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Bills from the 2019–20 session

Assembly Bill 336

Waiting period for purchase of handguns

Stopped in committee

It never got a ⁠, so it never came up for a vote. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Jul 16, 2019

  2. Committee, stopped here

    Stopped here. No public hearing was held.

  3. Assembly vote, not reached

  4. Senate vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Apr 1, 2020: “Failed to pass pursuant to ⁠”

It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.

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What it would have done

Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

Current law provides that, before a federally licensed firearms dealer may transfer a handgun after a sale, the dealer must request that the Department of Justice perform a background check on the prospective purchaser to determine if the purchaser is prohibited from possessing a firearm under federal or state law.

This bill prohibits the dealer from transferring the handgun to the purchaser until 48 hours have passed since the firearms dealer requested the background check on the purchaser.

Who's behind it

27 lawmakers are its ⁠. All 27 are Democrats.

11 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 38 names

Authors (27)

Signed on in support (11)

What happened

  1. Apr 1, 2020

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Jul 16, 2019

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

  3. Jul 16, 2019

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Jul 16, 2019 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives C. Taylor, Stubbs, Sargent, Subeck, Hebl, Goyke, Anderson, Crowley, Gruszynski, Sinicki, Kolste, Zamarripa, Spreitzer, Fields, L. Myers, Vruwink, Billings, Hesselbein, Considine, Ohnstad, Neubauer, Bowen, Brostoff, Cabrera, Vining, Emerson and Pope; cosponsored by Senators Carpenter, Johnson, Larson, Risser, Shilling, L. Taylor, Ringhand, Smith, Miller, Hansen and Wirch

  2. Jul 16, 2019 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety

  3. Apr 1, 2020 · 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.

More in the glossary

Public hearing

A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.

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

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.

Public hearing

A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.

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

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

Author

A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.

Official term: Author, coauthor

Signed on in support

Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.

Official term: Cosponsor