Assembly Bill 985
Possession of a firearm in a place of worship by a person who has a license to carry a concealed weapon
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.
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Introduced, passed
Mar 2, 2020
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Senate vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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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 State Affairs. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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Terms on this page
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. 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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill specifies that a person who has a license to carry a concealed weapon may possess a firearm in a place of worship, including on school grounds, unless the place of worship posts its grounds or building as provided in the trespassing laws.
Who's behind it
19 lawmakers are its . 18 are Republicans and 1 is a Democrat.
13 more lawmakers .
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Authors (19)
- Scott Allen · Republican, Assembly
- Barbara Dittrich · Republican, Assembly
- Cindi Duchow · Republican, Assembly
- James Edming · Republican, Assembly
- Mary Felzkowski · Republican, Senate
- Rick Gundrum · Republican, Assembly
- Dan Knodl · Republican, Assembly
- Mike Kuglitsch · Republican, Assembly
- Gae Magnafici · Republican, Assembly
- Nick Milroy · Democrat, Assembly
- Kevin Petersen · Republican, Assembly
- Romaine Quinn · Republican, Senate
- Mike Rohrkaste · Republican, Assembly
- Ken Skowronski · Republican, Assembly
- Shae Sortwell · Republican, Assembly
- Rob Stafsholt · Republican, Senate
- Jeremy Thiesfeldt · Republican, Assembly
- Paul Tittl · Republican, Assembly
- Chuck Wichgers · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (13)
- David Craig · Republican, Senate
- Alberta Darling · Republican, Senate
- André Jacque · Republican, Senate
- Chris Kapenga · Republican, Senate
- Dale Kooyenga · Republican, Senate
- Devin LeMahieu · Republican, Senate
- Steve Nass · Republican, Senate
- Jon Plumer · Republican, Assembly
- Roger Roth · Republican, Senate
- Duey Stroebel · Republican, Senate
- Patrick Testin · Republican, Senate
- Thomas Tiffany · Republican, Senate
- Van Wanggaard · Republican, Senate
What happened
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Apr 1, 2020
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Mar 4, 2020
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Mar 2, 2020
Sent to the Assembly Committee on State Affairs.
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Mar 2, 2020
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Mar 2, 2020 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Magnafici, Felzkowski, Quinn, Thiesfeldt, Sortwell, Tittl, Milroy, Petersen, Gundrum, Rohrkaste, Dittrich, Duchow, Knodl, Stafsholt, Skowronski, Edming, Allen, Kuglitsch and Wichgers; cosponsored by Senators Craig, Roth, Wanggaard, Stroebel, Nass, LeMahieu, Jacque, Kapenga, Tiffany, Testin, Darling and Kooyenga
- Mar 2, 2020 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs
- Mar 4, 2020 · Assembly
Representative Plumer added as a coauthor
- Apr 1, 2020 · Assembly
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Terms on this page
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. 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
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
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor