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Bills · 2013-2014 Regular Session

AB 740

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Relating to: eligibility for a license to carry a concealed weapon for a member of the U.S. armed forces stationed in Wisconsin.

Firearms and dangerous weapons Justice, department of Military personnel

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, the Department of Justice may not issue a license to carry

a concealed weapon to an applicant who is not a resident of Wisconsin. Under this

bill, an applicant who is stationed in Wisconsin for at least one year while in active

service in the U.S. armed forces is eligible for a license if otherwise qualified.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Doyle (D) , Kahl (D) , Kleefisch (R) , Nass (R) , Sinicki (D) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Vruwink (D) , Wright (D)

3 cosponsors

Carpenter (D) , Grothman (R) , Schultz (R)

Votes

Suspending the rules (to take a vote immediately) needs a two-thirds majority — a higher bar than passing the bill, which needs a simple majority. That's why a suspension motion can show more Ayes than the passage vote that follows it. Glossary

Assembly: Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice, Ayes 10, Noes 0

Passed 10–0 Mar 7, 2014 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 Criminal Justice, Ayes 9, Noes 1

Passed 9–1 Mar 7, 2014 official source full page

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

Assembly: Refused to suspend rules to withdraw from committee on Rules and take up, Ayes 34, Noes 57

Failed 34–57 Mar 20, 2014 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. Feb 7, 2014 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Vruwink, Kleefisch, Thiesfeldt, Doyle, Kahl, Nass, Sinicki and Wright; cosponsored by Senators Schultz, Carpenter and Grothman

  2. Feb 7, 2014 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice

  3. Feb 19, 2014 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Vruwink

  4. Feb 20, 2014 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Feb 20, 2014 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  6. Mar 7, 2014 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice, Ayes 10, Noes 0

  7. Mar 7, 2014 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice, Ayes 9, Noes 1

  8. Mar 7, 2014 · Assembly

    Referred to Committee on Rules

  9. Mar 20, 2014 · Assembly

    Refused to suspend rules to withdraw from committee on Rules and take up, Ayes 34, Noes 57

  10. Apr 8, 2014 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1