Senate Bill 586
Hunting with an airgun, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty
Became law
The governor signed it on Mar 14, 2024. It's .
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Introduced, passed
Oct 30, 2023
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Senate vote, passed
Passed Jan 16, 2024
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Assembly vote, passed
Passed Feb 20, 2024
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Governor, passed
Signed
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Law, here now
2023 Wisconsin Act 115
Latest entry in the official record, Mar 14, 2024: “Published 3-15-2024”
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Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act. 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
What it does
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Under this bill, a person may hunt a wild animal with an airgun in a season open to hunting that animal with a firearm. “Airgun” is defined to mean a weapon originally manufactured to expel one or more metal projectiles by the expansion of compressed air.
Under current law, the Department of Natural Resources is authorized to establish open and closed seasons for the hunting of wild animals. DNR issues hunting licenses that authorize the hunting of specified animals, and those licenses specify the type of weapon that may be used when hunting under those licenses.
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Under the bill, if DNR establishes an open season for hunting an animal with a firearm, the season must also be open for hunting that animal with an airgun. The bill also provides that each license that currently authorizes the hunting of an animal with a firearm also authorizes the hunting of that animal with an airgun.
Current law generally prohibits discharging a firearm from a vehicle or aircraft, across a highway, within 50 feet of a highway, and in the direction of a transmission facility. The bill expands these prohibitions to include discharging an airgun.
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.
Who's behind it
3 senators are its . All 3 are Republicans.
12 more lawmakers .
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Authors (3)
- Mary Felzkowski · Republican, Senate
- Rob Stafsholt · Republican, Senate
- Cory Tomczyk · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (12)
- Ty Bodden · Republican, Assembly
- Rob Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- James Edming · Republican, Assembly
- Gus Gustafson · Republican, Assembly
- Dave Murphy · Republican, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- Jon Plumer · Republican, Assembly
- Nik Rettinger · Republican, Assembly
- Peter Schmidt · Republican, Assembly
- Shae Sortwell · Republican, Assembly
- Paul Tittl · Republican, Assembly
- Nancy VanderMeer · Republican, Assembly
How lawmakers voted
There was one vote on this bill.
Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and Sporting Heritage vote to recommend it
Passed, 5 to 0 · Jan 5, 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 Financial Institutions and Sporting Heritage, Ayes 5, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Mar 14, 2024
The new law was published.
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Mar 14, 2024
The governor signed it. It became 2023 Wisconsin Act 115.
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Mar 11, 2024
Sent to the governor.
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Feb 20, 2024
The Assembly passed it too.
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Feb 14, 2024
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Jan 16, 2024
The Assembly received it.
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Jan 16, 2024
The Senate passed it.
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Jan 5, 2024
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 5 to 0.
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Dec 6, 2023
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Dec 6, 2023
The committee held a public hearing.
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Oct 30, 2023
Sent to the Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and Sporting Heritage.
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Oct 30, 2023
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Oct 30, 2023 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Stafsholt, Felzkowski and Tomczyk; cosponsored by Representatives Tittl, Plumer, Brooks, Edming, Gustafson, Murphy, Mursau, Rettinger, Schmidt, Sortwell and VanderMeer
- Oct 30, 2023 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Financial Institutions and Sporting Heritage
- Dec 6, 2023 · Senate
Public hearing held
- Dec 6, 2023 · Senate
Representative Bodden added as a cosponsor
- Jan 5, 2024 · Senate
Executive action taken
- Jan 5, 2024 · Senate
Report passage recommended by Committee on Financial Institutions and Sporting Heritage, Ayes 5, Noes 0
- Jan 5, 2024 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- Jan 12, 2024 · Senate
Placed on calendar 1-16-2024 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- Jan 16, 2024 · Senate
Read a second time
- Jan 16, 2024 · Senate
Ordered to a third reading
- Jan 16, 2024 · Senate
Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- Jan 16, 2024 · Senate
Read a third time and passed
- Jan 16, 2024 · Senate
Ordered immediately messaged
- Jan 16, 2024 · Assembly
Received from Senate
- Feb 14, 2024 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Rules
- Feb 15, 2024 · Assembly
Placed on calendar 2-20-2024 by Committee on Rules
- Feb 20, 2024 · Assembly
Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up
- Feb 20, 2024 · Assembly
Read a second time
- Feb 20, 2024 · Assembly
Ordered to a third reading
- Feb 20, 2024 · Assembly
Rules suspended
- Feb 20, 2024 · Assembly
Read a third time and concurred in
- Feb 20, 2024 · Assembly
Ordered immediately messaged
- Feb 21, 2024 · Senate
Received from Assembly concurred in
- Feb 28, 2024 · Senate
LRB correction
- Feb 28, 2024 · Senate
Report correctly enrolled
- Mar 11, 2024 · Senate
Presented to the Governor on 3-11-2024
- Mar 14, 2024 · Senate
Report approved by the Governor on 3-14-2024. 2023 Wisconsin Act 115
- Mar 14, 2024 · Senate
Published 3-15-2024
Terms on this page
Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act. 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
Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act
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