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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

AB 168

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Relating to: the requirement for stating name and address prior to voting.

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  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Assembly, completed
  3. Passes Senate, completed
  4. Governor signs, completed
  5. Law, completed

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Current law requires a voter to state his or her name and address at the polling

place before being permitted to vote. A victim of domestic abuse, sexual assault, or

stalking who has obtained a confidential listing is not required to state his or her

name and address, but instead may present an identification card issued by the

municipal clerk that contains the person's name and the municipality or county of

the person's residence.

Under the bill, if a voter is unable to state his or her name and address because

of a disability, the voter may present his or her identification to the election official

who verifies that the identification conforms to current law requirements. The

election official, or another person selected by the voter, must then state the voter's

name and address.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Anderson (D) , Ballweg (R) , Bowen (D) , Brandtjen (R) , Brooks (R) , Brostoff (D) , C. Taylor (D) , Dittrich (R) , Duchow (R) , Edming (R) , Felzkowski (R) , Kuglitsch (R) , Kulp (R) , Petryk (R) , Plumer (R) , Ramthun (R) , Rohrkaste (R) , Sinicki (D) , Sortwell (R) , Spiros (R) , Steffen (R) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Tusler (R) , Zimmerman (R)

12 cosponsors

Bernier (R) , Bewley (D) , Johnson (D) , Miller (D) , Nass (R) , Ohnstad (D) , Olsen (R) , Ringhand (D) , Risser (D) , Schachtner (D) , Skowronski and Kurtz , Wirch (D)

Votes

Assembly: Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Campaigns and Elections, Ayes 7, Noes 0

Passed 7–0 Jun 6, 2019 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 7, Noes 0

Passed 7–0 Jun 6, 2019 official source full page

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

Senate: Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2

Passed 3–2 Oct 4, 2019 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 15, 2019 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Zimmerman, Brostoff, Sortwell, Dittrich, Plumer, Steffen, Kulp, Ballweg, Rohrkaste, Felzkowski, Tusler, Sinicki, Anderson, Spiros, Petryk, Edming, Brooks, Thiesfeldt, Duchow, Brandtjen, Kuglitsch, Ramthun, Bowen and C. Taylor; cosponsored by Senators Bernier, Schachtner, Olsen, Wirch, Risser, Johnson, Ringhand and Nass

  2. Apr 15, 2019 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Campaigns and Elections

  3. Apr 17, 2019 · Assembly

    Representatives Skowronski and Kurtz added as coauthors

  4. Apr 23, 2019 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. May 24, 2019 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Zimmerman

  6. May 29, 2019 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  7. Jun 6, 2019 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Campaigns and Elections, Ayes 7, Noes 0

  8. Jun 6, 2019 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Campaigns and Elections, Ayes 7, Noes 0

  9. Jun 6, 2019 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  10. Jun 13, 2019 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 6-18-2019 by Committee on Rules

  11. Jun 18, 2019 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  12. Jun 18, 2019 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 adopted

  13. Jun 18, 2019 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  14. Jun 18, 2019 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  15. Jun 18, 2019 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed

  16. Jun 18, 2019 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  17. Jun 18, 2019 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  18. Jun 24, 2019 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization

  19. Jun 24, 2019 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  20. Oct 4, 2019 · Senate

    Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2

  21. Oct 4, 2019 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 10-8-2019 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  22. Oct 8, 2019 · Senate

    Read a second time

  23. Oct 8, 2019 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  24. Oct 8, 2019 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  25. Oct 8, 2019 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in

  26. Oct 8, 2019 · Senate

    Senator Bewley added as a cosponsor

  27. Oct 8, 2019 · Senate

    Senator Miller added as a cosponsor

  28. Oct 8, 2019 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  29. Oct 8, 2019 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  30. Oct 11, 2019 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled on 10-11-2019

  31. Oct 15, 2019 · Assembly

    Representative Ohnstad added as a coauthor

  32. Nov 15, 2019 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 11-15-2019 by directive of the Speaker

  33. Nov 22, 2019 · Assembly

    Report approved by the Governor on 11-22-2019. 2019 Wisconsin Act 48

  34. Nov 22, 2019 · Assembly

    Published 11-23-2019