| 1 | | - | Date of enactment: March 14, 2024 |
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| 2 | | - | 2023 Senate Bill 587 Date of publication*: March 15, 2024 |
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| 3 | | - | 2023 WISCONSIN ACT 116 |
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| 4 | | - | AN ACT to create 29.001 (59) of the statutes; relating to: defining muzzle−loading firearm for hunting purposes. |
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| 5 | | - | The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in |
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| 6 | | - | senate and assembly, do enact as follows: |
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| 7 | | - | SECTION 1. 29.001 (59) of the statutes is created to |
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| 8 | | - | read: |
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| 9 | | - | 29.001 (59) “Muzzle−loading firearm” means a |
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| 10 | | - | firearm that shoots a projectile loaded exclusively from |
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| 11 | | - | the muzzle. |
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| 12 | | - | SECTION 2. NR 10.001 (17) of the administrative |
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| 13 | | - | code is created to read: |
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| 14 | | - | NR 10.001 (17) “Muzzle−loading firearm” or “muz- |
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| 15 | | - | zleloader” means a firearm that shoots a projectile loaded |
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| 16 | | - | exclusively from the muzzle. |
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| 17 | | - | SECTION 3. NR 10.09 (1) (d) of the administrative |
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| 18 | | - | code is amended to read: |
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| 19 | | - | NR 10.09 (1) (d) Hunt a deer during a muzzleloader− |
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| 20 | | - | only hunt, such as described in s. NR 10.01 (3) (es), with |
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| 21 | | - | any gun other than a rifle, shotgun, or handgun that is a |
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| 22 | | - | firearm with a solid breech plug attached with threads |
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| 23 | | - | and capable of being loaded only from the muzzle muz- |
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| 24 | | - | zle−loading firearm. |
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| 25 | | - | * 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 |
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| 26 | | - | partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication.” |
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| 1 | + | LRB-3978/1 |
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| 2 | + | EHS:klm |
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| 3 | + | 2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE |
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| 4 | + | 2023 SENATE BILL 587 |
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| 5 | + | October 30, 2023 - Introduced by Senators STAFSHOLT, FELZKOWSKI, MARKLEIN, |
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| 6 | + | STROEBEL and TOMCZYK, cosponsored by Representatives TITTL, C. ANDERSON, |
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| 7 | + | ARMSTRONG, BRANDTJEN, EDMING, GREEN, PENTERMAN, PETERSEN, MAGNAFICI, |
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| 8 | + | MURPHY, MURSAU, RETTINGER and VANDERMEER. Referred to Committee on |
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| 9 | + | Financial Institutions and Sporting Heritage. |
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| 10 | + | AN ACT to create 29.001 (59) of the statutes; relating to: defining |
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| 11 | + | muzzle-loading firearm for hunting purposes. |
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| 12 | + | Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau |
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| 13 | + | This bill defines “muzzle-loading firearm,” as that term applies to hunting, to |
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| 14 | + | mean a firearm that shoots a projectile loaded exclusively from the muzzle. |
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| 15 | + | Current law authorizes the use of muzzle-loading firearms for certain hunting |
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| 16 | + | activities but does not define “muzzle-loading firearm.” Administrative rules |
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| 17 | + | promulgated by the Department of Natural Resources provide that, during a hunt |
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| 18 | + | that is restricted to muzzle-loading firearms, no person may use a firearm other than |
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| 19 | + | one with a solid breech plug attached with threads and that is capable of being loaded |
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| 20 | + | only from the muzzle. |
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| 21 | + | The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do |
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| 22 | + | enact as follows: |
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| 23 | + | SECTION 1. 29.001 (59) of the statutes is created to read: |
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| 24 | + | 29.001 (59) “Muzzle-loading firearm” means a firearm that shoots a projectile |
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| 25 | + | loaded exclusively from the muzzle. |
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| 26 | + | SECTION 2. NR 10.001 (17) of the administrative code is created to read: |
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| 32 | + | 6 - 2 -2023 - 2024 Legislature LRB-3978/1 |
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| 33 | + | EHS:klm |
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| 34 | + | SECTION 2 SENATE BILL 587 |
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| 35 | + | NR 10.001 (17) “Muzzle-loading firearm” or “muzzleloader” means a firearm |
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| 36 | + | that shoots a projectile loaded exclusively from the muzzle. |
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| 37 | + | SECTION 3. NR 10.09 (1) (d) of the administrative code is amended to read: |
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| 38 | + | NR 10.09 (1) (d) Hunt a deer during a muzzleloader-only hunt, such as |
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| 39 | + | described in s. NR 10.01 (3) (es), with any gun other than a rifle, shotgun, or handgun |
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| 40 | + | that is a firearm with a solid breech plug attached with threads and capable of being |
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| 41 | + | loaded only from the muzzle muzzle-loading firearm. |
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