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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

AB 39

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Relating to: a higher wild animal protection surcharge for the unlawful taking of deer. (FE)

Court — Fee Court — Procedure Hunting

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

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill increases the wild animal protection surcharge that a court may

impose when a person unlawfully kills, wounds, catches, takes, traps, or possesses

a deer.

Under current law, if a court imposes a fine or forfeiture for the unlawful killing,

wounding, catching, taking, trapping, or possession of certain wild animals, the

court may impose a wild animal protection surcharge. The statute specifies the

amount of the surcharge allowed for each type of wild animal. Under current law,

the surcharge specified for deer is $43.75. Under this bill, the surcharge specified

for deer is an amount in the court's discretion that is not less than $43.75 and not

more than $5,000.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Edming (R) , Gundrum (R) , Kuglitsch (R) , Kulp (R) , Mursau (R) , Oldenburg (R) , Pronschinske (R) , Quinn (R) , Skowronski (R) , Subeck (D) , Tusler (R)

7 cosponsors

Carpenter (D) , Marklein (R) , Olsen (R) , Petrowski (R) , Schachtner (D) , Smith (D) , Zimmerman (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Forestry, Parks and Outdoor Recreation, Ayes 8, Noes 4

Passed 8–4 Jan 28, 2020 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. Feb 22, 2019 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Edming, Gundrum, Kuglitsch, Kulp, Mursau, Oldenburg, Pronschinske, Quinn, Skowronski, Subeck and Tusler; cosponsored by Senators Petrowski, Carpenter, Marklein, Olsen, Schachtner and Smith

  2. Feb 22, 2019 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Forestry, Parks and Outdoor Recreation

  3. Mar 5, 2019 · Assembly

    Representative Zimmerman added as a coauthor

  4. Mar 7, 2019 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Apr 2, 2019 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  6. Jan 14, 2020 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Spreitzer

  7. Jan 15, 2020 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  8. Jan 28, 2020 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Forestry, Parks and Outdoor Recreation, Ayes 8, Noes 4

  9. Jan 28, 2020 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  10. Apr 1, 2020 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1