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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

AB 531

Died at session end Official bill text Atom feed

Relating to: grants for safe firearm disposal incentive programs and making an appropriation. (FE)

County — Finance Firearms and dangerous weapons Fish and fishing Justice department of Police

  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

This bill creates a program, administered by the Department of Justice, to award grants to counties or law enforcement agencies that implement a safe firearm disposal incentive program that meets certain criteria. The bill provides $200,000 for grants in each fiscal year and authorizes a position for the purpose of administering the grant program.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Andraca (D) , Arney (D) , Bare (D) , DeSmidt (D) , Fitzgerald (D) , Goodwin (D) , Hong (D) , Joers (D) , Johnson (D) , Kirsch (D) , Mayadev (D) , McCarville (D) , Ortiz-Velez (D) , Palmeri (D) , Roe (D) , Sheehan (D) , Sinicki (D) , Stubbs (D) , Taylor (D) , Tenorio (D) , Udell (D)

11 cosponsors

Anderson (D) , Dassler-Alfheim (D) , Habush Sinykin (D) , Hesselbein (D) , Keyeski (D) , Larson (D) , Ratcliff (D) , Roys (D) , Smith (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Subeck (D)

Registered lobbying interests · 2

Organizations that registered lobbying activity on this bill with the Wisconsin Ethics Commission. Registration means interest, not a position for or against. Official record

Full history

  1. Oct 15, 2025 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Joers, McCarville, Andraca, Arney, Bare, DeSmidt, Fitzgerald, Goodwin, Hong, Johnson, Kirsch, Mayadev, Ortiz-Velez, Palmeri, Roe, Sheehan, Sinicki, Stubbs, Taylor, Tenorio and Udell; cosponsored by Senators Ratcliff, Habush Sinykin, Dassler-Alfheim, Hesselbein, Larson, Roys, Smith and Spreitzer

  2. Oct 15, 2025 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs

  3. Oct 17, 2025 · Assembly

    Representative Subeck added as a coauthor

  4. Oct 20, 2025 · Assembly

    Representative Anderson added as a coauthor

  5. Oct 29, 2025 · Assembly

    Senator Keyeski added as a cosponsor

  6. Mar 23, 2026 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1