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Bills from the 2017–18 session

Assembly Bill 89

Mandatory minimum incarceration period following illegal possession of a firearm

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 24, 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 current law, if a person who is prohibited from possessing a firearm due to the commission of, or the solicitation, conspiracy, or attempt to commit, a violent felony is convicted of illegally possessing a firearm, the court must impose a mandatory minimum three-year incarceration period if the person, within the five years prior to the illegal possession of the firearm, was serving a sentence, was on parole, or was committed for a subsequent felony or a violent misdemeanor. Under this bill, the court must also impose the mandatory minimum three-year incarceration period if the person who is prohibited from possessing a firearm violated the prohibition while on probation, parole, extended supervision, or conditional release for the commission of a prior felony or violent misdemeanor.

Who's behind it

14 lawmakers are its ⁠. All 14 are Republicans.

6 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 20 names

Authors (14)

Signed on in support (6)

How lawmakers voted

There was one vote on this bill.

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

Passed, 6 to 4 · Feb 20, 2018

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 Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 6, Noes 4”. Official record · This vote on its own page

What happened

  1. Mar 28, 2018

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Feb 20, 2018

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.

  3. Feb 20, 2018

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 6 to 4.

  4. Oct 11, 2017

    1 more senator signed on in support.

  5. Apr 20, 2017

    The committee held a public hearing.

  6. Feb 24, 2017

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

  7. Feb 24, 2017

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Feb 24, 2017 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Sanfelippo, Jagler, Horlacher, Murphy, Duchow, Tusler, Gannon, Ott, Spiros, Tittl, Skowronski, Kremer, E. Brooks and Allen; cosponsored by Senators Vukmir, Wanggaard, Darling, Nass and Feyen

  2. Feb 24, 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 18, 2017 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  5. Oct 11, 2017 · Assembly

    Senator Craig added as a cosponsor

  6. Feb 20, 2018 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 6, Noes 4

  7. Feb 20, 2018 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  8. 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