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Bills · 2013-2014 Regular Session

SB 265

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Relating to: party representation for election officials serving at polling places.

Elections — Officials Elections — Registration

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

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Currently, polling places are staffed principally by election inspectors. Unless

a municipality decides to increase or decrease the number of inspectors, there are

seven inspectors at each polling place. With certain exceptions, the individuals who

are appointed as inspectors at a polling place are drawn from nominations submitted

by the political parties whose candidates for president or governor received the most

votes in the area served by the polling place at the preceding general election, with

the party whose candidate received the most votes entitled to fill one more position

than the other party.

This bill provides that whenever two or more inspectors are required to perform

a function within a polling place and both parties that are entitled to submit

nominees have done so, the chief inspector must assign, insofar as practicable, an

equal number of inspectors from the nominees of each party.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Darling (R) , Lazich (R) , Leibham (R) , Vukmir (R)

4 cosponsors

Bernier (R) , Kleefisch (R) , Pridemore (R) , Sanfelippo (R)

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by Elections and Urban Affairs, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Sep 12, 2013 official source full page

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

Senate: Read a third time and passed, Ayes 18, Noes 15

Passed 18–15 Oct 8, 2013 official source full page

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 concurrence as amended recommended by Committee on Campaigns and Elections, Ayes 7, Noes 1

Passed 7–1 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: Read a third time and concurred in as amended, Ayes 59, Noes 37

Passed 59–37 Feb 18, 2014 official source full page

Aye · 59

Not voting · 3

Full history

  1. Aug 21, 2013 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Lazich, Leibham, Vukmir and Darling; cosponsored by Representatives Bernier, Sanfelippo and Pridemore

  2. Aug 21, 2013 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Elections and Urban Affairs

  3. Sep 4, 2013 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  4. Sep 12, 2013 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  5. Sep 12, 2013 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Elections and Urban Affairs, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  6. Sep 12, 2013 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  7. Sep 13, 2013 · Senate

    Representative Kleefisch added as a cosponsor

  8. Oct 7, 2013 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 10-8-2013 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  9. Oct 8, 2013 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  10. Oct 8, 2013 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 18, Noes 15

  11. Oct 8, 2013 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  12. Oct 8, 2013 · Senate

    Read a second time

  13. Oct 8, 2013 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  14. Oct 9, 2013 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  15. Oct 22, 2013 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Campaigns and Elections

  16. Jan 23, 2014 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  17. Feb 3, 2014 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Zamarripa

  18. Feb 4, 2014 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  19. Feb 4, 2014 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Committee on Campaigns and Elections

  20. Feb 11, 2014 · Assembly

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

  21. Feb 11, 2014 · Assembly

    Report concurrence as amended recommended by Committee on Campaigns and Elections, Ayes 7, Noes 1

  22. Feb 11, 2014 · Assembly

    Referred to Committee on Rules

  23. Feb 13, 2014 · Assembly

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

  24. Feb 18, 2014 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  25. Feb 18, 2014 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 adopted

  26. Feb 18, 2014 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  27. Feb 18, 2014 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  28. Feb 18, 2014 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in as amended, Ayes 59, Noes 37

  29. Feb 18, 2014 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  30. Feb 19, 2014 · Senate

    Received from Assembly amended and concurred in as amended, Assembly Amendment 1 adopted

  31. Feb 19, 2014 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  32. Mar 7, 2014 · Senate

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

  33. Mar 11, 2014 · Senate

    Assembly Amendment 1 concurred in

  34. Mar 11, 2014 · Senate

    Action ordered immediately messaged

  35. Mar 19, 2014 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled

  36. Mar 26, 2014 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 3-26-2014

  37. Apr 2, 2014 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 4-2-2014. 2013 Wisconsin Act 181

  38. Apr 2, 2014 · Senate

    Published 4-3-2014