Senate Bill 75
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
Became law
The governor signed it on Nov 4, 2011. It's .
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Introduced, passed
Apr 27, 2011
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Senate vote, passed
Passed May 17, 2011
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Assembly vote, passed
Passed 64 to 33
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Governor, passed
Signed
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Law, here now
2011 Wisconsin Act 50
Latest entry in the official record, Nov 7, 2011: “Published 11-18-2011”
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Wisconsin Act
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Author
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Signed on in support
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Cost estimate
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Roll call
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What it does
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
11 senators are its . All 11 are Republicans.
20 more lawmakers .
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Authors (11)
- Rob Cowles · Republican, Senate
- Pam Galloway · Republican, Senate
- Glenn Grothman · Republican, Senate
- Sheila Harsdorf · Republican, Senate
- Randy Hopper · Republican, Senate
- Dan Kapanke · Republican, Senate
- Neal Kedzie · Republican, Senate
- Frank G. Lasee · Republican, Senate
- Terry Moulton · Republican, Senate
- Luther S. Olsen · Republican, Senate
- Scott L. Fitzgerald · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (20)
- 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
- John Steinbrink · Democrat, Assembly
- Thomas Larson · Republican, Assembly
- Thomas Tiffany · Republican, Senate
- Van Wanggaard · Republican, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
Versions and amendments
Every text the Legislature printed for this bill, including proposed changes. Each opens on the Legislature's site.
How lawmakers voted
There were 6 votes on this bill.
Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Environment vote to recommend it
Passed, 6 to 1 · May 11, 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 and Environment, Ayes 6, Noes 1”. Official record · This vote on its own page
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 concurrence recommended by committee on Natural Resources, Ayes 10, Noes 5”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Assembly vote to pass it
Passed, 64 to 33 · Oct 18, 2011 · 1 didn't vote
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D: Democrat, I: Independent, R: Republican
Yes (64)
- Amy Loudenbeck (R, 31)
- Amy Sue Vruwink (D, 70)
- André Jacque (R, 1)
- Andy Jorgensen (D, 43)
- Bill Kramer (R, 97)
- Chad Weininger (R, 4)
- Chris Kapenga (R, 33)
- Dale Kooyenga (R, 5)
- Dan Knodl (R, 24)
- Dan Meyer (R, 34)
- Daniel LeMahieu (R, 59)
- David Craig (R, 28)
- Dean Kaufert (R, 53)
- Dean Knudson (R, 30)
- Don Pridemore (R, 22)
- Duey Stroebel (R, 20)
- Edward Brooks (R, 50)
- Erik Severson (R, 28)
- Evan Wynn (R, 43)
- Garey Bies (R, 1)
- Gary Tauchen (R, 6)
- Howard Marklein (R, 17)
- Jeff Fitzgerald (R, 39)
- Jeff Mursau (R, 36)
- Jeffrey Stone (R, 82)
- Jeremy Thiesfeldt (R, 52)
- Jerry Petrowski (R, 29)
- Jim Ott (R, 23)
- Jim Steineke (R, 5)
- Joan Ballweg (R, 14)
- Joe Knilans (R, 44)
- Joel Kleefisch (R, 38)
- John Klenke (R, 88)
- John Murtha (R, 29)
- John Nygren (R, 89)
- John Steinbrink (D, 65)
- Karl Van Roy (R, 90)
- Kathleen Bernier (R, 23)
- Keith Ripp (R, 42)
- Kevin Petersen (R, 57)
- Lee Nerison (R, 96)
- Mark Honadel (R, 21)
- Mark Radcliffe (D, 92)
- Mary Williams (R, 87)
- Michelle Litjens (R, 56)
- Mike Endsley (R, 26)
- Mike Kuglitsch (R, 84)
- Pat Strachota (R, 58)
- Paul F. Farrow (R, 33)
- Richard Spanbauer (R, 53)
- Robert Turner (D, 61)
- Robin Vos (R, 33)
- Roger Rivard (R, 75)
- Samantha Kerkman (R, 61)
- Scott Krug (R, 72)
- Scott Suder (R, 69)
- Steve Doyle (D, 94)
- Steve Kestell (R, 27)
- Steve Nass (R, 11)
- Thomas Larson (R, 67)
- Thomas Tiffany (R, 12)
- Travis Tranel (R, 49)
- Tyler August (R, 31)
- Warren Petryk (R, 93)
No (33)
- Alvin Ott (R, 3)
- Barbara Toles (D, 17)
- Bob Ziegelbauer (I, 25)
- Brett Hulsey (D, 78)
- Chris Danou (D, 92)
- Chris Taylor (D, 76)
- Cory Mason (D, 66)
- David Cullen (D, 13)
- Donna Seidel (D, 85)
- Elizabeth Coggs (D, 10)
- Fred Clark (D, 81)
- Frederick Kessler (D, 12)
- Gary Hebl (D, 46)
- Gordon Hintz (D, 54)
- Janet Bewley (D, 25)
- Janis Ringhand (D, 15)
- Jason Fields (D, 11)
- JoCasta Zamarripa (D, 8)
- Jon Richards (D, 19)
- Josh Zepnick (D, 9)
- Kelda Roys (D, 26)
- Leon Young (D, 16)
- Louis Molepske Jr. (D, 71)
- Margaret Krusick (D, 7)
- Mark Pocan (D, 78)
- Nick Milroy (D, 73)
- Penny Bernard Schaber (D, 57)
- Peter Barca (D, 64)
- Sandy Pasch (D, 10)
- Sondy Pope (D, 80)
- Tamara Grigsby (D, 18)
- Terese Berceau (D, 77)
- Tony Staskunas (D, 15)
Didn't vote (1)
- Christine Sinicki (D, 20)
Official motion: “Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 64, Noes 33”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Assembly vote on an amendment
Passed, 62 to 35 · Oct 18, 2011
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Assembly amendment 1 laid on table, Ayes 62, Noes 35”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Assembly vote on an amendment
Passed, 59 to 38 · Oct 18, 2011
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Assembly amendment 2 laid on table, Ayes 59, Noes 38”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Assembly vote on an amendment
Passed, 61 to 36 · Oct 18, 2011
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Assembly amendment 3 laid on table, Ayes 61, Noes 36”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Nov 7, 2011
The new law was published.
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Nov 4, 2011
The governor signed it. It became 2011 Wisconsin Act 50.
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Nov 4, 2011
Sent to the governor.
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Oct 18, 2011
The Assembly passed it too, 64 to 33.
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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 17, 2011
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Natural Resources.
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May 17, 2011
The Assembly received it.
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May 17, 2011
The Senate passed it.
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May 13, 2011
1 more senator signed on in support.
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May 11, 2011
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 6 to 1.
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May 5, 2011
The committee held a public hearing.
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May 4, 2011
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Apr 27, 2011
Sent to the Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Environment.
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Apr 27, 2011
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Apr 27, 2011 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Moulton, Kedzie, Cowles, S. Fitzgerald, Galloway, Harsdorf, Lasee, Hopper, Olsen, Grothman and Kapanke;Cosponsored by Representatives Tiffany, Mursau, Bernier, Endsley, Jacque, Kerkman, Kestell, Kleefisch, Krug, T. Larson, Litjens, Nygren, J. Ott, Petryk, Pridemore, Rivard, Severson, Spanbauer and Steinbrink
- Apr 27, 2011 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Natural Resources and Environment
- May 4, 2011 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- May 5, 2011 · Senate
Public hearing held
- May 11, 2011 · Senate
Executive action taken
- May 11, 2011 · Senate
Report passage recommended by committee on Natural Resources and Environment, Ayes 6, Noes 1
- May 11, 2011 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- May 13, 2011 · Senate
Senator Wanggaard added as a coauthor
- May 16, 2011 · Senate
Placed on calendar 5-17-2011 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- May 17, 2011 · Senate
Read a second time
- May 17, 2011 · Senate
Ordered to a third reading
- May 17, 2011 · Senate
Rules suspended
- May 17, 2011 · Senate
Read a third time and passed
- May 17, 2011 · Senate
Ordered immediately messaged
- May 17, 2011 · Assembly
Received from Senate
- May 17, 2011 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Natural Resources
- Jun 21, 2011 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Aug 2, 2011 · Assembly
Report concurrence 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
Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up
- Oct 18, 2011 · Assembly
Read a second time
- Oct 18, 2011 · Assembly
Assembly amendment 1 offered by Representatives Clark, Milroy, Molepske Jr, Hulsey and Roys
- Oct 18, 2011 · Assembly
Assembly amendment 1 laid on table, Ayes 62, Noes 35
- Oct 18, 2011 · Assembly
Assembly amendment 2 offered by Representatives Clark, Milroy, Molepske Jr and Hulsey
- Oct 18, 2011 · Assembly
Assembly amendment 2 laid on table, Ayes 59, Noes 38
- Oct 18, 2011 · Assembly
Assembly amendment 3 offered by Representatives Roys, Clark, Bewley, Danou, Bernard Schaber, Vruwink and Seidel
- Oct 18, 2011 · Assembly
Assembly amendment 3 laid on table, Ayes 61, Noes 36
- Oct 18, 2011 · Assembly
Ordered to a third reading
- Oct 18, 2011 · Assembly
Rules suspended
- Oct 18, 2011 · Assembly
Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 64, Noes 33
- Oct 18, 2011 · Assembly
Ordered immediately messaged
- Oct 19, 2011 · Senate
Received from Assembly concurred in
- Oct 24, 2011 · Senate
Report correctly enrolled on 10-24-2011
- Nov 4, 2011 · Senate
Presented to the Governor on 11-4-2011
- Nov 4, 2011 · Senate
Report approved by the Governor on 11-4-2011. 2011 Wisconsin Act 50
- Nov 7, 2011 · Senate
Published 11-18-2011
Terms on this page
Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act. 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
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Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act
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