Assembly Bill 1024
Prohibiting a fugitive from justice from possessing a firearm and providing a criminal penalty
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
Mar 15, 2018
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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, Mar 28, 2018: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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Committee
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Public hearing
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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
Legislative Reference Bureau
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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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Current law prohibits from possessing a firearm persons who have been convicted of a felony, persons who are subject to certain injunctions such as a domestic abuse injunction, and persons who have been subject to involuntary commitment for mental health treatment and ordered not to possess a firearm. This bill adds that a person who is a fugitive from justice is prohibited from possessing a firearm. This bill defines “fugitive from justice” as someone who, after having committed a criminal offense, leaves the jurisdiction of the court where such crime has taken place or hides within such jurisdiction to escape prosecution. A person who violates the prohibition is guilty of a Class G felony.
This bill also requires that the Department of Justice collect information identifying persons who are fugitives from justice. DOJ must then convey that information to the national instant criminal background check system for the purpose of handgun and concealed carry licenses background checks and respond to inquiries from law enforcement and courts regarding whether a person is prohibited from possessing a firearm.
Who's behind it
9 lawmakers are its . All 9 are Democrats.
2 more lawmakers .
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Authors (9)
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- Jonathan Brostoff · Democrat, Assembly
- Chris Taylor · Democrat, Assembly
- Gary Hebl · Democrat, Assembly
- Melissa Sargent · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
- Josh Zepnick · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (2)
- Eric Genrich · Democrat, Assembly
- Fred A. Risser · Democrat, Senate
What happened
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Mar 28, 2018
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Mar 20, 2018
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Mar 15, 2018
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety.
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Mar 15, 2018
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Mar 15, 2018 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Subeck, Sargent, Berceau, Brostoff, Hebl, Sinicki, C. Taylor, Zepnick and Spreitzer; cosponsored by Senator Risser
- Mar 15, 2018 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety
- Mar 20, 2018 · Assembly
Representative Genrich added as a coauthor
- Mar 28, 2018 · 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
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