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Bills · 2011-2012 Regular Session

SB 75

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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.

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

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

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.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Cowles (R) , Galloway (R) , Grothman (R) , Harsdorf (R) , Hopper (R) , Kapanke (R) , Kedzie (R) , Lasee (R) , Moulton (R) , Olsen (R) , S. Fitzgerald (R)

20 cosponsors

Bernier (R) , Endsley (R) , J. Ott (R) , Jacque (R) , Kerkman (R) , Kestell (R) , Kleefisch (R) , Krug (R) , Litjens (R) , Mursau (R) , Nygren (R) , Petryk (R) , Pridemore (R) , Rivard (R) , Severson (R) , Spanbauer (R) , Steinbrink (D) , T. Larson (R) , Tiffany (R) , Wanggaard (R)

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by committee on Natural Resources and Environment, Ayes 6, Noes 1

Passed 6–1 May 11, 2011 official source full page

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

Assembly: Report concurrence recommended by committee on Natural Resources, Ayes 10, Noes 5

Passed 10–5 Aug 2, 2011 official source full page

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

Assembly: Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 64, Noes 33

Passed 64–33 Oct 18, 2011 official source full page

Aye · 64

Not voting · 1

Assembly: Assembly amendment 1 laid on table, Ayes 62, Noes 35

Passed 62–35 Oct 18, 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 59, Noes 38

Passed 59–38 Oct 18, 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 3 laid on table, Ayes 61, Noes 36

Passed 61–36 Oct 18, 2011 official source full page

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

Full history

  1. 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

  2. Apr 27, 2011 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Natural Resources and Environment

  3. May 4, 2011 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. May 5, 2011 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  5. May 11, 2011 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  6. May 11, 2011 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by committee on Natural Resources and Environment, Ayes 6, Noes 1

  7. May 11, 2011 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  8. May 13, 2011 · Senate

    Senator Wanggaard added as a coauthor

  9. May 16, 2011 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 5-17-2011 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  10. May 17, 2011 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  11. May 17, 2011 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  12. May 17, 2011 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed

  13. May 17, 2011 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  14. May 17, 2011 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  15. May 17, 2011 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Natural Resources

  16. May 17, 2011 · Senate

    Read a second time

  17. Jun 21, 2011 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  18. Aug 2, 2011 · Assembly

    Report concurrence recommended by committee on Natural Resources, Ayes 10, Noes 5

  19. Aug 2, 2011 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  20. Oct 12, 2011 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 10-18-2011 by committee on Rules

  21. Oct 18, 2011 · Assembly

    Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up

  22. Oct 18, 2011 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  23. Oct 18, 2011 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 1 offered by Representatives Clark, Milroy, Molepske Jr, Hulsey and Roys

  24. Oct 18, 2011 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 1 laid on table, Ayes 62, Noes 35

  25. Oct 18, 2011 · Assembly

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

  26. Oct 18, 2011 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 2 laid on table, Ayes 59, Noes 38

  27. Oct 18, 2011 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 3 offered by Representatives Roys, Clark, Bewley, Danou, Bernard Schaber, Vruwink and Seidel

  28. Oct 18, 2011 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 3 laid on table, Ayes 61, Noes 36

  29. Oct 18, 2011 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  30. Oct 18, 2011 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  31. Oct 18, 2011 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 64, Noes 33

  32. Oct 18, 2011 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  33. Oct 19, 2011 · Senate

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  34. Oct 24, 2011 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled on 10-24-2011

  35. Nov 4, 2011 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 11-4-2011

  36. Nov 4, 2011 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 11-4-2011. 2011 Wisconsin Act 50

  37. Nov 7, 2011 · Senate

    Published 11-18-2011