Proposed Wisconsin Firearm Legislation SB307
Legislation Overview
Title: Eliminating criminal defenses of adequate provocation, self-defense, or not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect if the claim is based on the victim's gender identity or sexual orientation.
Description: An Act to renumber and amend 971.15 (2); and to create 939.44 (3), 939.48 (5m) and 971.15 (2) (b) of the statutes; Relating to: eliminating criminal defenses of adequate provocation, self-defense, or not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect if the claim is based on the victim's gender identity or sexual orientation.
Session: 2023-2024 Regular Session
Last Action: Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Last Action Date: April 15, 2024
Sponsors
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31 sponsors: Timothy Carpenter (D); Mark Spreitzer (D); Melissa Agard (D); Dianne Hesselbein (D); Christopher Larson (D); Kelda Roys (D); Jeff Smith (D); Greta Neubauer (D); Marisabel Cabrera (D); Lee Snodgrass (D); Clinton Anderson (D); Jimmy Anderson (D); Deb Andraca (D); Mike Bare (D); Jill Billings (D); Ryan Clancy (D); Sue Conley (D); Dave Considine (D); Jodi Emerson (D); Alex Joers (D); Darrin Madison (D); Tod Ohnstad (D); Sylvia Ortiz-Velez (D); Lori Palmeri (D); Melissa Ratcliff (D); Katrina Shankland (D); Kristina Shelton (D); Christine Sinicki (D); Shelia Stubbs (D); Lisa Subeck (D); Robyn Vining (D);
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 94% (31 of 33)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Apr 15, 2024 | Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1 |
| Senate | Jun 14, 2023 | Representative Jacobson added as a cosponsor |
| Senate | May 24, 2023 | Introduced |
| Senate | May 24, 2023 | Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | May 24, 2023 | state link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
There have not been any votes on this bill
Link: link to state bill page
