Senate Bill 611
Providing information to a firearms dealer when purchasing a handgun, authorizing the Department of Justice to prosecute violations of certain laws regulating firearms, receiving a stolen firearm, and providing penalties
Topics: Crime and criminals, 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
Mar 11, 2010
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. It had a hearing but no committee vote.
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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 sat with the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Corrections, Insurance, Campaign Finance Reform, and Housing.
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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
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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.
Also under current law, a person who steals a firearm is guilty of a Class H felony and may be fined up to $10,000, imprisoned for up to six years, or both. A person who intentionally receives stolen property may be guilty of a misdemeanor or a felony, depending on the value of the property received, and the amount of the fine, jail time, or imprisonment to which the person may be subjected is determined by the value of the property received.
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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 whom the person knows or reasonably should know is presently prohibited from possessing a firearm is guilty of a Class H felony and may be fined not less than $500. The bill also authorizes DOJ to prosecute such a violation. Under the bill, a person who intentionally receives a stolen firearm, regardless of the value of the firearm, is guilty of a Class H felony.
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
5 senators are its . 3 are Democrats and 2 are Republicans.
18 more lawmakers .
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Authors (5)
- Tim Carpenter · Democrat, Senate
- Rob Cowles · Republican, Senate
- Julie M. Lassa · Democrat, Senate
- Luther S. Olsen · Republican, Senate
- Kathleen Vinehout · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (18)
- Alvin Ott · Republican, Assembly
- Joan Ballweg · Republican, Senate
- Chuck Benedict · Democrat, Assembly
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- Edward Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Mark Gottlieb · Republican, Assembly
- Scott Gunderson · Republican, Assembly
- Ann Hraychuck · Democrat, Assembly
- Steve Kestell · Republican, Assembly
- Dan Knodl · Republican, Assembly
- Daniel LeMahieu · Republican, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- Kevin Petersen · Republican, Assembly
- Jeff Smith · Democrat, Senate
- Tony Staskunas · Democrat, Assembly
- John Townsend · Republican, Assembly
- Robert Turner · Democrat, Assembly
- Ted Zigmunt · 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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Mar 25, 2010
The committee held a public hearing.
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Mar 17, 2010
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Mar 11, 2010
Sent to the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Corrections, Insurance, Campaign Finance Reform, and Housing.
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Mar 11, 2010
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Mar 11, 2010 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Carpenter, Vinehout, Olsen, Cowles and Lassa;Cosponsored by Representatives Hraychuck, Gunderson, Staskunas, LeMahieu, Kestell, Berceau, Zigmunt, Turner, Petersen, Smith, A. Ott, Mursau, Townsend, Brooks, Knodl, Ballweg, Gottlieb and Benedict
- Mar 11, 2010 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary, Corrections, Insurance, Campaign Finance Reform, and Housing
- Mar 17, 2010 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Mar 25, 2010 · Senate
Public hearing held
- 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