Wisconsin 2023-2024 Regular Session Status: To Executive 3 R cosponsors

AB 512 — Relating to: hunting wild animals with the aid of a dog, dog training on wild animals, and dog trialing on wild animals in the northern portion of the state.

Last action — Failed to pass notwithstanding the objections of the Governor pursuant to Joint Rule 82

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed Assembly
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2023-2024 Regular Session. It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

Vetoed by Governor Tony Evers (Democratic) on March 29, 2024.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

18 added · 32 removed

Plain-language change summary

The latest version of Assembly Bill 512 has made significant changes by removing several restrictions on hunting and training dogs with the aid of dogs in northern Wisconsin. Specifically, it repeals existing rules that prohibited hunting and training with dogs during the late spring months, from May 1 to June 30, in that region. This change aims to provide more flexibility for dog owners and hunters, allowing them to engage in these activities during a broader timeframe. It matters because it impacts local wildlife management practices and the experiences of hunters and dog trainers in the area.

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- 2024 LEGISLATURE LRB-3839/1 EHS:klm ASSEMBLY BILL 512 October 18, 2023 - Introduced by Representatives G REEN, BODDEN , BROOKS, M AGNAFIC, MURSAU, SCHMIDT and EDMING , cosponsored by SenatorsUINN, JACQUE and TOMCZYK .
Date of enactment:
Referred to Committee on Sporting Heritage.
Assembly Bill 512 Date of publication*:
A N A CT relating to:
WISCONSIN ACT A N A CT relating to:
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau This bill repeals a current Department of Natural Resources administrative code provision that generally prohibits a person from hunting or pursuing any free-roaming wild animal with the aid of a dog from May 1 to June 30 in a portion of the state north of certain east-west highways.The bill also repeals DNR administrative code restrictions on dog training and dog trialing on any free roaming wild animal in that area and during that period.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in SECTION 5.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
NR 17.04 (3) (a) of the administrative senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
code is repealed.
NR 10.07 (1) (i) of the administrative code is repealed.
NR 10.07 (1) (i) of the administrative SECTION 6.
NR 17.04 (4) of the administrative code code is repealed.
is repealed.
of the administrative code is repealed.
of the administrative SECTION 7.
SECTION 3.
NR 17.001 (7) of the administrative code is repealed.
SECTION 4.
NR 17.04 (2) (b) of the administrative code is repealed.
- 2024 Legislature - 2 - LRB-3839/1 EHS:klm ASSEMBLY BILL 512 SECTION 5 SECTION 5.
NR 17.04 (3) (a) of the administrative code is repealed.
SECTION 6.
NR 17.04 (4) of the administrative code is repealed.
SECTION 7.
code is repealed.
NR 17.08 (3) (a) of the administrative code is repealed.
NR 17.08 (3) (a) of the administrative SECTION 3.
SECTION 9.
NR 17.001 (7) of the administrative code is repealed.
NR 17.08 (4) of the administrative code is repealed.
code is repealed.
(END)
SECTION 4.
NR 17.04 (2) (b) of the administrative SECTION 9.
NR 17.08 (4) of the administrative code code is repealed.
is repealed.
* Section 991.11ISCONSISTATUTE:
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.”
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Action History

  1. Failed to pass notwithstanding the objections of the Governor pursuant to Joint Rule 82

  2. Placed on calendar 5-14-2024 pursuant to Joint Rule 82 (2)(a)

  3. Report vetoed by the Governor on 3-29-2024

  4. Presented to the Governor on 3-26-2024

  5. Report correctly enrolled on 2-15-2024

  6. Received from Senate concurred in

  7. Ordered immediately messaged

  8. Read a third time and concurred in

  9. Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  10. Ordered to a third reading

  11. Read a second time

  12. Placed on calendar 2-13-2024 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  13. Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2

  14. Available for scheduling

  15. Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization

  16. Received from Assembly

  17. Ordered immediately messaged

  18. Read a third time and passed

  19. Rules suspended

  20. Ordered to a third reading

  21. Read a second time

  22. Made a special order of business at 10:21 AM on 1-25-2024 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 23

  23. Referred to committee on Rules

  24. Report passage recommended by Committee on Sporting Heritage, Ayes 7, Noes 4

  25. Executive action taken

  26. Public hearing held

  27. Read first time and referred to Committee on Sporting Heritage

  28. Introduced by Representatives Green, Bodden, Brooks, Magnafici, Mursau, Schmidt and Edming; cosponsored by Senators Quinn, Jacque and Tomczyk

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Not signed on (125)

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors AB 512?
AB 512 is sponsored by Green, Chanz (Republican), Bodden, Brooks, Robert (Republican), Magnafici, Mursau, Jeffrey (Republican), Schmidt, and Edming.
What is the current status of AB 512?
This bill died with 2023-2024 Regular Session. It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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