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Passed Wisconsin Firearm Legislation AB220

  this is an pro-gun bill
Legislation Overview

Title: Establishing a mandatory minimum period of confinement in prison for a person who possesses a firearm or who uses a firearm to commit certain crimes after being convicted of committing certain violent felonies, and providing a criminal penalty. (FE)

Description: An Act to repeal 941.29 (2); to renumber and amend 941.29 (1); to amend 175.60 (11) (a) 2. f., 813.12 (2) (c) 1., 813.122 (2) (b) 1., 813.123 (5) (a) 2. a., 813.125 (4) (a) 2. a., 941.29 (3), 941.29 (4), 941.29 (5) (intro.), 941.29 (5) (a), 941.29 (8), 941.29 (9), 941.29 (10) (intro.) and 973.176 (1); and to create 941.29 (1g), 941.29 (4m) and 973.123 of the statutes; Relating to: establishing a mandatory minimum period of confinement in prison for a person who possesses a firearm or who uses a firearm to commit certain crimes after being convicted of committing certain violent felonies, and providing a criminal penalty. (FE)

Session: 2015-2016 Regular Session

Last Action: Published 11-12-2015

Last Action Date: November 11, 2015

Sponsors

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21 sponsors: Joel Kleefisch; LaTonya Johnson; Terese Berceau; Kathleen Bernier; Janel Brandtjen; James Edming; Bob Gannon; Cody Horlacher; Rob Hutton; Robb Kahl; Joel Kitchens; Jesse Kremer; David Murphy; Joe Sanfelippo; Christine Sinicki; David Steffen; Lisa Subeck; Josh Zepnick; Terry Moulton; Steve Nass; Timothy Carpenter;

Percentage of General Assembly sponsoring bill: 21% (21 of 99)

History
Chamber Date Action
Assembly Nov 11, 2015 Published 11-12-2015
Assembly Nov 11, 2015 Report approved by the Governor on 11-11-2015. 2015 Wisconsin Act 109
Assembly Nov 10, 2015 LRB correction
Assembly Nov 10, 2015 Report correctly enrolled on 11-10-2015
Assembly Nov 10, 2015 Presented to the Governor on 11-10-2015
Assembly Nov 9, 2015 Received from Senate concurred in
Senate Nov 6, 2015 Ordered immediately messaged
Senate Nov 6, 2015 Rules suspended
Senate Nov 6, 2015 Ordered to a third reading
Senate Nov 6, 2015 Read a second time
Senate Nov 6, 2015 Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 23, Noes 9
Senate Nov 5, 2015 Placed on calendar 11-6-2015 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
Senate Sep 10, 2015 Executive action taken
Senate Sep 10, 2015 Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 3, Noes 2
Senate Sep 10, 2015 Available for scheduling
Senate Sep 2, 2015 Senator Darling added as a cosponsor
Senate Sep 1, 2015 Public hearing held
Senate Jun 12, 2015 Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary and Public Safety
Senate Jun 10, 2015 Received from Assembly
Assembly Jun 9, 2015 Ordered immediately messaged
Assembly Jun 9, 2015 Fiscal estimate received
Assembly Jun 9, 2015 Read a second time
Assembly Jun 9, 2015 Assembly Amendment 3 offered by Representatives Bowen and Jarchow
Assembly Jun 9, 2015 Assembly Amendment 3 adopted
Assembly Jun 9, 2015 Ordered to a third reading
Assembly Jun 9, 2015 Rules suspended
Assembly Jun 9, 2015 Read a third time and passed
Assembly Jun 9, 2015 Representatives Sargent, Rohrkaste, Tittl, Jacque, Schraa, Skowronski, Spiros, Petersen, J. Ott, Thiesfeldt, E. Brooks, Kuglitsch, Jorgensen, Barca and Kolste added as coauthors
Assembly Jun 3, 2015 Placed on calendar 6-9-2015 by Committee on Rules
Assembly Jun 3, 2015 Referred to committee on Rules
Assembly Jun 3, 2015 Report passage recommended by Committee on Corrections, Ayes 6, Noes 3
Assembly Jun 3, 2015 Fiscal estimate received
Assembly Jun 2, 2015 Executive action taken
Assembly Jun 1, 2015 Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representative Bowen
Assembly Jun 1, 2015 Fiscal estimate received
Assembly Jun 1, 2015 Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Bowen
Assembly May 26, 2015 Public hearing held
Assembly May 26, 2015 Fiscal estimate received
Assembly May 18, 2015 Read first time and referred to Committee on Corrections
Assembly May 18, 2015 Introduced
Texts
Type Date State Link Text
Chaptered not available state link bill text
Enrolled not available state link bill text
Introduced May 18, 2015 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

Senate: Read a third time and concurred in

Link: link to state bill page

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