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Bills from the 2019–20 session

Assembly Bill 543

Increasing the waterfowl hunting stamp fee. (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

    Oct 14, 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.

This bill raises the fee for a waterfowl hunting stamp to $11.75. Under current law generally, no person may hunt waterfowl unless he or she is issued a conservation patron license, a hunting license authorizing the hunting of small game and a waterfowl hunting stamp, or a sports license and a waterfowl hunting stamp.

Currently, a waterfowl hunting stamp may be purchased for a $6.75 fee plus a 25 cent issuing fee.

Read the full summary

Under current law, the Department of Natural Resources must spend 67 percent of the money received from fees for waterfowl hunting stamps for developing, managing, preserving, restoring, and maintaining wetland habitat and for producing waterfowl and ecologically related species of wildlife. The bill requires DNR to prepare a biennial report for the legislature that identifies how the money received from fees for waterfowl hunting stamps is used for habitat projects.

Who's behind it

16 lawmakers are its ⁠. 12 are Republicans and 4 are Democrats.

5 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 21 names

Authors (16)

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. Feb 5, 2020

    1 more representative signed on in support.

  3. Nov 11, 2019

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  4. Oct 14, 2019

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Sporting Heritage.

  5. Oct 14, 2019

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Oct 14, 2019 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Skowronski, Born, Brostoff, Duchow, Edming, Hutton, Kulp, Milroy, Novak, Petersen, Sinicki, Stuck, Thiesfeldt, Tusler, Wittke and Kitchens; cosponsored by Senators Testin, Cowles, Olsen and Wirch

  2. Oct 14, 2019 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Sporting Heritage

  3. Nov 11, 2019 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Feb 5, 2020 · Assembly

    Representative Gruszynski added as a coauthor

  5. 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.

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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