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Read. Follow. Verify.Wisconsin Amendment Regulates Firearm Transfers and Modifies Criminal Penalties and Law Enforcement Procedures
Last action · March 23, 2026: Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1Sponsors: Brent Jacobson and 16 others
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What This Bill Proposed
Wisconsin Assembly Amendment 1 to AB 66 modifies laws regarding firearm transfers and possession, law enforcement practices, prosecution rules, victim and witness services, and establishes penalties and appropriations.
Changes criminal justice procedures, alters court costs and fees related to specific case dismissals, and introduces new reporting requirements and penalties affecting law enforcement and individuals involved in certain criminal proceedings.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Law Enforcement Agencies
Law enforcement procedures and reporting requirements are modified by the amendment.
Criminal Defendants
Rules regarding the dismissal or amendment of criminal charges and penalties are altered.
Crime Victims and Witnesses
Services and provisions dedicated to victims and witnesses are updated under the measure.
Key Facts
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Failed in the Senate.
Procedural history
21 actions- Mar 23, 2026SenateFailed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
- Mar 14, 2025SenateIntroducedRead first time and referred to committee on Judiciary and Public Safety
- Mar 13, 2025SenateReceived from Assembly
- Mar 13, 2025HouseOrdered immediately messaged
- Mar 13, 2025HouseFloorRead a third time and passed, Ayes 53, Noes 44
- Mar 13, 2025HouseRules suspended
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- Mar 13, 2025HouseOrdered to a third reading
- Mar 13, 2025HouseFloorAssembly Amendment 1 adopted
- Mar 13, 2025HouseDecision of the Chair upheld, Ayes 53, Noes 43
- Mar 13, 2025HouseDecision of the Chair appealed
- Mar 13, 2025HousePoint of order that Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 not germane under Assembly Rule 54 (3)(f) well taken
- Mar 13, 2025HouseAssembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative McGuire
- Mar 13, 2025HouseRead a second time
- Mar 11, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to calendar of 3-13-2025 pursuant to Assembly Rule 45 (1)
- Mar 11, 2025HouseReport passage as amended recommended by Committee on Judiciary, Ayes 3, Noes 1
- Mar 11, 2025HouseReport Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Judiciary, Ayes 4, Noes 0
- Mar 10, 2025HouseExecutive action taken
- Mar 5, 2025HouseAssembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative B. Jacobson
- Mar 4, 2025HousePublic hearing held
- Feb 24, 2025HouseIntroducedRead first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary
- Feb 24, 2025HouseIntroducedIntroduced by Representatives B. Jacobson, Behnke, Brill, Dittrich, Donovan, Duchow, Gundrum, Knodl, Kreibich, Krug, Moses, Murphy, Mursau and Wichgers; cosponsored by Senators Hutton, Nass and Tomczyk
Version history
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Sources
docs.legis.wisconsin.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 75)
- Controversy70Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz45Current news / social attention level
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