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Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session

SB 147

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Relating to: unattended decoys left in water.

Hunting Nuisance Waterways and water power

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

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, any decoy left unattended in the water is declared a public

nuisance. Under this bill, an unattended decoy is not a public nuisance if it is left

in a body of water to which all of the following apply: 1) it is self-contained; 2) it has

no public access; and 3) it is located on and entirely surrounded by land privately

owned by the same person.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Cowles (R) , Lasee (R)

16 cosponsors

Ballweg (R) , Craig (R) , Czaja (R) , E. Brooks (R) , Horlacher (R) , Jacque (R) , Jarchow (R) , Kitchens (R) , Kleefisch (R) , Knodl (R) , Krug (R) , Kulp (R) , Murphy (R) , T. Larson (R) , Tittl (R) , Weatherston (R)

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by Committee on Sporting Heritage, Mining, and Forestry, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Jan 7, 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. May 5, 2015 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Lasee and Cowles; cosponsored by Representatives Weatherston, Jacque, Ballweg, E. Brooks, Craig, Czaja, Horlacher, Jarchow, Kitchens, Kleefisch, Knodl, Krug, Kulp, T. Larson, Murphy and Tittl

  2. May 5, 2015 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Sporting Heritage, Mining, and Forestry

  3. Oct 28, 2015 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  4. Jan 5, 2016 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  5. Jan 7, 2016 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Sporting Heritage, Mining, and Forestry, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  6. Jan 7, 2016 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  7. Jan 19, 2016 · Senate

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

  8. Jan 20, 2016 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed

  9. Jan 20, 2016 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  10. Jan 20, 2016 · Senate

    Read a second time

  11. Jan 20, 2016 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  12. Jan 20, 2016 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  13. Jan 21, 2016 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  14. Jan 25, 2016 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  15. Apr 13, 2016 · Assembly

    Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1