---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: placing, possessing, or transporting a bow or crossbow in or on a motorboat, vehicle, all-terrain vehicle, or utility terrain vehicle."
description: "Relating to: placing, possessing, or transporting a bow or crossbow in or on a motorboat, vehicle, all-terrain vehicle, or utility terrain vehicle."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 231"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 231 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Feyen", "Marklein", "Olsen", "Smith"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 27
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-05-23T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-02-06T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6f8a98d3-24ce-4664-82ce-0e104cf2a217"
source_url: "http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2019/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb231"
source_hash: "8c6ab40680ca96bfd52958b32fc39b59af29eb9d8d9808a121593dc4d676bd3b"
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 231 (2019) — Relating to: placing, possessing, or transporting a bow or crossbow in or on a motorboat, vehicle, all-terrain vehicle, or utility terrain vehicle.

## 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/2019/REG/SB231)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Feyen — primary (person)
- Marklein — primary (person)
- Olsen — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-23T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Olsen, Feyen, Marklein and Smith; cosponsored by Representatives Ballweg, Stafsholt, Knodl, Krug, Kurtz, Mursau, Pronschinske, Skowronski, Sortwell and Tusler `introduction`
- **2019-05-23T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Sporting Heritage, Mining and Forestry `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-20T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Edming added as a cosponsor
- **2019-10-01T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2019-10-23T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Schraa added as a cosponsor
- **2019-10-31T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2019-10-31T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Sporting Heritage, Mining and Forestry, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-10-31T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2020-01-17T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 1-21-2020 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage`
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Read
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from Senate message and take up
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage`
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2020-01-22T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in
- **2020-01-27T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled
- **2020-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 2-3-2020 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 2-5-2020. 2019 Wisconsin Act 98 `executive-signature`
- **2020-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Published 2-6-2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6f8a98d3-24ce-4664-82ce-0e104cf2a217`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).