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Bills · 2013-2014 Regular Session

AB 194

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Relating to: the authority to hunt certain animals with a crossbow, establishing open seasons for hunting with a crossbow, and information required to be included on certain hunting license applications and certain hunting tags. (FE)

Administrative rules Firearms and dangerous weapons Hunting Natural resources, department of — Hunting and fishing

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Assembly, completed
  3. Passes Senate, 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) issues hunting

licenses and establishes open hunting seasons that allow the hunting of specified

game animals. Among the licenses that DNR issues are resident and nonresident

archer hunting licenses. An archer hunting license allows the holder to hunt all

game, except bear, elk, and wild turkey, with a bow and arrow during the relevant

open season established by DNR. An archer hunting license allows a person to hunt

only with a bow and arrow and not with a crossbow unless the person is disabled and

holds a permit from DNR that authorizes the use of a crossbow or unless the person

is at least 65 years old. This bill eliminates the age and disability requirements for

using a crossbow. Instead, the bill establishes a new resident crossbow hunting

license and a new nonresident crossbow hunting license.

The crossbow hunting licenses established in this bill allow a license holder to

use a crossbow to hunt the same game animals that may be hunted under current

law with an archer hunting license. The bill also allows the holder of an archer

hunting license to obtain a crossbow hunting license at a substantially reduced fee

and allows the holder of a crossbow hunting license to obtain an archer hunting

license at a substantially reduced fee. As with other hunting licenses under current

law, a person may not obtain a crossbow hunting license unless the person completes

a course of instruction in hunter education or bow hunter education.

The bill also requires a person who applies for a deer hunting license to indicate

on the license application whether the applicant intends to use a bow and arrow or

a crossbow to hunt deer under the authority of that license.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: A. Ott (R) , August (R) , Ballweg (R) , Bewley (D) , Born (R) , Brooks (R) , Czaja (R) , Danou (D) , Endsley (R) , Hesselbein (D) , Jacque (R) , Jagler (R) , Kleefisch (R) , Kuglitsch (R) , Milroy (D) , Murphy (R) , Mursau (R) , Murtha (R) , Petryk (R) , Smith (D) , Spiros (R) , Strachota (R) , Swearingen (R) , T. Larson (R) , Tittl (R) , Tranel (R) , Vruwink (D) , Wright (D)

9 cosponsors

Farrow (R) , Kolste, Jorgensen, Hintz, Johnson, Barca, Hebl, Bernard Schaber, Kahl, Kerkman, Clark, Petersen, Krug, Thiesfeldt, Steineke, Nygren, Weatherston, Schraa, J. Ott, Marklein, Loudenbeck, Nerison, Billings, Wachs and Ringhand , L. Taylor (D) , Lassa (D) , Lehman (D) , Petrowski (R) , Schultz (R) , Tiffany (R) , Vinehout (D)

Votes

Assembly: Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Natural Resources and Sporting Heritage, Ayes 14, Noes 0

Passed 14–0 May 31, 2013 official source full page

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

Assembly: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Natural Resources and Sporting Heritage, Ayes 14, Noes 0

Passed 14–0 May 31, 2013 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 passed, Ayes 95, Noes 0

Passed 95–0 Jun 6, 2013 official source full page

Aye · 95

Not voting · 4

Senate: Report concurrence as amended recommended by Natural Resources, Ayes 4, Noes 1

Passed 4–1 Aug 22, 2013 official source full page

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

Senate: Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by Natural Resources, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Aug 22, 2013 official source full page

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

Senate: Referred to Joint Committee on Finance by Committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Sep 16, 2013 official source full page

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

Senate: Withdrawn from Joint Committee on Finance and made Available for Scheduling by Committee on Senate Organization, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Sep 16, 2013 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. May 10, 2013 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Czaja, Danou, A. Ott, August, Ballweg, Bewley, Born, Brooks, Endsley, Hesselbein, Jacque, Jagler, Kleefisch, Kuglitsch, T. Larson, Milroy, Murphy, Mursau, Murtha, Petryk, Smith, Spiros, Strachota, Swearingen, Tittl, Tranel, Vruwink and Wright; cosponsored by Senators Farrow, L. Taylor, Lassa, Petrowski, Schultz, Tiffany and Lehman

  2. May 10, 2013 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources and Sporting Heritage

  3. May 13, 2013 · Assembly

    LRB correction

  4. May 16, 2013 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Czaja

  5. May 20, 2013 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. May 22, 2013 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  7. May 29, 2013 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Czaja

  8. May 30, 2013 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  9. May 31, 2013 · Assembly

    Referred to Committee on Rules

  10. May 31, 2013 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Natural Resources and Sporting Heritage, Ayes 14, Noes 0

  11. May 31, 2013 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Natural Resources and Sporting Heritage, Ayes 14, Noes 0

  12. Jun 4, 2013 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 6-6-2013 by Committee on Rules

  13. Jun 6, 2013 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  14. Jun 6, 2013 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted

  15. Jun 6, 2013 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  16. Jun 6, 2013 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  17. Jun 6, 2013 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 95, Noes 0

  18. Jun 6, 2013 · Assembly

    Representatives Kolste, Jorgensen, Hintz, Johnson, Barca, Hebl, Bernard Schaber, Kahl, Kerkman, Clark, Petersen, Krug, Thiesfeldt, Steineke, Nygren, Weatherston, Schraa, J. Ott, Marklein, Loudenbeck, Nerison, Billings, Wachs and Ringhand added as coauthors

  19. Jun 6, 2013 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  20. Jun 7, 2013 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  21. Jun 14, 2013 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Natural Resources

  22. Jul 16, 2013 · Senate

    Senator Vinehout added as a cosponsor

  23. Aug 21, 2013 · Senate

    Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senator Farrow

  24. Aug 21, 2013 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  25. Aug 22, 2013 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  26. Aug 22, 2013 · Senate

    Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by Natural Resources, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  27. Aug 22, 2013 · Senate

    Report concurrence as amended recommended by Natural Resources, Ayes 4, Noes 1

  28. Aug 22, 2013 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  29. Sep 16, 2013 · Senate

    Referred to Joint Committee on Finance by Committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 5, Noes 0

  30. Sep 16, 2013 · Senate

    Withdrawn from Joint Committee on Finance and made Available for Scheduling by Committee on Senate Organization, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  31. Sep 16, 2013 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 9-17-2013 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  32. Sep 17, 2013 · Senate

    Read a second time

  33. Sep 17, 2013 · Senate

    Senate Substitute Amendment 1 adopted

  34. Sep 17, 2013 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  35. Sep 17, 2013 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  36. Sep 17, 2013 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in as amended

  37. Sep 17, 2013 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  38. Sep 18, 2013 · Assembly

    Received from Senate amended and concurred in as amended (Senate substitute amendment 1 adopted)

  39. Sep 19, 2013 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  40. Oct 15, 2013 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 10-17-2013 by Committee on Rules

  41. Oct 17, 2013 · Assembly

    Senate Substitute Amendment 1 concurred in, Ayes 91, Noes 0

  42. Oct 17, 2013 · Assembly

    Action ordered immediately messaged

  43. Oct 22, 2013 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled on 10-22-2013

  44. Dec 9, 2013 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 12-9-2013

  45. Dec 11, 2013 · Assembly

    Report approved by the Governor on 12-10-2013. 2013 Wisconsin Act 61

  46. Dec 11, 2013 · Assembly

    Published 12-11-2013