---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: defining muzzle-loading firearm for hunting purposes."
description: "Relating to: defining muzzle-loading firearm for hunting purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 587"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 587 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Felzkowski", "Marklein", "Stafsholt", "Stroebel", "Tomczyk"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 26
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-10-30T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-03-14T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f6776196-19a7-4c47-b53e-12af095ccb6d"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb587"
source_hash: "e24080015e7fb151fe910fefc46226febb4e8d67a658175786867d4d4a4eef6c"
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 587 (2023) — Relating to: defining muzzle-loading firearm for hunting purposes.

## 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/2023/REG/SB587)

## Votes

- Report passage recommended by Committee on Financial Institutions and Sporting Heritage, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Felzkowski — primary (person)
- Marklein — primary (person)
- Stafsholt — primary (person)
- Stroebel — primary (person)
- Tomczyk — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-10-30T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Stafsholt, Felzkowski, Marklein, Stroebel and Tomczyk; cosponsored by Representatives Tittl, C. Anderson, Armstrong, Brandtjen, Edming, Green, Penterman, Petersen, Magnafici, Murphy, Mursau, Rettinger and VanderMeer `introduction`
- **2023-10-30T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Financial Institutions and Sporting Heritage `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-12-06T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2024-01-05T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2024-01-05T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Financial Institutions and Sporting Heritage, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-05T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2024-01-12T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 1-16-2024 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- **2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate `receipt`
- **2024-02-14T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 2-20-2024 by Committee on Rules
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up `withdrawal`
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2024-02-21T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in `receipt`
- **2024-02-27T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 3-11-2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 3-14-2024. 2023 Wisconsin Act 116 `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Published 3-15-2024 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f6776196-19a7-4c47-b53e-12af095ccb6d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).