Wisconsin 2017-2018 Regular Session Status: Introduced 5 D cosponsors

AB 579 — Relating to: voluntary prohibitions on purchasing a handgun. (FE)

Last action — Representative Hintz added as a coauthor

  1. 1
    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Assembly
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2017-2018 Regular Session. It reached “Introduced” 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.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis.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

Action History

  1. Representative Hintz added as a coauthor

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

  3. Introduced by Representatives Sargent, Considine, Zamarripa, Anderson, C. Taylor, Brostoff, Subeck, Spreitzer, Zepnick, Goyke, Pope, Sinicki, Ohnstad, Berceau, Kolste, Fields, Vruwink and Genrich; cosponsored by Senators Johnson and Larson

Sponsors

  • Brostoff · Primary
  • Lisa Subeck · Primary
  • Sargent · Primary
  • Fields · Primary
  • Kolste · Primary
  • Pope · Primary
  • Goyke · Primary
  • Christine Sinicki · Primary
  • Zepnick · Primary
  • Berceau · Primary
  • Mark Spreitzer · Primary
  • Zamarripa · Primary
  • Genrich · Primary
  • Considine · Primary
  • Ohnstad · Primary
  • Vruwink · Primary
  • Sequanna Taylor · Primary
  • Clinton Anderson · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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18 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 114 not signed on

Sponsors (18)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (114)

114 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors AB 579?
AB 579 is sponsored by Brostoff, Subeck, Lisa (Democrat), Sargent, Fields, Kolste, Pope, Goyke, Sinicki, Christine (Democrat), Zepnick, Berceau, Spreitzer, Mark (Democrat), Zamarripa, Genrich, Considine, Ohnstad, Vruwink, Taylor, Sequanna (Democrat), and Anderson, Clinton (Democrat).
What is the current status of AB 579?
This bill died with 2017-2018 Regular Session. It reached “Introduced” 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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