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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

AB 592

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Relating to: the authority to shoot a wild animal causing damage to a highway.

Animal Appeals court — Judge County Firearms and dangerous weapons Municipality Natural resources department of — Hunting and fishing Neighborhood organization Road Road — Construction and repair

  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

Under current law, the Department of Natural Resources may remove or

authorize the removal of a wild animal that is causing damage or that is causing a

nuisance. Generally, the removal may involve capturing, shooting, setting a trap for,

relocating, or otherwise destroying or disposing of the wild animal. However, current

law generally prohibits anyone from discharging a firearm within 50 feet of the

center of a roadway. This bill adds an exception to this prohibition for DNR or an

agent of a city, village, town, or county authorized by DNR to shoot a wild animal that

is causing damage to a highway.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Ballweg (R) , Bowen (D) , Edming (R) , Felzkowski (R) , Horlacher (R) , Kulp (R) , Kurtz (R) , Milroy (D) , Mursau (R) , Novak (R)

3 cosponsors

Marklein (R) , Skowronski (R) , Tiffany (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Transportation, Ayes 9, Noes 0

Passed 9–0 Feb 18, 2020 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Transportation, Ayes 12, Noes 0

Passed 12–0 Feb 18, 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. Nov 7, 2019 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Edming, Ballweg, Bowen, Felzkowski, Horlacher, Kulp, Kurtz, Milroy, Mursau and Novak; cosponsored by Senators Tiffany and Marklein

  2. Nov 7, 2019 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation

  3. Jan 16, 2020 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Edming

  4. Jan 28, 2020 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Jan 28, 2020 · Assembly

    Representative Skowronski added as a coauthor

  6. Feb 4, 2020 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  7. Feb 18, 2020 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  8. Feb 18, 2020 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 adopted

  9. Feb 18, 2020 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  10. Feb 18, 2020 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  11. Feb 18, 2020 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed

  12. Feb 18, 2020 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  13. Feb 18, 2020 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Transportation, Ayes 9, Noes 0

  14. Feb 18, 2020 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Transportation, Ayes 12, Noes 0

  15. Feb 18, 2020 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  16. Feb 18, 2020 · Assembly

    Rules suspended to withdraw from committee on Rules and take up

  17. Feb 19, 2020 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  18. Feb 20, 2020 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization

  19. Feb 20, 2020 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  20. Apr 1, 2020 · Senate

    Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1