Senate Bill 254
Privileges under a Class A or Class B bear hunting license, and bear carcass tag and back tag requirements
Topics: Dogs, Game: Hunting license, Natural Resources, Department of: Hunting and fishing, Youth
Stopped in committee
It never got a , 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 11, 2009
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Senate vote, not reached
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Assembly 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 never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation, Tourism, Forestry, and Natural Resources. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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Senate Joint Resolution 1
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Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
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Author
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Cost estimate
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What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Under current law, the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) issues two types of bear hunting licenses. A Class A bear license allows the license holder to shoot and kill bear and to exercise the privileges of a Class B bear license. A Class B bear license allows the license holder to assist a Class A license holder in pursuing bear, to bait bear, and to train dogs to pursue bear (dog training); but it does not allow the license holder to actually shoot at or kill bear.
This bill expands the privileges of a Class B bear license. The bill authorizes the holder of a Class B bear license to shoot and kill a bear that was shot, but not killed, by another hunter holding a Class A bear license in the same hunting party if killing the bear is necessary to protect the safety of other members of the hunting party or the public. The bill also allows the holder of a Class B bear license to pursue a bear, provided that the holder of the Class B bear license does not shoot or kill the bear, unless the public safety circumstances for killing a bear shot at by another hunter apply.
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This bill also requires DNR to allow a person who holds a Class B bear license to engage in dog training during any part of an open season in which DNR allows a Class A bear license holder to hunt bear with the use of a dog. The bill also eliminates the requirement that holders of a Class B bear license attach a back tag to their outermost garment when engaging in the activities authorized under that license.
Current law exempts a person who is under the age of 12 years from holding a Class B bear license. This bill expands this exemption by allowing a person who is under the age of 16 years to engage in the activities authorized under a Class B bear license without holding that license. The bill also creates a new exemption that authorizes a person to engage in the activities authorized by a Class B bear license without holding the license during the third Saturday in August and the immediately following Sunday.
Who's behind it
11 senators are its . 6 are Democrats and 5 are Republicans.
8 more lawmakers .
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Authors (11)
- Rob Cowles · Republican, Senate
- Glenn Grothman · Republican, Senate
- Dave Hansen · Democrat, Senate
- Jim Holperin · Democrat, Senate
- Randy Hopper · Republican, Senate
- Pat Kreitlow · Democrat, Senate
- Luther S. Olsen · Republican, Senate
- Dale Schultz · Republican, Senate
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
- Kathleen Vinehout · Democrat, Senate
- Bob Wirch · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (8)
- Edward Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Chris Danou · Democrat, Assembly
- Donald Friske · Republican, Assembly
- Scott Gunderson · Republican, Assembly
- Ann Hraychuck · Democrat, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, 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.
What happened
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Apr 28, 2010
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Sep 3, 2009
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Aug 11, 2009
Sent to the Senate Committee on Transportation, Tourism, Forestry, and Natural Resources.
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Aug 11, 2009
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Aug 11, 2009 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Holperin, Wirch, Vinehout, Olsen, Grothman, Hopper, Schultz, Hansen, Kreitlow, Taylor and Cowles;Cosponsored by Representatives Hraychuck, Vruwink, Brooks, Gunderson, Friske, Mursau, Danou and Smith
- Aug 11, 2009 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Transportation, Tourism, Forestry, and Natural Resources
- Sep 3, 2009 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Apr 28, 2010 · Senate
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