---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: the authority to shoot a beaver or muskrat causing damage to a highway."
description: "Relating to: the authority to shoot a beaver or muskrat causing damage to a highway."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "AB 163"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 163 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Callahan", "Edming", "Knodl", "Kurtz", "Magnafici", "Moses", "Mursau", "Rozar", "Skowronski", "Tranel", "VanderMeer", "Wichgers"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-16T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-07-08T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a0d560df-2b5e-4632-86a1-186ced4312e7"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2021/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab163"
source_hash: "76578042fec11ff4320185e435c6d1f3c7c42c88dca66789cd450119375f25ca"
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 AB 163 (2021) — Relating to: the authority to shoot a beaver or muskrat causing damage to a highway.

## Version chain

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

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2021/REG/AB163)

## Votes

- Report passage recommended by Committee on Transportation, Ayes 12, Noes 1 — **12–1** (pass) · lower
- Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Callahan — primary (person)
- Edming — primary (person)
- Knodl — primary (person)
- Kurtz — primary (person)
- Magnafici — primary (person)
- Moses — primary (person)
- Mursau — primary (person)
- Rozar — primary (person)
- Skowronski — primary (person)
- Tranel — primary (person)
- VanderMeer — primary (person)
- Wichgers — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives Edming, Skowronski, Callahan, Knodl, Kurtz, Magnafici, Moses, Mursau, Rozar, Tranel, VanderMeer and Wichgers; cosponsored by Senators Stafsholt, Bradley, Felzkowski, Marklein and Stroebel `introduction`
- **2021-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-27T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2021-05-19T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2021-06-15T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Transportation, Ayes 12, Noes 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-15T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-16T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 6-22-2021 by Committee on Rules
- **2021-06-22T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2021-06-22T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2021-06-22T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2021-06-22T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-22T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2021-06-22T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly `receipt`
- **2021-06-22T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0
- **2021-06-22T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 6-23-2021 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2021-06-23T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2021-06-23T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2021-06-23T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2021-06-23T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-23T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2021-06-23T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate concurred in `receipt`
- **2021-06-24T05:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 6-24-2021 `enrolled`
- **2021-07-02T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 7-2-2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-08T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 7-8-2021. 2021 Wisconsin Act 62 `executive-signature`
- **2021-07-08T05:00:00+00:00** Published 7-9-2021 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a0d560df-2b5e-4632-86a1-186ced4312e7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).