Wisconsin 2019-2020 Regular Session Status: Passed Assembly 10 R cosponsors

AB 784 — Relating to: modifying administrative rules relating to the use of wood to contain bear bait in stumps.

Last action — Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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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 2019-2020 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Assembly” 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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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

34 added · 16 removed

Plain-language change summary

The amended bill AB 784 now allows hunters to use bait contained in hollow logs or stumps that have a processed wood bottom attached with adhesive, nails, or screws. This change clarifies and expands the existing rules regarding the use of wood for bear bait, making it easier for hunters to follow regulations while still ensuring safe and responsible hunting practices. By specifying the inclusion of processed wood bottoms, the amendment promotes better management of bait placement for hunting while maintaining wildlife conservation efforts.

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- 2020 LEGISLATURE LRBa1240/1 ZDW:amn ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT 1, TO ASSEMBLY BILL 784 February 18, 2020 - Offered by RepresentatiTAFSHOL.
- 2020 LEGISLATURE LRB-5125/1 ZDW:ahe ASSEMBLY BILL 784 January 22, 2020 - Introduced by RepresentativeTAFSHOLT,EDMING ,FELZKOWSKI , K NODL, KRUG, MAGNAFICI, LDENBURG , QUINN, ORTWELL , ITTL, ANDER MEER , SPIROS and B ORN , cosponsored by Senators T IFFAN, F EYEN, T ESTIN, SCHACHTNER and BERNIER.
At the locations indicated, amend the bill as follows:
Referred to Committee on Sporting Heritage.
1.
A N A CT relating to:
Page 1, line 2:
modifying administrative rules relating to the use of wood to contain bear bait in stumps.
delete “in stumps." and substitute “or feed in logs or stumps.".
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau Under current law, the Department of Natural Resources regulates the hunting, fishing, and trapping of wild animals and is required to promulgate rules to carry out that function.
2.
Under rules promulgated by DNR, a person hunting for bear, training a bear dog, or hunting deer in specified counties may not place, use, or hunt over bait or feed that contains or is contained within metal, paper, plastic, glass, wood, or other similar processed materials.
Page 1, line 4:
This prohibition does not apply to bait or feed placed in hollow logs or stumps or to scent materials.
delete the material beginning with that line and ending on page 2, line 4, and substitute:
Under this bill, the exception for bait or feed placed in stumps is expanded to include stumps to which bottoms made of wood or similar processed materials are affixed with adhesive, nails, or screws.
“NR 10.07 (2m) (f) 1.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
Contains or is contained within metal, paper, plastic, glass, wood or other similar processed materials, except that a processed wood bottom may be affixed to a hollow log or stump using adhesive, nails, or screws for the purpose of containing bait or feed.
S ECTION 1.
This subdivision does not apply to scent material and does not prohibit bait or feed from being placed in hollow logs or stumps or to scent materials.”.
NR 10.07 (2m) (f) 1.
of the administrative code is amended to read:
NR 10.07 (2m) (f) 1.
Contains or is contained within metal, paper, plastic, glass, wood or other similar processed materials.
This subdivision does not apply to bait or - 2020 Legislature - 2 - LRB-5125/1 ZDW:ahe ASSEMBLY BILL 784 SECTION 1 feed placed in hollow logs or stumps or tot materials, bait or feed placed in hollow logs, or bait or feed placed in stumps, including stumps to which bottoms made of wood or similar processed materials are affixed with adhesive, nails, or screws or a combination thereof.
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Action History

  1. Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

  2. Read first time and referred to committee on Sporting Heritage, Mining and Forestry

  3. Received from Assembly

  4. Ordered immediately messaged

  5. Representative Jagler added as a coauthor

  6. Read a third time and passed

  7. Rules suspended

  8. Ordered to a third reading

  9. Assembly Amendment 1 adopted

  10. Read a second time

  11. Made a special order of business at 10:53 AM on 2-20-2020 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 21

  12. Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Stafsholt

  13. Referred to committee on Rules

  14. Report passage recommended by Committee on Sporting Heritage, Ayes 13, Noes 0

  15. Executive action taken

  16. Representative Milroy added as a coauthor

  17. Representative Wichgers added as a coauthor

  18. Public hearing held

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

  20. Introduced by Representatives Stafsholt, Edming, Felzkowski, Knodl, Krug, Magnafici, Oldenburg, Quinn, Sortwell, Tittl, VanderMeer, Spiros and Born; cosponsored by Senators Tiffany, Feyen, Testin, Schachtner and Bernier

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13 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 119 not signed on

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Not signed on (119)

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors AB 784?
AB 784 is sponsored by Stafsholt, Rob (Republican), Edming, Felzkowski, Mary (Republican), Knodl, Daniel (Republican), Krug, Scott (Republican), Magnafici, Oldenburg, Quinn, Romaine (Republican), Tittl, Paul (Republican), VanderMeer, Nancy (Republican), Spiros, John (Republican), Born, Mark (Republican), and Sortwell, Shae (Republican).
What is the current status of AB 784?
This bill died with 2019-2020 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Assembly” 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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