Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session
Relating to: extending voting rights to certain 17-year-old individuals and requiring a referendum.
Elections — Registration Primary elections Referendum Regional planning Voting Youth Zukowski, robert kenneth
- Introduced, stopped here
- Passes Senate, not reached
- Passes Assembly, not reached
- Governor signs, not reached
- Law, not reached
Unfamiliar terms? Glossary
What this bill does
Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau
Currently, in addition to other qualifications, an individual must be at least 18
years of age to vote at an election in this state. This bill allows an individual who is
17 years of age to vote at a partisan primary if the individual will be 18 years of age
on the date on which the general election following the primary is held.
Because the bill extends the right to vote to a class of individuals beyond the
class currently entitled to vote under the Wisconsin Constitution, the bill cannot
become law unless, following enactment, it is approved by the majority of the votes
cast at a statewide referendum to be held at the November 2016 general election.
Sponsors
Full history
- Feb 9, 2016 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Risser, Carpenter, Miller, Vinehout, Harris Dodd and L. Taylor; cosponsored by Representatives Mason, Sargent, Subeck, Ohnstad, Zepnick, Spreitzer, Considine, Berceau and Sinicki
- Feb 9, 2016 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Elections and Local Government
- Apr 13, 2016 · Senate
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1