Date of enactment: March 14, 2024
2023 Senate Bill 411 Date of publication*: March 15, 2024
2023 WISCONSIN ACT 112
AN ACT to repeal and recreate 29.407 (1) (b) and 29.407 (2) (d) of the statutes; relating to: the transportation of
fish taken by hook and line.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in
senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 29.407 (1) (b) of the statutes is repealed
and recreated to read:
29.407 (1) (b) 1. All fish that are subject to a size limit
and are taken by hook and line may be transported if one
of the following applies:
a. The fish is a whole, dressed, or filleted fish with the
head and tail attached.
b. The fish is a dressed or filleted fish with the head
or tail or both removed or is in the form of fillets and the
person transporting the fish provides upon request a
photograph described under subd. 2. that shows the fish
before the head or tail or both were removed alongside a
ruler or other method acceptable to the department for
proving the length of the fish.
2. A photograph under subd. 1. b. shall be either a
physical photograph that bears a stamp of the time and
date on which the photograph was taken or a digital
photograph displayed on a cellular telephone or other
electronic device with metadata that indicates the time
and date the image was captured. If a digital photograph
is displayed on a cellular telephone or other electronic
device, the conservation warden may not view, and dis-
playing a digital photograph does not constitute consent
for the conservation warden to view, any content on the
telephone or other device except for the photograph and
metadata required under this subdivision.
3. For any fish transported under subd. 1., a dressed
fish shall remain in one piece with the skin and scales
intact and the skin and scales shall remain on a filleted
fish and on a fish in the form of fillets.
SECTION 2. 29.407 (2) (d) of the statutes is repealed
and recreated to read:
29.407 (2) (d) 1. All fish that are subject to a size limit
and are taken by hook and line may be transported if one
of the following applies:
a. The fish is a whole, dressed, or filleted fish with the
head and tail attached.
b. The fish is a dressed or filleted fish with the head
or tail or both removed or is in the form of fillets and the
person transporting the fish provides upon request a
photograph described under subd. 2. that shows the fish
before the head or tail or both were removed alongside a
ruler or other method acceptable to the department for
proving the length of the fish.
2. A photograph under subd. 1. b. shall be either a
physical photograph that bears a stamp of the time and
date on which the photograph was taken or a digital
photograph displayed on a cellular telephone or other
electronic device with metadata that indicates the time
and date the image was captured. If a digital photograph
* Section 991.11, WISCONSIN STATUTES: Effective date of acts. “Every act and every portion of an act enacted by the legislature over the governor’s
partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication.” − 2 −2023 Wisconsin Act 112 2023 Senate Bill 411
is displayed on a cellular telephone or other electronic
device, the conservation warden may not view, and dis-
playing a digital photograph does not constitute consent
for the conservation warden to view, any content on the
telephone or other device except for the photograph and
metadata required under this subdivision.
3. For any fish transported under subd. 1., a dressed
fish shall remain in one piece with the skin and scales
intact and the skin and scales shall remain on a filleted
fish and on a fish in the form of fillets.