---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: shot shell restrictions and the hunting of fur-bearing animals."
description: "Relating to: shot shell restrictions and the hunting of fur-bearing animals."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 54"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 54 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cowles", "Felzkowski", "Petrowski", "Stafsholt"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 30
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-28T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-29T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d41c53c-f971-46d9-be54-d3515db7789d"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2021/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb54"
source_hash: "3c67c6e94f573ca48a93dc38660e48ef8664c8fc69774a25769357db3055e09a"
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 54 (2021) — Relating to: shot shell restrictions and the hunting of fur-bearing animals.

## 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/SB54)

## Votes

- Report passage recommended by Committee on Sporting Heritage, Small Business and Rural Issues, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cowles — primary (person)
- Felzkowski — primary (person)
- Petrowski — primary (person)
- Stafsholt — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-28T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Stafsholt, Petrowski, Cowles and Felzkowski; cosponsored by Representatives Callahan, Magnafici, Horlacher, Rozar, Edming, Spiros, Tittl, Kurtz, VanderMeer and Skowronski `introduction`
- **2021-01-28T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Sporting Heritage, Small Business and Rural Issues `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-29T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Moses added as a cosponsor
- **2021-02-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senator Nass added as a coauthor
- **2021-02-02T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2021-02-02T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Brooks added as a cosponsor
- **2021-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2021-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Sporting Heritage, Small Business and Rural Issues, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2021-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Wichgers added as a cosponsor
- **2021-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 2-16-2021 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2021-02-16T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2021-02-16T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-16T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2021-02-16T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-16T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2021-02-16T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate `receipt`
- **2021-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 3-17-2021 by Committee on Rules
- **2021-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up `withdrawal`
- **2021-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2021-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2021-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2021-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in `receipt`
- **2021-03-24T05:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled `enrolled`
- **2021-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 3-25-2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 3-26-2021. 2021 Wisconsin Act 16 `executive-signature`
- **2021-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Published 3-27-2021 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6d41c53c-f971-46d9-be54-d3515db7789d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).