Wisconsin Legislature: Firearms and dangerous weapons

No-contact orders by the court: penalties increased for violations re domestic abuse incidents; convicted individual prohibited from contacting witness to the crime and penalty for violations revised; JRCCP report - AB269

Plastic bulk merchandise containers: sale to scrap plastic dealer regulations created; definitions and penalty provisions; JRCCP report - SB274

Retail theft felony penalties modified and racketeering provision created; proof of ownership required for certain merchandise at a flea market, penalty provisions; JRCCP report [A.Amdt.1: value of the merchandise reduced] - AB56

UI law changes including concealment of benefit claim information, availability for work, interest on delinquent payments, and composition and authority of appeal tribunals [A.Amdt.1: penalties and initial applicability revisions] - SB417

fingerprintFingerprint, see Criminal identification and investigation

fireFire

Battery-operated smoke detectors: minimum requirements in residential buildings, dwellings, and modular homes - SB576

Fire Prevention Week: reference date changed from October 8 to October 9 - AB478

Fire Prevention Week: reference date changed from October 8 to October 9 - SB476

fire departmentFire department, see also Milwaukee — Fire department

Authorized emergency vehicle: exemption from open door of a motor vehicle on a highway prohibition under certain conditions - SB341

Bodily substance thrown or expelled at a public safety officer: intent to cause bodily harm removed as an element to qualify as a felony; JRCCP report - AB212

Combined protective services departments: certain class cities and towns authorized to provide and limitation of villages removed [Sec. 1140, 1141, 1686-1690, 1697-1713, 1717, 1728, 2405, 3194, 3495-3498, 3539, 3562-3567; A.Amdt.1 to A.Amdt.1: further revisions, deletes 2405] - AB40

Combined protective services departments: certain class cities and towns authorized to provide and limitation of villages removed; JSCRS appendix report [Sec. 1140, 1141, 1686-1690, 1697-1713, 1717, 1728, 2405, 3194, 3495-3498, 3539, 3562-3567] - SB27

Emergency services expenditures by county or municipality may not be less than 2009 expenditures: 2009 WisAct 28 provision repealed - AB14

Emergency services expenditures by county or municipality may not be less than 2009 expenditures: 2009 WisAct 28 provision repealed - AB138

Health insurance premiums for state employees: maximum percentage employer will pay and OSER duties; payments for remainder of 2011, local governments, certain nonrepresented law enforcement and fire fighting employees, and U.W. System graduate and teaching assistant provisions [A.Amdt.1 to A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 1138m, 1139g, 1145rh-rs, 1150p, 1156ym, 1158m, 9115 (1dr), 9315 (1q), deletes 1156y, yr; A.Amdt.1 to A.Amdt.1: all numbers deleted except 9115 (1dr), recreates and revises certain 2011 WisAct 10 provisions, 1145rh-rs, 1156ym] - AB40

Impersonating a fire fighter, EMT, or first responder: criminal penalties created; JRCCP report - AB217

Law enforcement and fire fighting personnel: retirement, health care, and arbitration provisions revised for populous county and first class city [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 1139r, 1145m-s, 1156y, yr, 1684p, 1715p, 2408cv, cx, 2409cy, it, iv, 2424hr, jp, 9155 (2q), 9332 (1r), (2r); A.Amdt.1 to A.Amdt.1: further revisions, ``public safety employee" definition added, 2406d, deletes 1145m, p, 1156y, yr, 9155 (2q)] - AB40

MERA and SELRA changes: collective bargaining limited to base wages, exception for certain public safety employees; referendum and consumer price index provisions - JR1 AB11

MERA and SELRA changes: collective bargaining limited to base wages, exception for certain public safety employees; referendum and consumer price index provisions - JR1 SB11

Police and fire fighters in municipalities other than Milwaukee: disciplinary provisions revised [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 2407dg, dgg, 2409cp, 9332 (1c); A.Amdt.1 to A.Amdt.1: further revisions, deletes 2407dg, dgg] - AB40

Police or fire protection services: sheriff and municipality cannot condition the provision of services on a person's payment of fees, charge, or tax - AB192

Police or fire protection services: sheriff and municipality cannot condition the provision of services on a person's payment of fees, charge, or tax - SB128

Public safety employees collective bargaining under MERA revisions re union dues deduction, contracts for employment, health care coverage plans, arbitration for dispute resolution, and interest arbitration submitted to WERC; JSCRS appendix report - AB127

Recreational activities in a school building or on school grounds: immunity from liability for school board or governing body of a charter school, recreational agreement provision [A.Amdt.1: school district and spectator provisions added, recreational agreement conditions added; S.Amdt.1: notice of claims provisions against certain volunteers and procurement or maintenance of insurance by volunteer fire companies and government bodies revised] - AB497

Self-defense resulting in death or great bodily harm: court presumption criteria created, civil liability immunity provisions [A.Sub.Amdt.3: further revisions, motor vehicle and place of business added; S.Amdt.1: ``police officer" replaced with ``public safety worker"] - AB69

Special distinguishing registration plates for fire fighters and their surviving spouses and EMTs and first responders: redesign and replacement plates [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 3097m, 3099-3106m] - AB40

WRS required contribution rates and annuity multipliers revised and employer may not pay any employee required contributions, exception for certain nonrepresented law enforcement and fire fighting employees; city and county of Milwaukee and local government defined benefit pension plan provisions [A.Amdt.1 to A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 31h, 804t, 1136m, 1139p, 1145d-L, n, rc, re, 1156gh, tm, 1721p, 9115 (1hr), 9315 (2q), (3q), deletes 1145m, p; A.Amdt.1 to A.Amdt.1: required contributions, contribution adjustments, and defined benefit pension plan provisions deleted, other 2011 WisAct 10 provisions revised, 3570j, deletes 31h, 1139p, 1145rc, re, 1156gh, tm, 1721p, 9315 (3q)] - AB40

firearms and dangerous weaponsFirearms and dangerous weapons

Bird hunting preserve licensed by DNR considered a sport shooting range re liability, nuisance, and zoning provisions - AB231

Concealed weapon license: DOJ to provide to law enforcement officers without fee, background check, or training requirements - AB479

Concealed weapon license training requirements modified - AB413

Concealed weapon license training requirements modified - SB325

Concealed weapon prohibition on school grounds and certain posted private property: exemption for law enforcement officers acting in their official capacity and qualified law enforcement and former law enforcement officers - AB717

Concealed weapons: license procedure created and prohibition on possession in certain public places revised; codifies federal law re active duty and former law enforcement officers; creates certification cards for former state and local law enforcement officers; restrictions on transporting a handgun in a vehicle modified; disorderly conduct provision; permitted in person's legally occupied home or business; circuit court and DOJ duties; penalties for certain offenses; JRCCP report - AB126

Dangerous weapon on school premises prohibition: ``school" definition expanded to include kindergarten - AB500

Deer hunting: certain DNR restrictions prohibited re antlered deer and establishing early season for firearm hunting - AB99

Deer hunting: certain DNR restrictions prohibited re antlered deer and establishing early season for firearm hunting - SB75

Facsimile firearm: penalties for use in committing a crime or to alarm, intimidate, threaten, or terrify; definition provision; JRCCP report - AB123

Facsimile firearm: penalties for use in committing a crime or to alarm, intimidate, threaten, or terrify; definition provision; JRCCP report - SB91

False information provided to firearms dealer re intent to knowingly transfer firearm to person prohibited from possessing one: penalty increased and DOJ authorized to prosecute; penalty for intentionally receiving a stolen firearm revised; JRCCP report - SB134

Firearms, bows, or crossbows: restrictions on placing, possessing, or transporting in a vehicle, ATV, or motorboat revised - AB323

Firearms, bows, or crossbows: restrictions on placing, possessing, or transporting in a vehicle, ATV, or motorboat revised [S.Amdt.1: loading and discharging added, exception provision] - SB228

Firearms restrictions record search required for transfers of handguns that do not involve a firearms dealer; fees, DOJ, and penalty provisions; JRCCP report - SB168

Going armed with a concealed and dangerous weapon and ineligible to possess a firearm re certain background check made a felony; knowingly purchasing a firearm for a person prohibited from possessing a firearm made a felony; JRCCP report; contingent upon enactment of bill creating concealed carry license - AB190

Going armed with a handgun at a gas station and damage to property of or theft from a gas station: penalties increased; JRCCP report - AB406

Going armed with concealed and dangerous weapon prohibition eliminated; prohibition on going armed or possessing a firearm in certain public places revised; requirement that a firearm or bow or crossbow be unloaded or unstrung and encased in a vehicle eliminated; possessing electric weapons permitted; disorderly conduct provision [S.Sub.Amdt.2: further revisions, licensing and photo ID cards for former law enforcement officers added, background check and training required, exemption from emergency rules and penalty provisions, DOJ duties and report required, prohibited places and sign specifications, out-of-state licensees and reciprocity] - SB93

Resisting arrest while armed with or threatening to use a weapon: felony penalty modified - AB246

School zone firearm prohibition exemption for law enforcement officers revised, former law enforcement officer provision; penalty revised re peace officer who is subject to a domestic or child abuse injunction and violates the firearm prohibition - AB299

Semiautomatic handgun identification: microstamping requirements created; penalties and law enforcement provisions; JRCCP report - AB116

Semiautomatic handgun identification: microstamping requirements created; penalties and law enforcement provisions; JRCCP report - SB71

Stolen firearm: penalty for intentionally receiving - AB103

Weapons used under the authority of certain game hunting licenses expanded and open hunting seasons revised [A.Amdt.1: persons under 12 years of age may not hunt with a crossbow; A.Amdt.2: authorization to use crossbow to hunt revised] - AB384

firefighterFirefighter, see Fire department; Milwaukee — Fire department

first class cityFirst class city, see Milwaukee — City

first responderFirst responder, see Medical service

fish and fishingFish and fishing

Bass fishing tournament: culling authorized and exempt from bag limits [A.Amdt.1: functioning live well requirement and definition added] - AB35

Bass fishing tournament: culling authorized and exempt from bag limits - SB62

Catch-and-release only season for bass fishing: DNR to establish - AB325

Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act (or the Pittman-Robertson Act): DNR prohibited from expending funds without JCF approval - AB301

Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act (or the Pittman-Robertson Act): DNR prohibited from expending funds without JCF approval - SB231

Hunting, fishing, and trapping law revisions re fees, hunter and trapper education and recruitment, Stewardship Program, sturgeon spearing license, and ice fishing; Sporting Recruitment and Retention Council created in DNR, study required [for further revisions, see entry under ``Game — Hunting"] - AB311

Laboratory modernization and master's level business programs: U.W. appropriations changed from annual to continuing [Sec. 365, 569, 570; A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, original provisions changed to deleting appropriations for studies of Great Lakes fish and U.W. Parkside charter school, deletes 365] - AB40

Special distinguishing registration plates supporting Wisconsin Trout Unlimited, Inc.; fees, trademark, and service mark provisions - AB524

fish and fishing _ commercialFish and fishing — Commercial

Aquaculture regulation revisions re use of natural bodies of water, wastewater discharge permits, record-keeping, and importing fish - AB655

Aquaculture regulation revisions re use of natural bodies of water, wastewater discharge permits, record-keeping, and importing fish - SB537

Commercial fishing license re Great Lakes: prohibiting minimum harvesting requirement on applicants - AB176

Commercial fishing license re Great Lakes: prohibiting minimum harvesting requirement on applicants - SB113

fish and fishing _ licenseFish and fishing — License

Commercial fishing license re Great Lakes: prohibiting minimum harvesting requirement on applicants - AB176

Commercial fishing license re Great Lakes: prohibiting minimum harvesting requirement on applicants - SB113

NRB membership: one member required to have an agricultural background and three required to have held a hunting, fishing, or trapping license; active duty in the military provision - AB104

Ponds on private property: fishing without a license permitted; use of algaecide or herbicide without DNR permit allowed - AB661

Ponds on private property: fishing without a license permitted; use of algaecide or herbicide without DNR permit allowed - SB525

fish and fishing _ rough fishFish and fishing — Rough fish

Rough fish: definition expanded to include Asian carp and taking with a crossbow permitted - AB377

Rough fish: definition expanded to include Asian carp and taking with a crossbow permitted - SB301

fishbach, nathan aFishbach, Nathan A.

Life and contributions to the legal profession commended - AJR92

flea marketFlea market, see Sales

flood plain zoningFlood plain zoning