Assembly Bill 437
Returning absentee ballots
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.
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Introduced, passed
Jul 1, 2021
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Senate vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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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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Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Public hearing
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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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Under current law, generally, a voter must return his or her absentee ballot by mail or deliver the ballot in person to the municipal clerk. Under this bill, a voter must return his or absentee ballot by mail or deliver the ballot in person to the office of the municipal clerk. The bill also prohibits designating an alternate site for the collection of absentee ballots, not including an alternate site for voting in person absentee, as provided under current law. In addition, the bill prohibits returning an absentee ballot by depositing it into a drop box, other than a drop box located in the office of the municipal clerk.
Finally, the bill provides that no individual may collect and deliver the absentee ballots of other voters unless the individual delivers the ballots in person to the office of the municipal clerk and prints his or her name and complete residential street address in a log maintained by the municipal clerk. In addition, the individual must print in the log the name of each voter for whom the individual delivers an absentee ballot and the individual's relation to the voter. The individual must also sign and date his or her entries in the log.
Who's behind it
17 lawmakers are its . All 17 are Republicans.
1 more lawmaker .
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Authors (17)
- Scott Allen · Republican, Assembly
- Dave Armstrong · Republican, Assembly
- Janel Brandtjen · Republican, Assembly
- Rachael Cabral-Guevara · Republican, Senate
- Calvin Callahan · Republican, Assembly
- Barbara Dittrich · Republican, Assembly
- James Edming · Republican, Assembly
- Rick Gundrum · Republican, Assembly
- Cody Horlacher · Republican, Assembly
- Mike Kuglitsch · Republican, Assembly
- Timothy Ramthun · Republican, Assembly
- Donna Rozar · Republican, Assembly
- Ken Skowronski · Republican, Assembly
- David Steffen · Republican, Assembly
- Paul Tittl · Republican, Assembly
- Ron Tusler · Republican, Assembly
- Chuck Wichgers · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (1)
- André Jacque · Republican, Senate
What happened
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Mar 15, 2022
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Jul 1, 2021
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Campaigns and Elections.
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Jul 1, 2021
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Jul 1, 2021 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Horlacher, Wichgers, Brandtjen, Allen, Armstrong, Cabral-Guevara, Callahan, Dittrich, Edming, Gundrum, Kuglitsch, Ramthun, Rozar, Skowronski, Tittl, Tusler and Steffen; cosponsored by Senator Jacque
- Jul 1, 2021 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Campaigns and Elections
- 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.
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. 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
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor