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Bills · 2011-2012 Regular Session

AB 35

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culling of bass in a fishing tournament.

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Assembly, completed
  3. Passes Senate, completed
  4. Governor signs, completed
  5. Law, completed

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Current law requires the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to

promulgate rules to establish a program to authorize and regulate fishing

tournaments. Current law specifies certain rules that DNR may promulgate for the

regulation of fishing tournaments, including rules specifying the length and

frequency of fishing tournaments, the species of fish that may be caught and the bag

and size limits that will apply. Current statutory law also prohibits a person from

possessing a type of fish in excess of the bag limit for that type of fish.

This bill specifically authorizes culling at bass fishing tournaments and

exempts the culling from any applicable bag limits imposed by statute or rule.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: August (R) , Bies (R) , Brooks (R) , Endsley (R) , Honadel (R) , Kleefisch (R) , Kuglitsch (R) , Litjens (R) , Mursau (R) , Nygren (R) , Pridemore (R) , Ripp (R) , Rivard (R) , T. Larson (R) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Tranel (R) , Van Roy (R) , Vos (R)

4 cosponsors

Hansen (D) , Jacque (R) , Lazich (R) , Moulton (R)

Votes

Suspending the rules (to take a vote immediately) needs a two-thirds majority — a higher bar than passing the bill, which needs a simple majority. That's why a suspension motion can show more Ayes than the passage vote that follows it. Glossary

Assembly: Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by committee on Natural Resources, Ayes 14, Noes 0

Passed 14–0 Apr 7, 2011 official source full page

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

Assembly: Assembly amendment 2 laid on table, Ayes 58, Noes 36

Passed 58–36 Apr 14, 2011 official source full page

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

Assembly: Refused to suspend rules to read a third time, Ayes 57, Noes 37

Passed 57–37 Apr 14, 2011 official source full page

Aye · 57

Not voting · 2

Senate: Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 28, Noes 5

Passed 28–5 May 10, 2011 official source full page

Full history

  1. Feb 28, 2011 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Kleefisch, Bies, Mursau, Strachota, Rivard, Endsley, Nygren, Tranel, Ripp, Brooks, T. Larson, Kuglitsch, Thiesfeldt, Litjens, Vos, August, Pridemore, Honadel and Van Roy;Cosponsored by Senators Moulton and Lazich

  2. Feb 28, 2011 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Natural Resources

  3. Mar 17, 2011 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Mar 30, 2011 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Apr 5, 2011 · Assembly

    Representative Jacque added as a coauthor

  6. Apr 6, 2011 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  7. Apr 6, 2011 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  8. Apr 6, 2011 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 1 offered by committee on Natural Resources

  9. Apr 7, 2011 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  10. Apr 7, 2011 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by committee on Natural Resources, Ayes 14, Noes 0

  11. Apr 7, 2011 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by committee on Natural Resources, Ayes 10, Noes 4

  12. Apr 12, 2011 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 4-14-2011 by committee on Rules

  13. Apr 13, 2011 · Assembly

    Representative Strachota withdrawn as a coauthor

  14. Apr 14, 2011 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  15. Apr 14, 2011 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 1 adopted

  16. Apr 14, 2011 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 2 offered by Representatives Danou, Milroy, Clark and Molepske Jr

  17. Apr 14, 2011 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 2 laid on table, Ayes 58, Noes 36

  18. Apr 14, 2011 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  19. Apr 14, 2011 · Assembly

    Refused to suspend rules to read a third time, Ayes 57, Noes 37

  20. Apr 28, 2011 · Assembly

    LRB correction (Assembly amendment 1)

  21. May 10, 2011 · Assembly

    Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar of 5-11-2011 and take up

  22. May 10, 2011 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed

  23. May 10, 2011 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  24. May 10, 2011 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  25. May 10, 2011 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization

  26. May 10, 2011 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  27. May 10, 2011 · Senate

    Rules suspended to withdraw from committee on Senate Organization and take up

  28. May 10, 2011 · Senate

    Senator Hansen added as a cosponsor

  29. May 10, 2011 · Senate

    Read a second time

  30. May 10, 2011 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  31. May 10, 2011 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  32. May 10, 2011 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 28, Noes 5

  33. May 10, 2011 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  34. May 10, 2011 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  35. May 16, 2011 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled

  36. May 24, 2011 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 5-24-2011

  37. May 31, 2011 · Assembly

    Report approved by the Governor on 5-27-2011. 2011 Wisconsin Act 24

  38. Jun 7, 2011 · Assembly

    Published 6-13-2011