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2015 - 2016 LEGISLATURE
December 3, 2015 - Introduced by Senators Carpenter and C. Larson, cosponsored
by Representatives Berceau, Sargent, Subeck and Sinicki. Referred to
Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
SB428,1,3
1An Act to amend 175.60 (2g) (a); and
to create 175.60 (16) (a) 9. and 941.22 of
2the statutes;
relating to: possessing a weapon on a motor bus used for public
3transit and providing a criminal penalty.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill makes it a Class I felony to possess, with certain exceptions, a weapon
on a motor bus that is used for public transit. Under current law, a person may
generally carry a weapon that is not concealed. A person who has a license to carry
a concealed weapon may generally possess the concealed weapon into any area, but
may not possess a concealed weapon in certain excluded areas, including in law
enforcement or court buildings, in correctional facilities, in certain mental health
institutions, beyond security checkpoints in airports, on school grounds and
premises, in taverns if the person is consuming alcohol, at special events where
organizers don't allow it, or in businesses or on private property where the owner
prohibits or limits concealed weapons.
Under this bill, only a person who is a current or former law enforcement officer
or a game warden may possess a weapon on a bus that is used for public transit,
regardless of whether the person has a license to carry a concealed weapon. A person
who does so is subject to a fine up to $10,000, imprisonment for up to three years and
six months, or both.
For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be
printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
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1Section
1. 175.60 (2g) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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175.60
(2g) (a)
A licensee or an out-of-state licensee may carry a concealed
3weapon anywhere in this state except as provided under subs. (15m) and (16) and ss.
4941.22, 943.13 (1m) (c)
, and 948.605 (2) (b) 1r.
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5Section
2. 175.60 (16) (a) 9. of the statutes is created to read:
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175.60
(16) (a) 9. A motor bus, as defined in s. 340.01 (31), that is used for public
7transit.
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8Section
3. 941.22 of the statutes is created to read:
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9941.22 Carrying a dangerous weapon on a bus. (1) Any individual who
10possesses a dangerous weapon while boarding or riding a motor bus, as defined in
11s. 340.01 (31), that is used for public transit is guilty of a Class I felony.
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12(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to the possession of a weapon by any of the
13following:
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(a) A person who is employed in this state by a public agency as a law
15enforcement officer.
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(b) A qualified out-of-state law enforcement officer to whom s. 941.23 (1) (g)
171. to 5. and (2) (b) 1. to 3. applies.
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(c) A former officer to whom s. 941.23 (2) (c) 1. to 7. applies.
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(d) A state-certified commission warden acting in his or her official capacity.
