AB444-ASA1,9,2524 (bq) "Intoxicant" means any alcohol beverage, controlled substance, or other
25drug, or any combination thereof.
AB444-ASA1,10,1
1(c) "Law enforcement officer" has the meaning given in s. 165.85 (2) (c).
AB444-ASA1,10,32 (d) "Licensee" means an individual holding a valid license to carry a concealed
3weapon issued under this section.
AB444-ASA1,10,44 (e) "Misdemeanor crime of violence" means any of the following:
AB444-ASA1,10,65 1. A misdemeanor violation of chs. 940, 941, or 948 or of s. 947.013 or a violation
6of s. 947.01.
AB444-ASA1,10,87 2. A crime under federal law or the law of another state that is comparable to
8a crime described in subd. 1.
AB444-ASA1,10,109 (eg) "Misdemeanor delinquency adjudication" means a finding that a juvenile
10is delinquent for an act that would be a misdemeanor if committed by an adult.
AB444-ASA1,10,1211 (f) "Out-of-state authorization" means a valid permit document or a valid
12license document issued by another state if all of the following apply:
AB444-ASA1,10,1413 1. The permit document or license document documents that a person is
14authorized under the law of that state to carry a concealed weapon in that state.
AB444-ASA1,10,1615 2. The state is listed in the rule promulgated by the department of justice under
16s. 165.25 (11).
AB444-ASA1,10,2117 (g) "Out-of-state licensee" means an individual who is 21 years of age or over,
18who is not a Wisconsin resident, who has been issued an out-of-state authorization,
19and who is not prohibited from possessing a firearm under s. 941.29 or from
20possessing a firearm that has been transported in interstate or foreign commerce
21under federal law.
AB444-ASA1,10,2222 (h) "Private property" has the meaning given in s. 943.13 (1e) (e).
AB444-ASA1,10,2423 (i) "Proprietor" means a person to whom a Class "B" or "Class B" license or
24permit has been issued under ch. 125.
AB444-ASA1,11,3
1(ig) "Purpose of authorized analysis" means for the purpose of determining or
2obtaining evidence of the presence, quantity, or concentration of any intoxicant in a
3person's blood, breath, or urine.
AB444-ASA1,11,54 (is) "Test facility" means a test facility or agency prepared to administer tests
5under s. 343.305 (2).
AB444-ASA1,11,76 (j) "Weapon" means a handgun, an electric weapon, as defined in s. 941.295 (4),
7a tear gas gun, a knife other than a switchblade knife under s. 941.24, or a billy club.
AB444-ASA1,11,12 8(2) Issuance of license. (a) Except as provided in pars. (b) 1. and (c), each
9county, through its sheriff, shall issue licenses to carry a concealed weapon to an
10individual who meets the qualifications specified in sub. (3) and who completes the
11application process specified in sub. (7). A license to carry a concealed weapon issued
12under this section shall meet the requirements specified in sub. (2m).
AB444-ASA1,11,1513 (b) 1. A sheriff may, but is not required to, issue licenses to carry a concealed
14weapon under this section if, before the first day of the 4th month beginning after the
15effective date of this subdivision .... [revisor inserts date], all of the following occur:
AB444-ASA1,11,1716 a. The sheriff requests the county board of the sheriff's county to authorize him
17or her to decline to issue licenses to carry a concealed weapon under this section.
AB444-ASA1,11,2018 b. After receiving a request from the sheriff under subd. 1. a., the county board
19of the sheriff's county grants the sheriff's request by a two-thirds vote of all the
20members of the board.
AB444-ASA1,11,2321 2. At any time the county board of the sheriff's county may rescind the
22authorization it grants under subd. 1. by a two-thirds vote of all members of the
23county board.
AB444-ASA1,12,224 (c) Any 2 or more sheriffs may by agreement jointly exercise powers granted
25to them and discharge duties imposed on them under this section. An agreement for

1joint issuance of licenses to carry a concealed weapon under this section may be
2entered into at any time and shall satisfy all of the following criteria:
AB444-ASA1,12,33 1. The agreement shall be in writing.
AB444-ASA1,12,54 2. The agreement shall be approved by the county board of the county of each
5sheriff who is a party to the agreement.
AB444-ASA1,12,86 2m. The agreement shall specify how the powers and duties that are the subject
7of the agreement are to be allocated among the sheriffs that are parties to the
8agreement.
AB444-ASA1,12,119 3. The agreement shall specify how costs incurred and moneys received under
10this section shall be apportioned among the sheriffs who are a party to the agreement
11and their respective counties.
AB444-ASA1,12,1312 4. The agreement shall designate one county to be identified as the county of
13issuance.
AB444-ASA1,12,1714 5. If a sheriff who is party to an agreement has issued licenses under this
15section before entering into the agreement, the agreement shall provide for the
16renewal of any licenses that were issued by that sheriff before he or she entered into
17the agreement.
AB444-ASA1,13,2 18(2g) Carrying a concealed weapon; carrying and display of license document
19or authorization.
(a) A licensee or an out-of-state licensee may carry a concealed
20weapon anywhere in this state except as provided under sub. (15m) or (16) or s.
21941.20 (1) (b) or 943.13 (1m) (c). This paragraph does not limit the right that a person
22may have under s. 943.13 (1m) (c) to prohibit a licensee or an out-of-state licensee
23from entering or remaining in a building used by a health care facility, as defined in
24s. 150.84 (2), or a clinic or office that is used by a physician licensed under ch. 448

1if the licensee or out-of-state licensee is carrying a concealed weapon. In this
2paragraph, "building" includes a part of a building.
AB444-ASA1,13,53 (b) A licensee shall carry his or her license document and an out-of-state
4licensee shall carry his or her out-of-state authorization at all times during which
5he or she is going armed with a concealed weapon.
AB444-ASA1,13,96 (c) If he or she is carrying a concealed weapon, a licensee shall display his or
7her license document and an out-of-state licensee shall display his or her
8out-of-state authorization to a law enforcement officer upon the request of the law
9enforcement officer.
AB444-ASA1,13,14 10(2i) Preliminary breath screening test. (a) Requirement. A person shall
11provide a sample of his or her breath for a preliminary breath screening test if a law
12enforcement officer has probable cause to believe that the person is violating sub.
13(16) (cm) 1. and if, prior to an arrest, the law enforcement officer requested that the
14person provide this sample.
AB444-ASA1,13,1915 (b) Use of test results. A law enforcement officer may use the results of a
16preliminary breath screening test for the purpose of deciding whether or not to arrest
17a person for a violation of sub. (16) (cm) 1. or for the purpose of deciding whether or
18not to request a chemical test under sub. (2k). Following the preliminary breath
19screening test, chemical tests may be required of the person under sub. (2k).
AB444-ASA1,13,2320 (c) Admissibility. The result of a preliminary breath screening test is not
21admissible in any action or proceeding except to show probable cause for an arrest,
22if the arrest is challenged, or to show that a chemical test was properly required of
23a person under sub. (2k).
AB444-ASA1,13,2524 (d) Refusal. There is no penalty for a violation of par. (a). Neither sub. (17) (b)
25nor the general penalty provision under s. 939.61 applies to that violation.
AB444-ASA1,14,6
1(2j) Implied consent. Any person who carries a concealed weapon in this state
2is deemed to have given consent to provide one or more samples of his or her breath,
3blood, or urine for the purpose of authorized analysis as required under sub. (2k).
4Any person who carries a concealed weapon in this state is deemed to have given
5consent to submit to one or more chemical tests of his or her breath, blood, or urine
6for the purpose of authorized analysis as required under sub. (2k).
AB444-ASA1,14,14 7(2k) Chemical tests. (a) Requirement. 1. `Samples; submission to tests.' A
8person shall provide one or more samples of his or her breath, blood, or urine for the
9purpose of authorized analysis if he or she is arrested for a violation of sub. (16) (cm)
101. and if he or she is requested to provide the sample by a law enforcement officer.
11A person shall submit to one or more chemical tests of his or her breath, blood, or
12urine for the purpose of authorized analysis if he or she is arrested for a violation of
13sub. (16) (cm) 1. and if he or she is requested to submit to the test by a law
14enforcement officer.
AB444-ASA1,14,1815 2. `Information.' A law enforcement officer requesting a person to provide a
16sample or to submit to a chemical test under subd. 1. shall inform the person of all
17of the following at the time of the request and prior to obtaining the sample or
18administering the test:
AB444-ASA1,14,1919 a. That he or she is deemed to have consented to tests under sub. (2i).
AB444-ASA1,14,2220 b. That a refusal to provide a sample or to submit to a chemical test constitutes
21a violation under par. (e) and is subject to the same penalties and procedures as a
22violation of sub. (16) (cm) 1.
AB444-ASA1,14,2423 c. That in addition to the designated chemical test under par. (b) 2. he or she
24may have an additional chemical test under par. (c) 1.
AB444-ASA1,15,6
13. `Unconscious person.' A person who is unconscious or otherwise not capable
2of withdrawing consent is presumed not to have withdrawn consent under this
3paragraph, and if a law enforcement officer has probable cause to believe that the
4person violated sub. (16) (cm) 1., one or more chemical tests may be administered to
5the person without a request under subd. 1. and without providing information
6under subd. 2.
AB444-ASA1,15,127 (b) Chemical tests. 1. `Test facility.' Upon the request of a law enforcement
8officer, a test facility shall administer a chemical test of breath, blood, or urine for
9the purpose of authorized analysis. A test facility shall be prepared to administer
102 of the 3 chemical tests of breath, blood, or urine for the purpose of authorized
11analysis. The department may enter into agreements for the cooperative use of test
12facilities.
AB444-ASA1,15,1513 2. `Designated chemical test.' A test facility shall designate one chemical test
14of breath, blood, or urine which it is prepared to administer first for the purpose of
15authorized analysis.
AB444-ASA1,15,1916 3. `Additional chemical test.' A test facility shall specify one chemical test of
17breath, blood, or urine, other than the test designated under subd. 2., which it is
18prepared to administer for the purpose of authorized analysis as an additional
19chemical test.
AB444-ASA1,16,520 4. `Validity; procedure.' A chemical test of blood or urine conducted for the
21purpose of authorized analysis is valid as provided under s. 343.305 (6). The duties
22and responsibilities of the laboratory of hygiene, department of health and family
23services, and department of transportation under s. 343.305 (6) apply to a chemical
24test of blood or urine conducted for the purpose of authorized analysis under this
25subsection. Blood may be withdrawn from a person arrested for a violation of sub.

1(16) (cm) 1. only by a physician, registered nurse, medical technologist, physician
2assistant, or person acting under the direction of a physician and the person who
3withdraws the blood, the employer of that person, and any hospital where blood is
4withdrawn have immunity from civil or criminal liability as provided under s.
5895.53.
AB444-ASA1,16,136 5. `Report.' A test facility which administers a chemical test of breath, blood,
7or urine for the purpose of authorized analysis under this subsection shall prepare
8a written report which shall include the findings of the chemical test, the
9identification of the law enforcement officer or the person who requested a chemical
10test, and the identification of the person who provided the sample or submitted to the
11chemical test. The test facility shall transmit a copy of the report to the law
12enforcement officer and the person who provided the sample or submitted to the
13chemical test.
AB444-ASA1,16,2014 (c) Additional and optional chemical tests. 1. `Additional chemical test.' If a
15person is arrested for a violation of sub. (16) (cm) 1. and if the person is requested to
16provide a sample or to submit to a test under par. (a) 1., the person may request the
17test facility to administer the additional chemical test specified under par. (b) 3. or,
18at his or her own expense, reasonable opportunity to have any qualified person
19administer a chemical test of his or her breath, blood, or urine for the purpose of
20authorized analysis.
AB444-ASA1,17,321 2. `Optional test.' If a person is arrested for a violation of sub. (16) (cm) 1. and
22if the person is not requested to provide a sample or to submit to a test under par. (a)
231., the person may request the test facility to administer a chemical test of his or her
24breath or, at his or her own expense, reasonable opportunity to have any qualified
25person administer a chemical test of his or her breath, blood, or urine for the purpose

1of authorized analysis. If a test facility is unable to perform a chemical test of breath,
2the person may request the test facility to administer the designated chemical test
3under par. (b) 2. or the additional chemical test under par. (b) 3.
AB444-ASA1,17,54 3. `Compliance with request.' A test facility shall comply with a request under
5this paragraph to administer any chemical test that it is able to perform.
AB444-ASA1,17,96 4. `Inability to obtain chemical test.' The failure or inability of a person to
7obtain a chemical test at his or her own expense does not preclude the admission of
8evidence of the results of a chemical test required and administered under pars. (a)
9and (b).
AB444-ASA1,17,1710 (d) Admissibility; effect of test results; other evidence. The results of a chemical
11test required or administered under par. (a), (b), or (c) are admissible in any civil or
12criminal action or proceeding arising out of the acts committed by a person alleged
13to have violated sub. (16) (cm) 1. on the issue of whether the person had alcohol
14concentrations at or above specified levels or was under the influence of an
15intoxicant. Results of these chemical tests shall be given the effect required under
16s. 885.235. This subsection does not limit the right of a law enforcement officer to
17obtain evidence by any other lawful means.
AB444-ASA1,17,2418 (e) Refusal. No person may refuse a lawful request to provide one or more
19samples of his or her breath, blood, or urine or to submit to one or more chemical tests
20under par. (a). A person shall not be deemed to refuse to provide a sample or to submit
21to a chemical test if it is shown by a preponderance of the evidence that the refusal
22was due to a physical inability to provide the sample or to submit to the test due to
23a physical disability or disease unrelated to the use of an intoxicant. Issues in any
24action concerning a violation of par. (a) or this paragraph are limited to:
AB444-ASA1,18,2
11. Whether the law enforcement officer had probable cause to believe the
2person was violating or had violated sub. (16) (cm) 1.
AB444-ASA1,18,43 2. Whether the person was lawfully placed under arrest for violating sub. (16)
4(cm) 1.
AB444-ASA1,18,85 3. Whether the law enforcement officer requested the person to provide a
6sample or to submit to a chemical test and provided the information required under
7par. (a) 2. or whether the request and information were unnecessary under par. (a)
83.
AB444-ASA1,18,109 4. Whether the person refused to provide a sample or to submit to a chemical
10test.
AB444-ASA1,18,17 11(2m) License document; content of license. (a) Subject to pars. (b), (c), and
12(d), the department shall design a single license document for licenses issued and
13renewed under this section. The department shall complete the design of the license
14document no later than the first day of the 4th month beginning after the effective
15date of this paragraph .... [revisor inserts date], and shall distribute the design for
16the license document to any sheriff who issues licenses under sub. (2) (a) or (c) for the
17sheriff to use for licenses that he or she issues under this section.
AB444-ASA1,18,1918 (b) A license document for a license issued under this section shall contain all
19of the following on one side:
AB444-ASA1,18,2020 1. The full name, date of birth, and residence address of the licensee.
AB444-ASA1,18,2121 2. A color photograph of the licensee.
AB444-ASA1,18,2322 3. A physical description of the licensee, including gender, height, weight, and
23hair and eye color.
AB444-ASA1,18,2424 4. The date on which the license was issued.
AB444-ASA1,18,2525 5. The date on which the license expires.
AB444-ASA1,19,1
16. The name of this state.
AB444-ASA1,19,22 7. The name of the county that issues the license.
AB444-ASA1,19,43 8. A unique identification number for each licensee that begins with a unique
4code number, which the department shall establish, for the county listed in subd. 7.
AB444-ASA1,19,55 (c) The license document may not contain the licensee's social security number.
AB444-ASA1,19,96 (d) A license document issued under this section shall be, to the maximum
7extent possible, tamper proof. The contents of the license document shall be included
8in the document in substantially the same way that the contents of an operator's
9license document issued under s. 343.17 are included on that document.
AB444-ASA1,19,11 10(3) Qualifications for obtaining a license. An individual is eligible for a
11license under this section if all of the following apply:
AB444-ASA1,19,1212 (a) The individual is at least 21 years of age.
AB444-ASA1,19,1713 (b) The individual does not have a physical disability that prevents him or her
14from safely handling a weapon. The department shall promulgate rules specifying
15the procedures and definitions that the sheriff is required to apply when determining
16whether an individual is ineligible for a license under this section because he or she
17has a physical disability that prevents him or her from safely handling a weapon.
AB444-ASA1,19,1918 (c) The individual is not prohibited under federal law from possessing a firearm
19that has been transported in interstate or foreign commerce.
AB444-ASA1,19,2020 (d) The individual is not prohibited from possessing a firearm under s. 941.29.
AB444-ASA1,19,2221 (e) During the preceding 3 years, the individual has not been civilly committed
22under s. 51.20 for being drug dependent.
AB444-ASA1,20,223 (f) During the preceding 3 years, the individual has not been convicted for any
24violation, or for the solicitation, conspiracy, or attempt to commit any violation, of ch.

1961 or of a federal law or a law of another state that is comparable to any provision
2of ch. 961.
AB444-ASA1,20,73 (g) The individual does not chronically and habitually use alcohol beverages or
4other substances to the extent that his or her normal faculties are impaired. A person
5is presumed chronically and habitually to use alcohol beverages or other substances
6to the extent that his or her normal faculties are impaired if, within the preceding
73 years, any of the following applies:
AB444-ASA1,20,98 1. The individual has been committed for involuntary treatment under s. 51.45
9(13).
AB444-ASA1,20,1010 2. The individual has been convicted of a violation of s. 941.20 (1) (b).
AB444-ASA1,20,1211 3. In 2 or more cases arising out of separate incidents, a court has found the
12individual to have committed a drunk driving offense.
AB444-ASA1,20,1313 (h) The individual has done one of the following:
AB444-ASA1,20,1514 2. Successfully completed a National Rifle Association firearm training or
15firearm safety course or class that meets the requirements under sub. (4m).
AB444-ASA1,20,2016 3. Successfully completed a firearm training or firearm safety course or class
17that meets the requirements under sub. (4m) and that is conducted by an instructor
18certified by the state in which the course or class was conducted, by the National Rifle
19Association, or by another national or state organization that certifies firearms
20instructors.
AB444-ASA1,21,321 4. Successfully completed a firearm safety or firearm training course or class
22that is available to the general public, that meets the requirements under sub. (4m),
23and that is offered by a law enforcement agency, a private or public school,
24institution, or organization, or a firearm training school, if the course or class uses
25instructors certified by the National Rifle Association, by another national or state

1organization that certifies firearms instructors, or by the department or if the
2curriculum meets the minimum requirements of the law enforcement standards
3board.
AB444-ASA1,21,74 5. Successfully completed a firearm safety or firearm training course or class
5that meets the requirements under sub. (4m) and that is offered for law enforcement
6officers, correctional officers, special deputies, private detectives licensed under s.
7440.26, or other security or law enforcement personnel.
AB444-ASA1,21,108 6. Participated in organized shooting competitions or military training that
9gave the applicant experience with firearms that the sheriff determines is
10substantially equivalent to any course or class specified in subds. 2. to 5.
AB444-ASA1,21,1411 (i) The individual has not been found incompetent under ch. 880 or, if the
12individual has been found incompetent under ch. 880, he or she was subsequently
13found to be competent and at least 5 years have elapsed from the date that he or she
14was found to be competent.
AB444-ASA1,21,1715 (im) The individual was not the subject of a protective placement under s. 55.06
16as a minor unless at least 5 years have elapsed from the date on which his or her
17protective placement ended.
AB444-ASA1,21,2318 (j) The individual has not been involuntarily committed for treatment under
19s. 51.20 due to mental illness or a developmental disability or, if the individual has
20been involuntarily committed for treatment under s. 51.20 due to mental illness or
21a developmental disability, he or she shows, through evidence from a psychiatrist
22licensed in this state, that he or she has not been disabled due to mental illness or
23a developmental disability for at least 5 years.
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