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Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session

AB 175

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Relating to: communications by members of the legislature.

Elections — Campaign expense Governor Legislature — Member Postage and postal service

  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

Currently, with certain exceptions, no person who is elected to state or local

office and who becomes a candidate for national, state, or local office may use public

funds for the cost of materials or distribution of 50 or more pieces of substantially

identical material distributed during the period beginning on the first day for

circulation of nomination papers as a candidate (or certain other dates for candidates

who do not file nomination papers) and ending on the date of the election at which

the person's name appears on the ballot, or on the date of the primary election at

which the person's name so appears if the person is not nominated at the primary.

This bill provides that this prohibition does not apply to the cost of materials

or distribution of a communication made by a member of the legislature to an address

located within the legislative district represented by that member during the 45-day

period following declaration of a state of emergency by the governor affecting any

county in which the district is located if the communication relates solely to the

subject of the emergency.

Sponsors

Introduced by: A. Ott (R) , Ballweg (R) , Berceau (D) , Genrich (D) , Johnson (D) , Kahl (D) , Katsma (R) , Kerkman (R) , Kitchens (R) , Kleefisch (R) , Knodl (R) , Krug (R) , Kulp (R) , Milroy (D) , R. Brooks (R) , Ripp (R) , Rohrkaste (R) , Sinicki (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Steffen (R) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Tittl (R) , Vorpagel (R)

1 cosponsors

Farrow (R)

Votes

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

Passed 9–0 Jan 26, 2016 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 Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Campaigns and Elections, Ayes 9, Noes 0

Passed 9–0 Jan 26, 2016 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 9, Noes 0

Passed 9–0 Jan 26, 2016 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. Apr 22, 2015 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Vorpagel, Ballweg, Johnson, Krug, Tittl, Kahl, Rohrkaste, Kleefisch, R. Brooks, Ripp, Milroy, Steffen, Kerkman, Berceau, A. Ott, Kulp, Kitchens, Thiesfeldt, Knodl, Genrich, Spreitzer, Katsma and Sinicki; cosponsored by Senator Farrow

  2. Apr 22, 2015 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Campaigns and Elections

  3. May 19, 2015 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Vorpagel

  4. May 19, 2015 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Jan 8, 2016 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representative Vorpagel

  6. Jan 8, 2016 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 3 offered by Representative Vorpagel

  7. Jan 13, 2016 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  8. Jan 13, 2016 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Committee on Campaigns and Elections

  9. Jan 13, 2016 · Assembly

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

  10. Jan 26, 2016 · Assembly

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

  11. Jan 26, 2016 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Campaigns and Elections, Ayes 9, Noes 0

  12. Jan 26, 2016 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  13. Jan 26, 2016 · Assembly

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

  14. Feb 4, 2016 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 2-9-2016 by Committee on Rules

  15. Feb 9, 2016 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  16. Feb 9, 2016 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted

  17. Feb 9, 2016 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted

  18. Feb 9, 2016 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  19. Feb 9, 2016 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  20. Feb 9, 2016 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed

  21. Feb 9, 2016 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  22. Feb 10, 2016 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  23. Feb 12, 2016 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Elections and Local Government

  24. Apr 13, 2016 · Senate

    Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1