Assembly Bill 700
The date on which the annual open season for hunting and trapping wolves begins. (FE)
Became law
The governor signed it on Mar 29, 2016. It's .
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Introduced, passed
Jan 13, 2016
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Assembly vote, passed
Passed Feb 9, 2016
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Senate vote, passed
Passed Feb 16, 2016
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Governor, passed
Signed
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Law, here now
2015 Wisconsin Act 285
Latest entry in the official record, Mar 29, 2016: “Published 3-30-2016”
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Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
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Author
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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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary
What it does
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill changes the date on which the annual open season for hunting and trapping wolves begins.
Current law authorizes the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to allow the hunting and trapping of wolves if the wolf is not listed on the federal and Wisconsin lists of endangered and threatened species (endangered lists). Current law requires DNR to regulate wolf hunting and trapping and to implement a wolf management plan. To that end, DNR issues wolf harvesting licenses authorizing the hunting or trapping of wolves if those wolves are not listed on the endangered lists.
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If wolf hunting and trapping is allowed, DNR must establish a single annual open season that begins on October 15 of each year and ends on the last day of February of the following year.
This bill changes the date on which the annual open season for wolf hunting and trapping begins from October 15 of each year in which wolf hunting and trapping is allowed to the first Saturday in November of each year in which wolf hunting and trapping is allowed.
Who's behind it
19 lawmakers are its . 17 are Republicans and 2 are Democrats.
4 more lawmakers .
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Authors (19)
- Alvin Ott · Republican, Assembly
- Janel Brandtjen · Republican, Assembly
- Chris Danou · Democrat, Assembly
- Edward Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- James Edming · Republican, Assembly
- Cody Horlacher · Republican, Assembly
- Joel Kleefisch · Republican, Assembly
- Jesse Kremer · Republican, Assembly
- Bob Kulp · Republican, Assembly
- John Macco · Republican, Assembly
- Nick Milroy · Democrat, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- John Nygren · Republican, Assembly
- Romaine Quinn · Republican, Senate
- Keith Ripp · Republican, Assembly
- Michael Schraa · Republican, Assembly
- Rob Swearingen · Republican, Assembly
- Thomas Larson · Republican, Assembly
- Gary Tauchen · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (4)
- Howard Marklein · Republican, Senate
- Terry Moulton · Republican, Senate
- Ken Skowronski · Republican, Assembly
- Thomas Tiffany · Republican, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
How lawmakers voted
There were 2 votes on this bill.
Assembly Committee on Natural Resources and Sporting Heritage vote to recommend it
Passed, 14 to 0 · Feb 3, 2016
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report passage recommended by Committee on Natural Resources and Sporting Heritage, Ayes 14, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Senate vote
Passed, 3 to 2 · Feb 15, 2016
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Mar 29, 2016
The new law was published.
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Mar 29, 2016
The governor signed it. It became 2015 Wisconsin Act 285.
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Mar 28, 2016
Sent to the governor.
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Feb 16, 2016
The Senate passed it too.
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Feb 15, 2016
“Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2” (the official wording)
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Feb 11, 2016
Sent to the Senate Committee on Senate Organization.
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Feb 10, 2016
The Senate received it.
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Feb 9, 2016
The Assembly passed it.
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Feb 3, 2016
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Feb 3, 2016
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 14 to 0.
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Feb 3, 2016
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Jan 20, 2016
The committee held a public hearing.
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Jan 19, 2016
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Jan 13, 2016
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Natural Resources and Sporting Heritage.
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Jan 13, 2016
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Jan 13, 2016 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives A. Ott, Danou, Brandtjen, E. Brooks, Edming, Horlacher, Kleefisch, Kremer, Kulp, T. Larson, Macco, Milroy, Mursau, Nygren, Quinn, Ripp, Schraa, Swearingen and Tauchen; cosponsored by Senators Tiffany, Marklein and Moulton
- Jan 13, 2016 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources and Sporting Heritage
- Jan 19, 2016 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Jan 20, 2016 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Feb 3, 2016 · Assembly
Representative Skowronski added as a coauthor
- Feb 3, 2016 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Feb 3, 2016 · Assembly
Report passage recommended by Committee on Natural Resources and Sporting Heritage, Ayes 14, Noes 0
- Feb 3, 2016 · Assembly
Referred to committee on Rules
- Feb 4, 2016 · Assembly
Placed on calendar 2-9-2016 by Committee on Rules
- Feb 9, 2016 · Assembly
Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up
- Feb 9, 2016 · Assembly
Read a second time
- Feb 9, 2016 · Assembly
Ordered to a third reading
- Feb 9, 2016 · Assembly
Rules suspended
- Feb 9, 2016 · Assembly
Read a third time and passed
- Feb 9, 2016 · Assembly
Ordered immediately messaged
- Feb 10, 2016 · Senate
Received from Assembly
- Feb 11, 2016 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization
- Feb 11, 2016 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- Feb 15, 2016 · Senate
Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2
- Feb 15, 2016 · Senate
Placed on calendar 2-16-2016 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- Feb 16, 2016 · Senate
Read a second time
- Feb 16, 2016 · Senate
Ordered to a third reading
- Feb 16, 2016 · Senate
Rules suspended
- Feb 16, 2016 · Senate
Read a third time and concurred in
- Feb 16, 2016 · Senate
Ordered immediately messaged
- Feb 17, 2016 · Assembly
Received from Senate concurred in
- Feb 25, 2016 · Assembly
Report correctly enrolled on 2-25-2016
- Mar 28, 2016 · Assembly
Presented to the Governor on 3-28-2016
- Mar 29, 2016 · Assembly
Report approved by the Governor on 3-29-2016. 2015 Wisconsin Act 285
- Mar 29, 2016 · Assembly
Published 3-30-2016
Terms on this page
Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act. 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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary
From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source
Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act
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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote