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Bills · 2017-2018 Regular Session

AB 61

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Relating to: rules that prohibit feeding deer in certain counties. (FE)

Animal — Disease Hunting Natural resources, department of — Hunting and fishing

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

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill limits the time during which the feeding of deer may be prohibited

following a positive test for certain diseases.

Current law requires the Department of Natural Resources to promulgate rules

that prohibit feeding deer for hunting or viewing purposes in certain counties,

including counties in which a positive test for chronic wasting disease (CWD) or

bovine tuberculosis (BT) has been confirmed in any captive or free-roaming domestic

or wild animal after December 31, 1997, and in any county in which the county or

a portion of the county is within a ten-mile radius of the known location of that

animal (neighboring county). This bill provides that, after any positive test for CWD

or BT has been confirmed, the rule prohibiting feeding deer may not be in effect for

longer than 36 months in the county where the tested animal was located or longer

than 24 months in neighboring counties.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Edming (R) , Felzkowski (R) , Gannon (R) , Jarchow (R) , Kleefisch (R) , Mursau (R) , Quinn (R) , R. Brooks (R) , Skowronski (R) , Stafsholt (R) , Tauchen (R) , Zimmerman (R)

3 cosponsors

Craig (R) , Harsdorf (R) , Moulton (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Natural Resources and Sporting Heritage, Ayes 8, Noes 6

Passed 8–6 Apr 4, 2017 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. Feb 6, 2017 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Jarchow, Quinn, R. Brooks, Edming, Felzkowski, Gannon, Kleefisch, Mursau, Skowronski, Stafsholt, Tauchen, Zimmerman and Fields; cosponsored by Senators Moulton, Craig and Harsdorf

  2. Feb 6, 2017 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources and Sporting Heritage

  3. Feb 22, 2017 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Mar 15, 2017 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Mar 28, 2017 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Milroy, Hesselbein, Spreitzer, Stuck and Brostoff

  6. Mar 29, 2017 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  7. Apr 4, 2017 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Natural Resources and Sporting Heritage, Ayes 8, Noes 6

  8. Apr 4, 2017 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  9. May 3, 2017 · Assembly

    Representative Fields withdrawn as a coauthor

  10. Mar 28, 2018 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1