Senate Bill 869
A fishing license for a child with a disability. (FE)
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
Feb 28, 2020
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Senate vote, not reached
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Assembly 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 Senate Committee on Sporting Heritage, Mining and Forestry. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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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
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Author
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Signed on in support
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Cost estimate
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What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill allows a resident or nonresident child with a disability to obtain an annual fishing license for no fee.
Under current law, a resident who produces evidence of a disability, including a certificate from certain health care providers that the person's sight is impaired or evidence that he or she is receiving federal benefits on the basis of a determination that he or she is disabled, is eligible to obtain an annual disabled person fishing license at a lower fee than an annual resident fishing license ($6.25 compared to $19.25). Current law requires that, if a person applies for such a license from a nongovernmental issuing agent of DNR, the agent must forward the application and evidence provided to DNR and must issue to the person a temporary disabled person fishing license, which is valid for 14 days. DNR then has 30 days to either issue or deny the annual disabled person fishing license. Under current law, generally an issuing fee of $0.75 is charged for each fishing license issued. Generally, an issuing agent may retain $0.50 of each issuing fee for a license it issues, but current law allows a nongovernmental issuing agent to retain all of the issuing fee charged for a temporary disabled person fishing license in order to compensate for services in issuing the license. Under current law, an annual nonresident fishing license has a fee of $49.25.
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This bill requires DNR or a county clerk appointed as an issuing agent of DNR, after investigation, to issue an annual fishing license, without charging a fee, to any person who is a resident or nonresident child with a disability at the time the person applies for this license if he or she produces a certificate of the disability from a licensed physician or psychologist who has personally examined the child and who has expertise concerning the type of physical or mental disability evidenced by the child. Under the bill, if a person submits an application for an annual fishing license for a child with a disability and evidence of a disability to a nongovernmental issuing agent, the agent must follow the same procedure as for an annual disabled person fishing license: issue a temporary disabled person fishing license and submit the application and evidence to DNR, subject to the same timelines. However, the bill provides that no issuing fee may be charged for an annual or temporary fishing license for a child with a disability.
Who's behind it
3 senators are its . All 3 are Democrats.
20 more lawmakers .
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Authors (3)
- Tim Carpenter · Democrat, Senate
- Jeff Smith · Democrat, Senate
- Bob Wirch · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (20)
- Jimmy Anderson · Democrat, Assembly
- Jill Billings · Democrat, Assembly
- David Bowen · Democrat, Assembly
- Jonathan Brostoff · Democrat, Assembly
- Dave Considine · Democrat, Assembly
- Barbara Dittrich · Republican, Assembly
- Jason Fields · Democrat, Assembly
- Gary Hebl · Democrat, Assembly
- Debra Kolste · Democrat, Assembly
- Greta Neubauer · Democrat, Assembly
- Tod Ohnstad · Democrat, Assembly
- Warren Petryk · Republican, Assembly
- Sondy Pope · Democrat, Assembly
- Timothy Ramthun · Republican, Assembly
- Katrina Shankland · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
- Jeremy Thiesfeldt · Republican, Assembly
- JoCasta Zamarripa · Democrat, Assembly
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Apr 1, 2020
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Mar 25, 2020
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Mar 17, 2020
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Feb 28, 2020
Sent to the Senate Committee on Sporting Heritage, Mining and Forestry.
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Feb 28, 2020
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Feb 28, 2020 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Wirch, Carpenter and Smith; cosponsored by Representatives Shankland, Petryk, Billings, Anderson, Bowen, Brostoff, Dittrich, Fields, Hebl, Kolste, Ramthun, Neubauer, Pope, Sinicki, Spreitzer, Subeck, Zamarripa, Thiesfeldt and Considine
- Feb 28, 2020 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Sporting Heritage, Mining and Forestry
- Mar 17, 2020 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Mar 25, 2020 · Senate
Representative Ohnstad added as a cosponsor
- Apr 1, 2020 · Senate
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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate. 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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate