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Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

SB 411

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Relating to: the transportation of fish taken by hook and line.

Fish and fishing Fish and game warden Natural resources department of — Hunting and fishing Telephone

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

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Current law restricts the transportation of a fish with the head or tail, or both,

removed or a filleted fish, if that fish is subject to a minimum size limit and taken

by hook and line from inland waters or outlying waters. Under current law, such a

dressed or filleted fish may be transported only if it continues to meet the minimum

size limit. Under this bill, such a dressed or filleted fish may also be transported if

the person transporting the fish provides upon request a physical or digital

photograph that bears a stamp of the time and date on which the photograph was

taken and that shows the fish before the head or tail was removed alongside a ruler

or other method acceptable to the Department of Natural Resources for proving its

length.

Sponsors

Introduced by: James (R) , Quinn (R) , Tomczyk (R)

8 cosponsors

Ballweg (R) , Bodden, Gustafson and Behnke , Edming (R) , Green (R) , Michalski (R) , O'Connor (R) , Steffen (R) , Summerfield (R)

Votes

Senate: Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Financial Institutions and Sporting Heritage, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Jan 5, 2024 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 Financial Institutions and Sporting Heritage, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Jan 5, 2024 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. Sep 8, 2023 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators James, Tomczyk and Quinn; cosponsored by Representatives Summerfield, O'Connor, Edming, Green, Michalski and Steffen

  2. Sep 8, 2023 · Senate

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

  3. Sep 8, 2023 · Senate

    Senator Ballweg added as a coauthor

  4. Sep 8, 2023 · Senate

    Representatives Bodden, Gustafson and Behnke added as cosponsors

  5. Sep 21, 2023 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  6. Nov 6, 2023 · Senate

    Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senator James

  7. Jan 5, 2024 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  8. Jan 5, 2024 · Senate

    Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Financial Institutions and Sporting Heritage, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  9. Jan 5, 2024 · Senate

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

  10. Jan 5, 2024 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  11. Jan 12, 2024 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 1-16-2024 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  12. Jan 16, 2024 · Senate

    Read a second time

  13. Jan 16, 2024 · Senate

    Senate Substitute Amendment 1 adopted

  14. Jan 16, 2024 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  15. Jan 16, 2024 · Senate

    Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  16. Jan 16, 2024 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed

  17. Jan 16, 2024 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  18. Jan 16, 2024 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  19. Jan 22, 2024 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  20. Jan 23, 2024 · Assembly

    Made a special order of business at 10:18 AM on 1-25-2024 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 23

  21. Jan 25, 2024 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  22. Jan 25, 2024 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  23. Jan 25, 2024 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  24. Jan 25, 2024 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in

  25. Jan 25, 2024 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  26. Jan 25, 2024 · Senate

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  27. Jan 30, 2024 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled

  28. Mar 11, 2024 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 3-11-2024

  29. Mar 14, 2024 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 3-14-2024. 2023 Wisconsin Act 112

  30. Mar 14, 2024 · Senate

    Published 3-15-2024