2023 Wisconsin Act 116

* Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes: Effective date of acts. “Every act and every portion of an act enacted by the legislature over the governor's partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication.”

  Date of enactment: March 14, 2024
2023 Senate Bill 587   Date of publication*: March 15, 2024

2023 WISCONSIN ACT 116

An Act to create 29.001 (59) of the statutes; relating to: defining muzzle-loading firearm for hunting purposes.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

116,1 Section 1. 29.001 (59) of the statutes is created to read:

29.001 (59) “Muzzle-loading firearm” means a firearm that shoots a projectile loaded exclusively from the muzzle.

116,2 Section 2. NR 10.001 (17) of the administrative code is created to read:

NR 10.001 (17) “Muzzle-loading firearm” or “muzzleloader” means a firearm that shoots a projectile loaded exclusively from the muzzle.

116,3 Section 3. NR 10.09 (1) (d) of the administrative code is amended to read:

NR 10.09 (1) (d) Hunt a deer during a muzzleloader-only hunt, such as described in s. NR 10.01 (3) (es), with any gun other than a rifle, shotgun, or handgun that is a firearm with a solid breech plug attached with threads and capable of being loaded only from the muzzle muzzle-loading firearm.