Assembly Bill 35
Modifying the designation of a free fishing weekend in January
Stopped before the full Assembly voted
The recommended passing it, but the full Assembly never voted on it. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Feb 10, 2023
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Assembly vote, stopped here
Stopped here. The full Assembly never voted on it.
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Senate vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Apr 15, 2024: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
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Senate Joint Resolution 1
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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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Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
Roll call
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Official term: Roll call vote. 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 requires the Department of Natural Resources to designate the full weekend prior to the third Monday in January as a weekend on which DNR waives license and fee requirements to fish.
Under current law, DNR issues approvals that authorize the hunting, fishing, or trapping of specified wild animals. With limited exceptions, no person may fish in the waters of the state without the applicable approvals issued by DNR. However, DNR is required to designate two weekends per year during which DNR waives the fishing approval requirement. Current law requires that one of these weekends be the third full weekend in January.
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The bill modifies this requirement to instead require DNR to waive the fishing approval requirements during the full weekend prior to the third Monday in January, which is Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
Who's behind it
16 representatives are its . 11 are Republicans and 5 are Democrats.
6 more lawmakers .
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Authors (16)
- Deb Andraca · Democrat, Assembly
- Elijah Behnke · Republican, Assembly
- Bob Donovan · Republican, Assembly
- James Edming · Republican, Assembly
- Jenna Jacobson · Democrat, Assembly
- Joel Kitchens · Republican, Assembly
- Dan Knodl · Republican, Assembly
- Gae Magnafici · Republican, Assembly
- Dave Maxey · Republican, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- Tod Ohnstad · Democrat, Assembly
- Donna Rozar · Republican, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- John Spiros · Republican, Assembly
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
- Ron Tusler · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (6)
- Rob Cowles · Republican, Senate
- Mary Felzkowski · Republican, Senate
- Gus Gustafson · Republican, Assembly
- Jesse James · Republican, Senate
- Howard Marklein · Republican, Senate
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
How lawmakers voted
There was one vote on this bill.
Assembly Committee on Sporting Heritage vote to recommend it
Passed, 12 to 0 · Jan 18, 2024
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report passage recommended by Committee on Sporting Heritage, Ayes 12, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Apr 15, 2024
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Jan 18, 2024
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Jan 18, 2024
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 12 to 0.
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Nov 8, 2023
The committee held a public hearing.
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Nov 6, 2023
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Feb 10, 2023
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Sporting Heritage.
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Feb 10, 2023
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Feb 10, 2023 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Mursau, Edming, Andraca, Behnke, Donovan, Kitchens, Knodl, Magnafici, Maxey, Ohnstad, Rozar, Sinicki, Spiros, Subeck, Tusler and Jacobson; cosponsored by Senators James, Cowles, Felzkowski, Marklein and Taylor
- Feb 10, 2023 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Sporting Heritage
- Nov 6, 2023 · Assembly
Representative Gustafson added as a coauthor
- Nov 8, 2023 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Nov 15, 2023 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Jan 18, 2024 · Assembly
Report passage recommended by Committee on Sporting Heritage, Ayes 12, Noes 0
- Jan 18, 2024 · Assembly
Referred to committee on Rules
- Jan 23, 2024 · Assembly
Made a special order of business at 10:02 AM on 1-25-2024 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 23
- Jan 25, 2024 · Assembly
Laid on the table
- Apr 15, 2024 · Assembly
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.
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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote. 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.
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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote