Assembly Bill 661
Exceptions to fishing license requirements
Topics: Fish and fishing: License, Natural Resources, Department of: Environmental protection, Weeds, Wetland
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
Mar 6, 2012
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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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 never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Natural Resources. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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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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Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
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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.
Current law, with certain exceptions, requires a person who fishes in the waters of this state to hold a fishing license issued by the Department of Natural Resources (DNR). Current law also requires a person, before stocking fish in the waters of this state, to obtain a permit from DNR and to have the fish certified by a qualified inspector as meeting certain fish health standards. Current law also prohibits the stocking of any fish that is a species of lake sturgeon, regardless of whether a permit has been issued.
This bill creates an exception to the general fishing license requirements under current law. Under the bill, no fishing license is required for a person to fish in a pond that is entirely confined on private property if the owner of the private property gives the person permission to fish in the pond.
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Under current law, a person may not control aquatic plants in waters of this state by the use of chemicals without a permit issued by DNR. This bill allows a person to use an algaecide or herbicide in a pond that is entirely confined on the person's private property without obtaining a permit from DNR.
Who's behind it
14 lawmakers are its . 13 are Republicans and 1 is a Democrat.
2 more lawmakers .
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Authors (14)
- Tyler August · Republican, Assembly
- Joan Ballweg · Republican, Senate
- Mike Endsley · Republican, Assembly
- André Jacque · Republican, Senate
- Joe Knilans · Republican, Assembly
- Dale Kooyenga · Republican, Senate
- Scott Krug · Republican, Assembly
- Don Pridemore · Republican, Assembly
- Keith Ripp · Republican, Assembly
- Richard Spanbauer · Republican, Assembly
- Jim Steineke · Republican, Assembly
- Duey Stroebel · Republican, Senate
- Jeremy Thiesfeldt · Republican, Assembly
- Robert Turner · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (2)
- Frank G. Lasee · Republican, Senate
- Joe Leibham · Republican, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Mar 23, 2012
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Mar 13, 2012
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Mar 6, 2012
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Natural Resources.
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Mar 6, 2012
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Mar 6, 2012 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Jacque, August, Ballweg, Knilans, Kooyenga, Krug, Pridemore, Ripp, Spanbauer, Steineke, Stroebel, Turner, Endsley and Thiesfeldt;Cosponsored by Senators Leibham and Lasee
- Mar 6, 2012 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Natural Resources
- Mar 13, 2012 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- 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
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