SB586,4,2221 29.182 (3) (b) A nonresident elk hunting license authorizes a nonresident of
22this state to hunt elk with a firearm, airgun, bow and arrow, or crossbow.
SB586,13 23Section 13 . 29.184 (3) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:
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129.184 (3) (am) Evidence of bear hunting. The fact that a person is observing
2a bear while possessing a firearm or airgun is not sufficient evidence to prove that
3the person holding the firearm or airgun is hunting bear.
SB586,14 4Section 14 . 29.184 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB586,5,65 29.184 (3) (c) Type of hunting authorized. A Class A bear license authorizes
6hunting with a firearm, airgun, bow and arrow, or crossbow.
SB586,15 7Section 15 . 29.185 (6) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB586,5,98 29.185 (6) (a) 1. A firearm or airgun, as authorized under par. (b), a bow and
9arrow, or a crossbow.
SB586,16 10Section 16 . 29.185 (6) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB586,5,1511 29.185 (6) (b) Firearms and ammunition. A wolf harvesting license authorizes
12hunting with a rifle, a muzzle-loading firearm, a handgun, a shotgun that fires slugs
13or shotshells, an airgun, and any other firearm that is loaded with a single slug or
14ball. A wolf harvesting license authorizes hunting with shot that is larger than size
15BB.
SB586,17 16Section 17 . 29.193 (2) (cr) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB586,5,2017 29.193 (2) (cr) 4. A person holding a current resident or nonresident deer
18hunting license and a Class D permit may hunt deer of either sex with a firearm or
19airgun
only during a special season established by the department that is open for
20hunting deer with firearms by disabled persons who hold a permit under this section.
SB586,18 21Section 18 . 29.193 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB586,6,322 29.193 (2) (d) Assistance. 1. A holder of a Class A or Class B permit may be
23accompanied by a person who is not eligible to apply for a Class A or Class B permit.
24The accompanying person may not hunt or carry a firearm, airgun, bow, or crossbow
25unless that person has been issued the appropriate approval to do so. The assistance

1rendered by an accompanying person who has not been issued the appropriate
2approval is limited to field dressing, tagging, and retrieving game for the permit
3holder.
SB586,6,94 2. A holder of a Class C permit shall be accompanied by a person who is not
5eligible to apply for a permit under this section. The accompanying person may not
6hunt or carry a firearm, airgun, bow, or crossbow unless the person has been issued
7the appropriate approval to do so. The assistance rendered by an accompanying
8person may include sighting the firearm, airgun, bow, or crossbow, identifying the
9game, and field dressing, tagging, and retrieving game for the permit holder.
SB586,6,1710 3. A holder of a Class D permit may use an adaptive device, as authorized by
11the department by rule, to facilitate the use of a firearm or an airgun and may be
12accompanied by a person who is not eligible to apply for a permit under this section.
13The accompanying person may not hunt or carry a firearm, airgun, bow, or crossbow
14unless that person has been issued the appropriate approval to do so. The assistance
15rendered by an accompanying person who has not been issued the appropriate
16approval is limited to field dressing, tagging, and retrieving game for the permit
17holder and any other assistance authorized by the department by rule.
SB586,19 18Section 19. 29.211 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB586,6,2019 29.211 (2) Authorization. A nonresident deer hunting license authorizes the
20hunting of deer with a firearm, airgun, bow and arrow, or crossbow.
SB586,20 21Section 20 . 29.311 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB586,6,2422 29.311 (1) No person may hunt waterfowl or coots with any firearm or airgun
23using any shotshell classified by the federal government as toxic or harmful to
24wildlife or the environment.
SB586,21 25Section 21. 29.312 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
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129.312 (2) The department may not promulgate or enforce a rule that prohibits
2a person from sighting a firearm or airgun on land owned or leased by that person
3or a member of that person's immediate family during the 24-hour period prior to
4the opening date for hunting deer with firearms in any area where there is an open
5season for hunting deer with firearms.
SB586,22 6Section 22. 29.314 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB586,7,97 29.314 (3) (a) Prohibition. No person may use or possess with intent to use a
8light for shining deer, elk, or bear while the person is hunting deer, elk, or bear or in
9possession of a firearm, airgun, bow and arrow, or crossbow.
SB586,23 10Section 23. 29.324 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB586,7,1311 29.324 (1) (b) “Group deer hunting party" means 2 or more hunters hunting in
12a group all using firearms or airguns, each of whom holds an individual license to
13hunt deer.
SB586,24 14Section 24. 29.324 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB586,7,1715 29.324 (1) (d) “Youth deer license" means a license that is issued by the
16department to a person who is under the age of 18 and that authorizes the hunting
17of deer with a firearm or airgun.
SB586,25 18Section 25 . 29.341 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB586,7,2419 29.341 (1) Any person who, while hunting any wild animal or bird, discharges
20a firearm, airgun, or arrow, and by that discharge injures or kills another person,
21shall immediately give his or her name and address to the injured person, render
22assistance to the injured person and obtain immediate medical or hospital care for
23the injured person, and immediately report the injury or death to the sheriff or police
24of the locality in which the shooting took place.
SB586,26 25Section 26 . 29.345 of the statutes is amended to read:
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129.345 Hunting, fishing or trapping accident; failure to report. (1)
2Every person who has caused or been involved in an accident in which a person has
3been injured by discharge of a firearm, airgun, or arrow while hunting, fishing, or
4trapping, or inflicted an injury upon himself or herself with a firearm , airgun, or with
5an
arrow while hunting, fishing, or trapping, shall render a report to the department
6at any of its field offices within 10 days after the injury unless the person is physically
7incapable of making the required report, in which event the person or persons
8involved in the accident shall designate an agent to file the report within the
9specified time.
SB586,8,15 10(2) Any person who is involved in an accident with a firearm, airgun, or arrow
11while hunting, fishing, or trapping, and who fails to submit the report required by
12this section, shall forfeit not more than $50. In addition, the court may revoke any
13license issued to the person under this chapter and may further provide that no
14license shall be issued to the person under this chapter for a fixed period of time
15specified by the court.
SB586,27 16Section 27. 29.592 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB586,8,1917 29.592 (1) (intro.) A person may hunt in this state without obtaining a
18certificate of accomplishment under s. 29.591 and may, while hunting, possess or
19control a firearm or an airgun if all of the following apply:
SB586,28 20Section 28 . 29.621 (4) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB586,9,321 29.621 (4) Protection. (intro.) Except as provided in s. 29.091 (1), no owner
22of a wildlife refuge, and no other person, may hunt or trap within the boundaries of
23any wildlife refuge or have in his or her possession or under his or her control in the
24wildlife refuge a gun, firearm, airgun, bow, or crossbow, unless the gun or, firearm,
25or airgun
is unloaded, the bow or crossbow is unstrung, and the gun, firearm, airgun,

1bow, or crossbow is enclosed within a carrying case. This subsection, as it relates to
2the possession or control of a loaded or unencased firearm or airgun, does not apply
3to any of the following:
SB586,29 4Section 29 . 29.927 (6g) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB586,9,75 29.927 (6g) Any lamp, light, gun, firearm, airgun, ammunition, bow, crossbow,
6bolt, or arrow used in violation of this chapter or s. 167.31 or any rules promulgated
7under s. 167.31.
SB586,30 8Section 30 . 29.971 (12) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB586,9,199 29.971 (12) In addition to any other penalty for violation of this chapter or any
10department order made under this chapter, the court may revoke any or all approvals
11granted under this chapter for a period of up to 3 years. If a person is convicted of
12reckless or highly negligent conduct in the operation or handling of a firearm, airgun,
13or bow and arrow in violation of s. 940.08, 940.24, or 941.20 and either death or bodily
14harm to another results from that violation, the court shall revoke every approval
15issued to that person under this chapter and shall provide a fixed period during
16which no new approval may be issued to the person. If no death or bodily harm to
17another results from the violation, the court may revoke any approval issued to that
18person under this chapter and may provide a fixed period during which no new
19approval may be issued to the person.
SB586,31 20Section 31 . 66.0409 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB586,9,2221 66.0409 (1) (a) “Firearm" has the meaning given in s. 167.31 (1) (c) and includes
22an airgun, as defined in s. 29.001 (7)
.
SB586,32 23Section 32. 167.31 (1) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
SB586,9,2424 167.31 (1) (am) “Airgun” has the meaning given in s. 29.001 (7).
SB586,33 25Section 33. 167.31 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
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1167.31 (2) (c) Except as provided in sub. (4), no person may load a firearm, other
2than a handgun, in a vehicle or discharge a firearm or airgun or shoot a bolt or an
3arrow from a bow or crossbow in or from a vehicle.
SB586,34 4Section 34. 167.31 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB586,10,75 167.31 (2) (d) Except as provided in sub. (4) (a), (bg), (cg), (e), (fm), and (g), no
6person may discharge a firearm or airgun or shoot a bolt or an arrow from a bow or
7crossbow from or across a highway or within 50 feet of the center of a roadway.
SB586,35 8Section 35. 167.31 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB586,10,119 167.31 (3) (b) Except as provided in sub. (4), no person may load or discharge
10a firearm or airgun or shoot a bolt or an arrow from a bow or crossbow in or from an
11aircraft.
SB586,36 12Section 36. 167.31 (3m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB586,10,1413 167.31 (3m) (a) Except as provided in sub. (4) (b) and (h), no person may
14intentionally discharge a firearm or airgun in the direction of a transmission facility.
SB586,37 15Section 37. 167.31 (4) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB586,10,1916 167.31 (4) (a) (intro.) Subsections (2) and (3) do not apply to any of the following
17who, in the line of duty, place, possess, transport, load or discharge a firearm or
18airgun
in, on or from a vehicle, motorboat or aircraft or discharge a firearm or airgun
19from or across a highway or within 50 feet of the center of a roadway:
SB586,38 20Section 38. 167.31 (4) (am) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB586,10,2421 167.31 (4) (am) 1. Subsections (2) (a), (c) and (d) and (3) (a) and (b) do not apply
22to a peace officer who, in the line of duty, loads or discharges a firearm or airgun in,
23on or from a vehicle, motorboat or aircraft or discharges a firearm or airgun from or
24across a highway or within 50 feet of the center of a roadway.
SB586,39 25Section 39. 167.31 (4) (at) of the statutes is amended to read:
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1167.31 (4) (at) Subsections (2) (c) and (d) and (3) (b) do not apply to the
2discharge of a firearm or airgun if the actor's conduct is justified or, had it been
3subject to a criminal penalty, would have been subject to a defense described in s.
4939.45.
SB586,40 5Section 40. 167.31 (4) (cg) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB586,11,96 167.31 (4) (cg) (intro.) A holder of a Class A or Class B permit under s. 29.193
7(2) who is hunting from a stationary vehicle may load and discharge a firearm or
8airgun
or shoot a bolt or an arrow within 50 feet of the center of a roadway if all of
9the following apply:
SB586,41 10Section 41. 167.31 (4) (cg) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB586,11,1311 167.31 (4) (cg) 4. The holder of the permit has obtained permission from any
12person who is the owner or lessee of private property across or on to which the holder
13of the permit intends to discharge a firearm or airgun or shoot a bolt or an arrow.
SB586,42 14Section 42. 167.31 (4) (cg) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB586,11,1615 167.31 (4) (cg) 6. The holder of the permit discharges the firearm or airgun or
16shoots the bolt or arrow away from and not across or parallel to the roadway.
SB586,43 17Section 43. 167.31 (4) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB586,11,2118 167.31 (4) (e) Subsection (2) (d) does not apply to a person who is legally
19hunting small game with a muzzle-loading firearm or with a shotgun firearm or
20airgun
loaded with shotshell or chilled shot number BB or smaller, if the surface of
21the highway or roadway is anything other than concrete or blacktop.
SB586,44 22Section 44. 167.31 (4) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB586,11,2523 167.31 (4) (f) Subsection (2) (d) does not prohibit a person from possessing a
24loaded firearm or airgun within 50 feet of the center of a roadway if the person does
25not violate sub. (2) (b) or (c).
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1Section 45. 167.31 (4) (fm) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB586,12,72 167.31 (4) (fm) Subsection (2) (d) does not prohibit the department of natural
3resources, acting under s. 29.885, or an agent of a city, village, town, or county
4authorized by the department of natural resources under s. 29.885 from discharging
5a firearm or airgun within 50 feet of the center of a roadway in order to dispose of a
6beaver or muskrat that is causing damage to a highway in which the roadway is
7located if the discharge does not pose a risk to public safety.
SB586,46 8Section 46. 167.31 (4) (h) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB586,12,109 167.31 (4) (h) (intro.) Subsection (3m) does not apply to any of the following who
10discharge a firearm or airgun in the direction of a transmission facility:
SB586,47 11Section 47 . Nonstatutory provisions.
SB586,12,2012 (1) The department of natural resources may use the procedure under s. 227.24
13to promulgate emergency rules under s. 29.014 (1u) (b) for the period before the date
14on which permanent rules under s. 29.014 (1u) (b) take effect. Notwithstanding s.
15227.24 (1) (c) and (2), emergency rules promulgated under this subsection remain in
16effect until the permanent rules take effect. Notwithstanding s. 227.24 (1) (a) and
17(3), the department of natural resources is not required to provide evidence that
18promulgating rules under this subsection as emergency rules is necessary for the
19preservation of the public peace, health, safety, or welfare and is not required to
20provide a finding of emergency for rules promulgated under this subsection.
SB586,12,2121 (End)
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