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Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session

SB 391

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Relating to: training period for election officials and terms for members of a board of canvassers.

Elections — Officials

  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

This bill requires elections officials to attend at least one training session every

two years during the period beginning on January 1 of each even-numbered year and

ending on December 31 of the following year. Current law requires such training at

least once every two years, but indicates neither the beginning nor the end of that

period. The bill also changes the two-year term for members of a board of canvassers

so that the term begins on January 1 of the even-numbered year rather than

January 1 of the odd-numbered year.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Lazich (R) , Wanggaard (R)

11 cosponsors

Allen (R) , Bernier (R) , E. Brooks (R) , Edming (R) , Horlacher (R) , Kuglitsch (R) , Sanfelippo (R) , Skowronski (R) , Tauchen (R) , Vorpagel (R) , Zamarripa (D)

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by Committee on Elections and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Jan 15, 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. Nov 12, 2015 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Lazich and Wanggaard; cosponsored by Representatives Vorpagel, Horlacher, Skowronski, Tauchen, Allen, Sanfelippo, Edming, Zamarripa, Bernier, Kuglitsch and E. Brooks

  2. Nov 12, 2015 · Senate

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

  3. Nov 23, 2015 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  4. Jan 14, 2016 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  5. Jan 15, 2016 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Elections and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  6. Jan 15, 2016 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  7. Jan 19, 2016 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 1-20-2016 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  8. Jan 20, 2016 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed

  9. Jan 20, 2016 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  10. Jan 20, 2016 · Senate

    Read a second time

  11. Jan 20, 2016 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  12. Jan 20, 2016 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  13. Jan 21, 2016 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  14. Jan 25, 2016 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  15. Feb 11, 2016 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 2-16-2016 by Committee on Rules

  16. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  17. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  18. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  19. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in

  20. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  21. Feb 17, 2016 · Senate

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  22. Feb 25, 2016 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled

  23. Feb 25, 2016 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 2-25-2016

  24. Mar 2, 2016 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 3-1-2016. 2015 Wisconsin Act 229

  25. Mar 2, 2016 · Senate

    Published 3-2-2016