Assembly Bill 123
Use of a facsimile firearm and providing a penalty
Topics: Crime and criminals, Firearms and dangerous weapons, Legislature: Criminal Penalties, Joint Review Committee on
Stopped before the full Assembly voted
The recommended passing it, but the full Assembly never voted on it. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
May 5, 2011
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Assembly vote, stopped here
Stopped here. The full Assembly never voted on it.
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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, Mar 23, 2012: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
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Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote. 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 person who commits certain crimes by using or threatening to use a dangerous weapon or an article used or fashioned in a manner that the victim believes is a dangerous weapon is subject to greater penalties than the person would be if he or she committed the crime without using a dangerous weapon.
Under this bill, a person is subject to the same penalties as he or she would be under current law for using a dangerous weapon if the person commits a crime using a facsimile firearm. A "facsimile firearm" is defined as any replica, toy, starter pistol, or other object that bears a reasonable resemblance to or that reasonably can be perceived to be an actual firearm.
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Current law also prohibits a person from carrying or displaying a facsimile firearm in a way that would alarm, intimidate, threaten, or terrify another person.
Anyone who does so is subject to a Class C forfeiture and may be required to pay a forfeiture not to exceed $500.
This bill increases that penalty to a Class A misdemeanor and a person who violates the provision may be fined up to $10,000, imprisoned for up to nine months, 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.
Who's behind it
7 lawmakers are its . All 7 are Republicans.
2 more lawmakers .
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Authors (7)
- Joan Ballweg · Republican, Senate
- Edward Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Mike Endsley · Republican, Assembly
- Roger Rivard · Republican, Assembly
- Richard Spanbauer · Republican, Assembly
- Jeremy Thiesfeldt · Republican, Assembly
- Karl Van Roy · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (2)
- Dave Hansen · Democrat, Senate
- Fred A. Risser · Democrat, Senate
How lawmakers voted
There was one vote on this bill.
Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice and Corrections vote to recommend it
Passed, 8 to 1 · Sep 13, 2011
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 Criminal Justice and Corrections, Ayes 8, Noes 1”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Mar 23, 2012
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Sep 13, 2011
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Sep 13, 2011
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 8 to 1.
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Jul 28, 2011
The committee held a public hearing.
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May 5, 2011
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice and Corrections.
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May 5, 2011
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- May 5, 2011 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Van Roy, Spanbauer, Endsley, Rivard, Ballweg, Thiesfeldt and Brooks;Cosponsored by Senators Hansen and Risser
- May 5, 2011 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Criminal Justice and Corrections
- Jul 28, 2011 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Sep 8, 2011 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Sep 13, 2011 · Assembly
Report passage recommended by committee on Criminal Justice and Corrections, Ayes 8, Noes 1
- Sep 13, 2011 · Assembly
Referred to committee on Rules
- Mar 23, 2012 · 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.
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
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
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote