Bill Watch
Monitoring all gun legislation before the Wisconsin legislature and congress.
2015-2016 Session
State Legislature
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| AB13 |
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Supporters claim the bill would make return of seized firearms easier, but there is already a petition process through the court in which a property owner may immediately apply for return of seized firearms. AB13, however, creates an assumption of guilt which properties owners assume, unless they can satisfy numerous conditions. Read alert | Status: Referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety | ||
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This bill eliminates the 48-hour waiting period on handgun purchases in Wisconsin.Under this bill, the dealer may transfer the handgun immediately after receiving notice from DOJ that the background check indicates that the purchaser is not prohibited from possessing a firearm. |
Status: Senate version, SB35 passed into law. | |||
| SB35 | Support | This bill eliminates the 48-hour waiting period on handgun purchases in Wisconsin.Under this bill, the dealer may transfer the handgun immediately after receiving notice from DOJ that the background check indicates that the purchaser is not prohibited from possessing a firearm. |
Status: Passed. 2015 Wisconsin Act 22 | ||
| TBD | Support |
Development, drafting or introduction of a proposal relating to Supporting the ‘Campus Carry Act’ under circulation by State Rep. Jesse Kremer, R-Kewaskum, and State Sen. Devin LeMahieu, R-Oostburg.
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Development, drafting or introduction of a proposal relating to Constitutional Carry – improving Wisconsin’s concealed carry weapons law, making carry-by-permit optional for purposes of reciprocity with other permit states only.
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2013-2014 Session
State Legislature
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| AB138 |
Oppose
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Expanded background checks on sales and transfers of firearms and providing a penalty.
Introduced by Representatives Richards, Berceau, Barnes, Goyke, Johnson, Bernard Schaber, Billings, Clark, Genrich, Hebl, Hesselbein, Hulsey, Kahl, Kessler, Kolste, Ohnstad, Pasch, Pope, Riemer, Ringhand, Sargent, Sinicki, C. Taylor, Wright, Young, Zamarripa and Zepnick;
cosponsored by Senators Harris, Lehman, Risser, Carpenter, Hansen, Miller, Shilling and L. Taylor |
Status: Referred to Committee on Criminal Justice | ||
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Oppose
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Expanded background checks on sales and transfers of firearms and providing a penalty.
Introduced by Senators Harris, Lehman, Risser, Carpenter, Hansen, Miller, Shilling and L. Taylor;
cosponsored by Representatives Richards, Berceau, Barnes, Goyke, Johnson, Bernard Schaber, Billings, Clark, Genrich, Hebl, Hesselbein, Hulsey, Kahl, Kessler, Kolste, Ohnstad, Pasch, Pope, Riemer, Ringhand, Sargent, Sinicki, C. Taylor, Wright, Young, Zamarripa and Zepnick |
Status: Referred to Committee on Transportation, Public Safety, and Veterans and Military Affairs | |||
| AB118 | Support | Exceptions to the prohibition against firearms in school zones. Introduced by Representatives Pridemore, Thiesfeldt, T. Larson, Brooks and Knodl | Status: Committee on Judiciary | ||
| AB178 | Support | Protection and operation of certain existing sport shooting ranges. Introduced by Representatives Krug, Kleefisch, Tranel, Petryk, Marklein, Spiros, Tittl, Doyle, Ballweg and Loudenbeck; cosponsored by Senators Kedzie, Lassa, Grothman and L. Taylor |
Status: Referred to Committee on Rules | ||
| AB221 | Oppose | Prohibition on certain bullets and providing a penalty. Introduced by Representatives Kessler and Sinicki; cosponsored by Senator Risser |
Status: Referred to Committee on Criminal Justice
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| AB222 | Oppose | Ban on assault weapons and large-capacity magazines. Introduced by Representatives Kessler, Barnes, Johnson, Sinicki and C. Taylor; cosponsored by Senator Risser. |
Status: Referred to Committee on Criminal Justice | ||
| AB368 | Support | Purchases or transfers of rifles or shotguns in other states. Introduced by Representatives Spiros, Born, Brooks, Craig, Jagler, Kleefisch, Knudson, T. Larson, Murphy, Nass, A. Ott, Pridemore, Sanfelippo, Thiesfeldt, Tittl and Petryk; cosponsored by Senators Tiffany, Farrow, Grothman, Lazich, Moulton and Schultz |
Status: Referred to Committee on Natural Resources and Sporting Heritage | ||
| SB102 | Oppose | Prohibition against carrying firearms in the capitol. Introduced by Senators Risser, Lehman and T. Cullen; cosponsored by Representatives Sargent, Pasch, Barnes, Ohnstad, Hebl, Berceau, Sinicki and Pope |
Status: Referred to Committee on Transportation, Public Safety, and Veterans and Military Affairs | ||
| SB162 | Support | Protection and operation of certain existing sport shooting ranges. Introduced by Senators Kedzie, Lassa, Grothman and L. Taylor; cosponsored by Representatives Krug, Kleefisch, Tranel, Petryk, Marklein, Spiros, Tittl, Doyle, Ballweg and Loudenbeck | Passed Wisconsin Act 35 | ||
| SB285 | Support | Purchases or transfers of rifles or shotguns in other states. Introduced by Senators Tiffany, Farrow, Grothman, Lazich, Moulton and Schultz; cosponsored by Representatives Spiros, Born, Brooks, Craig, Jagler, Kleefisch, Knudson, T. Larson, Murphy, Nass, A. Ott, Pridemore, Sanfelippo, Thiesfeldt, Tittl and Petryk | Status: Referred to Committee on Transportation, Public Safety, and Veterans and Military Affairs | ||
| AB9 | Oppose | Exempts police officers from prohibitions against carrying concealed weapons on private property. Introduced by Representatives Kleefisch, Danou, Jacque, Mursau, Stroebel, Bernier, Born, Swearingen, A. Ott, Brooks, Tranel, Nerison, Bies, Weatherston, Kaufert, Thiesfeldt, Jagler, Schraa, T. Larson, Knodl and Czaja; cosponsored by Senators Gudex, L. Taylor and Kedzie | Status: Criminal Justice Committee | ||
2013-2014 Session
112th Congress
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| S150, S691 & HR 437 |
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Sen. Dianne Feinstein (Rep. Carolyn McCarthy HR 437) Assault Weapons Ban of 2013 – (Sec. 3) Amends the federal criminal code to ban the import, sale, manufacture, transfer, or possession of a semiautomatic assault weapon, including:
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3/14/2013 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders.House version HR 437 Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. | ||
| S649 | Oppose | Safe Communities, Safe Schools Act of 2013Sen. Harry Reid.Safe Communities, Safe Schools Act of 2013 – Amends the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 (NICS Act), the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (Brady Act), the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, and the federal criminal code to require background checks for all firearm sales, prohibit straw purchases of firearms, and expand the school safety grant program.Fix Gun Checks Act of 2013 – Amends the NICS Act to eliminate from the records concerning persons who are prohibited from possessing or receiving a firearm, about which a state must submit estimates to the Attorney General for purposes of the National Instant Criminal Background Check System: (1) a record that identifies a person for whom an indictment has been returned for a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year or who is a fugitive from justice and for which a record of final disposition is not available; and (2) a record that identifies a person who is an unlawful user of, or addicted to, a controlled substance. Directs the Attorney General to establish the applicable time period for the occurrence of events which would disqualify a person from possessing a firearm (currently, within the prior 20 years) in pertinent records. Read more | 4/11/2013 Senate floor actions. Status: Measure laid before Senate by motion.
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2011-2012 Session
State Legislature
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| AB69SB79 |
Support
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Castle doctrine, self-defense.
Introduced by Representatives KAUFERT, MURSAU, JACQUE, LEMAHIEU, ZIEGELBAUER, NASS, KERKMAN, WILLIAMS, SPANBAUER, PETRYK,KNODL, PETROWSKI, KESTELL, STEINEKE, AUGUST, LITJENS, A. OTT, DANOU, TAUCHEN, KRUG, STRACHOTA, RIPP, HONADEL, FARROW and THIESFELDT, cosponsored by Senators WANGGAARD, LEIBHAM, HOLPERIN, LAZICH, COWLES, OLSEN, VUKMIR, GROTHMAN, HANSEN, GALLOWAY, DARLING, HARSDORF, HOPPER, TAYLOR and MOULTON.
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Passed | ||
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Microstamp requirement for handguns in Wisconsin. Introduced by Representatives YOUNG, E. COGGS, SINICKI, KESSLER, BERCEAU, GRIGSBY, HULSEY and TURNER, cosponsored by Senators S. COGGS and RISSER. |
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1. | |||
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Carry Concealed Weapons. Introduced by Senators GALLOWAY, GROTHMAN, KEDZIE, LAZICH, |
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Ban on private handgun sales, mandatory NICS checks for all private handgun sales.
Introduced by Senators CARPENTER, S. COGGS and C. LARSON,
cosponsored by Representatives D. CULLEN, SPANBAUER, TURNER, ZEPNICK and BERCEAU. |
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| SB228 |
Support
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Repeal of mandatory gun cases in motor vehicles and motor boats.Introduced by Senators MOULTON, HOLPERIN, KEDZIE, GALLOWAY and LAZICH, cosponsored by Representatives KRUG, SPANBAUER, BERNIER, JACQUE, ENDSLEY, RIPP, KLEEFISCH, RIVARD, STROEBEL, TAUCHEN, MURSAU, CRAIG and RADCLIFFE. | |||
2011-2012 Session
112th Congress
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| HR1540 |
Oppose
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Rep. Howard McKeon (R-CA). National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012. Indefinite detainment of U.S. Citizens without trial or due process. Recommended Reading | Became Public Law No: 112-81 | ||
| HR3594 | Support | Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL). Expresses the sense of Congress that the United States should not adopt any treaty that poses a threat to national sovereignty or abridges the rights guaranteed by the Constitution, such as the right to bear arms, and should cease the provision of financial support to any entity that does so. | House Committee on Foreign Affairs. | ||
| HR77 | Oppose | Rep Jackson-Lee (D-TX). Border Security, Cooperation, and Act NOW Drug War Prevent. Increase ATF/DEA/Border Patrol agents to block “illicit” funnel of firearms into Mexico. | Subcommittee on Border, Maritime, and Global Counterterrorism | ||
| HR308 | Oppose | Rep. McCarthy (D-NY). Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device Ban. To permanently (and with no-grandfather provisions) prohibit the transfer or possession of large capacity ammunition feeding devices, and for other purposes. | Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. | ||
| HR496 | Oppose | Rep. King (D-NY). Securing Citizens’ Protection at Federal Events Act – Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit any person from carrying a firearm at a place which the person knows is a restricted firearms zone. | Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. | ||
| HR822 | Oppose | Rep. Stearns (R-FL). National Firearms Reciprocity Bill. Federal government imposing concealed carry standards on the states. | Committee on the Judiciary. | ||
| HR1781 | Oppose | Rep. McCarthy (D-NY). Fix Gun Checks Act of 2011. Bans all private sales without background checks. “IN GENERAL- It shall be unlawful for an unlicensed transferor to transfer a firearm to an unlicensed transferee.” | Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. | ||
| HR2554 | Oppose | Rep. Maloney (D-NY). Stop Gun Trafficking and Strengthen Law Enforcement Act of 2011. Uses interstate commerce clause to go after firearms transactions. Broadly worded to make any possibility of unlawful use reason to convict almost anyone even remotely related to a legitimate transaction. | Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. | ||
| HR591 | Oppose | Rep. McCarthy (D-NY). Gun Show Loophole Closing Act of 2011.Imposes recordkeeping requirements on gun show operators and criminal penalties for failure to register as a gun show operator and maintain required records.Grants the Attorney General authority to enter the business premises of any gun show operator, without a showing of reasonable cause or a warrant, to examine records and inventory to determine compliance with this Act.Increases criminal penalties for serious recordkeeping violations and violations of criminal background check requirements.Authorizes the Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) to hire additional investigators to carry out inspections of gun shows. | Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. | ||
| HR615 | Support | Rep. Lummis (R-WY). Collectible Firearms Protection Act. Amends the Arms Export Control Act to allow the importation of certain firearms listed as curios or relics into the United States by a licensed importer without the requirement of an authorization from or payment to the Department of State or the Department of Defense (DOD) upon certification to the Attorney General that such firearms are lawfully possessed under the laws of the exporting country. | Committee on Foreign Affairs | ||
| HR1898 | Support | Rep. Rehberg (R-MT). Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act. Prohibits, in any case arising out of the administration of laws and benefits by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA), considering any person who is mentally incapacitated, deemed mentally incompetent, or experiencing an extended loss of consciousness from being considered adjudicated as a mental defective for purposes of the right to receive or transport firearms without the order or finding of a judicial authority of competent jurisdiction that such person is a danger to himself or herself or others. | House Committee on Veterans Affairs | ||
| S32 | Oppose | Sen. Lautenberg (D-NY). Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device Ac. Amends the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to prohibit: (1) the transfer or possession of a large capacity ammunition feeding device, except for its lawful possession within the United States on or before the date of this Act’s enactment; and (2) the importation or bringing into the United States of such a device. | Committee on the Judiciary | ||
| S35 | Oppose | Sen. Lautenberg (D-NY). Gun Show Background Check Act of 2011. Amends the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to require registration of gun show promoters and to set forth the responsibilities of promoters, licensees, and other transferors.Provides that if any part of a firearm transaction takes place at a gun show, each licensed importer, manufacturer, and dealer who transfers one or more firearms to a person who is not licensed shall, within 10 days after the transfer, submit a report of the transfer to the Attorney General. Sets forth penalties for violations.Grants the Attorney General authority to enter the place of business of any gun show promoter and any place where a gun show is held, during business hours and without a showing of reasonable cause or a warrant, for purposes of examining records and the inventory of licensees conducting business to determine compliance with this Act. | Committee on the Judiciary | ||
| S176 | Oppose | Sen. Boxer (D-CA). Common Sense Concealed Firearms Permit Act of 2011. Amends the federal criminal code to direct each state that allows its residents to carry concealed firearms to establish a process through which a resident must obtain a permit to carry a concealed firearm. Requires a state to: (1) ensure that a local law enforcement agency participates in the process; and (2) require that an applicant be a legal resident of the United States, be not less than 21 years of age, demonstrate good cause for requesting the permit, and demonstrate that he or she is worthy of the public trust to carry a concealed firearm in public.Requires any such process that allows an agency other than a law enforcement agency to issue such permits to require: (1) a local law enforcement agency to submit to the agency responsible a written report that describes whether the applicant meets the state’s standards to carry a concealed firearm, and (2) the agency responsible to maintain such report in the applicant’s file. | Committee on the Judiciary | ||
| S436 | Oppose | Sen. Schumer (D-NY). Fix Gun Checks Act of 2011. Amends the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 (NICS Act) to increase the amount of a state’s allocation under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program that the Attorney General shall withhold to: (1) 15% in FY2013-FY2017 if the state provides less than 75% of the records required to be provided under the NICS Act’s requirements regarding making data electronically available to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, and (2) 25% in FY2018 and thereafter if the state provides less than 90% of the records required. Authorizes the Attorney General to reduce the percentage of the amount withheld if a state provides substantial evidence that it is making a reasonable effort to comply. Requires any withheld funds to be transferred to the appropriations account for state and local law enforcement assistance, Office of Justice Programs, of the Department of Justice (DOJ). Expresses the sense of Congress that any funds transferred should be used to carry out activities described in the NICS Act. | Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism. | ||
2009-2010 Session
State Legislature
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Reps. Danou, Hraychuck and Sen. Holperin Castle Doctrine, “Stand Your Ground” right to use deadly force to thwart attack
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Expansion of National Instant Check System (NICS) background checks to include far-reaching mental health data, disarm gun owners without due process and expand the de facto gun registration scheme
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AB70 – Public Hearing Held 3/5/09 SB44 – Commitee on Judiciary, Corrections, Insurance Campaign Finance Reform and Housing |
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State budget bill; contains proposal to increase the cost of firearm background checks from $8 to $30. |
Referred to joint survey committe on retirement systems
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Rep. Leon Young. Microstamping semi-automatic handguns with traceable codes
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Introduced referred to criminal justice committee
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Senator Jim Holperin. Youth hunting mentor program, lower hunting age to 10 |
Awaiting approval by Governor
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2009-2010 Session
111th Congress
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National Gun Registration Blair Holt’s Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2009 |
Introduced in US House
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2007-2008 Session
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Spencer Coggs (D-6th) “Responsible Gun Ownership Bill” – all private sales of handguns to be conducted through NICS
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Reps. Bies, Mursau, Townsend – Increases penalties for discharging a firearm with 220 yards of a municipal building
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State Senators Risser, Carpenter, Lassa Expanding domestic abuse definitions to include broad animal abuse accusations |
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Rep. Gunderson (R-Waterford) Restricts emergency powers for state officials; emergency powers may not be used to ban gun ownership in times of declared natural or man-made crises
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Rep. Don Friske (R-Merrill) Cops Only Concealed Carry “Citizen Disarmament and Cop Empowerment Gun Control Act of 2008” |
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Rep. Owens Castle Doctrine, “Stand Your Ground” right to use deadly force to thwart attack |
Senate Cmte. Failed | |||
2007-2008 Session
110th Congress
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C. McCarthy (D) Assault weapons ban |
House Subcmte. on Crime, Homeland Security
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C. McCarthy (D) NICS Expansion |
Signed into law by President Bush, Tuesday, January 8, 2008 |
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Rep. Mark Kirk [R-IL]; Rep. Michael Castle [R-DE]; Rep. Michael Ferguson [R-NJ]; Rep. Christopher Shays [R-CT] ‘Assault Weapons Ban Reauthorization Act of 2008’ |
Jun 12, 2008: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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2005-2006 Session
State Legislature
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Sen. Coggs: Register all Milwaukee Co. guns with Dept. of Justice
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Stalled in Committee since 3/29/2005 |
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Rep. Pettis: State gun liability protection
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Vetoed 1/6/2006
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Rep. Wieckert: Tax relief for gun clubs
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Passed 4/14/2006 |
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Rep. Gunderson, Sen. Zien: Shall-Issue concealed carry
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Failed veto override 1/31/2006 |
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Rep. Gunderson: Changing the minor hunting age to 10
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Committee on Finance since 3/14/2006 |
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Reps Van Roy, Gard, Gunderson: Making it illegal to discharge a firearm in the direction of power lines, towers or electrical transmission facilities
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Passed 3/21/2006
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Rep. Suder: Relaxing restrictions on firearm transportation while hunting
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Public hearing held 10/19/2005 |
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1 Pending removal of objectionable anti-gun language
2 Pending removal of one gun per minor and guardian requirement
