Assembly Bill 500
Adding kindergarten to definition of school for the purposes of the gun-free school zone law and the prohibition against weapons on school premises
Topics: Firearms and dangerous weapons, Kindergarten, School: Building
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
Jan 26, 2012
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. It had a hearing but no committee vote.
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Assembly vote, not reached
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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 ”
It sat with the Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice and Corrections.
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Committee
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Public hearing
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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
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Author
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Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
Signed on in support
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Official term: Cosponsor. 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, with exceptions, an individual who knowingly possesses a firearm at a place that the individual knows, or has reasonable cause to believe, is in or on the grounds of a school is guilty of a Class I felony. With exceptions, an individual who knowingly possesses a firearm at a place that the individual knows, or has reasonable cause to believe, is within 1,000 feet of the grounds of a school is subject to a Class B forfeiture. With exceptions, an individual who knowingly possesses a dangerous weapon that is not a firearm on school premises is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor for a first violation or a Class I felony for a second or subsequent violation within a five-year period. For these crimes, "school" is defined as a school that provides an educational program for one or more grades between 1 and 12. This bill changes the definition of school so that it includes a prekindergarten, four-year-old kindergarten, or five-year-old kindergarten program, and specifies that it must be a facility dedicated to educational programming.
Who's behind it
16 lawmakers are its . 14 are Democrats and 2 are Republicans.
7 more lawmakers .
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Authors (16)
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- Janet Bewley · Democrat, Senate
- Edward Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Chris Taylor · Democrat, Assembly
- Fred Clark · Democrat, Assembly
- Tamara Grigsby · Democrat, Assembly
- Brett Hulsey · Democrat, Assembly
- Sandy Pasch · Democrat, Assembly
- Mark Pocan · Democrat, Assembly
- Sondy Pope · Democrat, Assembly
- Janis Ringhand · Democrat, Senate
- Kelda Roys · Democrat, Senate
- Donna Seidel · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Jim Steineke · Republican, Assembly
- Robert Turner · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (7)
- Chris Larson · Democrat, Senate
- Dave Hansen · Democrat, Senate
- Julie M. Lassa · Democrat, Senate
- Fred A. Risser · Democrat, Senate
- Spencer Coggs · Democrat, Senate
- Dale Schultz · Republican, Senate
- Timothy Cullen · Democrat, Senate
What happened
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Mar 23, 2012
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Mar 1, 2012
The committee held a public hearing.
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Jan 26, 2012
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice and Corrections.
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Jan 26, 2012
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Jan 26, 2012 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Clark, Brooks, Hulsey, Grigsby, C. Taylor, Steineke, Ringhand, Turner, Pasch, Bewley, Pope-Roberts, Pocan, Berceau, Roys, Sinicki and Seidel;Cosponsored by Senators Hansen, Risser, Schultz, Lassa, C. Larson, S. Coggs and T. Cullen
- Jan 26, 2012 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Criminal Justice and Corrections
- Mar 1, 2012 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- 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.
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
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