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Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session

AB 291

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Relating to: the color of clothing required to be worn during the season for hunting deer with firearms.

Hunting

  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, no person may hunt game, other than waterfowl, during the

season for hunting deer with firearms unless at least 50 percent of each article of the

person's outer clothing above the waist is of a highly visible color commonly referred

to as hunter orange, blaze orange, fluorescent orange, flame orange, or fluorescent

blaze orange. This bill provides that the highly visible color also may be the color

commonly referred to as bright pink or fluorescent pink.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Ballweg (R) , Bernier (R) , Brostoff (D) , C. Taylor (D) , Considine (D) , Danou (D) , Doyle (D) , Edming (R) , Heaton (R) , Hesselbein (D) , Horlacher (R) , Jacque (R) , Kahl (D) , Kessler (D) , Kitchens (R) , Kleefisch (R) , Kolste (D) , Krug (R) , Kulp (R) , Macco (R) , Mason (D) , Milroy (D) , Murphy (R) , Mursau (R) , Petersen (R) , Quinn (R) , R. Brooks (R) , Ripp (R) , Rohrkaste (R) , Shankland (D) , Sinicki (D) , Spiros (R) , Steffen (R) , T. Larson (R) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Tittl (R) , Tranel (R) , Vorpagel (R) , Wachs (D) , Zamarripa (D)

6 cosponsors

Bewley (D) , Lassa (D) , Miller (D) , Moulton (R) , Vinehout (D) , Wanggaard (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Natural Resources and Sporting Heritage, Ayes 14, Noes 1

Passed 14–1 Oct 30, 2015 official source full page

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

Senate: Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Agriculture, Small Business, and Tourism, Ayes 7, Noes 2

Passed 7–2 Jan 15, 2016 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. Jul 29, 2015 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Milroy, Kleefisch, Ballweg, Bernier, R. Brooks, Brostoff, Considine, Danou, Doyle, Edming, Heaton, Hesselbein, Horlacher, Jacque, Kahl, Kessler, Kitchens, Kolste, Krug, Kulp, T. Larson, Macco, Mason, Murphy, Mursau, Petersen, Quinn, Ripp, Rohrkaste, Shankland, Sinicki, Spiros, Steffen, C. Taylor, Thiesfeldt, Tittl, Tranel, Vorpagel, Wachs and Zamarripa; cosponsored by Senators Moulton, Miller, Bewley, Lassa, Vinehout and Wanggaard

  2. Jul 29, 2015 · Assembly

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

  3. Oct 14, 2015 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Oct 28, 2015 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  5. Oct 30, 2015 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Natural Resources and Sporting Heritage, Ayes 14, Noes 1

  6. Oct 30, 2015 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  7. Nov 3, 2015 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed

  8. Nov 3, 2015 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  9. Nov 3, 2015 · Assembly

    Rules suspended to withdraw from committee on Rules and take up

  10. Nov 3, 2015 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  11. Nov 3, 2015 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  12. Nov 3, 2015 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  13. Nov 4, 2015 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  14. Nov 12, 2015 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Agriculture, Small Business, and Tourism

  15. Jan 6, 2016 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  16. Jan 13, 2016 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  17. Jan 15, 2016 · Senate

    Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Agriculture, Small Business, and Tourism, Ayes 7, Noes 2

  18. Jan 15, 2016 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  19. Jan 19, 2016 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 1-20-2016 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  20. Jan 20, 2016 · Senate

    Read a second time

  21. Jan 20, 2016 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  22. Jan 20, 2016 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  23. Jan 20, 2016 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in

  24. Jan 20, 2016 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  25. Jan 21, 2016 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  26. Jan 26, 2016 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled on 1-26-2016

  27. Feb 3, 2016 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 2-3-2016

  28. Feb 4, 2016 · Assembly

    Report approved by the Governor on 2-4-2016. 2015 Wisconsin Act 131

  29. Feb 4, 2016 · Assembly

    Published 2-5-2016