-27-2009.
Terms on this page
Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act. 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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary
From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source
Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act
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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote