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Bills from the 2025–26 session

Senate Bill 487

Training requirements for a license to carry a concealed weapon

Topics: Firearms and dangerous weapons, Justice, Department of

Stopped in committee

It never got a ⁠, so it never came up for a vote. The last day for votes this session was Mar 19, 2026. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Oct 2, 2025

  2. Committee, stopped here

    Stopped here. No public hearing was held.

  3. Senate vote, not reached

  4. Assembly vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Mar 23, 2026: “Failed to pass pursuant to ⁠”

It never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development. The committee's chair at the time was Dan Feyen. Chairs decide which bills get a hearing. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.

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The same bill was also filed in the Assembly as AB 484. That version died when the session ended.

What it would have done

Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

Under current law, the Department of Justice issues licenses to carry concealed weapons to qualified applicants who submit required materials, including proof that the applicant completed a firearms safety course or program. Under current law, DOJ may not require that the course or program require the applicant to fire live ammunition, and a person who has a license may renew the license without completing another firearms safety course or program. Under this bill, a course or program must require the applicant to fire live ammunition and provide information on gun safety and storage, including safe storage while traveling and safe storage in a vehicle; preventing accidental shootings; and suicide prevention. In addition, a course or program must provide training on de-escalation techniques and strategies. The bill also requires a licensee to complete a continuing firearms safety course or program to renew a license and requires that safety course or program to contain the same content requirements that the bill requires for the initial training. Finally, the bill eliminates the completion of a hunter education program as proof of the training requirement under current law.

Who's behind it

9 senators are its ⁠. All 9 are Democrats.

28 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 37 names

Authors (9)

Signed on in support (28)

What happened

  1. Mar 23, 2026

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Feb 9, 2026

    1 more representative signed on in support.

  3. Oct 2, 2025

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development.

  4. Oct 2, 2025

    Introduced in the Senate.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Oct 2, 2025 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators L. Johnson, Dassler-Alfheim, Hesselbein, Keyeski, Larson, Ratcliff, Roys, Smith and Spreitzer; cosponsored by Representatives Stroud, Andraca, Arney, Bare, Clancy, Fitzgerald, Goodwin, Haywood, Hysell, Joers, Madison, Mayadev, Miresse, Neubauer, Palmeri, Phelps, Prado, Rivera-Wagner, Roe, Sinicki, Snodgrass, Subeck, Taylor, Tenorio, Udell, Stubbs and Johnson

  2. Oct 2, 2025 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development

  3. Feb 9, 2026 · Senate

    Representative J. Jacobson added as a cosponsor

  4. Mar 23, 2026 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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Committee

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Public hearing

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Senate Joint Resolution 1

The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.

Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary

Legislative Reference Bureau

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Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary

Author

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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

From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source

Committee

A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.

More in the glossary

Public hearing

A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.

More in the glossary

Senate Joint Resolution 1

The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.

Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1

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

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