Senate Bill 656
Prohibiting firearm accessories that accelerate the rate of fire of a semiautomatic firearm and providing a penalty
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
Oct 20, 2021
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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, Mar 15, 2022: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety. 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 prohibits the sale, manufacture, transfer, use, and possession of any device that is added after manufacture that is designed or functions to accelerate the rate of fire of a semiautomatic firearm. A person who violates the prohibition is guilty of a Class G felony.
Because this bill creates a new crime or revises a penalty for an existing crime, the Joint Review Committee on Criminal Penalties may be requested to prepare a report.
Who's behind it
5 senators are its . 4 are Democrats and 1 is a Republican.
13 more lawmakers .
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Authors (5)
- Melissa Agard · Democrat, Senate
- Joan Ballweg · Republican, Senate
- LaTonya Johnson · Democrat, Senate
- Chris Larson · Democrat, Senate
- Kelda Roys · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (13)
- Jimmy Anderson · Democrat, Assembly
- Deb Andraca · Democrat, Assembly
- Marisabel Cabrera · Democrat, Assembly
- Sue Conley · Democrat, Assembly
- Dave Considine · Democrat, Assembly
- Gary Hebl · Democrat, Assembly
- Dianne Hesselbein · Democrat, Senate
- Francesca Hong · Democrat, Assembly
- Greta Neubauer · Democrat, Assembly
- Tod Ohnstad · Democrat, Assembly
- Sondy Pope · Democrat, Assembly
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
- Shelia Stubbs · Democrat, Assembly
What happened
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Mar 15, 2022
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Oct 20, 2021
Sent to the Senate Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
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Oct 20, 2021
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Oct 20, 2021 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Agard, Johnson, Roys, Larson and Ballweg; cosponsored by Representatives Hong, Conley, Hebl, Cabrera, Andraca, Considine, Neubauer, Pope, Hesselbein, Ohnstad, Stubbs, Spreitzer and Anderson
- Oct 20, 2021 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety
- Mar 15, 2022 · 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
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