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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

SB 822

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Relating to: possession of a firearm in a place of worship by a person who has a license to carry a concealed weapon.

Firearms and dangerous weapons Religious education Religious societies Trespass

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

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.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Craig (R) , Darling (R) , Jacque (R) , Kapenga (R) , Kooyenga (R) , LeMahieu (R) , Nass (R) , Roth (R) , Stroebel (R) , Testin (R) , Tiffany (R) , Wanggaard (R)

20 cosponsors

Allen (R) , Dittrich (R) , Duchow (R) , Edming (R) , Felzkowski (R) , Gundrum (R) , Knodl (R) , Kuglitsch (R) , Magnafici (R) , Milroy (D) , Petersen (R) , Plumer (R) , Quinn (R) , Rohrkaste (R) , Skowronski (R) , Sortwell (R) , Stafsholt (R) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Tittl (R) , Wichgers (R)

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by Committee on Insurance, Financial Services, Government Oversight and Courts, Ayes 4, Noes 1

Passed 4–1 Mar 17, 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. Feb 18, 2020 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Craig, Roth, Wanggaard, Stroebel, Nass, LeMahieu, Jacque, Kapenga, Tiffany, Testin, Darling and Kooyenga; cosponsored by Representatives Magnafici, Felzkowski, Quinn, Thiesfeldt, Sortwell, Tittl, Milroy, Petersen, Gundrum, Rohrkaste, Dittrich, Duchow, Knodl, Stafsholt, Skowronski, Edming, Allen, Kuglitsch and Wichgers

  2. Feb 18, 2020 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Insurance, Financial Services, Government Oversight and Courts

  3. Feb 20, 2020 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  4. Mar 4, 2020 · Senate

    Representative Plumer added as a cosponsor

  5. Mar 17, 2020 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  6. Mar 17, 2020 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Insurance, Financial Services, Government Oversight and Courts, Ayes 4, Noes 1

  7. Mar 17, 2020 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  8. Apr 1, 2020 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1