Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session
Relating to: facilitating voter registration for applicants for public assistance. (FE)
Children and families department of Elections — Registration Health services department of — Supportive living and treatment Public assistance
- Introduced, stopped here
- Passes Assembly, not reached
- Passes Senate, not reached
- Governor signs, not reached
- Law, not reached
Unfamiliar terms? Glossary
What this bill does
Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill requires that all of the following must occur in connection with each
application for public assistance in Wisconsin:
1. The person receiving the application must determine whether the applicant
is registered to vote.
2. If the applicant is not registered to vote, the applicant must be provided with
the opportunity to register to vote online on-site and assistance in doing so.
3. If the applicant declines that opportunity, the applicant must be provided
with a voter registration form and information concerning eligibility to vote,
instructions for completing the form, and, unless the applicant declines in writing,
assistance in completing the form. The applicant must also be provided with a
written explanation of how to register to vote in person, by mail, and by electronic
means.
What it would cost
Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs
Sponsors
Full history
- Mar 10, 2022 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Haywood, Sinicki, Brostoff, Hebl, Ohnstad, Andraca, S. Rodriguez, Hesselbein, Drake, Subeck, Pope, Bowen, Stubbs and Shelton; cosponsored by Senators Johnson, Ringhand, Roys and Agard
- Mar 10, 2022 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Rules
- Mar 15, 2022 · Assembly
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
- May 3, 2022 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received