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Bills from the 2017–18 session

Assembly Bill 82

An exemption for resident disabled veterans and for recipients of the purple heart medal from the cumulative preference system for issuing wild turkey hunting licenses and tags

Stopped before the full Assembly voted

The recommended passing it, but the full Assembly never voted on it. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Feb 22, 2017

  2. Committee, passed

    Approved

  3. Assembly vote, stopped here

    Stopped here. The full Assembly never voted on it.

  4. Senate vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Mar 28, 2018: “Failed to pass 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.

Under this bill, the Department of Natural Resources must issue wild turkey hunting licenses and tags to resident disabled veterans and to recipients of the purple heart medal without using the cumulative preference system required under current law.

Under current law, if the number of applicants for wild turkey hunting tags for a given wild turkey hunting zone or a given wild turkey hunting season time period exceeds the number of available wild turkey hunting tags allocated by DNR for that zone or time period, DNR must issue wild turkey hunting licenses and tags for that zone or time period according to a cumulative preference system. Under this system, DNR issues a limited number of licenses and tags to applicants according to their placement in any of several preference categories based on landowner status, resident status, and the number of seasons for which the applicant applied for but was not issued a license.

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Under current law, DNR may issue wild turkey hunting licenses and tags to certain members of the U.S. armed forces without requiring that the licenses and tags be issued pursuant to the cumulative preference system.

Who's behind it

28 lawmakers are its ⁠. 15 are Democrats and 13 are Republicans.

11 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 39 names

Authors (28)

Signed on in support (11)

How lawmakers voted

There was one vote on this bill.

Assembly Committee on Natural Resources and Sporting Heritage vote to recommend it

Passed, 14 to 0 · Apr 4, 2017

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

What happened

  1. Mar 28, 2018

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. May 10, 2017

    1 more representative signed on in support.

  3. Apr 4, 2017

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.

  4. Apr 4, 2017

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 14 to 0.

  5. Mar 15, 2017

    The committee held a public hearing.

  6. Mar 15, 2017

    1 more representative signed on in support.

  7. Feb 22, 2017

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Natural Resources and Sporting Heritage.

  8. Feb 22, 2017

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Feb 22, 2017 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Hesselbein, Kleefisch, Kolste, Weatherston, Sinicki, Tittl, Anderson, Hebl, Novak, Berceau, Ohnstad, Goyke, Doyle, Milroy, Edming, Tusler, Mursau, R. Brooks, Wachs, Ripp, E. Brooks, Macco, Spreitzer, Petryk, Hintz, Kremer, Zamarripa and Vruwink; cosponsored by Senators Testin, Vinehout, Bewley, Olsen, Wirch, Lasee, Petrowski, Carpenter and Hansen

  2. Feb 22, 2017 · Assembly

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

  3. Mar 15, 2017 · Assembly

    Representative Brostoff added as a coauthor

  4. Mar 15, 2017 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Mar 29, 2017 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  6. Apr 4, 2017 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Natural Resources and Sporting Heritage, Ayes 14, Noes 0

  7. Apr 4, 2017 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  8. May 4, 2017 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 5-10-2017 by Committee on Rules

  9. May 10, 2017 · Assembly

    Representative Barca added as a coauthor

  10. May 10, 2017 · Assembly

    Laid on the table

  11. 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.

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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

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

Committee

A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.

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