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Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

AB 1008

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Relating to: whistleblower protection for municipal clerks who witness and report election fraud or irregularities.

Discrimination in employment Discrimination in housing Elections Elections — Ballots Fraud Fuel Municipality — Officers Municipality — Planning

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, 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 provides whistleblower protection for municipal clerks who witness

and report election fraud or irregularities. Under the bill, no municipal clerk may

be discriminated against in regard to employment, including by being discharged,

disciplined, or demoted, as a reprisal because the clerk lawfully reported, or is

believed to have reported, witnessing what the clerk reasonably believed to be

election fraud or irregularities.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Armstrong (R) , Behnke (R) , Brooks (R) , Dittrich (R) , Edming (R) , Kitchens (R) , Krug (R) , Kuglitsch (R) , Magnafici (R) , Neylon (R) , Petersen (R) , Rozar (R)

6 cosponsors

Bernier (R) , Darling (R) , Jacque (R) , Steffen (R) , Wanggaard (R) , Wichgers (R)

Full history

  1. Feb 16, 2022 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Petersen, Krug, Brooks, Behnke, Magnafici, Rozar, Kitchens, Armstrong, Edming, Dittrich, Kuglitsch and Neylon; cosponsored by Senators Bernier, Darling, Jacque and Wanggaard

  2. Feb 16, 2022 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs

  3. Feb 18, 2022 · Assembly

    Representative Wichgers added as a coauthor

  4. Feb 21, 2022 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Feb 24, 2022 · Assembly

    Representative Steffen added as a coauthor

  6. Mar 15, 2022 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1