Wisconsin 2023-2024 Regular Session

Wisconsin Assembly Bill AB173 Compare Versions

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4	4	2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 173
5	5	April 10, 2023 - Introduced by Representatives SORTWELL, S. JOHNSON, DOYLE,
6	6	ANDRACA, ARMSTRONG, DITTRICH, EDMING and SHANKLAND, cosponsored by
7	7	Senators JAMES, BALLWEG, CABRAL-GUEVARA, CARPENTER, SPREITZER and
8	8	TAYLOR. Referred to Committee on Mental Health and Substance Abuse
9	9	Prevention.
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11	11	AN ACT to create 20.435 (5) (eh) and 51.73 of the statutes; relating to: grants
12	12	to prevent suicide by firearm and making an appropriation.
13	13	Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
14	14	This bill requires the Department of Health Services to award grants to
15	15	organizations or coalitions of organizations, including cities, villages, towns,
16	16	counties, and federally recognized American Indian tribes or bands, for 1) training
17	17	staff at a firearm retailer or firearm range on how to recognize a person that may be
18	18	considering suicide; 2) providing suicide prevention materials for distribution at a
19	19	firearm retailer or firearm range; or 3) providing voluntary, temporary firearm
20	20	storage for the lawful owner of a firearm. A grant recipient must contribute
21	21	matching funds or in-kind services having a value equal to at least 20 percent of the
22	22	grant amount.
23	23	For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be
24	24	printed as an appendix to this bill.
25	25	The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
26	26	enact as follows:
27	27	SECTION 1. 20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes: at the appropriate place, insert
28	28	the following amounts for the purposes indicated:
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36	36	20.435Health services, department of
37	37	(5) MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES
38	38	(eh)Grants to prevent suicide by
39	39	firearm GPR B 75,000 75,000
40	40	SECTION 2. 20.435 (5) (eh) of the statutes is created to read:
41	41	20.435 (5) (eh) Grants to prevent suicide by firearm. Biennially, the amounts
42	42	in the schedule for grants related to preventing suicide by firearm under s. 51.73.
43	43	SECTION 3. 51.73 of the statutes is created to read:
44	44	51.73 Grants to prevent suicide by firearm. (1) From the appropriation
45	45	under s. 20.435 (5) (eh), the department shall award grants to organizations or
46	46	coalitions of organizations, which may include a city, village, town, county, or
47	47	federally recognized American Indian tribe or band in this state, for any of the
48	48	following purposes:
49	49	(a) To train staff at a firearm retailer or firearm range on how to recognize a
50	50	person that may be considering suicide.
51	51	(b) To provide suicide prevention materials for distribution at a firearm retailer
52	52	or firearm range.
53	53	(c) To provide voluntary, temporary firearm storage for the lawful owner of a
54	54	firearm.
55	55	(2) The department may not award a grant under sub. (1) unless the recipient
56	56	contributes matching funds or in-kind services having a value equal to at least 20
57	57	percent of the grant.
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84	84	(3) The department may not award a grant to a recipient under sub. (1) for an
85	85	amount that exceeds $5,000. The department may not award a grant under sub. (1)
86	86	having a duration of more than one year and may not automatically renew a grant
87	87	awarded under sub. (1). This subsection shall not be construed to prevent an
88	88	organization or coalition of organizations from reapplying for a grant in consecutive
89	89	years. In awarding grants under sub. (1), the department shall give preference to
90	90	organizations or coalitions of organizations that have not previously received a grant
91	91	under this section.
92	92	SECTION 4.0Effective date.
93	93	(1) This act takes effect on the day after publication, or on the 2nd day after
94	94	publication of the 2023 biennial budget act, whichever is later.
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