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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

SB 859

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Relating to: special registration deputies. (FE)

Elections — Officials Elections — Registration Elections commission Municipality — Officers Municipality — Taxation

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill requires a municipal clerk or board of election commissioners to

appoint special registration deputies for the purpose of registering electors of the

municipality prior to the close of voter registration. The bill requires that special

registration deputies receive the same training as other election officials, not

including chief inspectors. Municipal clerks and boards of election commissioners

had the authority to appoint special registration deputies prior to the enactment of

2015 Wisconsin Act 261

, which eliminated that authority and allowed electors to

register to vote electronically.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Carpenter (D) , Larson (D) , Smith (D)

13 cosponsors

Anderson (D) , Bowen (D) , Brostoff (D) , C. Taylor (D) , Cabrera (D) , Considine (D) , Emerson (D) , Hebl (D) , Neubauer (D) , Shankland (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Stubbs (D) , Zamarripa (D)

Full history

  1. Feb 20, 2020 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Larson, Smith and Carpenter; cosponsored by Representatives Brostoff, Cabrera, Hebl, C. Taylor, Stubbs, Anderson, Emerson, Bowen, Spreitzer, Zamarripa, Shankland, Neubauer and Considine

  2. Feb 20, 2020 · Senate

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

  3. Apr 1, 2020 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1