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Bills from the 2011–12 session

Senate Bill 269

Residency of election officials

Topics: Elections: Officials

Passed the Senate, then stopped

The Senate passed it on Feb 14, 2012, but the Assembly never voted on it. A bill has to ⁠. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Oct 31, 2011

  2. Committee, passed

    Approved

  3. Senate vote, passed

    Passed Feb 14, 2012

  4. Assembly vote, stopped here

    Stopped here. The Assembly never voted on it.

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Mar 23, 2012: “Failed to concur in pursuant to ⁠”

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What it would have done

Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

Currently, election officials are generally required to be qualified electors of the municipality in which the officials serve. In addition, election officials who serve at a polling place are generally required to be qualified electors of the ward for which the polling place is established, whenever a municipality is divided into wards.

However, special registration deputies who register electors at a polling place on election day, election officials who are appointed to work at a polling place that serves more than one ward, election officials who are reassigned by a municipal clerk or board of election commissioners to correct staffing deficiencies, or election officials who are appointed to fill a temporary or permanent vacancy need not be electors of any particular ward, but must be qualified electors of the municipality in which they serve. Officials who are appointed to work at a polling place that serves more than one ward must be electors of one of the wards served by the polling place. A high school pupil who is 16 or 17 years of age may serve as an inspector (poll worker) at the polling place serving his or her residence. In addition, if the municipal clerk or the executive director of a board of election commissioners or a deputy to the clerk or executive director serves as a special registration deputy or is appointed to work at a polling place to fill a vacancy in an inspector position, the clerk, executive director, or deputy need not be a resident of the municipality in which he or she serves.

Read the full summary

This bill provides that an individual who serves as an election official at a polling place on election day need be an elector only of the county where he or she serves, except as the law currently permits the individual to reside elsewhere, and except that a high school pupil who serves as an inspector must continue to meet the current residency requirement.

Who's behind it

3 senators are its ⁠. All 3 are Republicans.

2 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 5 names

Authors (3)

Signed on in support (2)

Versions and amendments

Every text the Legislature printed for this bill, including proposed changes. Each opens on the Legislature's site.

How lawmakers voted

There were 2 votes on this bill.

Senate Committee on Transportation and Elections vote on an amendment

Passed, 3 to 2 · Jan 12, 2012

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by committee on Transportation and Elections, Ayes 3, Noes 2”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Senate vote to pass it

Passed, 17 to 16 · Feb 14, 2012

See how each of the 33 senators voted

D: Democrat, R: Republican

Official motion: “Read a third time and passed, Ayes 17, Noes 16”. Official record · This vote on its own page

What happened

  1. Mar 23, 2012

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Feb 20, 2012

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.

  3. Feb 16, 2012

    The Assembly received it.

  4. Feb 14, 2012

    The Senate passed it, 17 to 16.

  5. Feb 14, 2012

    The Senate adopted it.

  6. Jan 12, 2012

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 3 to 2.

  7. Jan 12, 2012

    “Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by committee on Transportation and Elections, Ayes 3, Noes 2” (the official wording)

  8. Oct 31, 2011

    The committee held a public hearing.

  9. Oct 31, 2011

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Transportation and Elections.

  10. Oct 31, 2011

    Introduced in the Senate.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Oct 31, 2011 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Lazich, Grothman and Kedzie;Cosponsored by Representatives Pridemore and Spanbauer

  2. Oct 31, 2011 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Transportation and Elections

  3. Oct 31, 2011 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  4. Jan 12, 2012 · Senate

    Senate substitute amendment 1 offered by Senator Lazich

  5. Jan 12, 2012 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  6. Jan 12, 2012 · Senate

    Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by committee on Transportation and Elections, Ayes 3, Noes 2

  7. Jan 12, 2012 · Senate

    Report passage as amended recommended by committee on Transportation and Elections, Ayes 3, Noes 2

  8. Jan 12, 2012 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  9. Feb 13, 2012 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 2-14-2012 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  10. Feb 14, 2012 · Senate

    Read a second time

  11. Feb 14, 2012 · Senate

    Senate substitute amendment 1 adopted

  12. Feb 14, 2012 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  13. Feb 14, 2012 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  14. Feb 14, 2012 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 17, Noes 16

  15. Feb 14, 2012 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  16. Feb 16, 2012 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  17. Feb 20, 2012 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  18. Mar 23, 2012 · Assembly

    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

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