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Bills · 2013-2014 Regular Session

AB 606

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Relating to: the number of nomination paper signatures required for city-wide offices in second class and third class cities.

Elections Municipality — Council Municipality — Elections

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Assembly, completed
  3. Passes Senate, completed
  4. Governor signs, completed
  5. Law, completed

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, the number of nomination paper signatures required for a

candidate for a city-wide office in a second class or third class city is not less than

200 nor more than 400 electors. Under this bill, the number of nomination paper

signatures required for a candidate for a city-wide office in a second class or third

class city is not less than 100 nor more than 200 electors.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Bies (R) , Born (R) , Jacque (R) , Kulp (R) , Nass (R) , Spiros (R) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Tittl (R)

2 cosponsors

Grothman (R) , Gudex (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Campaigns and Elections, Ayes 8, Noes 0

Passed 8–0 Feb 11, 2014 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 8, Noes 0

Passed 8–0 Feb 11, 2014 official source full page

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

Senate: Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Mar 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. Jan 7, 2014 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Thiesfeldt, Spiros, Jacque, Bies, Nass, Born, Kulp and Tittl; cosponsored by Senators Gudex and Grothman

  2. Jan 7, 2014 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Campaigns and Elections

  3. Jan 23, 2014 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Jan 31, 2014 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Thiesfeldt

  5. Feb 4, 2014 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  6. Feb 11, 2014 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Campaigns and Elections, Ayes 8, Noes 0

  7. Feb 11, 2014 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Campaigns and Elections, Ayes 8, Noes 0

  8. Feb 11, 2014 · Assembly

    Referred to Committee on Rules

  9. Feb 13, 2014 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 2-18-2014 by Committee on Rules

  10. Feb 18, 2014 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 adopted

  11. Feb 18, 2014 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  12. Feb 18, 2014 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  13. Feb 18, 2014 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed

  14. Feb 18, 2014 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  15. Feb 18, 2014 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  16. Feb 19, 2014 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  17. Feb 19, 2014 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization

  18. Feb 19, 2014 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  19. Mar 7, 2014 · Senate

    Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0

  20. Mar 7, 2014 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 3-11-2014 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  21. Mar 11, 2014 · Senate

    Read a second time

  22. Mar 11, 2014 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  23. Mar 11, 2014 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  24. Mar 11, 2014 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in

  25. Mar 11, 2014 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  26. Mar 12, 2014 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  27. Mar 18, 2014 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled on 3-18-2014

  28. Mar 26, 2014 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 3-26-2014

  29. Mar 27, 2014 · Assembly

    Report approved by the Governor on 3-27-2014. 2013 Wisconsin Act 174

  30. Mar 27, 2014 · Assembly

    Published 3-28-2014