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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

SB 102

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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, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, 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, 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: Craig (R) , Jacque (R) , Kapenga (R) , Kooyenga (R) , L. Taylor (D) , Nass (R) , Ringhand (D) , Roth (R) , Stroebel (R)

37 cosponsors

Born (R) , Brandtjen (R) , Brooks (R) , Duchow (R) , Edming (R) , Gundrum (R) , Horlacher (R) , Jagler (R) , Krug (R) , Kuglitsch (R) , Kulp (R) , Larson (D) , 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)

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by Committee on Transportation, Veterans and Military Affairs, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Feb 5, 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 15, 2019 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Craig, L. Taylor, Jacque, Kapenga, Kooyenga, Nass, Ringhand, Stroebel and Roth; cosponsored 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, Skowronski, Spiros, Steffen, Subeck, Thiesfeldt, Tittl, Tranel, Tusler, Vruwink, Wichgers and Zimmerman

  2. Mar 15, 2019 · Senate

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

  3. Jan 8, 2020 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  4. Feb 4, 2020 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  5. Feb 5, 2020 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Transportation, Veterans and Military Affairs, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  6. Feb 5, 2020 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  7. Feb 19, 2020 · Senate

    Senator Larson added as a coauthor

  8. Apr 1, 2020 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1