After successfully passing the legislature, Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers used his veto power on the last two sportsmen’s bills that the Sportsmen’s Alliance had been reporting on at the end of last month.

Assembly Bill 512 would have repealed the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) administrative code provision that generally prohibits a person from hunting or pursuing any free-roaming wild animal with the aid of a dog from May 1 to June 30 in a portion of the state north of certain east-west highways. The bills also repeal DNR’s administrative code restrictions on dog training and dog trialing on any free-roaming wild animal in that area and during that period. The Governor’s veto message can be read here.

Senate Bill 466 would have prohibited a financial institution, as part of a payment card transaction, from requiring the use of a merchant category code (MCC) that identifies the merchant as a firearms retailer. The bill also provides that the Department of Justice may not maintain a list of firearm purchasers based on information from background checks that DOJ performs, and that no governmental entity may maintain a list of firearm owners.  The Governor’s veto message can be read here.

Rest assured, the Sportsmen’s Alliance will be back in Madison next year working to defend and protect the sportsmen and women of the Badger State.

About the Sportsmen’s Alliance: The Sportsmen’s Alliance protects and defends America’s wildlife conservation programs and the pursuits – hunting, fishing and trapping – that generate the money to pay for them. Sportsmen’s Alliance Foundation is responsible for public education, legal defense and research. Its mission is accomplished through several distinct programs coordinated to provide the most complete defense capability possible. Stay connected to Sportsmen’s Alliance: Online, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.