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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

SB 543

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Relating to: grants related to preventing suicide by firearm and making an appropriation. (FE)

County — Human services County — Taxation Death Debt public Firearms and dangerous weapons Health services department of — Administration Health services department of — Corrections Municipality Organization miscellaneous

  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

This bill requires the Department of Health Services to award grants to

organizations or coalitions of organizations, including cities, villages, towns, and

counties, for 1) sharing guidelines and training staff at a firearm retailer or firearm

range on avoiding selling or renting a firearm to persons who may be considering

suicide; 2) providing suicide prevention materials for distribution at a firearm

retailer or firearm range; or 3) providing voluntary firearm storage. A grant

recipient must contribute matching funds or in-kind services having a value equal

to at least 20 percent of the grant amount.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Bernier (R) , Carpenter (D) , Feyen (R) , L. Taylor (D) , Larson (D) , Olsen (R) , Schachtner (D)

41 cosponsors

Anderson (D) , B. Meyers (D) , Ballweg (R) , Bowen (D) , C. Taylor (D) , Cabrera (D) , Considine (D) , Dittrich (R) , Doyle (D) , Duchow (R) , Edming (R) , James (R) , Kitchens (R) , Kulp (R) , Kurtz (R) , Loudenbeck (R) , Milroy (D) , Mursau (R) , Neubauer (D) , Novak (R) , Oldenburg (R) , Petersen (R) , Petryk (R) , Plumer (R) , Riemer (D) , Rohrkaste (R) , Sanfelippo (R) , Sargent (D) , Schraa (R) , Shankland (D) , Sinicki (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Subeck (D) , Tittl (R) , Tranel (R) , Tusler (R) , Vining (D) , Vruwink (D) , Wittke (R) , Zamarripa (D) , Zimmerman (R)

Full history

  1. Oct 31, 2019 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Bernier, Carpenter, Feyen, Olsen, L. Taylor, Schachtner and Larson; cosponsored by Representatives James, Sargent, Bowen, Anderson, Ballweg, Cabrera, Considine, Doyle, Duchow, Edming, Kitchens, Kulp, Kurtz, Loudenbeck, B. Meyers, Milroy, Mursau, Neubauer, Novak, Oldenburg, Petersen, Petryk, Plumer, Ramthun, Riemer, Rohrkaste, Sanfelippo, Schraa, Shankland, Sinicki, Spreitzer, Subeck, C. Taylor, Tittl, Tranel, Tusler, Vining, Vruwink, Zamarripa, Zimmerman, Wittke and Dittrich

  2. Oct 31, 2019 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Health and Human Services

  3. Nov 7, 2019 · Senate

    Representative Ramthun withdrawn as a cosponsor

  4. Nov 12, 2019 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Nov 20, 2019 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  6. Nov 21, 2019 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Bernier

  7. Apr 1, 2020 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1