Senate Bill 46
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
Became law
The governor signed it on Jun 22, 2017. It's .
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Introduced, passed
Feb 15, 2017
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Senate vote, passed
Passed May 2, 2017
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Assembly vote, passed
Passed May 10, 2017
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Governor, passed
Signed
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Law, here now
2017 Wisconsin Act 14
Latest entry in the official record, Jun 22, 2017: “Published 6-22-2017”
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Wisconsin Act
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Signed on in support
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Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
Roll call
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Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary
What it does
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
9 senators are its . 5 are Democrats and 4 are Republicans.
30 more lawmakers .
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Authors (9)
- Janet Bewley · Democrat, Senate
- Tim Carpenter · Democrat, Senate
- Dave Hansen · Democrat, Senate
- Frank G. Lasee · Republican, Senate
- Luther S. Olsen · Republican, Senate
- Jerry Petrowski · Republican, Senate
- Patrick Testin · Republican, Senate
- Kathleen Vinehout · Democrat, Senate
- Bob Wirch · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (30)
- Jimmy Anderson · Democrat, Assembly
- Barca and Skowronski
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- Steve Doyle · Democrat, Assembly
- Edward Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- James Edming · Republican, Assembly
- Evan Goyke · Democrat, Assembly
- Gary Hebl · Democrat, Assembly
- Dianne Hesselbein · Democrat, Senate
- Gordon Hintz · Democrat, Assembly
- Joel Kleefisch · Republican, Assembly
- Debra Kolste · Democrat, Assembly
- Jesse Kremer · Republican, Assembly
- Bob Kulp · Republican, Assembly
- John Macco · Republican, Assembly
- Mark Miller · Democrat, Senate
- Nick Milroy · Democrat, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- Todd Novak · Republican, Assembly
- Tod Ohnstad · Democrat, Assembly
- Warren Petryk · Republican, Assembly
- Rob Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Keith Ripp · Republican, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
- Paul Tittl · Republican, Assembly
- Ron Tusler · Republican, Assembly
- Dana Wachs · Democrat, Assembly
- Thomas Weatherston · Republican, Assembly
- JoCasta Zamarripa · Democrat, Assembly
How lawmakers voted
There was one vote on this bill.
Senate Committee on Sporting Heritage vote to recommend it
Passed, 5 to 0 · Mar 23, 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 Sporting Heritage, Mining and Forestry, Ayes 5, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Jun 22, 2017
The new law was published.
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Jun 22, 2017
The governor signed it. It became 2017 Wisconsin Act 14.
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Jun 20, 2017
Sent to the governor.
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May 10, 2017
2 more representatives signed on in support.
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May 10, 2017
The Assembly passed it too.
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May 3, 2017
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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May 2, 2017
The Assembly received it.
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May 2, 2017
The Senate passed it.
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May 1, 2017
1 more senator signed on in support.
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Mar 23, 2017
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 5 to 0.
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Mar 9, 2017
The committee held a public hearing.
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Feb 15, 2017
Sent to the Senate Committee on Sporting Heritage, Mining and Forestry.
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Feb 15, 2017
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Feb 15, 2017 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Testin, Vinehout, Bewley, Olsen, Wirch, Lasee, Petrowski, Carpenter and Hansen; cosponsored 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, Kulp, Macco, Spreitzer, Petryk, Hintz, Kremer and Zamarripa
- Feb 15, 2017 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Sporting Heritage, Mining and Forestry
- Mar 9, 2017 · Senate
Public hearing held
- Mar 22, 2017 · Senate
Executive action taken
- Mar 23, 2017 · Senate
Report passage recommended by Committee on Sporting Heritage, Mining and Forestry, Ayes 5, Noes 0
- Mar 23, 2017 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- Apr 28, 2017 · Senate
Placed on calendar 5-2-2017 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- May 1, 2017 · Senate
Senator Miller added as a coauthor
- May 2, 2017 · Senate
Read a second time
- May 2, 2017 · Senate
Ordered to a third reading
- May 2, 2017 · Senate
Rules suspended
- May 2, 2017 · Senate
Read a third time and passed
- May 2, 2017 · Senate
Ordered immediately messaged
- May 2, 2017 · Assembly
Received from Senate
- May 3, 2017 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Rules
- May 4, 2017 · Assembly
Placed on calendar 5-10-2017 by Committee on Rules
- May 10, 2017 · Assembly
Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up
- May 10, 2017 · Assembly
Read a second time
- May 10, 2017 · Assembly
Ordered to a third reading
- May 10, 2017 · Assembly
Rules suspended
- May 10, 2017 · Assembly
Read a third time and concurred in
- May 10, 2017 · Assembly
Representatives Barca and Skowronski added as cosponsors
- May 10, 2017 · Assembly
Ordered immediately messaged
- May 11, 2017 · Senate
Received from Assembly concurred in
- May 23, 2017 · Senate
Report correctly enrolled
- Jun 20, 2017 · Senate
Presented to the Governor on 6-20-2017
- Jun 22, 2017 · Senate
Report approved by the Governor on 6-21-2017. 2017 Wisconsin Act 14
- Jun 22, 2017 · Senate
Published 6-22-2017
Terms on this page
Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act. 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
Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act
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
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