---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: a uniform end date for certain open hunting and trapping seasons. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: a uniform end date for certain open hunting and trapping seasons. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 225"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 225 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cowles", "Craig", "Harsdorf", "L. Taylor", "Miller", "Moulton", "Ringhand", "Vinehout"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 36
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-05-04T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-11-14T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0e4e76f4-ba85-48d1-a50d-ae87038cb0f9"
source_url: "http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2017/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb225"
source_hash: "aaac698854a5a8607ed99aac2b396ec0021e1d59b4cca599d40c24b8c4f6d4d7"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wi"]
---

# Wisconsin SB 225 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to: a uniform end date for certain open hunting and trapping seasons. (FE)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2017/REG/SB225)

## Votes

- Report adoption of Senate Amendment 2 recommended by Committee on Sporting Heritage, Mining and Forestry, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Sporting Heritage, Mining and Forestry, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Report adoption of Senate Amendment 3 recommended by Committee on Sporting Heritage, Mining and Forestry, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Sporting Heritage, Mining and Forestry, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Cowles — primary (person)
- Craig — primary (person)
- Harsdorf — primary (person)
- L. Taylor — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Moulton — primary (person)
- Ringhand — primary (person)
- Vinehout — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-05-04T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Moulton, Miller, Cowles, Craig, Harsdorf, Ringhand, L. Taylor and Vinehout; cosponsored by Representatives Milroy, Kleefisch, Considine, Crowley, Gannon, Hesselbein, Horlacher, Kremer, Krug, Kulp, Mason, Mursau, Quinn, Ripp, Steffen, Tittl and Tusler `introduction`
- **2017-05-04T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Sporting Heritage, Mining and Forestry
- **2017-05-30T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received
- **2017-06-01T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2017-06-06T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Moulton
- **2017-06-06T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 2 offered by Senator Moulton
- **2017-06-06T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 3 offered by Senator Moulton
- **2017-06-07T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2017-06-07T05:00:00+00:00** Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Sporting Heritage, Mining and Forestry, Ayes 5, Noes 0
- **2017-06-07T05:00:00+00:00** Report adoption of Senate Amendment 2 recommended by Committee on Sporting Heritage, Mining and Forestry, Ayes 5, Noes 0
- **2017-06-07T05:00:00+00:00** Report adoption of Senate Amendment 3 recommended by Committee on Sporting Heritage, Mining and Forestry, Ayes 5, Noes 0
- **2017-06-07T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Sporting Heritage, Mining and Forestry, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-07T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2017-06-09T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 6-14-2017 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2017-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2017-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 withdrawn and returned to author
- **2017-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 2 adopted
- **2017-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 3 adopted
- **2017-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2017-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2017-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage`
- **2017-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2017-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate
- **2017-06-20T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2017-10-31T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 11-2-2017 by Committee on Rules
- **2017-11-02T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2017-11-02T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2017-11-02T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2017-11-02T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage`
- **2017-11-02T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2017-11-03T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in
- **2017-11-08T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled
- **2017-11-08T06:00:00+00:00** LRB correction (Senate Amendment 3)
- **2017-11-09T06:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 11-9-2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-11-14T06:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 11-11-2017. 2017 Wisconsin Act 63 `executive-signature`
- **2017-11-14T06:00:00+00:00** Published 11-12-2017

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0e4e76f4-ba85-48d1-a50d-ae87038cb0f9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).