DATE CREATED: December 6, 2023
LAST ACTION DATE: 04/15/2024
LAST AMENDMENT DATE: 12/06/2023
PROGRESS: Dead
BILL ID: AB764
CATEGORIES: Justice
REGION: WI
Under this bill, a person who owns a firearm that is stolen or missing must report the theft or loss to a law enforcement agency within 24 hours of discovering the theft or loss. A person who violates this requirement is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor for a first offense and guilty of a Class I felony for a subsequent offense. A person who falsely reports a stolen or lost firearm is guilty of the current-law crime of obstructing an officer and is subject to a fine of up to $10,000 or a sentence of imprisonment of up to nine months, or both. This bill also requires a person who commercially sells or transfers a firearm to provide the purchaser or transferee a written notice of the requirement, created in this bill, to report a theft or loss of a firearm within 24 hours of discovering it. A seller or transferor who violates this requirement is subject to a fine of up to $500 or imprisonment for up to 30 days, or both. Because this bill creates a new crime or revises a penalty for an existing crime, the Joint Review Committee on Criminal Penalties may be requested to prepare a report. For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
SESSION: 2023-2024 Regular Session
VERSIONS: 1
LAST ACTION: Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
ACTIONS: 4
SPONSORS: Shelia Stubbs (D)* , Deb Andraca (D)* , Lisa Subeck (D)* , Jimmy Anderson (D)* , Mike Bare (D)* , Marisabel Cabrera (D)* , Sue Conley (D)* , Dave Considine (D)* , Jodi Emerson (D)* , Kalan Haywood (D)* , Jenna Jacobson (D)* , Alex Joers (D)* , Tod Ohnstad (D)* , Lori Palmeri (D)* , Melissa Ratcliff (D)* , Christine Sinicki (D)* , Kristina Shelton (D)* , LaTonya Johnson (D) , Dianne Hesselbein (D) , Chris Larson (D) , Lena Taylor (D)
KEYWORDS: Joint Review Committee, Local Fiscal Estimate, Retail Commercial Sale, Lost Firearms Made, File Information Relating, Lost Firearms, Stolen Firearms, Commercially Sells, New Crime, Written Notice
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