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Bills · 2017-2018 Regular Session

SB 247

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Relating to: authorizing hunting from a mechanized lift attached to a motor vehicle.

Hunting Motor vehicle — Equipment Public safety

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

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill authorizes a person to hunt from a motor vehicle equipped with a

mechanized lift.

Under current law, no person may place, possess, or transport a loaded firearm,

a cocked crossbow, or a bow with a nocked arrow in or on a vehicle. Under current

law, no person may load a firearm, discharge a firearm, or shoot a bolt or an arrow

from a bow or crossbow in or from a vehicle. Under this bill, these prohibitions do

not apply to a person legally hunting from a platform elevated by a mechanized lift

attached to a motor vehicle equipped with stabilizers, subject to certain

requirements.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Cowles (R) , Olsen (R) , Petrowski (R)

8 cosponsors

Horlacher (R) , Kleefisch (R) , Mursau (R) , Skowronski (R) , Spiros (R) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Tusler (R) , Weatherston (R)

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by Committee on Sporting Heritage, Mining and Forestry, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Jun 7, 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. May 11, 2017 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Petrowski, Cowles and Olsen; cosponsored by Representatives Spiros, Kleefisch, Horlacher, Mursau, Skowronski, Thiesfeldt, Tusler and Weatherston

  2. May 11, 2017 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Sporting Heritage, Mining and Forestry

  3. Jun 1, 2017 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  4. Jun 7, 2017 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  5. Jun 7, 2017 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Sporting Heritage, Mining and Forestry, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  6. Jun 7, 2017 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  7. Mar 28, 2018 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1