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Bills · 2017-2018 Regular Session

AB 85

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Relating to: allowing a local public official to serve as an election official.

Elections — Officials Municipality — Officers

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Assembly, completed
  3. Passes Senate, 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 provides that an individual holding a local public office may be

appointed to serve as an election official without having to vacate the local public

office. Current law prohibits an individual from serving as an election official at an

election for which the individual is a candidate. The bill does not change that

prohibition.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Berceau (D) , Bowen (D) , C. Taylor (D) , E. Brooks (R) , Ohnstad (D) , Pope (D) , Sargent (D) , Sinicki (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Subeck (D)

3 cosponsors

Bernier (R) , Bewley (D) , Ringhand (D)

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Campaigns and Elections, Ayes 9, Noes 0

Passed 9–0 May 19, 2017 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. Feb 24, 2017 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Subeck, E. Brooks, Berceau, Bowen, Ohnstad, Pope, Sargent, Sinicki, Spreitzer and C. Taylor; cosponsored by Senators Bewley and Ringhand

  2. Feb 24, 2017 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Campaigns and Elections

  3. Apr 18, 2017 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. May 9, 2017 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  5. May 10, 2017 · Assembly

    Representative Bernier added as a coauthor

  6. May 19, 2017 · Assembly

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

  7. May 19, 2017 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  8. Jan 11, 2018 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 1-16-2018 by Committee on Rules

  9. Jan 16, 2018 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  10. Jan 16, 2018 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed

  11. Jan 16, 2018 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  12. Jan 16, 2018 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  13. Jan 16, 2018 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  14. Jan 16, 2018 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  15. Jan 17, 2018 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization

  16. Jan 17, 2018 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  17. Feb 20, 2018 · Senate

    Rules suspended to withdraw from committee on Senate Organization and take up

  18. Feb 20, 2018 · Senate

    Read a second time

  19. Feb 20, 2018 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  20. Feb 20, 2018 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  21. Feb 20, 2018 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in

  22. Feb 20, 2018 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  23. Feb 20, 2018 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  24. Feb 26, 2018 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled on 2-26-2018

  25. Apr 12, 2018 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 4-12-2018

  26. Apr 17, 2018 · Assembly

    Report approved by the Governor on 4-16-2018. 2017 Wisconsin Act 326

  27. Apr 17, 2018 · Assembly

    Published 4-17-2018