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Bills from the 2019–20 session

Assembly Bill 75

Local regulation of honorary firearm discharges

Became law

The governor signed it on Mar 4, 2020. It's ⁠.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Mar 7, 2019

  2. Committee, passed

    Approved

  3. Assembly vote, passed

    Passed Nov 12, 2019

  4. Senate vote, passed

    Passed Feb 19, 2020

  5. Governor, passed

    Signed

  6. Law, here now

    2019 Wisconsin Act 124

Latest entry in the official record, Mar 4, 2020: “Published 3-4-2020”

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What it does

Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

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.

Who's behind it

36 lawmakers are its ⁠. 33 are Republicans and 3 are Democrats.

9 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 45 names

Authors (36)

Signed on in support (9)

How lawmakers voted

There were 2 votes on this bill.

Assembly Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs vote to recommend it

Passed, 11 to 0 · Nov 7, 2019

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Report passage recommended by Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs, Ayes 11, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Senate vote

Passed, 5 to 0 · Feb 14, 2020

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page

What happened

  1. Mar 4, 2020

    The new law was published.

  2. Mar 4, 2020

    The governor signed it. It became 2019 Wisconsin Act 124.

  3. Feb 28, 2020

    Sent to the governor.

  4. Feb 19, 2020

    The Senate passed it too.

  5. Feb 19, 2020

    1 more senator signed on in support.

  6. Feb 14, 2020

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

  7. Feb 13, 2020

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Senate Organization.

  8. Nov 12, 2019

    The Senate received it.

  9. Nov 12, 2019

    The Assembly passed it.

  10. Nov 7, 2019

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.

  11. Nov 7, 2019

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 11 to 0.

  12. Oct 3, 2019

    The committee held a public hearing.

  13. Mar 7, 2019

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs.

  14. Mar 7, 2019

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  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 second time

  9. Nov 12, 2019 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  10. Nov 12, 2019 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  11. Nov 12, 2019 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed

  12. Nov 12, 2019 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  13. Nov 12, 2019 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  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

Terms on this page

Wisconsin Act

The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.

Official term: Act. More in the glossary

Legislative Reference Bureau

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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

Roll call

A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.

Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary

From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source

Wisconsin Act

The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.

Official term: Act

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

Roll call

A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.

Official term: Roll call vote

More in the glossary