Assembly Bill 545
Signing a petition to recall the same officer more than once and providing a penalty
Topics: Legislature: Criminal Penalties, Joint Review Committee on, Public officers, Recall
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
Feb 8, 2012
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Assembly vote, not reached
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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, Mar 23, 2012: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Election and Campaign Reform. 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.
This bill prohibits any person from signing a petition for the recall of the same officer more than once during the same 60-day circulation period. Violators are guilty of a misdemeanor and may be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both. Currently, no such prohibition applies.
Because this bill creates a new crime or revises a penalty for an existing crime, the Joint Review Committee on Criminal Penalties may be requested to prepare a report concerning the proposed penalty and the costs or savings that are likely to result if the bill is enacted.
Who's behind it
13 lawmakers are its . All 13 are Republicans.
5 more lawmakers .
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Authors (13)
- Alvin Ott · Republican, Assembly
- Kathleen Bernier · Republican, Senate
- Garey Bies · Republican, Assembly
- Edward Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- David Craig · Republican, Senate
- Steve Kestell · Republican, Assembly
- Daniel LeMahieu · Republican, Assembly
- Michelle Litjens · Republican, Assembly
- Don Pridemore · Republican, Assembly
- Duey Stroebel · Republican, Senate
- Jeremy Thiesfeldt · Republican, Assembly
- Karl Van Roy · Republican, Assembly
- Evan Wynn · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (5)
- Pam Galloway · Republican, Senate
- Glenn Grothman · Republican, Senate
- Frank G. Lasee · Republican, Senate
- Mary Lazich · Republican, Senate
- Joe Leibham · Republican, Senate
What happened
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Mar 23, 2012
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Feb 8, 2012
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Election and Campaign Reform.
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Feb 8, 2012
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Feb 8, 2012 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Stroebel, Bernier, Bies, Brooks, Craig, Kestell, LeMahieu, Litjens, A. Ott, Pridemore, Thiesfeldt, Van Roy and Wynn;Cosponsored by Senators Grothman, Galloway, Lasee, Lazich and Leibham
- Feb 8, 2012 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Election and Campaign Reform
- Mar 23, 2012 · 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.
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