Bill > SB680

This bill creates an exemption to the existing prohibition on selling, purchasing, bartering, or trading wild animals by allowing a specific type of deer transaction. Under this proposed legislation, a deer that is lawfully harvested in the central farmland zone can be offered to a meat processing facility in exchange for gift cards or gift certificates to local businesses, provided the meat processing facility agrees to process the deer and then donate the processed meat to a food distribution service. A food distribution service is legally defined as a nonprofit program that either directly provides food to low-income individuals or collects food products for that purpose. The bill aims to facilitate a unique mechanism for deer donation that supports local businesses and helps address food insecurity by creating a pathway for hunters to contribute venison to food pantries through a gift card incentive system.

Budget and Finance

https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb680