Relating to: sales and transfers of firearms and providing a penalty. (FE)
AB 325 modifies Wisconsin's firearm transfer rules to require most sales or transfers to go through a licensed firearms dealer, with exceptions for direct family gifts, bequests, or inheritances (if the recipient is at least 18 and not prohibited from owning firearms). It adds a $10 fee for background checks conducted by dealers and mandates new forms requiring transferees to confirm they aren’t transferring to prohibited individuals. Violating these rules carries a misdemeanor penalty of fines ($500-$10,000) or up to 9 months in jail, plus a 2-year firearm possession ban. The bill directly affects gun sellers, buyers, and family members transferring firearms without a dealer.
Bill status
failed
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jul 2025
Committee Review
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Governor
Introduced Jul 8, 2025
Last action Mar 23, 2026
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Jul 8, 2025
Introduced
Introduced by Representatives Stubbs, Andraca, Subeck, Anderson, Moore Omokunde, Rivera-Wagner, Goodwin, Bare, Billings, Clancy, Doyle, Haywood, Taylor, Hong, Joers, Palmeri, Sinicki, Vining, Fitzgerald, Neubauer, Roe, Brown, Snodgrass, Mayadev, Hysell, Sheehan, Miresse, Udell, Arney, Emerson, DeSanto, Prado, Tenorio, Spaude, DeSmidt, Cruz, Johnson and Stroud;
cosponsored by Senators L. Johnson, Carpenter, Hesselbein, Larson, Pfaff, Spreitzer, Roys, Ratcliff, Drake, Smith, Habush Sinykin, Dassl
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38 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Alex Joers
DDemocratic
P
Amaad Rivera-Wagner
DDemocratic
P
Andrew Hysell
DDemocratic
P
Angela Stroud
DDemocratic
P
Angelina Cruz
DDemocratic
P
Angelito Tenorio
DDemocratic
P
Ann Roe
DDemocratic
P
Ben DeSmidt
DDemocratic
P
Brienne Brown
DDemocratic
P
Christine Sinicki
DDemocratic
P
Clint Anderson
DDemocratic
P
Deb Andraca
DDemocratic
P
Francesca Hong
DDemocratic
P
Greta Neubauer
DDemocratic
P
Jill Billings
DDemocratic
P
Joan Fitzgerald
DDemocratic
P
Jodi Emerson
DDemocratic
P
Joe Sheehan
DDemocratic
P
Kalan Haywood
DDemocratic
P
Karen DeSanto
DDemocratic
P
Lee Snodgrass
DDemocratic
P
Lisa Subeck
DDemocratic
P
Lori Palmeri
DDemocratic
P
Margaret Arney
DDemocratic
P
Mike Bare
DDemocratic
P
Priscilla Prado
DDemocratic
P
Randy Udell
DDemocratic
P
Renuka Mayadev
DDemocratic
P
Robyn Vining
DDemocratic
P
Russell Goodwin
DDemocratic
P
Ryan Clancy
DDemocratic
P
Ryan Spaude
DDemocratic
P
Sequanna Taylor
DDemocratic
P
Shelia Stubbs
DDemocratic
P
Steve Doyle
DDemocratic
P
Supreme Moore Omokunde
DDemocratic
P
Tara Johnson
DDemocratic
P
Vinnie Miresse
DDemocratic
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