Wisconsin 2025 Regular Session Status: Introduced 14 D cosponsors

AB 953 — Relating to: containers or trigger locks provided at a firearm sale and providing a penalty.

Last action — Senator Keyeski added as a cosponsor

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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 has been introduced in the Assembly. Introduced January 28, 2026. It must pass committee before a floor vote.

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Summary

An Act to renumber and amend 175.37 (1); to amend 175.37 (title) and 175.37 (2); to create 175.37 (1) (b) of the statutes;

Bill Text

How this bill changes current law

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The bill modifies the requirements for firearm sellers by adding the need to provide a secure container or trigger lock, and revises the warning requirements.

  • 175.37 (title)

    Warning whenever transferring a firearm. → Warning Requirements whenever transferring a firearm.

    The title of the section is clarified to emphasize the warning requirements.

  • 175.37 (1)

    175.37(1) Upon the retail commercial sale or retail commercial transfer of any firearm, the seller or transferor shall provide to the buyer or transferee the following 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.” → 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.”

    The existing requirement for the warning is now part of a larger list under an introductory clause.

  • 175.37 (1)

    175.37 (1) (b) A secure, lockable container that is designed to store a firearm or a trigger lock for the firearm.

    New requirement added for sellers to provide either a secure container or a trigger lock with the sale of a firearm.

  • 175.37 (2)

    175.37(2) Any person who violates sub. (1) may be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned for not more than 30 days or both. → 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.

    The penalty for violations is now explicitly linked to both the warning and the new requirement for containers or trigger locks.

Action History

  1. Senator Keyeski added as a cosponsor

  2. Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

  3. Representative Mayadev added as a coauthor

  4. Representative Palmeri added as a coauthor

  5. Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety

  6. Introduced by Representatives Subeck, Andraca, Sinicki, Emerson, DeSmidt, Fitzgerald, Joers, Kirsch, Madison, Prado, Snodgrass, Stroud, Stubbs and Udell; cosponsored by Senators Larson, Hesselbein, Ratcliff and Roys

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1 sponsors · 17 co-sponsors · 114 not signed on

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Co-sponsors (17)

Not signed on (114)

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 953 do?
An Act to renumber and amend 175.37 (1); to amend 175.37 (title) and 175.37 (2); to create 175.37 (1) (b) of the statutes;
Who sponsors AB 953?
AB 953 is sponsored by Larson, Hesselbein, Ratcliff, Roys, Subeck, Lisa (Democrat), Andraca, Deb (Democrat), Sinicki, Christine (Democrat), Emerson, Jodi (Democrat), DeSmidt, Ben (Democrat), Fitzgerald, Joan (Democrat), Joers, Alex (Democrat), Kirsch, Karen (Democrat), Madison, Darrin (Democrat), Prado, Priscilla (Democrat), Snodgrass, Lee (Democrat), Stroud, Angela (Democrat), Stubbs, Shelia (Democrat), and Udell, Randy (Democrat).
What is the current status of AB 953?
This bill has been introduced in the Assembly. Introduced January 28, 2026. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
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