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Bills from the 2019–20 session

Assembly Bill 348

A deer carcass disposal grant program. (FE)

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 31, 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 Sporting Heritage. 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.

Under this bill, the Department of Natural Resources is required to establish a program to award grants to county deer management advisory councils, of up to $5,400 per council per fiscal year, for the disposal of deer carcasses. A grant under this program may be used to pay for the costs of contracting to place in that county no more than six large metal containers in which hunters may dispose of deer carcasses, including the costs of renting, lining, and transporting the containers and disposing of the carcasses. Under the bill, a county deer management advisory council is eligible for a grant if DNR has confirmed a test revealing chronic wasting disease in a wild elk or deer in that county or in an adjacent county within ten miles of their shared border.

Who's behind it

12 representatives are its ⁠. 11 are Republicans and 1 is a Democrat.

5 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 17 names

Authors (12)

Signed on in support (5)

What it would cost

State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.

What happened

  1. Apr 1, 2020

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Aug 14, 2019

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  3. Jul 31, 2019

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Sporting Heritage.

  4. Jul 31, 2019

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Jul 31, 2019 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Kurtz, Plumer, Duchow, Gundrum, Milroy, Mursau, Novak, Skowronski, Tranel, Tusler, VanderMeer and Wichgers; cosponsored by Senators Marklein, Smith, Nass, Olsen and Roth

  2. Jul 31, 2019 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Sporting Heritage

  3. Aug 14, 2019 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Apr 1, 2020 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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Committee

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

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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

Cost estimate

A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.

Official term: Fiscal estimate. 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

Cost estimate

A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.

Official term: Fiscal estimate