Assembly Bill 545
Residency of election officials
Topics: Elections: Officials
Stopped before the full Assembly voted
The recommended passing it, but the full Assembly never voted on it. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Nov 3, 2009
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Assembly vote, stopped here
Stopped here. The full Assembly never voted on it.
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Senate vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Apr 28, 2010: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
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Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.
Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Currently, with certain exceptions, an election official who serves at a polling place must be an elector of the ward or election district served by the polling place.
A special registration deputy who serves at a polling place may be an elector another ward or election district within the municipality where the deputy serves. With certain limitations, a pupil who is 16 or 17 years of age may serve as an election official at the polling place serving his or her residence. A special voting deputy who supervises voting at a nursing home, retirement home, or community-based residential facility must be an elector of the municipality where the home or facility is located. An official who serves at a polling place may be replaced in case of a temporary vacancy by an individual who is an elector of a ward or election district other than a ward or election district that is served by the polling place where the individual serves. With certain limitations, a municipal clerk or deputy clerk who resides outside of a municipality may also serve as an election official in that municipality when required to fill a temporary vacancy.
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This bill provides that an election official must be an elector of the county, or one of the counties, where the municipality where the official serves is located.
Under the bill, a municipal clerk or deputy clerk who is an elector of this state may continue to serve as an election official in case of a temporary vacancy without regard to county residence. The bill permits a special voting deputy to be an elector of the county, or one of the counties, where the municipality in which the deputy serves is located. The bill also permits a pupil who is 16 or 17 years of age to serve as an election official at a polling place serving any municipality located wholly or partly within the county within which the pupil resides.
Who's behind it
8 lawmakers are its . 7 are Democrats and 1 is a Republican.
3 more lawmakers .
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Authors (8)
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- Garey Bies · Republican, Assembly
- Steve Hilgenberg · Democrat, Assembly
- Cory Mason · Democrat, Assembly
- Joe Parisi · Democrat, Assembly
- Sondy Pope · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Jeff Smith · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (3)
- John Lehman · Democrat, Senate
- Dale Schultz · Republican, Senate
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
How lawmakers voted
There was one vote on this bill.
Assembly Committee on Elections and Campaign Reform vote to recommend it
Passed, 5 to 3 · Dec 18, 2009
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report passage recommended by committee on Elections and Campaign Reform, Ayes 5, Noes 3”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Apr 28, 2010
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Dec 18, 2009
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Dec 18, 2009
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 5 to 3.
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Nov 17, 2009
The committee held a public hearing.
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Nov 3, 2009
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Elections and Campaign Reform.
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Nov 3, 2009
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Nov 3, 2009 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Smith, Hilgenberg, Pope-Roberts, Parisi, Berceau, Mason, Bies and Sinicki;Cosponsored by Senators Lehman, Taylor and Schultz
- Nov 3, 2009 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Elections and Campaign Reform
- Nov 17, 2009 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Dec 15, 2009 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Dec 18, 2009 · Assembly
Report passage recommended by committee on Elections and Campaign Reform, Ayes 5, Noes 3
- Dec 18, 2009 · Assembly
Referred to committee on Rules
- Apr 28, 2010 · Assembly
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Terms on this page
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.
Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary
From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote