Bills by subject

Firearms and dangerous weapons

110 bills and resolutions. 11 became law and 59 never got a public hearing. They span 3 sessions, from the 2009–10 session to the 2025–26 session.

This is the Legislature's own subject heading, not our category, so a bill is here only if the Legislature filed it under this term. Each count comes from the bill's official history.

Latest activity

The 5 bills on this subject with the newest recorded action.

SB 45 State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)
Became law. Last action May 13, 2026
AB 943 Going armed at a polling place and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee. Last action Apr 21, 2026
SB 949 Going armed at a polling place and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee. Last action Apr 21, 2026
AB 953 Containers or trigger locks provided at a firearm sale and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee. Last action Mar 30, 2026
AB 954 A requirement to report lost or stolen firearms and providing a penalty. (FE)
Stopped in committee. Last action Mar 30, 2026

Every bill on this subject

2025–26 session: 50

Mar 23, 2026
AB 10: A sales and use tax exemption for the sale of gun safes. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 16: Repealing an administrative rule of the Department of Natural Resources related to the possession of firearms.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 50: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 55: Possession of a firearm on school grounds by school employees and fees for licenses to carry a concealed weapon. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 319: Extreme risk protection temporary restraining orders and injunctions, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 321: Prohibition against undetectable firearms, possessing a frame or receiver of a firearm without a serial number, and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 324: Waiting period for purchase of handguns.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 325: Sales and transfers of firearms and providing a penalty. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 356: Storage of a firearm in a residence if child is present and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 427: Prohibiting possessing a firearm on college and university campuses and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.

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Mar 23, 2026
AB 484: Training requirements for a license to carry a concealed weapon.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 489: Voluntary prohibitions on purchasing a handgun and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 531: Grants for safe firearm disposal incentive programs and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 609: Right to carry a weapon in this state, licenses to carry a concealed weapon, and providing a penalty. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 610: A sales and use tax exemption for firearms, bows and arrows for archery, crossbows, and ammunition sold during certain times of the year. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Apr 21, 2026
AB 943: Going armed at a polling place and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 951: Storage of firearms in retail facility when unattended.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 952: Storage of a firearm in a house in which a resident is prohibited from possessing a firearm and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 30, 2026
AB 953: Containers or trigger locks provided at a firearm sale and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 30, 2026
AB 954: A requirement to report lost or stolen firearms and providing a penalty. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 1056: Firearm transfers and possession, law enforcement and prosecution, victims and witnesses, obstruction of justice, mental health and substance use services, hate crimes reporting portal, fraud, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 1077: Permits for firearms dealers, firearms transactions and safety, firearms crimes, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 1154: Firearm transfers and possession that are prohibited under federal law. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AJR 61: Proclaiming June 6, 2025, as Gun Violence Awareness Day in Wisconsin.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AJR 112: The right to keep and bear arms (first consideration).
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 12: A sales and use tax exemption for the sale of gun safes. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
May 13, 2026
SB 45: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 49: Repealing an administrative rule of the Department of Natural Resources related to the possession of firearms.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 167: Possession of a firearm on school grounds by school employees and fees for licenses to carry a concealed weapon. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 329: Extreme risk protection temporary restraining orders and injunctions, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 330: Waiting period for purchase of handguns.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 332: Prohibition against undetectable firearms, possessing a frame or receiver of a firearm without a serial number, and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 336: Sales and transfers of firearms and providing a penalty. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 368: Storage of a firearm in a residence if child is present and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 429: Prohibiting possessing a firearm on college and university campuses and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 469: Voluntary prohibitions on purchasing a handgun and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 487: Training requirements for a license to carry a concealed weapon.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 503: Grants for safe firearm disposal incentive programs and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 606: A sales and use tax exemption for firearms, bows and arrows for archery, crossbows, and ammunition sold during certain times of the year. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 607: Right to carry a weapon in this state, licenses to carry a concealed weapon, and providing a penalty. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 945: Storage of firearms in retail facility when unattended.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 30, 2026
SB 946: Containers or trigger locks provided at a firearm sale and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 30, 2026
SB 947: A requirement to report lost or stolen firearms and providing a penalty. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 948: Storage of a firearm in a house in which a resident is prohibited from possessing a firearm and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 21, 2026
SB 949: Going armed at a polling place and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 1046: Permits for firearms dealers, firearms transactions and safety, firearms crimes, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 1124: Firearm transfers and possession that are prohibited under federal law. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 1166: Use of autonomous devices equipped with weapons by law enforcement agencies.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SJR 60: Proclaiming June 6, 2025, as Gun Violence Awareness Day in Wisconsin.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SJR 105: The right to keep and bear arms (first consideration).
Stopped in committee.

2011–12 session: 27

Mar 23, 2012
AB 99: Prohibiting the Department of Natural Resources from establishing certain restrictions on hunting antlered deer and regulating the establishment of fall open seasons for hunting deer with firearms.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Dec 12, 2011
AB 103: Receiving a stolen firearm and providing a penalty.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 116: Creating a microstamping requirement for certain handguns, certification of compliance with the microstamping requirement, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and providing penalties.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 123: Use of a facsimile firearm and providing a penalty.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 126: Carrying a concealed weapon; licenses authorizing persons to carry concealed weapons; possessing or transporting a firearm, bow, or crossbow under certain circumstances; disorderly conduct limitations; photographic identification cards for former law enforcement officers; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; requiring the exercise of rule-making authority; making appropriations; and providing penalties.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 190: Carrying a concealed weapon if prohibited from possessing a firearm, purchasing a firearm for a person who is prohibited from possessing a firearm, and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 231: Civil actions and zoning conditions related to noise that are applicable to bird hunting preserves.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 246: Resisting officer while armed with or threatening to use a dangerous weapon.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 299: Law enforcement officers and firearms in school zones and certain injunctions against law enforcement officers.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 323: Placing, possessing, or transporting a firearm, bow, or crossbow in or on a vehicle or in or on a motorboat.
Stopped in committee.

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Apr 10, 2012
AB 384: Weapons that may be used to hunt certain animals and requirements for establishing open hunting seasons for those animals.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 406: Going armed with a handgun on the premises of a gas station, theft from a gas station, causing damage to a gas station, and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 413: Training requirements for licenses to carry a concealed weapon.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 479: Law enforcement officers and licenses to carry concealed weapons.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 500: Adding kindergarten to definition of school for the purposes of the gun-free school zone law and the prohibition against weapons on school premises.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 717: Law enforcement officers who are on duty, off-duty law enforcement officers, and former law enforcement officers and going armed with firearms.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 71: Creating a microstamping requirement for certain handguns, certification of compliance with the microstamping requirement, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and providing penalties.
Stopped in committee.
Nov 7, 2011
SB 75: Prohibiting the Department of Natural Resources from establishing certain restrictions on hunting antlered deer and regulating the establishment of fall open seasons for hunting deer with firearms.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 90: Carrying a concealed weapon; licenses authorizing persons to carry concealed weapons; possessing or transporting a firearm, bow, or crossbow under certain circumstances; disorderly conduct limitations; photographic identification cards for former law enforcement officers; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; requiring the exercise of rule-making authority; making appropriations; and providing penalties.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 91: Use of a facsimile firearm and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Jul 12, 2011
SB 93: Going armed with weapons, possessing or transporting a firearm, bow, or crossbow under certain circumstances, disorderly conduct limitations, and electric weapons.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 131: Carrying a concealed weapon if prohibited from possessing a firearm, purchasing a firearm for a person who is prohibited from possessing a firearm, and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 134: Providing information to a firearms dealer when purchasing a handgun, authorizing the Department of Justice to prosecute violations of certain laws regulating firearms, receiving a stolen firearm, and providing penalties.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 168: Requiring a firearms restrictions record search for transfers of handguns that do not involve a firearms dealer, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Nov 7, 2011
SB 228: Placing, possessing, or transporting a firearm, bow, or crossbow in or on a vehicle or in or on a motorboat.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 325: Training requirements for licenses to carry a concealed weapon.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 555: Law enforcement officers who are on duty, off-duty law enforcement officers, and former law enforcement officers and going armed with firearms.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.

2009–10 session: 33

Apr 28, 2010
AB 70: Adjudications for involuntary commitment, appointment of a guardian of the person, and protective placement or protective services, background checks for the purchase of handguns, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
May 26, 2010
AB 75: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2009 legislature.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 221: Creating a microstamping requirement for certain handguns, certification of compliance with the microstamping requirement, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and providing penalties.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 222: The minimum age for hunting and for possessing a firearm, restrictions on hunting and on possessing a firearm while hunting, establishing a hunting mentorship program, and granting rule-making authority.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 233: Use of a facsimile firearm and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Feb 16, 2010
AB 332: Authorizing the use of airguns and crossbows under certain hunting licenses.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 357: Receiving a stolen firearm and providing a penalty.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 373: Providing information to a firearms dealer when purchasing a handgun, authorizing the Department of Justice to prosecute violations of certain laws regulating firearms, and providing penalties.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 473: Fees from retired law enforcement officers seeking to carry concealed weapons and making an appropriation.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 474: Carrying concealed weapons by law enforcement officers and by retired law enforcement officers.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.

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Apr 28, 2010
AB 518: Requiring a person to report a stolen or lost firearm, creating a database for stolen and lost firearms, and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 558: The possession of a firearm by a person who has committed a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence and providing a penalty.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 559: Notice of firearm prohibition when served with notice of an injunction hearing and process for surrendering firearms following the granting of certain injunctions.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 737: Weapons authorized for use under certain hunting approvals, prohibiting certain persons from obtaining or using hunting approvals, authorizing issuance of archery hunting approvals and nonfirearm hunting approvals for hunting certain animals, and providing a penalty.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 753: Providing information to a firearms dealer when purchasing a handgun, authorizing the Department of Justice to prosecute violations of certain laws regulating firearms, receiving a stolen firearm, and providing penalties.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 914: Sales and transfers of firearms, records from sales of firearms, possession of firearms by persons convicted of violent offenses that are not felonies, and providing penalties.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 925: Discharging a firearm within 100 yards of a building devoted to human occupancy while in waters adjacent to land owned by another person and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Nov 3, 2009
AR 15: Requesting the participation of the attorney general as amicus curiae in certain cases before the United States Supreme Court.
Adopted.
May 10, 2010
SB 44: Adjudications for involuntary commitment, appointment of a guardian of the person, and protective placement or protective services, background checks for the purchase of handguns, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority.
Became law.
Aug 18, 2009
SB 167: The minimum age for hunting and for possessing a firearm, restrictions on hunting and on possessing a firearm while hunting, establishing a hunting mentorship program, and granting rule-making authority.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 169: Use of a facsimile firearm and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 174: Creating a microstamping requirement for certain handguns, certification of compliance with the microstamping requirement, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and providing penalties.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 207: Possession and use of a firearm by a person under the age of 12 years.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 222: Group deer hunting requirements and restrictions on placing, possessing, or transporting a firearm, bow, or crossbow in or on a vehicle.
Passed the Senate, then stopped.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 367: Requiring a person to report a stolen or lost firearm, creating a database for stolen and lost firearms, and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 376: Fees from retired law enforcement officers seeking to carry concealed weapons and making an appropriation.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 377: Carrying concealed weapons by law enforcement officers and by retired law enforcement officers.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 380: The possession of a firearm by a person who has committed a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 381: Notice of firearm prohibition when served with notice of an injunction hearing and process for surrendering firearms following the granting of certain injunctions.
Stopped in committee.
May 20, 2010
SB 424: Regulating certain sport shooting ranges.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 449: Possession of a firearm at school or under the supervision of a school authority.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 611: Providing information to a firearms dealer when purchasing a handgun, authorizing the Department of Justice to prosecute violations of certain laws regulating firearms, receiving a stolen firearm, and providing penalties.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 643: Sales and transfers of firearms, records from sales of firearms, possession of firearms by persons convicted of violent offenses that are not felonies, and providing penalties.
Stopped in committee.

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