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Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

SB 34

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Relating to: modifying the designation of a free fishing weekend in January.

Fish and fishing Natural resources department of — Hunting and fishing

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Senate, completed
  3. Passes Assembly, completed
  4. Governor signs, completed
  5. Law, completed

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

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.

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.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Cowles (R) , Felzkowski (R) , James (R) , Marklein (R) , Taylor (D)

18 cosponsors

Andraca (D) , Behnke (R) , Carpenter (D) , Donovan (R) , Edming (R) , Gustafson (R) , Jacobson (D) , Kitchens (R) , Knodl (R) , Magnafici (R) , Maxey (R) , Mursau (R) , Ohnstad (D) , Rozar (R) , Sinicki (D) , Spiros (R) , Subeck (D) , Tusler (R)

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by Committee on Financial Institutions and Sporting Heritage, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Sep 29, 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. Feb 3, 2023 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators James, Cowles, Felzkowski, Marklein and Taylor; cosponsored by Representatives Mursau, Edming, Andraca, Behnke, Donovan, Kitchens, Knodl, Magnafici, Maxey, Ohnstad, Rozar, Sinicki, Spiros, Subeck and Tusler

  2. Feb 3, 2023 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Financial Institutions and Sporting Heritage

  3. Feb 8, 2023 · Senate

    Representative Jacobson added as a cosponsor

  4. Aug 23, 2023 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  5. Sep 28, 2023 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  6. Sep 29, 2023 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Financial Institutions and Sporting Heritage, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  7. Sep 29, 2023 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  8. Oct 16, 2023 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 10-17-2023 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  9. Oct 17, 2023 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  10. Oct 17, 2023 · Senate

    Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  11. Oct 17, 2023 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed

  12. Oct 17, 2023 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  13. Oct 17, 2023 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  14. Oct 17, 2023 · Senate

    Senator Carpenter added as a coauthor

  15. Oct 17, 2023 · Senate

    Read a second time

  16. Oct 19, 2023 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  17. Nov 6, 2023 · Assembly

    Representative Gustafson added as a cosponsor

  18. Jan 23, 2024 · Assembly

    Made a special order of business at 10:02 AM on 1-25-2024 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 23

  19. Jan 25, 2024 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  20. Jan 25, 2024 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  21. Jan 25, 2024 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  22. Jan 25, 2024 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in

  23. Jan 25, 2024 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  24. Jan 25, 2024 · Senate

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  25. Jan 30, 2024 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled

  26. Mar 11, 2024 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 3-11-2024

  27. Mar 14, 2024 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 3-14-2024. 2023 Wisconsin Act 109

  28. Mar 14, 2024 · Senate

    Published 3-15-2024