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Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

AB 271

Died at session end Official bill text Atom feed

Relating to: broadcasting election night proceedings. (FE)

Data processing Elections — Officials Municipality — Elections Television

  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

Under this bill, if a municipality broadcasts canvassing proceedings live in any

election, including by live stream on the Internet, the municipality must record the

broadcast, and the municipal clerk must retain the recording for 22 months.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Brandtjen (R) , Cabral-Guevara (R) , Gundrum (R) , Knodl (R) , Macco (R) , Magnafici (R) , Moses (R) , Murphy (R) , Neylon (R) , Ramthun (R) , Skowronski (R) , Sortwell (R) , Steffen (R) , Tusler (R) , Wichgers (R)

4 cosponsors

Ballweg (R) , Darling (R) , Wanggaard (R) , Wimberger (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Campaigns and Elections, Ayes 6, Noes 3

Passed 6–3 Jun 16, 2021 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. Apr 16, 2021 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Sortwell, Steffen, Bowen, Brandtjen, Cabral-Guevara, Gundrum, Macco, Magnafici, Moses, Murphy, Ramthun, Skowronski, Tusler, Wichgers, Knodl and Neylon; cosponsored by Senators Wimberger, Wanggaard, Ballweg and Darling

  2. Apr 16, 2021 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Campaigns and Elections

  3. Jun 1, 2021 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Jun 8, 2021 · Assembly

    Representative Bowen withdrawn as a coauthor

  5. Jun 8, 2021 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. Jun 16, 2021 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  7. Jun 16, 2021 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Campaigns and Elections, Ayes 6, Noes 3

  8. Jun 16, 2021 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  9. Jun 16, 2021 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 6-22-2021 by Committee on Rules

  10. Jun 22, 2021 · Assembly

    Laid on the table

  11. Mar 15, 2022 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1