Assembly Bill 43
Allowing an elector to show his or her marked ballot
Stopped in committee
It never got a , so it never came up for a vote. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Feb 28, 2019
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Senate vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Apr 1, 2020: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Campaigns and Elections. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.
Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Under current law, an elector who shows his or her marked ballot to any person or places a mark upon the ballot so it is identifiable as his or her ballot is guilty of a Class I felony. This bill eliminates that prohibition.
Who's behind it
13 lawmakers are its . 12 are Republicans and 1 is a Democrat.
7 more lawmakers .
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Authors (13)
- Rob Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Mary Felzkowski · Republican, Senate
- Dan Knodl · Republican, Assembly
- Scott Krug · Republican, Assembly
- Bob Kulp · Republican, Assembly
- Romaine Quinn · Republican, Senate
- Timothy Ramthun · Republican, Assembly
- Mike Rohrkaste · Republican, Assembly
- Michael Schraa · Republican, Assembly
- David Steffen · Republican, Assembly
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
- Jeremy Thiesfeldt · Republican, Assembly
- Chuck Wichgers · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (7)
- Kathleen Bernier · Republican, Senate
- Tim Carpenter · Democrat, Senate
- David Craig · Republican, Senate
- Chris Kapenga · Republican, Senate
- Duey Stroebel · Republican, Senate
- Van Wanggaard · Republican, Senate
- Shannon Zimmerman · Republican, Assembly
Versions and amendments
Every text the Legislature printed for this bill, including proposed changes. Each opens on the Legislature's site.
What happened
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Apr 1, 2020
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Mar 5, 2019
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Feb 28, 2019
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Campaigns and Elections.
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Feb 28, 2019
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Feb 28, 2019 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Brooks, Felzkowski, Knodl, Krug, Kulp, Quinn, Ramthun, Rohrkaste, Steffen, Subeck, Thiesfeldt, Wichgers and Schraa; cosponsored by Senators Craig, Bernier, Carpenter, Stroebel, Wanggaard and Kapenga
- Feb 28, 2019 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Campaigns and Elections
- Mar 5, 2019 · Assembly
Representative Zimmerman added as a coauthor
- May 2, 2019 · Assembly
Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Brooks
- Apr 1, 2020 · Assembly
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Terms on this page
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.
Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor