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Bills · 2013-2014 Regular Session

AB 54

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Relating to: limiting the times for voting by absentee ballots in person.

Elections — Ballots Municipality — Officers Municipality — Planning

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, a person may apply to the municipal clerk in person to vote

using an absentee ballot. In-person applications to vote using an absentee ballot

may be made beginning on the third Monday preceding the election and ending on

the later of 5 p.m. or the close of business on the Friday preceding the election. Under

this bill, in-person applications to vote using an absentee ballot may only be received

Monday to Friday between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. each day. In addition,

the clerk's office may not be open more than 40 hours a week beginning on the third

Monday preceding the election and ending on 5 p.m. on the Friday preceding the

election in order to receive applications made in person. The bill does not require that

the clerk's office be open 40 hours a week to receive applications made in person.

Sponsors

Introduced by: A. Ott (R) , Bies (R) , Craig (R) , Kleefisch (R) , LeMahieu (R) , Nass (R) , Ripp (R) , Sanfelippo (R) , Spiros (R) , Strachota (R) , Stroebel (R) , T. Larson (R) , Weatherston (R)

1 cosponsors

Grothman (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Campaigns and Elections, Ayes 9, Noes 0

Passed 9–0 Nov 12, 2013 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: Report Assembly Amendment 2 adoption recommended by Committee on Campaigns and Elections, Ayes 7, Noes 2

Passed 7–2 Nov 12, 2013 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Campaigns and Elections, Ayes 6, Noes 3

Passed 6–3 Nov 12, 2013 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Amendment 1 laid on table, Ayes 54, Noes 39

Passed 54–39 Nov 14, 2013 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: Assembly Amendment 4 laid on table, Ayes 54, Noes 39

Passed 54–39 Nov 14, 2013 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: Assembly Amendment 5 laid on table, Ayes 54, Noes 39

Passed 54–39 Nov 14, 2013 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: Assembly Amendment 6 laid on table, Ayes 54, Noes 39

Passed 54–39 Nov 14, 2013 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: Read a third time and passed, Ayes 53, Noes 39, Paired 2

Passed 53–39 Nov 14, 2013 official source full page

Aye · 53

Nay · 39

Not voting · 2

Senate: Report concurrence by Elections and Urban Affairs, Ayes 2, Noes 3

Failed 2–3 Feb 7, 2014 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Mar 1, 2013 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Stroebel, Bies, Strachota, Craig, Ripp, LeMahieu, Spiros, Kleefisch, Sanfelippo, T. Larson, Weatherston, Nass and A. Ott

  2. Mar 1, 2013 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Campaigns and Elections

  3. Mar 21, 2013 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Stroebel

  4. Oct 9, 2013 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Nov 8, 2013 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Stroebel

  6. Nov 12, 2013 · Assembly

    Referred to Committee on Rules

  7. Nov 12, 2013 · Assembly

    Made a special order of business at 1:03 PM on 11-14-2013 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 21

  8. Nov 12, 2013 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  9. Nov 12, 2013 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Committee on Campaigns and Elections

  10. Nov 12, 2013 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Campaigns and Elections, Ayes 9, Noes 0

  11. Nov 12, 2013 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 2 adoption recommended by Committee on Campaigns and Elections, Ayes 7, Noes 2

  12. Nov 12, 2013 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Campaigns and Elections, Ayes 6, Noes 3

  13. Nov 13, 2013 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representatives Stroebel, Bernier and Brooks

  14. Nov 14, 2013 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  15. Nov 14, 2013 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Bewley, Mason, Jorgensen, Barca, Zamarripa, Smith, Ringhand, Danou and Milroy

  16. Nov 14, 2013 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Amendment 1 laid on table, Ayes 54, Noes 39

  17. Nov 14, 2013 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 adopted

  18. Nov 14, 2013 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Amendment 2 adopted

  19. Nov 14, 2013 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 2 adopted

  20. Nov 14, 2013 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 3 offered by Representative Stroebel

  21. Nov 14, 2013 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 3 adopted

  22. Nov 14, 2013 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 4 offered by Representative Hulsey

  23. Nov 14, 2013 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 4 laid on table, Ayes 54, Noes 39

  24. Nov 14, 2013 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 5 offered by Representatives Barnes, Riemer, Kahl, Wachs, Johnson, Doyle, Clark, Hintz, Berceau, Danou, Ringhand, Smith, Hebl, Pope, Ohnstad, Bernard Schaber, Wright, Sargent, Billings and Pasch

  25. Nov 14, 2013 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 5 laid on table, Ayes 54, Noes 39

  26. Nov 14, 2013 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 6 offered by Representatives Barnes, Pasch, Johnson, Riemer, Genrich, Hesselbein, Doyle, Kahl, Shankland, Wachs, Berceau, Ringhand, Smith, Pope, Kessler, Ohnstad, Bernard Schaber, Goyke, Sargent, Billings and Kolste

  27. Nov 14, 2013 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 6 laid on table, Ayes 54, Noes 39

  28. Nov 14, 2013 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  29. Nov 14, 2013 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  30. Nov 14, 2013 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 53, Noes 39, Paired 2

  31. Nov 14, 2013 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  32. Nov 15, 2013 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  33. Nov 21, 2013 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Elections and Urban Affairs

  34. Jan 30, 2014 · Senate

    Printed engrossed by the direction of the Senate Chief Clerk

  35. Jan 31, 2014 · Senate

    Senator Grothman added as a cosponsor

  36. Feb 4, 2014 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  37. Feb 6, 2014 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  38. Feb 7, 2014 · Senate

    Report concurrence by Elections and Urban Affairs, Ayes 2, Noes 3

  39. Feb 7, 2014 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  40. Mar 21, 2014 · Senate

    LRB correction (Assembly Amendment 4)

  41. Apr 8, 2014 · Senate

    Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1