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AB324 • 2025

waiting period for purchase of handguns

waiting period for purchase of handguns

Did Not Pass

The latest official action shows that this bill did not move forward in that session.

Sponsor
Representatives Stubbs, Sinicki, Andraca, Anderson, Rivera-Wagner, Goodwin, Moore Omokunde, Clancy, Palmeri, Joers, Subeck, Bare, Haywood, Taylor, Vining, Fitzgerald, Neubauer, Roe, Hysell, Brown, Snodgrass, Mayadev, Miresse, Udell, Arney, Emerson, DeSanto, Prado, Tenorio, Spaude, DeSmidt, Ortiz-Velez, Phelps, Stroud, Sheehan, Cruz, Madison and Johnson, cosponsored by Senators Larson, L. Johnson, Hesselbein, Roys, Spreitzer, Ratcliff, Drake, Carpenter, Smith, Habush Sinykin, Dassler-Alfheim and Keyeski
Last action
2026-03-23
Official status
A - Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Effective date
Not listed

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waiting period for purchase of handguns

waiting period for purchase of handguns Status: A - Criminal Justice and Public Safety

What This Bill Does

  • waiting period for purchase of handguns Status: A - Criminal Justice and Public Safety

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-23 Asm.

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

  2. 2026-01-08 Asm.

    Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor

  3. 2025-09-10 Asm.

    Representative Billings added as a coauthor

  4. 2025-09-04 Asm.

    Representative Kirsch added as a coauthor

  5. 2025-07-24 Asm.

    Representative McCarville added as a coauthor

  6. 2025-07-08 Asm.

    Introduced by Representatives Stubbs , Sinicki , Andraca , Anderson , Rivera-Wagner , Goodwin , Moore Omokunde , Clancy , Palmeri , Joers , Subeck , Bare , Haywood , Taylor , Vining , Fitzgerald , Neubauer , Roe , Hysell , Brown , Snodgrass , Mayadev , Miresse , Udell , Arney , Emerson , DeSanto , Prado , Tenorio , Spaude , DeSmidt , Ortiz-Velez , Phelps , Stroud , Sheehan , Cruz , Madison and Johnson ; cosponsored by Senators Larson , L. Johnson , Hesselbein , Roys , Spreitzer , Ratcliff , Drake , Carpenter , Smith , Habush Sinykin , Dassler-Alfheim and Keyeski

  7. 2025-07-08 Asm.

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety

Official Summary Text

waiting period for purchase of handguns
Status: A - Criminal Justice and Public Safety

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2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
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2025 ASSEMBLY BILL 324
July 8, 2025 - Introduced by Representatives
Stubbs
,
Sinicki
,
Andraca
,
Anderson
,
Rivera-Wagner
,
Goodwin
,
Moore Omokunde
,
Clancy
,
Palmeri
,
Joers
,
Subeck
,
Bare
,
Haywood
,
Taylor
,
Vining
,
Fitzgerald
,
Neubauer
,
Roe
,
Hysell
,
Brown
,
Snodgrass
,
Mayadev
,
Miresse
,
Udell
,
Arney
,
Emerson
,
DeSanto
,
Prado
,
Tenorio
,
Spaude
,
DeSmidt
,
Ortiz-Velez
,
Phelps
,
Stroud
,
Sheehan
,
Cruz
,
Madison
and
Johnson
, cosponsored by Senators
Larson
,
L. Johnson
,
Hesselbein
,
Roys
,
Spreitzer
,
Ratcliff
,
Drake
,
Carpenter
,
Smith
,
Habush Sinykin
,
Dassler-Alfheim
and
Keyeski
. Referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety.
AB324,1,2
1
An Act

to amend
175.35 (title), 175.35 (2) (d) and 175.35 (2g) (c) 4. c. of the
2
statutes;
relating to:
waiting period for purchase of handguns.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Current law provides that, before a federally licensed firearms dealer may transfer a handgun after a sale, the dealer must request that the Department of Justice perform a background check on the prospective purchaser to determine if the purchaser is prohibited from possessing a firearm under federal or state law.
This bill prohibits the dealer from transferring the handgun to the purchaser until 48 hours have passed since the firearms dealer requested the background check on the purchaser.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
AB324,1
3
Section
1
.
175.35 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB324,1,4
4
175.35
(title)
Purchase

Waiting period for the purchase
of handguns.
AB324,2
5
Section
2
.
175.35 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB324,2,5
6
175.35
(2)
(d)
The

Forty-eight hours have elapsed from the time that the

1
firearms dealer has received
an approval

a confirmation
number regarding the
2
firearms restrictions record search under sub. (2g) (c) from the department of
3
justice
and the firearms dealer has not been notified that the person is prohibited
4
under state or federal law from possessing a firearm or that the department needs
5
an extension under sub. (2g) (c) 4. c
.
AB324,3
6
Section
3
.
175.35 (2g) (c) 4. c. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB324,2,13
7
175.35
(2g)
(c) 4. c. If the search indicates that it is unclear whether the
8
person is prohibited under state or federal law from possessing a firearm and the
9
department needs more time
than provided under sub. (2) (d)
to make the
10
determination, the department shall make every reasonable effort to determine
11
whether the person is prohibited under state or federal law from possessing a
12
firearm and notify the firearms dealer of the results as soon as practicable but no
13
later than 5 working days after the search was requested.
AB324,4
14
Section
4
. Initial applicability.
AB324,2,16
15
(
1
) This act first applies to sales that occur on the effective date of this
16
subsection.
AB324,2,17
17
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