Assembly Bill 99
Prohibiting the Department of Natural Resources from establishing certain restrictions on hunting antlered deer and regulating the establishment of fall open seasons for hunting deer with firearms
Topics: Firearms and dangerous weapons, Game: Hunting, Natural Resources, Department of: Hunting and fishing
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
Apr 22, 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
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Senate Joint Resolution 1
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Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
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Author
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Signed on in support
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Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
Cost estimate
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Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
Roll call
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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, the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is required to establish open and closed seasons for fish and game and to establish conditions that conserve the fish and game supply and that ensure opportunities for good fishing, hunting, and trapping. Current law authorizes DNR to exercise this authority for the entire state, for any specified county, or for any lake or stream.
This bill prohibits DNR from requiring a person who holds a deer hunting license to kill an antlerless deer before killing the person's first antlered deer under that license. It also places restrictions on DNR's authority to establish open seasons for hunting deer with firearms (deer firearm season). The bill generally prohibits DNR from establishing a fall deer firearm season that begins before the Saturday immediately preceding the fourth Thursday in November (early season). Under the bill, the prohibition does not apply if DNR promulgates a rule that limits hunting during the early season to certain groups of people, including persons who are under 16 years of age or persons who are learning to hunt. The prohibition also does not apply if DNR establishes the early season because the early season is necessary to control the spread of chronic wasting disease or other disease in deer, the early season is limited to hunting only antlerless deer, the closing date for the early season is on or before October 15, and the rule authorizing the early season expires 270 days after the effective date of the rule.
Who's behind it
19 lawmakers are its . All 19 are Republicans.
9 more lawmakers .
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Authors (19)
- Kathleen Bernier · Republican, Senate
- Mike Endsley · Republican, Assembly
- Jim Ott · Republican, Assembly
- André Jacque · Republican, Senate
- Samantha Kerkman · Republican, Assembly
- Steve Kestell · Republican, Assembly
- Joel Kleefisch · Republican, Assembly
- Scott Krug · Republican, Assembly
- Michelle Litjens · Republican, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- John Nygren · Republican, Assembly
- Warren Petryk · Republican, Assembly
- Don Pridemore · Republican, Assembly
- Roger Rivard · Republican, Assembly
- Erik Severson · Republican, Assembly
- Richard Spanbauer · Republican, Assembly
- Jim Steineke · Republican, Assembly
- Thomas Larson · Republican, Assembly
- Thomas Tiffany · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (9)
- Rob Cowles · Republican, Senate
- Pam Galloway · Republican, Senate
- Grothman and Kapanke
- Sheila Harsdorf · Republican, Senate
- Hopper and Olsen
- Neal Kedzie · Republican, Senate
- Frank G. Lasee · Republican, Senate
- Terry Moulton · Republican, Senate
- Scott L. Fitzgerald · Republican, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
How lawmakers voted
There was one vote on this bill.
Assembly Committee on Natural Resources vote to recommend it
Passed, 10 to 5 · Aug 2, 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 Natural Resources, Ayes 10, Noes 5”. 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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Aug 2, 2011
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Aug 2, 2011
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 10 to 5.
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May 5, 2011
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Apr 27, 2011
The committee held a public hearing.
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Apr 22, 2011
4 more senators signed on in support.
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Apr 22, 2011
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Natural Resources.
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Apr 22, 2011
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Apr 22, 2011 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Tiffany, Mursau, Bernier, Endsley, Jacque, Kerkman, Kestell, Kleefisch, Krug, T. Larson, Litjens, Nygren, J. Ott, Petryk, Pridemore, Rivard, Severson, Spanbauer and Steineke;Cosponsored by Senators Moulton, Kedzie, Cowles, S. Fitzgerald, Galloway, Harsdorf and Lasee
- Apr 22, 2011 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Natural Resources
- Apr 22, 2011 · Assembly
- Apr 22, 2011 · Assembly
- Apr 27, 2011 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- May 5, 2011 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Jun 21, 2011 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Aug 2, 2011 · Assembly
Report passage recommended by committee on Natural Resources, Ayes 10, Noes 5
- Aug 2, 2011 · Assembly
Referred to committee on Rules
- Oct 12, 2011 · Assembly
Placed on calendar 10-18-2011 by committee on Rules
- Oct 18, 2011 · Assembly
Laid on the table
- 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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate. 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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote