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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

SB 422

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Relating to: time for issuing a certificate of election.

Elections Elections — Contested elections

  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, a certificate of election may not be provided to a winning

candidate until after expiration of the time allowed to file a petition for a recount,

regardless of whether any candidate in the election is authorized to file a petition for

a recount. Current law authorizes only the following candidates to petition for a

recount:

1. For an election at which 4,000 or fewer votes are cast for the office that the

candidate seeks, a candidate who trails the leading candidate by no more than 40

votes.

2. For an election at which more than 4,000 votes are cast for the office that the

candidate seeks, a candidate who trails the leading candidate by no more than 1

percent of the total votes cast for that office.

Under this bill, if there is no candidate in an election who may petition for a

recount, the certificate of election may be issued immediately after completion of the

canvass.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Bernier (R) , Stroebel (R)

6 cosponsors

Brooks (R) , Gundrum (R) , Knodl (R) , Kulp (R) , Magnafici (R) , Thiesfeldt (R)

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by Committee on Elections, Ethics and Rural Issues, Ayes 3, Noes 2

Passed 3–2 Oct 7, 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. Sep 17, 2019 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Bernier and Stroebel; cosponsored by Representatives Magnafici, Kulp, Gundrum, Brooks, Thiesfeldt and Knodl

  2. Sep 17, 2019 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Elections, Ethics and Rural Issues

  3. Sep 24, 2019 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  4. Oct 4, 2019 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  5. Oct 7, 2019 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Elections, Ethics and Rural Issues, Ayes 3, Noes 2

  6. Oct 7, 2019 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  7. Jan 17, 2020 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 1-21-2020 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  8. Jan 21, 2020 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed

  9. Jan 21, 2020 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  10. Jan 21, 2020 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  11. Jan 21, 2020 · Senate

    Read a second time

  12. Jan 21, 2020 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  13. Jan 21, 2020 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  14. Feb 18, 2020 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  15. Feb 18, 2020 · Assembly

    Made a special order of business at 11:40 AM on 2-20-2020 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 21

  16. Feb 20, 2020 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  17. Feb 20, 2020 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  18. Feb 20, 2020 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  19. Feb 20, 2020 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in

  20. Feb 20, 2020 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  21. Feb 21, 2020 · Senate

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  22. Feb 25, 2020 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled

  23. Feb 28, 2020 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 2-28-2020

  24. Mar 4, 2020 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 3-3-2020. 2019 Wisconsin Act 182

  25. Mar 4, 2020 · Senate

    Published 3-4-2020