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2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE
2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 763
December 6, 2023 - Introduced by Representatives SUBECK, ANDRACA, J. ANDERSON,
CONLEY, EMERSON, CONSIDINE, SINICKI, BARE, CABRERA, JACOBSON, JOERS,
OHNSTAD, PALMERI, RATCLIFF, SHELTON, STUBBS and HAYWOOD, cosponsored by
Senators TAYLOR, LARSON, HESSELBEIN and L. JOHNSON. Referred to Committee
on Criminal Justice and Public Safety.
***AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE***
AN ACT to renumber and amend 175.37 (1); to amend 175.37 (title) and 175.37
(2); and to create 175.37 (1) (b) of the statutes; relating to: containers or
trigger locks provided at a firearm sale and providing a penalty.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill requires a person who commercially sells or transfers a firearm to
provide the purchaser or transferee with either a secure, lockable container that is
designed to store a firearm or a trigger lock for the firearm. A seller or transferor who
violates this requirement is subject to a fine of up to $500 or imprisonment for up to
30 days, or both.
Because this bill creates a new crime or revises a penalty for an existing crime,
the Joint Review Committee on Criminal Penalties may be requested to prepare a
report.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 175.37 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
175.37 (title) Warning Requirements whenever transferring a firearm.
SECTION 2. 175.37 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 175.37 (1) (intro.) and
amended to read:
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SECTION 2 ASSEMBLY BILL 763
175.37 (1) (intro.) Upon the retail commercial sale or retail commercial transfer
of any firearm, the seller or transferor shall provide to the buyer or transferee all of
the following:
(a) A written warning in block letters not less than one-fourth inch in height:
“IF YOU LEAVE A LOADED FIREARM WITHIN THE REACH OR EASY ACCESS
OF A CHILD YOU MAY BE FINED OR IMPRISONED OR BOTH IF THE CHILD
IMPROPERLY DISCHARGES, POSSESSES OR EXHIBITS THE FIREARM."
SECTION 3. 175.37 (1) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
175.37 (1) (b) A secure, lockable container that is designed to store a firearm
or a trigger lock for the firearm.
SECTION 4. 175.37 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
175.37 (2) Any person who violates sub. (1) (a) or (b) may be fined not more than
$500 or imprisoned for not more than 30 days or both.
(END)
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