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Proposed Wisconsin Firearm Legislation AB527

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Legislation Overview

Title: Grants related to preventing suicide by firearm and making an appropriation. (FE)

Description: An Act to create 20.435 (5) (eh) and 51.73 of the statutes; Relating to: grants related to preventing suicide by firearm and making an appropriation. (FE)

Session: 2019-2020 Regular Session

Last Action: Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

Last Action Date: April 1, 2020

Sponsors

Note: the first sponsor listed is normally the primary sponsor. If a sponsor's name is a hyperlink you can click on it to 'follow the money'.

49 sponsors: Jesse James (R); Melissa Sargent (D); David Bowen (D); Jimmy Anderson (D); Joan Ballweg (R); Marisabel Cabrera (D); Dave Considine (D); Steve Doyle (D); Cindi Duchow (R); James Edming (R); Joel Kitchens (R); Robert Kulp (R); Tony Kurtz (R); Amy Loudenbeck (R); Beth Meyers (D); Nick Milroy (D); Jeffrey Mursau (R); Greta Neubauer (D); Todd Novak (R); Loren Oldenburg (R); Kevin Petersen (R); Warren Petryk (R); Jon Plumer (R); Timothy Ramthun (R); Daniel Riemer (D); Michael Rohrkaste (R); Joe Sanfelippo (R); Michael Schraa (R); Katrina Shankland (D); Christine Sinicki (D); Mark Spreitzer (D); Lisa Subeck (D); Chris Taylor (D); Paul Tittl (R); Travis Tranel (R); Ron Tusler (R); Robyn Vining (D); Don Vruwink (D); Jocasta Zamarripa (D); Shannon Zimmerman (R); Robert Wittke (R); Barbara Dittrich (R); Kathleen Bernier (R); Timothy Carpenter (D); Dan Feyen (R); Luther Olsen (R); Lena Taylor (D); Patty Schachtner (D); Christopher Larson (D);

Percentage of General Assembly sponsoring bill: 49% (49 of 99)

History
Chamber Date Action
Senate Apr 1, 2020 Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Senate Feb 28, 2020 Read first time and referred to committee on Health and Human Services
Senate Nov 8, 2019 Received from Assembly
Assembly Nov 7, 2019 Read a second time
Assembly Nov 7, 2019 Assembly Amendment 1 adopted
Assembly Nov 7, 2019 Ordered to a third reading
Assembly Nov 7, 2019 Rules suspended
Assembly Nov 7, 2019 Read a third time and passed, Ayes 92, Noes 2
Assembly Nov 7, 2019 Representative Ramthun withdrawn as a coauthor
Assembly Nov 7, 2019 Ordered immediately messaged
Assembly Nov 5, 2019 Placed on calendar 11-7-2019 by Committee on Rules
Assembly Nov 1, 2019 Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Local Government, Ayes 9, Noes 0
Assembly Nov 1, 2019 Referred to committee on Rules
Assembly Nov 1, 2019 Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Local Government, Ayes 9, Noes 0
Assembly Oct 29, 2019 Executive action taken
Assembly Oct 25, 2019 Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative James
Assembly Oct 25, 2019 Fiscal estimate received
Assembly Oct 22, 2019 Public hearing held
Assembly Oct 14, 2019 Introduced
Assembly Oct 14, 2019 Read first time and referred to Committee on Local Government
Texts
Type Date State Link Text
Introduced Oct 14, 2019 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
Description Vote Date Yea Votes Nay Votes No Votes Absent Passed
11/7/2019 92 2 5 0 Yes
  • Allen, Scott (R) Nay
  • Anderson, Jimmy (D) Yea
  • August, Tyler (R) Yea
  • Ballweg, Joan (R) Yea
  • Billings, Jill (D) Yea
  • Born, Mark (R) Yea
  • Bowen, David (D) Yea
  • Brandtjen, Janel (R) Yea
  • Brooks, Ed (R) Yea
  • Brostoff, Jonathan (D) Nay
  • Cabrera, Marisabel (D) Yea
  • Considine, Dave (D) NV
  • Crowley, David (D) Yea
  • Dittrich, Barbara (R) Yea
  • Doyle, Steve (D) Yea
  • Duchow, Cindi (R) Yea
  • Edming, James (R) Yea
  • Emerson, Jodene (D) Yea
  • Felzkowski, Mary (R) Yea
  • Fields, Jason (D) Yea
  • Goyke, Evan (D) Yea
  • Gruszynski, Staush (D) Yea
  • Gundrum, Rick (R) Yea
  • Haywood, Kalan (D) Yea
  • Hebl, Gary (D) Yea
  • Hesselbein, Dianne (D) Yea
  • Hintz, Gordon (D) Yea
  • Horlacher, Cody (R) Yea
  • Hutton, Rob (R) Yea
  • Jagler, John (R) Yea
  • James, Jesse (R) Yea
  • Katsma, Terry (R) Yea
  • Kerkman, Samantha (R) Yea
  • Kitchens, Joel (R) Yea
  • Knodl, Dan (R) Yea
  • Kolste, Debra (D) Yea
  • Krug, Scott (R) Yea
  • Kuglitsch, Mike (R) Yea
  • Kulp, Robert (R) NV
  • Kurtz, Anthony (R) Yea
  • Loudenbeck, Amy (R) Yea
  • Macco, John (R) Yea
  • Magnafici, Gae (R) Yea
  • McGuire, Tip (D) Yea
  • Meyers, Beth (D) Yea
  • Milroy, Nick (D) Yea
  • Murphy, David (R) Yea
  • Mursau, Jeffrey (R) Yea
  • Myers, LaKeshia (D) Yea
  • Neubauer, Greta (D) Yea
  • Neylon, Adam (R) Yea
  • Novak, Todd (R) Yea
  • Nygren, John (R) Yea
  • Ohnstad, Tod (D) Yea
  • Oldenburg, Loren (R) Yea
  • Ott, Jim (R) Yea
  • Petersen, Kevin (R) Yea
  • Petryk, Warren (R) Yea
  • Plumer, Jon (R) Yea
  • Pope-Roberts, Sondy (D) Yea
  • Pronschinske, Treig (R) Yea
  • Quinn, Romaine (R) Yea
  • Ramthun, Timothy (R) Yea
  • Riemer, Daniel (D) NV
  • Rodriguez, Jessie (R) Yea
  • Rohrkaste, Michael (R) Yea
  • Sanfelippo, Joe (R) Yea
  • Sargent, Melissa (D) Yea
  • Schraa, Michael (R) Yea
  • Shankland, Katrina (D) Yea
  • Sinicki, Christine (D) Yea
  • Skowronski, Kenneth (R) NV
  • Snyder, Patrick (R) Yea
  • Sortwell, Shae (R) Yea
  • Spiros, John (R) Yea
  • Spreitzer, Mark (D) Yea
  • Stafsholt, Rob (R) Yea
  • Steffen, David (R) NV
  • Steineke, Jim (R) Yea
  • Stubbs, Shelia (D) Yea
  • Stuck, Amanda (D) Yea
  • Subeck, Lisa (D) Yea
  • Summerfield, Rob (R) Yea
  • Swearingen, Rob (R) Yea
  • Tauchen, Gary (R) Yea
  • Taylor, Chris (D) Yea
  • Thiesfeldt, Jeremy (R) Yea
  • Tittl, Paul (R) Yea
  • Tranel, Travis (R) Yea
  • Tusler, Ron (R) Yea
  • Vander Meer, Nancy (R) Yea
  • Vining, Robyn (D) Yea
  • Vorpagel, Tyler (R) Yea
  • Vos, Robin (R) Yea
  • Vruwink, Don (D) Yea
  • Wichgers, Chuck (R) Yea
  • Wittke, Robert (R) Yea
  • Zamarripa, Jocasta (D) Yea
  • Zimmerman, Shannon (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name

Link: link to state bill page

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