Assembly Bill 32
Communications by members of the legislature
Topics: Elections: Campaign expense, Governor, Legislature: Member, Postage and postal service
Passed the Assembly, then stopped
The Assembly passed it on Sep 13, 2011, but the Senate never voted on it. A bill has to . To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Feb 23, 2011
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Assembly vote, passed
Passed 91 to 6
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Senate vote, stopped here
Stopped here. The Senate never voted on it.
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Mar 23, 2012: “Failed to concur in pursuant to ”
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Terms on this page
Second chamber's vote
A bill has to pass both the Assembly and the Senate in the same form before it goes to the governor.
Official term: Concurrence. More in the glossary
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, no person who is elected to state or local office and who becomes a candidate for national, state, or local office may use public funds for the cost of materials or distribution of 50 or more pieces of substantially identical material distributed during the period beginning on the first day for circulation of nomination papers as a candidate (or certain other dates for candidates who do not file nomination papers) and ending on the date of the election at which the person's name appears on the ballot, or on the date of the primary election at which the person's name so appears if the person is not nominated at the primary.
This bill provides that this prohibition does not apply to the cost of materials or distribution of a communication made by a member of the legislature to an address located within the legislative district represented by that member during the 45-day period following declaration of a state of emergency by the governor affecting any county in which the district is located if the communication relates solely to the subject of the emergency.
Who's behind it
10 representatives are its . All 10 are Democrats.
2 more lawmakers .
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Authors (10)
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- Penny Bernard Schaber · Democrat, Assembly
- Elizabeth Coggs · Democrat, Assembly
- Tamara Grigsby · Democrat, Assembly
- Frederick Kessler · Democrat, Assembly
- Sandy Pasch · Democrat, Assembly
- Barbara Toles · Democrat, Assembly
- Robert Turner · Democrat, Assembly
- Leon Young · Democrat, Assembly
- Josh Zepnick · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (2)
- Dale Schultz · Republican, Senate
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
How lawmakers voted
There were 2 votes on this bill.
Assembly Committee on Election and Campaign Reform vote to recommend it
Passed, 8 to 0 · Aug 2, 2011
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 Election and Campaign Reform, Ayes 8, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Assembly vote to pass it
Passed, 91 to 6 · Sep 13, 2011 · 1 didn't vote
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D: Democrat, I: Independent, R: Republican
Yes (91)
- Alvin Ott (R, 3)
- Amy Loudenbeck (R, 31)
- Amy Sue Vruwink (D, 70)
- André Jacque (R, 1)
- Andy Jorgensen (D, 43)
- Barbara Toles (D, 17)
- Bill Kramer (R, 97)
- Brett Hulsey (D, 78)
- Chad Weininger (R, 4)
- Chris Danou (D, 92)
- Chris Kapenga (R, 33)
- Chris Taylor (D, 76)
- Christine Sinicki (D, 20)
- Cory Mason (D, 66)
- Dale Kooyenga (R, 5)
- Dan Knodl (R, 24)
- Dan Meyer (R, 34)
- Daniel LeMahieu (R, 59)
- David Cullen (D, 13)
- Dean Kaufert (R, 53)
- Don Pridemore (R, 22)
- Donna Seidel (D, 85)
- Duey Stroebel (R, 20)
- Edward Brooks (R, 50)
- Elizabeth Coggs (D, 10)
- Erik Severson (R, 28)
- Evan Wynn (R, 43)
- Fred Clark (D, 81)
- Frederick Kessler (D, 12)
- Garey Bies (R, 1)
- Gary Hebl (D, 46)
- Gary Tauchen (R, 6)
- Gordon Hintz (D, 54)
- Howard Marklein (R, 17)
- Janet Bewley (D, 25)
- Janis Ringhand (D, 15)
- Jeff Fitzgerald (R, 39)
- Jeff Mursau (R, 36)
- Jeffrey Stone (R, 82)
- Jeremy Thiesfeldt (R, 52)
- Jerry Petrowski (R, 29)
- Jim Ott (R, 23)
- Jim Steineke (R, 5)
- JoCasta Zamarripa (D, 8)
- Joan Ballweg (R, 14)
- Joe Knilans (R, 44)
- Joel Kleefisch (R, 38)
- John Klenke (R, 88)
- John Murtha (R, 29)
- John Nygren (R, 89)
- John Steinbrink (D, 65)
- Jon Richards (D, 19)
- Josh Zepnick (D, 9)
- Karl Van Roy (R, 90)
- Kathleen Bernier (R, 23)
- Keith Ripp (R, 42)
- Kelda Roys (D, 26)
- Kevin Petersen (R, 57)
- Lee Nerison (R, 96)
- Leon Young (D, 16)
- Louis Molepske Jr. (D, 71)
- Margaret Krusick (D, 7)
- Mark Honadel (R, 21)
- Mark Pocan (D, 78)
- Mark Radcliffe (D, 92)
- Mary Williams (R, 87)
- Michelle Litjens (R, 56)
- Mike Endsley (R, 26)
- Mike Kuglitsch (R, 84)
- Nick Milroy (D, 73)
- Pat Strachota (R, 58)
- Paul F. Farrow (R, 33)
- Penny Bernard Schaber (D, 57)
- Peter Barca (D, 64)
- Richard Spanbauer (R, 53)
- Robert Turner (D, 61)
- Roger Rivard (R, 75)
- Samantha Kerkman (R, 61)
- Sandy Pasch (D, 10)
- Scott Suder (R, 69)
- Sondy Pope (D, 80)
- Steve Doyle (D, 94)
- Steve Kestell (R, 27)
- Steve Nass (R, 11)
- Tamara Grigsby (D, 18)
- Terese Berceau (D, 77)
- Thomas Larson (R, 67)
- Thomas Tiffany (R, 12)
- Tony Staskunas (D, 15)
- Travis Tranel (R, 49)
- Warren Petryk (R, 93)
No (6)
- Bob Ziegelbauer (I, 25)
- David Craig (R, 28)
- Dean Knudson (R, 30)
- Robin Vos (R, 33)
- Scott Krug (R, 72)
- Tyler August (R, 31)
Didn't vote (1)
- Jason Fields (D, 11)
Official motion: “Read a third time and passed, Ayes 91, Noes 6”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Mar 23, 2012
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Sep 14, 2011
Sent to the Senate Committee on Transportation and Elections.
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Sep 14, 2011
The Senate received it.
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Sep 13, 2011
The Assembly passed it, 91 to 6.
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Aug 2, 2011
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Aug 2, 2011
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 8 to 0.
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Jun 2, 2011
The committee held a public hearing.
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Feb 23, 2011
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Election and Campaign Reform.
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Feb 23, 2011
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Feb 23, 2011 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Toles, Young, Pasch, E. Coggs, Zepnick, Turner, Berceau, Grigsby, Kessler and Bernard Schaber;Cosponsored by Senators Schultz and Taylor
- Feb 23, 2011 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Election and Campaign Reform
- Jun 2, 2011 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Jun 10, 2011 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Aug 2, 2011 · Assembly
Report passage recommended by committee on Election and Campaign Reform, Ayes 8, Noes 0
- Aug 2, 2011 · Assembly
Referred to committee on Rules
- Sep 8, 2011 · Assembly
Placed on calendar 9-13-2011 by committee on Rules
- Sep 13, 2011 · Assembly
Read a second time
- Sep 13, 2011 · Assembly
Ordered to a third reading
- Sep 13, 2011 · Assembly
Rules suspended
- Sep 13, 2011 · Assembly
Read a third time and passed, Ayes 91, Noes 6
- Sep 13, 2011 · Assembly
Ordered immediately messaged
- Sep 14, 2011 · Senate
Received from Assembly
- Sep 14, 2011 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Transportation and Elections
- Mar 23, 2012 · Senate
Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Terms on this page
Second chamber's vote
A bill has to pass both the Assembly and the Senate in the same form before it goes to the governor.
Official term: Concurrence. More in the glossary
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
Second chamber's vote
A bill has to pass both the Assembly and the Senate in the same form before it goes to the governor.
Official term: Concurrence
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