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2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
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2025 SENATE BILL 946
February 6, 2026 - Introduced by Senators
Larson
,
Hesselbein
,
Ratcliff
and
Roys
, cosponsored by Representatives
Subeck
,
Andraca
,
Emerson
,
Sinicki
,
DeSmidt
,
Fitzgerald
,
Goodwin
,
Joers
,
Kirsch
,
Neubauer
,
Prado
,
Snodgrass
,
Spaude
,
Stubbs
and
Udell
. Referred to Committee on Licensing, Regulatory Reform, State and Federal Affairs.
SB946,1,3
1
An Act
to renumber and amend
175.37 (1);
to amend
175.37 (title) and
2
175.37 (2);
to create
175.37 (1) (b) of the statutes;
relating to:
containers or
3
trigger locks provided at a firearm sale and providing a penalty.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill requires a person who commercially sells or transfers a firearm to provide the purchaser or transferee with either a secure, lockable container that is designed to store a firearm or a trigger lock for the firearm. A seller or transferor who violates this requirement is subject to a fine of up to $500 or imprisonment for up to 30 days, or both.
Because this bill creates a new crime or revises a penalty for an existing crime, the Joint Review Committee on Criminal Penalties may be requested to prepare a report.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SB946,1
4
Section
1
.
175.37 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB946,1,5
5
175.37
(title)
Warning
Requirements
whenever transferring a firearm.
SB946,2
1
Section
2
.
175.37 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 175.37 (1) (intro.) and
2
amended to read:
SB946,2,5
3
175.37
(1)
(intro.) Upon the retail commercial sale or retail commercial
4
transfer of any firearm, the seller or transferor shall provide to the buyer or
5
transferee
all of
the following
:
SB946,2,10
6
(a) A
written warning in block letters not less than one-fourth inch in height:
7
“IF YOU LEAVE A LOADED FIREARM WITHIN THE REACH OR EASY
8
ACCESS OF A CHILD YOU MAY BE FINED OR IMPRISONED OR BOTH IF
9
THE CHILD IMPROPERLY DISCHARGES, POSSESSES OR EXHIBITS THE
10
FIREARM.”
SB946,3
11
Section
3
.
175.37 (1) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
SB946,2,13
12
175.37
(1)
(b) A secure, lockable container that is designed to store a firearm
13
or a trigger lock for the firearm.
SB946,4
14
Section
4
.
175.37 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB946,2,16
15
175.37
(2)
Any person who violates sub. (1)
(a) or (b)
may be fined not more
16
than $500 or imprisoned for not more than 30 days or both.
SB946,2,17
17
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