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Bills from the 2021–22 session

Assembly Bill 1070

Establishing a plan to register qualified electors who are detained in jail and to allow the electors to vote while detained

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.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Feb 25, 2022

  2. Committee, stopped here

    Stopped here. No public hearing was held.

  3. Assembly vote, not reached

  4. Senate vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Mar 15, 2022: “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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What it would have done

Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

This bill requires that the sheriff of each county in this state establish a plan to allow qualified voters who are detained in jail or a county house of correction to register to vote and to vote at an election by absentee ballot. The bill requires the sheriff to establish the plan with assistance from the municipal clerk of the municipality where the jail or house of correction is located.

Who's behind it

16 lawmakers are its ⁠. All 16 are Democrats.

6 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 22 names

Authors (16)

Signed on in support (6)

What happened

  1. Mar 15, 2022

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Mar 2, 2022

    1 more representative signed on in support.

  3. Feb 25, 2022

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Campaigns and Elections.

  4. Feb 25, 2022

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Feb 25, 2022 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Emerson, Moore Omokunde, Baldeh, Bowen, Brostoff, Cabrera, Conley, Considine, Drake, Goyke, Hebl, Shelton, Sinicki, Spreitzer, Stubbs and Subeck; cosponsored by Senators L. Taylor, Roys, Agard, Carpenter and Johnson

  2. Feb 25, 2022 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Campaigns and Elections

  3. Mar 2, 2022 · Assembly

    Representative Andraca added as a coauthor

  4. Mar 15, 2022 · 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.

More in the glossary

Public hearing

A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.

More in the glossary

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

Author

A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.

Official term: Author, coauthor

Signed on in support

Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.

Official term: Cosponsor