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Bills from the 2017–18 session

Assembly Bill 111

Threat to use a firearm on school property to injure or kill a person and providing a criminal penalty

Passed the Assembly, then stopped

The Assembly passed it on Jun 21, 2017, but the Senate never voted on it. A bill has to ⁠. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Mar 1, 2017

  2. Committee, passed

    Approved

  3. Assembly vote, passed

    Passed Jun 21, 2017

  4. Senate vote, stopped here

    Stopped here. The Senate never voted on it.

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Mar 28, 2018: “Failed to concur in pursuant to ⁠”

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What it would have done

Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

This bill creates a crime for intentionally conveying any threat or false information concerning an attempt to use a firearm to injure or kill a person on school property, on transportation provided by a school, or at an event sanctioned by a school. A person who is convicted of the crime is guilty of a Class I felony.

Who's behind it

11 representatives are its ⁠. 9 are Democrats and 2 are Republicans.

3 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 14 names

Authors (11)

Signed on in support (3)

Versions and amendments

Every text the Legislature printed for this bill, including proposed changes. Each opens on the Legislature's site.

How lawmakers voted

There were 3 votes on this bill.

Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety vote on an amendment

Passed, 10 to 0 · Jun 13, 2017

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 10, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety vote to recommend it

Passed, 10 to 0 · Jun 13, 2017

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 10, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Senate Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety vote to recommend it

Passed, 5 to 0 · Mar 14, 2018

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page

What happened

  1. Mar 28, 2018

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Mar 14, 2018

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 5 to 0.

  3. Jun 23, 2017

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.

  4. Jun 22, 2017

    The Senate received it.

  5. Jun 21, 2017

    The Assembly passed it.

  6. Jun 21, 2017

    The Assembly adopted it.

  7. Jun 13, 2017

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.

  8. Jun 13, 2017

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 10 to 0.

  9. Apr 20, 2017

    The committee held a public hearing.

  10. Mar 1, 2017

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety.

  11. Mar 1, 2017

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Mar 1, 2017 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Doyle, Kleefisch, Novak, Anderson, Berceau, Billings, Fields, Kolste, Shankland, Sinicki and Subeck; cosponsored by Senators Bewley, Carpenter and L. Taylor

  2. Mar 1, 2017 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety

  3. Apr 20, 2017 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. May 16, 2017 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Doyle

  5. May 18, 2017 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  6. Jun 13, 2017 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 10, Noes 0

  7. Jun 13, 2017 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 10, Noes 0

  8. Jun 13, 2017 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  9. Jun 14, 2017 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 6-21-2017 by Committee on Rules

  10. Jun 21, 2017 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  11. Jun 21, 2017 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 adopted

  12. Jun 21, 2017 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  13. Jun 21, 2017 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  14. Jun 21, 2017 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed

  15. Jun 21, 2017 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  16. Jun 22, 2017 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  17. Jun 23, 2017 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary and Public Safety

  18. Mar 14, 2018 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  19. Mar 14, 2018 · Senate

    Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  20. Mar 14, 2018 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  21. Mar 28, 2018 · Senate

    Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

Terms on this page

Second chamber's vote

A bill has to pass both the Assembly and the Senate in the same form before it goes to the governor.

Official term: Concurrence. More in the glossary

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

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

Second chamber's vote

A bill has to pass both the Assembly and the Senate in the same form before it goes to the governor.

Official term: Concurrence

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

Author

A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.

Official term: Author, coauthor

Signed on in support

Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.

Official term: Cosponsor

Roll call

A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.

Official term: Roll call vote