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Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

SB 205

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Relating to: grants to prevent suicide by firearm and making an appropriation. (FE)

County — Human services Death Debt public Firearms and dangerous weapons Health services department of — Administration Indians and tribal issues Municipality Organization miscellaneous Outagamie county

  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 requires the Department of Health Services to award grants to

organizations or coalitions of organizations, including cities, villages, towns,

counties, and federally recognized American Indian tribes or bands, for 1) training

staff at a firearm retailer or firearm range on how to recognize a person that may be

considering suicide; 2) providing suicide prevention materials for distribution at a

firearm retailer or firearm range; or 3) providing voluntary, temporary firearm

storage for the lawful owner of a firearm. A grant recipient must contribute

matching funds or in-kind services having a value equal to at least 20 percent of the

grant amount.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Ballweg (R) , Cabral-Guevara (R) , Carpenter (D) , James (R) , Spreitzer (D) , Taylor (D)

24 cosponsors

Agard (D) , Andraca (D) , Armstrong (R) , C. Anderson, Donovan and Goyke , Conley (D) , Considine (D) , Dittrich (R) , Doyle (D) , Edming (R) , Emerson (D) , Haywood (D) , J. Anderson (D) , Jacobson and O'Connor , Joers (D) , Moore Omokunde (D) , Pfaff (D) , Roys (D) , S. Johnson (R) , Shankland (D) , Snodgrass (D) , Sortwell (R) , Stubbs (D) , Subeck (D) , Wanggaard (R)

Votes

Senate: Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Sep 22, 2023 official source full page

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

Senate: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Sep 22, 2023 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. Apr 3, 2023 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators James, Ballweg, Cabral-Guevara, Carpenter, Spreitzer and Taylor; cosponsored by Representatives Sortwell, S. Johnson, Doyle, Andraca, Armstrong, Dittrich, Edming and Shankland

  2. Apr 3, 2023 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families

  3. Apr 14, 2023 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Apr 18, 2023 · Senate

    Representative Conley added as a cosponsor

  5. Apr 26, 2023 · Senate

    Senator Agard added as a coauthor

  6. Apr 26, 2023 · Senate

    Representative Snodgrass added as a cosponsor

  7. May 3, 2023 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  8. May 4, 2023 · Senate

    Representatives Jacobson and O'Connor added as cosponsors

  9. May 4, 2023 · Senate

    Senator Wanggaard added as a coauthor

  10. May 8, 2023 · Senate

    Representative Subeck added as a cosponsor

  11. Jun 19, 2023 · Senate

    Representative Joers added as a cosponsor

  12. Jun 29, 2023 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator James

  13. Sep 21, 2023 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  14. Sep 22, 2023 · Senate

    Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  15. Sep 22, 2023 · Senate

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  16. Sep 22, 2023 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  17. Sep 27, 2023 · Senate

    Representative Haywood added as a cosponsor

  18. Oct 5, 2023 · Senate

    Representatives C. Anderson, Donovan and Goyke added as cosponsors

  19. Oct 12, 2023 · Senate

    Representative Moore Omokunde added as a cosponsor

  20. Oct 17, 2023 · Senate

    Representative Stubbs added as a cosponsor

  21. Oct 18, 2023 · Senate

    Representative Considine added as a cosponsor

  22. Oct 19, 2023 · Senate

    Senator Roys added as a coauthor

  23. Oct 23, 2023 · Senate

    Representative J. Anderson added as a cosponsor

  24. Mar 15, 2024 · Senate

    Representative Emerson added as a cosponsor

  25. Apr 10, 2024 · Senate

    Senator Pfaff added as a coauthor

  26. Apr 15, 2024 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1