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Bills from the 2021–22 session

Assembly Bill 94

Allowing a pupil enrolled in a home-based private educational program to serve as an election inspector

Stopped before the full Assembly voted

The recommended passing it, but the full Assembly never voted on it. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Feb 18, 2021

  2. Committee, passed

    Approved

  3. Assembly vote, stopped here

    Stopped here. The full Assembly never voted on it.

  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 ⁠”

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What it would have done

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

Current law allows a pupil who is 16 or 17 years of age and who is enrolled in a public or private school or in a tribal school to be appointed by the municipal clerk to serve as an election inspector at the polling place serving the pupil's residence.

The pupil must have the approval of the pupil's parent or guardian and must have at least a 3.0 grade point average or the equivalent, unless the school board or governing body of the school establishes criteria for a pupil with a lower grade point average to serve as an election inspector.

Read the full summary

This bill clarifies that a pupil who is 16 or 17 years of age and who is enrolled in a home-based private educational program may also serve as an election inspector if the pupil satisfies the other conditions for being appointed by the municipal clerk.

Under the bill, the administrator of a home-based private educational program may establish criteria for a pupil with a grade point average of less than 3.0 to serve as an election inspector.

Who's behind it

19 lawmakers are its ⁠. All 19 are Republicans.

7 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 26 names

Authors (19)

Signed on in support (7)

How lawmakers voted

There was one vote on this bill.

Assembly Committee on Campaigns and Elections vote to recommend it

Passed, 8 to 0 · May 6, 2021

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Report passage recommended by Committee on Campaigns and Elections, Ayes 8, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page

What happened

  1. Mar 15, 2022

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. May 6, 2021

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.

  3. May 6, 2021

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 8 to 0.

  4. Apr 27, 2021

    1 more representative signed on in support.

  5. Apr 14, 2021

    The committee held a public hearing.

  6. Apr 12, 2021

    1 more representative signed on in support.

  7. Feb 18, 2021

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Campaigns and Elections.

  8. Feb 18, 2021

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Feb 18, 2021 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives James, Allen, Armstrong, Brandtjen, Brooks, Dittrich, Duchow, Edming, Gundrum, Knodl, Krug, Magnafici, Moses, Murphy, Petryk, Ramthun, Rozar, Sortwell and Tusler; cosponsored by Senators Bernier, Ballweg, Stroebel, Marklein and Nass

  2. Feb 18, 2021 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Campaigns and Elections

  3. Apr 12, 2021 · Assembly

    Representative Steffen added as a coauthor

  4. Apr 14, 2021 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Apr 27, 2021 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  6. Apr 27, 2021 · Assembly

    Representative Subeck added as a coauthor

  7. May 6, 2021 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Campaigns and Elections, Ayes 8, Noes 0

  8. May 6, 2021 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  9. May 6, 2021 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 5-11-2021 by Committee on Rules

  10. May 11, 2021 · Assembly

    Laid on the table

  11. 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

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

Roll call

A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.

Official term: Roll call vote. 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.

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

Roll call

A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.

Official term: Roll call vote