LRB-5243/1
CMH:cjs
2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE
December 26, 2023 - Introduced by Senators Taylor,
Larson, Hesselbein and L.
Johnson, cosponsored by Representatives Subeck, Andraca, J. Anderson,
Conley, Emerson, Considine, Sinicki, Bare, Cabrera, Jacobson, Joers,
Ohnstad, Palmeri, Ratcliff, Shelton, Stubbs and Haywood. Referred to
Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
SB864,1,3
1An Act to renumber and amend 175.37 (1);
to amend 175.37 (title) and 175.37
2(2); and
to create 175.37 (1) (b) of the statutes;
relating to: containers or
3trigger locks provided at a firearm sale and providing a penalty.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill requires a person who commercially sells or transfers a firearm to
provide the purchaser or transferee with either a secure, lockable container that is
designed to store a firearm or a trigger lock for the firearm. 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.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
SB864,1
4Section
1. 175.37 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB864,1,5
5175.37 (title)
Warning
Requirements whenever transferring a firearm.
SB864,2
6Section
2. 175.37 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 175.37 (1) (intro.) and
7amended to read:
SB864,2,3
1175.37
(1) (intro.) Upon the retail commercial sale or retail commercial transfer
2of any firearm, the seller or transferor shall provide to the buyer or transferee
all of 3the following
:
SB864,2,7
4(a) A written warning in block letters not less than one-fourth inch in height:
5“IF YOU LEAVE A LOADED FIREARM WITHIN THE REACH OR EASY ACCESS
6OF A CHILD YOU MAY BE FINED OR IMPRISONED OR BOTH IF THE CHILD
7IMPROPERLY DISCHARGES, POSSESSES OR EXHIBITS THE FIREARM."
SB864,3
8Section
3. 175.37 (1) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
SB864,2,109
175.37
(1) (b) A secure, lockable container that is designed to store a firearm
10or a trigger lock for the firearm.
SB864,4
11Section
4. 175.37 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB864,2,1312
175.37
(2) Any person who violates sub. (1)
(a) or (b) may be fined not more than
13$500 or imprisoned for not more than 30 days or both.
