Senate Bill 322
Information concerning independent candidates for partisan office that appears on the ballot at elections
Topics: Elections: Ballots, Political parties
Stopped in committee
It never got a , so it never came up for a vote. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Sep 30, 2009
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Senate vote, not reached
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Assembly 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 ”
It never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor, Elections and Urban Affairs. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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Terms on this page
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Currently, independent candidates for partisan office may include on their nomination papers a statement of party or principle. This statement appears on the ballot under the names of the candidates. Most statutory references to the statement limit the length of the statement to five words or less. This bill standardizes all references so that in all cases the statement or party or principle, if any, is limited to five words or less.
Who's behind it
3 senators are its . 2 are Democrats and 1 is a Republican.
6 more lawmakers .
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Authors (3)
- Neal Kedzie · Republican, Senate
- John Lehman · Democrat, Senate
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (6)
- Annette Williams · Democrat, Assembly
- Steve Hilgenberg · Democrat, Assembly
- Andy Jorgensen · Democrat, Assembly
- Jeff Smith · Democrat, Senate
- Jeffrey Stone · Republican, Assembly
- Amy Sue Vruwink · Democrat, Assembly
What happened
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Apr 28, 2010
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Sep 30, 2009
Sent to the Senate Committee on Labor, Elections and Urban Affairs.
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Sep 30, 2009
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Sep 30, 2009 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Taylor, Lehman and Kedzie;Cosponsored by Representatives Smith, Stone, Hilgenberg, A. Williams, Jorgensen and Vruwink
- Sep 30, 2009 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Labor, Elections and Urban Affairs
- Apr 28, 2010 · Senate
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.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
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
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.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
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