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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

SB 503

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 Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, 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: Dassler-Alfheim (D) , Habush Sinykin (D) , Hesselbein (D) , Larson (D) , Ratcliff (D) , Roys (D) , Smith (D) , Spreitzer (D)

24 cosponsors

Anderson (D) , Andraca (D) , Arney (D) , Bare (D) , DeSmidt (D) , Fitzgerald (D) , Goodwin (D) , Hong (D) , Joers (D) , Johnson (D) , Keyeski (D) , Kirsch (D) , Mayadev (D) , McCarville (D) , Ortiz-Velez (D) , Palmeri (D) , Roe (D) , Sheehan (D) , Sinicki (D) , Stubbs (D) , Subeck (D) , Taylor (D) , Tenorio (D) , Udell (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 2, 2025 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Ratcliff, Habush Sinykin, Dassler-Alfheim, Hesselbein, Larson, Roys, Smith and Spreitzer; cosponsored 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

  2. Oct 2, 2025 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety

  3. Oct 10, 2025 · Senate

    Representative Subeck added as a cosponsor

  4. Oct 20, 2025 · Senate

    Representative Anderson added as a cosponsor

  5. Oct 29, 2025 · Senate

    Senator Keyeski added as a coauthor

  6. Mar 23, 2026 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1