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Proposed Wisconsin Firearm Legislation AB616

  this is an anti-gun bill
Legislation Overview

Title: Prohibiting firearm accessories that accelerate the rate of fire of a semiautomatic firearm and providing a criminal penalty.

Description: An Act to amend 941.29 (1g) (a), 941.291 (1) (b) and 973.123 (1); and to create 941.285 of the statutes; Relating to: prohibiting firearm accessories that accelerate the rate of fire of a semiautomatic firearm and providing a criminal penalty.

Session: 2017-2018 Regular Session

Last Action: Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

Last Action Date: March 28, 2018

Sponsors

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43 sponsors: Terese Berceau (D); Chris Taylor (D); Melissa Sargent (D); Lisa Subeck (D); Jimmy Anderson (D); Jill Billings (D); David Bowen (D); Jonathan Brostoff (D); Dave Considine (D); David Crowley (D); Steve Doyle (D); Jason Fields (D); Eric Genrich (D); Evan Goyke (D); Gary Hebl (D); Dianne Hesselbein (D); Gordon Hintz (D); Frederick Kessler (D); Debra Kolste (D); Cory Mason (D); Nick Milroy (D); Tod Ohnstad (D); Sondy Pope-Roberts (D); Daniel Riemer (D); Christine Sinicki (D); Mark Spreitzer (D); Dana Wachs (D); Leon Young (D); Jocasta Zamarripa (D); Josh Zepnick (D); Amy Vruwink (D); Amanda Stuck (D); Katrina Shankland (D); LaTonya Johnson (D); Timothy Carpenter (D); Jon Erpenbach (D); David Hansen (D); Christopher Larson (D); Mark Miller (D); Janis Ringhand (D); Fred Risser (D); Jennifer Shilling (D); Lena Taylor (D);

Percentage of General Assembly sponsoring bill: 43% (43 of 99)

History
Chamber Date Action
Assembly Mar 28, 2018 Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Assembly Mar 22, 2018 Representatives Barca and Meyers added as coauthors
Assembly Nov 28, 2017 Withdrawn from committee on State Affairs and referred to committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety pursuant to Assembly Rule 42 (3)(c)
Assembly Nov 8, 2017 Introduced
Assembly Nov 8, 2017 Read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs
Texts
Type Date State Link Text
Introduced Nov 8, 2017 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

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