Assembly Bill 395
Lethal violence protective temporary restraining orders and injunctions and providing a criminal penalty. (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.
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Introduced, passed
Oct 13, 2015
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Senate vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Apr 13, 2016: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Judiciary. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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Committee
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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
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Author
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Signed on in support
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Cost estimate
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Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Under current law, a person is prohibited from possessing a firearm, and must surrender any firearm he or she possesses, if he or she is subject to a domestic abuse injunction, a child abuse injunction, or, in certain cases, a harassment or an individuals-at-risk injunction. If a person surrenders a firearm because he or she is subject to one of those injunctions, the firearm may not be returned to the person until a court determines that the injunction has been vacated or has expired and that the person is not otherwise prohibited from possessing a firearm. A person who is prohibited from possessing a firearm under such an injunction is guilty of a Class G felony if he or she violates the prohibition.
This bill creates a lethal violence protective temporary restraining order and a lethal violence protective injunction. Upon receiving a petition filed by a law enforcement officer or a family or household member of the respondent, a court shall issue a temporary restraining order (TRO) prohibiting the respondent from possessing a firearm and ordering the respondent to surrender all of his or her firearms if the court finds reasonable grounds to believe that the respondent is substantially likely to injure himself or herself or another person if the respondent possesses a firearm. At the injunction hearing, the court may grant a lethal violence protective injunction ordering the respondent to refrain from possessing a firearm if the court finds reasonable grounds to believe that the respondent is substantially likely to injure himself or herself or another person if the respondent possesses a firearm. A lethal violence protective injunction is effective for one year and may be renewed for additional one-year terms. Any person who is subject to a lethal violence protective injunction may petition no more than once a year to vacate the injunction.
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A person who possesses a firearm while subject to a lethal violence protective TRO or injunction is guilty of a Class G felony. In addition, a person who files a petition for a lethal violence protective TRO or injunction, knowing the information in the petition to be false or with the intent to harass, is subject to a fine of up to $10,000 and imprisonment for up to nine months or both.
Who's behind it
14 lawmakers are its . All 14 are Democrats.
2 more lawmakers .
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Authors (14)
- Mandela Barnes · Democrat, Assembly
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- David Bowen · Democrat, Assembly
- Jonathan Brostoff · Democrat, Assembly
- Chris Taylor · Democrat, Assembly
- Evan Goyke · Democrat, Assembly
- LaTonya Johnson · Democrat, Senate
- Tod Ohnstad · Democrat, Assembly
- Sondy Pope · Democrat, Assembly
- Melissa Sargent · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
- Leon Young · Democrat, Assembly
- JoCasta Zamarripa · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (2)
- Nikiya Harris Dodd · Democrat, Senate
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Apr 13, 2016
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Nov 2, 2015
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Oct 26, 2015
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Oct 23, 2015
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Oct 13, 2015
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Judiciary.
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Oct 13, 2015
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Oct 13, 2015 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Barnes, Johnson, Sargent, Young, Pope, Berceau, Goyke, Brostoff, C. Taylor, Sinicki, Subeck, Ohnstad, Bowen and Zamarripa; cosponsored by Senators Harris Dodd and L. Taylor
- Oct 13, 2015 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary
- Oct 23, 2015 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Oct 26, 2015 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Nov 2, 2015 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Apr 13, 2016 · Assembly
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Terms on this page
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. 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
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