LRB-4965/1
CMH:amn
2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE
November 27, 2023 - Introduced by Representatives Considine, Sinicki, Ohnstad,
J. Anderson, Andraca, Bare, Clancy, Conley, Emerson, Jacobson, Joers,
Palmeri, Ratcliff, Snodgrass, Subeck and Haywood, cosponsored by
Senators Agard, Roys, Hesselbein, L. Johnson, Larson and Spreitzer.
Referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety.
AB692,1,3 1An Act to amend 175.35 (1) (at) and 175.35 (2g) (c) 4. a. and b.; and to create
2165.64 of the statutes; relating to: voluntary prohibitions on purchasing a
3handgun.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill requires the Department of Justice to allow individuals to prohibit
themselves from purchasing a handgun. Under the bill, DOJ must maintain a
database of individuals who voluntarily prohibit themselves from purchasing a
handgun. An individual may request inclusion in the database by submitting a
request to DOJ that indicates the length of the prohibition they are requesting: a
one-year, irrevocable prohibition; a five-year prohibition, the first year being
irrevocable; or a 20-year prohibition, the first year being irrevocable. During a
revocable period, an individual may remove the prohibition by submitting to DOJ a
request for removal and an affidavit from a licensed psychiatrist or psychologist
stating that the individual may possess a firearm without being a danger to himself
or herself or another. This bill also requires DOJ, when responding to a request for
a background check from a licensed firearm dealer regarding an individual who is
in the database, to indicate that the individual is prohibited from purchasing a
handgun.

For further information see the state 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:
AB692,1 1Section 1. 165.64 of the statutes is created to read:
AB692,2,2 2165.64 Voluntary prohibition on handgun purchases. (1) In this section:
AB692,2,33 (a) “Department” means the department of justice.
AB692,2,44 (b) “Handgun” has the meaning given in s. 175.35 (1) (b).
AB692,2,8 5(2) The department shall develop forms for individuals to submit to the
6department to request, or to renew a request, that he or she be prohibited from
7purchasing a handgun. The forms shall allow the individual to choose the term of
8the prohibition as follows:
AB692,2,99 (a) A one-year, irrevocable term.
AB692,2,1010 (b) A 5-year term, the first year being irrevocable.
AB692,2,1111 (c) A 20-year term, the first year being irrevocable.
AB692,2,14 12(3) If an individual submits a form requesting that he or she be prohibited from
13purchasing a handgun, the department shall enter the individual's identifying
14information into a database the department maintains.
AB692,2,16 15(4) The department shall remove the individual's identifying information from
16the database under sub. (3) if any of the following occurs:
AB692,2,2017 (a) After the term under sub. (2) expires, the individual submits a form
18designed by the department requesting that his or her identifying information be
19removed. A term that has expired and has not been renewed continues until revoked
20under this paragraph.
AB692,3,6
1(b) Before the term under sub. (2) expires but after the request becomes
2revocable under sub. (2) (b) or (c), the individual submits a form designed by the
3department requesting that his or her identifying information be removed. The
4individual shall submit an affidavit from a psychiatrist or a psychologist licensed
5under ch. 455 stating that the individual may possess a firearm without posing a
6danger to himself or herself or to another.
AB692,3,10 7(5) The department may disclose an individual's identifying information
8included in the database under sub. (3) only as part of a firearms restrictions record
9search under s. 175.35 (2g) (c) or to the individual who is the subject of the
10information.
AB692,2 11Section 2. 175.35 (1) (at) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB692,4,212 175.35 (1) (at) “Firearms restrictions record search" means a search of
13department of justice records to determine whether a person seeking to purchase a
14handgun is prohibited from possessing a firearm under s. 941.29 or is included in the
15database under s. 165.64 (3)
. “Firearms restrictions record search" includes a
16criminal history record search, a search to determine whether a person is prohibited
17from possessing a firearm under s. 51.20 (13) (cv) 1., 2007 stats., a search in the
18national instant criminal background check system to determine whether a person
19has been ordered not to possess a firearm under s. 51.20 (13) (cv) 1., 51.45 (13) (i) 1.,
2054.10 (3) (f) 1., or 55.12 (10) (a), a search to determine whether the person is subject
21to an injunction under s. 813.12 or 813.122, or a tribal injunction, as defined in s.
22813.12 (1) (e), issued by a court established by any federally recognized Wisconsin
23Indian tribe or band, except the Menominee Indian tribe of Wisconsin, that includes
24notice to the respondent that he or she is subject to the requirements and penalties
25under s. 941.29 and that has been filed with the circuit court under s. 813.128 (3g),

1and a search to determine whether the person is prohibited from possessing a
2firearm under s. 813.123 (5m) or 813.125 (4m).
AB692,3 3Section 3. 175.35 (2g) (c) 4. a. and b. of the statutes are amended to read:
AB692,4,84 175.35 (2g) (c) 4. a. If the search indicates that the transferee is prohibited from
5possessing a firearm under s. 941.29 or is included in the database under s. 165.64
6(3)
, the department shall provide the firearms dealer with a unique nonapproval
7number. The department may not disclose to the firearms dealer the reason the
8transferee is prohibited from possessing a firearm under s. 941.29.
AB692,4,119 b. If the search indicates that the transferee is not prohibited from possessing
10a firearm under s. 941.29 and is not included in the database under s. 165.64 (3), the
11department shall provide the firearms dealer with a unique approval number.
AB692,4,1212 (End)
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