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Bills from the 2013–14 session

Assembly Bill 505

Issuance of wild turkey hunting licenses to qualified resident and nonresident landowners. (FE)

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.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Nov 12, 2013

  2. Committee, stopped here

    Stopped here. No public hearing was held.

  3. Assembly vote, not reached

  4. Senate vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Apr 8, 2014: “Failed to pass pursuant to ⁠”

It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Natural Resources and Sporting Heritage. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.

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What it would have done

Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

Under current law, in issuing turkey hunting licenses, the Department of Natural Resources must use a preference system which gives preferences to residents if the number of license applicants exceeds the number of wild turkey tags that are available for a particular season. Under that system, qualified resident landowners receive first preference in obtaining a wild turkey hunting license and qualified nonresident landowners receive fourth preference. Under current law, an applicant is a qualified landowner if the applicant owns at least 50 acres of land in a single parcel in an established wild turkey hunting zone.

Under the bill, the land may be in more than one parcel but must be located totally in the same wild turkey hunting zone.

Who's behind it

2 representatives are its ⁠. All 2 are Republicans.

2 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 4 names

Authors (2)

Signed on in support (2)

What it would cost

State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.

What happened

  1. Apr 8, 2014

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Nov 22, 2013

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  3. Nov 12, 2013

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Natural Resources and Sporting Heritage.

  4. Nov 12, 2013

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Nov 12, 2013 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Tauchen and Bies; cosponsored by Senators Cowles and Schultz

  2. Nov 12, 2013 · Assembly

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

  3. Nov 22, 2013 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Apr 8, 2014 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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Committee

A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.

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Public hearing

A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.

More in the glossary

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

Author

A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.

Official term: Author, coauthor

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