---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: nonresident archer and crossbow hunting license fees. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: nonresident archer and crossbow hunting license fees. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 780"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 780 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ballweg", "Marklein", "Quinn"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 33
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-12-08T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-02-29T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c9390691-8764-41e9-bbb8-9d3c28340e9d"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb780"
source_hash: "418d999c046e09217551914c8af3a521318242b807b7dbab5efbd44991b23d38"
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 780 (2023) — Relating to: nonresident archer and crossbow hunting license fees. (FE)

## 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/SB780)
2. **Senate Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2023/REG/SB780-SA1)

## Votes

- CONCURRENCE — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Financial Institutions and Sporting Heritage, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Financial Institutions and Sporting Heritage, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ballweg — primary (person)
- Marklein — primary (person)
- Quinn — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-08T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Quinn, Ballweg and Marklein; cosponsored by Representatives Pronschinske, Allen, Armstrong, Behnke, Bodden, Brandtjen, C. Anderson, Callahan, Edming, Goeben, Magnafici, Moses, Mursau and Penterman `introduction`
- **2023-12-08T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Financial Institutions and Sporting Heritage `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-12-19T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2024-01-04T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2024-01-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Quinn
- **2024-01-05T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2024-01-05T06:00:00+00:00** Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Financial Institutions and Sporting Heritage, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `amendment-passage`
- **2024-01-05T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended 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
- **2024-01-29T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Green added as a cosponsor
- **2024-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2024-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 2-13-2024 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2024-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Referred to joint committee on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from joint committee on Finance and take up
- **2024-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- **2024-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed, Ayes 32, Noes 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2024-02-13T06:00:00+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, Ayes 99, Noes 0 `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`
- **2024-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 2-28-2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-02-29T06:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 2-29-2024. 2023 Wisconsin Act 99 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c9390691-8764-41e9-bbb8-9d3c28340e9d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).