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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

AB 75

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Relating to: local regulation of honorary firearm discharges.

Fire department Firearms and dangerous weapons Holidays and special dates Military personnel Municipality Ordinance Police Veteran

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Assembly, completed
  3. Passes Senate, completed
  4. Governor signs, completed
  5. Law, completed

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, no political subdivision may have more stringent regulation

than is provided in state statutes of the sale, purchase, purchase delay, transfer,

ownership, use, keeping, possession, bearing, transportation, licensing, permitting,

registration, or taxation of a firearm. Current law also specifies that this limitation

does not prohibit a municipality from restricting the discharge of a firearm.

Under this bill, a municipal restriction on the discharge of a firearm may not

be enforced against an honorary discharge of a firearm that involves the use of only

blanks and that is part of an event honoring a current or former member of the

military, law enforcement officer, or fire fighter or of military honors provided at a

cemetery on Memorial Day or Veterans Day or at a veterans memorial site.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Born (R) , Brandtjen (R) , Brooks (R) , Duchow (R) , Edming (R) , Gundrum (R) , Horlacher (R) , Jagler (R) , Krug (R) , Kuglitsch (R) , Kulp (R) , Macco (R) , Magnafici (R) , Murphy (R) , Mursau (R) , Ott (R) , Plumer (R) , Pronschinske (R) , Quinn (R) , Ramthun (R) , Rohrkaste (R) , Sanfelippo (R) , Schraa (R) , Sinicki (D) , Skowronski (R) , Spiros (R) , Stafsholt (R) , Steffen (R) , Subeck (D) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Tittl (R) , Tranel (R) , Tusler (R) , Vruwink (D) , Wichgers (R) , Zimmerman (R)

9 cosponsors

Craig (R) , Jacque (R) , Kapenga (R) , Kooyenga (R) , L. Taylor (D) , Larson (D) , Nass (R) , Ringhand (D) , Stroebel (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs, Ayes 11, Noes 0

Passed 11–0 Nov 7, 2019 official source full page

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

Senate: Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Feb 14, 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. Mar 7, 2019 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Stafsholt, Sinicki, Born, Brandtjen, Brooks, Duchow, Edming, Gundrum, Horlacher, Jagler, Krug, Kuglitsch, Kulp, Macco, Magnafici, Murphy, Mursau, Ott, Plumer, Pronschinske, Quinn, Ramthun, Rohrkaste, Sanfelippo, Schraa, Spiros, Steffen, Subeck, Thiesfeldt, Tittl, Tranel, Tusler, Vruwink, Wichgers, Zimmerman and Skowronski; cosponsored by Senators Craig, L. Taylor, Jacque, Kapenga, Kooyenga, Nass, Ringhand and Stroebel

  2. Mar 7, 2019 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs

  3. Oct 3, 2019 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Oct 29, 2019 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  5. Nov 7, 2019 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs, Ayes 11, Noes 0

  6. Nov 7, 2019 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  7. Nov 7, 2019 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 11-12-2019 by Committee on Rules

  8. Nov 12, 2019 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed

  9. Nov 12, 2019 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  10. Nov 12, 2019 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  11. Nov 12, 2019 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  12. Nov 12, 2019 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  13. Nov 12, 2019 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  14. Feb 13, 2020 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization

  15. Feb 13, 2020 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  16. Feb 14, 2020 · Senate

    Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0

  17. Feb 14, 2020 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 2-19-2020 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  18. Feb 19, 2020 · Senate

    Senator Larson added as a cosponsor

  19. Feb 19, 2020 · Senate

    Read a second time

  20. Feb 19, 2020 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  21. Feb 19, 2020 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  22. Feb 19, 2020 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in

  23. Feb 19, 2020 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  24. Feb 20, 2020 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  25. Feb 25, 2020 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled on 2-25-2020

  26. Feb 28, 2020 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 2-28-2020 by directive of the Speaker

  27. Mar 4, 2020 · Assembly

    Report approved by the Governor on 3-3-2020. 2019 Wisconsin Act 124

  28. Mar 4, 2020 · Assembly

    Published 3-4-2020