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Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session

SB 71

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Relating to: allowing municipal clerks to register voters on election day.

Elections — Registration Municipality — Officers

  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

Under current law, election inspectors may register electors to vote at a polling

place on election day. In addition, a municipality may provide, by adopting a

resolution, that an inspector's registration duties may be performed by special

registration deputies appointed by the municipal clerk or board of election

commissioners.

Under this bill, an inspector's registration duties may be performed by the

municipal clerk, if the clerk is not a candidate listed on the ballot, or by special

registration deputies appointed by the municipal clerk or board of election

commissioners, without the municipality first adopting a resolution to allow the

procedure.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Gudex (R) , Marklein (R)

19 cosponsors

Ballweg (R) , Berceau (D) , Bernier (R) , Bewley (D) , Born (R) , Doyle (D) , E. Brooks (R) , Edming (R) , Kahl (D) , Kleefisch (R) , Ohnstad (D) , Ripp (R) , Skowronski (R) , Spreitzer (D) , Steffen (R) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Tittl (R) , Weatherston (R) , Zamarripa (D)

Votes

Senate: Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Elections and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 May 21, 2015 official source full page

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

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

Passed 5–0 May 21, 2015 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 5, 2015 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Gudex and Marklein; cosponsored by Representatives Thiesfeldt, Kleefisch, Doyle, E. Brooks, Kahl, Skowronski, Weatherston, Berceau, Ripp, Edming, Ballweg, Bernier, Born, Ohnstad, Spreitzer, Zamarripa, Tittl and Steffen

  2. Mar 5, 2015 · Senate

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

  3. Apr 9, 2015 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  4. Apr 14, 2015 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Gudex

  5. Apr 23, 2015 · Senate

    Executive session held

  6. May 21, 2015 · Senate

    Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Elections and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  7. May 21, 2015 · Senate

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

  8. May 21, 2015 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  9. Jun 8, 2015 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 6-9-2015 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  10. Jun 9, 2015 · Senate

    Read a second time

  11. Jun 9, 2015 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 adopted

  12. Jun 9, 2015 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  13. Jun 9, 2015 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  14. Jun 9, 2015 · Senate

    Read a third time

  15. Jun 9, 2015 · Senate

    Passed

  16. Jun 9, 2015 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  17. Jun 9, 2015 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  18. Jun 9, 2015 · Assembly

    Read

  19. Jun 9, 2015 · Assembly

    Rules suspended and taken up

  20. Jun 9, 2015 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  21. Jun 9, 2015 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  22. Jun 9, 2015 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  23. Jun 9, 2015 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in

  24. Jun 9, 2015 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  25. Jun 9, 2015 · Senate

    Senator Bewley added as a coauthor

  26. Jun 10, 2015 · Senate

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  27. Jun 17, 2015 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled

  28. Jun 17, 2015 · Senate

    LRB correction

  29. Jun 30, 2015 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 6-30-2015

  30. Jul 2, 2015 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 7-1-2015. 2015 Wisconsin Act 39

  31. Jul 2, 2015 · Senate

    Published 7-2-2015