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Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

AB 58

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Relating to: mandatory minimum sentence for felons who illegally possess a firearm and providing a penalty.

Crime and criminals — Felony Firearms and dangerous weapons Legislature — Criminal penalties joint review committee on Sentences and penalties

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, 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

Current law prohibits a person who has been convicted of a felony from

possessing a firearm. A person who violates the prohibition is guilty of a Class G

felony, which is punishable by a maximum term of confinement in prison of five years

followed by a maximum term of extended supervision of five years. Current law has

no mandatory minimum term of confinement in prison for this crime.

This bill imposes a five-year mandatory minimum term of confinement in

prison for a felon who is convicted of illegal possession of a firearm.

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.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Allen (R) , Armstrong (R) , Behnke (R) , Dittrich (R) , Donovan (R) , Duchow (R) , Gundrum (R) , Maxey (R) , Michalski (R) , Murphy (R) , O'Connor (R) , Rettinger (R)

12 cosponsors

Feyen (R) , Gustafson (R) , Hutton (R) , James (R) , Knodl (R) , Marklein (R) , Nass (R) , Steffen (R) , Stroebel (R) , Testin (R) , Wanggaard (R) , Wichgers (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 14, Noes 1

Passed 14–1 Mar 13, 2023 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 10, Noes 5

Passed 10–5 Mar 13, 2023 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: SHALL THE DECISION OF THE CHAIR STAND

Passed 62–35 Mar 22, 2023 official source full page

Aye · 62

Not voting · 2

Assembly: PASSAGE

Passed 62–35 Mar 22, 2023 official source full page

Aye · 62

Not voting · 2

Full history

  1. Feb 23, 2023 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Michalski, Duchow, Allen, Armstrong, Behnke, Dittrich, Donovan, Gundrum, Maxey, Murphy, O'Connor and Rettinger; cosponsored by Senators James, Feyen, Nass, Stroebel and Wanggaard

  2. Feb 23, 2023 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety

  3. Feb 28, 2023 · Assembly

    Senator Testin added as a cosponsor

  4. Feb 28, 2023 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Feb 28, 2023 · Assembly

    Representative Wichgers added as a coauthor

  6. Mar 3, 2023 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Michalski

  7. Mar 3, 2023 · Assembly

    Representative Steffen added as a coauthor

  8. Mar 7, 2023 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  9. Mar 9, 2023 · Assembly

    Senator Marklein added as a cosponsor

  10. Mar 13, 2023 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 10, Noes 5

  11. Mar 13, 2023 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  12. Mar 13, 2023 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 14, Noes 1

  13. Mar 14, 2023 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 3-22-2023 by Committee on Rules

  14. Mar 17, 2023 · Assembly

    Representative Knodl added as a coauthor

  15. Mar 22, 2023 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  16. Mar 22, 2023 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Neubauer

  17. Mar 22, 2023 · Assembly

    Point of order that Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 not germane under Assembly Rule 54 (3)(f) well taken

  18. Mar 22, 2023 · Assembly

    Decision of the Chair appealed

  19. Mar 22, 2023 · Assembly

    Decision of the Chair upheld, Ayes 62, Noes 35

  20. Mar 22, 2023 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 adopted

  21. Mar 22, 2023 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  22. Mar 22, 2023 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  23. Mar 22, 2023 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 62, Noes 35

  24. Mar 22, 2023 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  25. Mar 23, 2023 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  26. Mar 23, 2023 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary and Public Safety

  27. Mar 28, 2023 · Senate

    Senator Hutton added as a cosponsor

  28. Mar 28, 2023 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  29. Nov 7, 2023 · Senate

    Representative Gustafson added as a coauthor

  30. Apr 15, 2024 · Senate

    Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1