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Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

AJR 134

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Relating to: prohibiting the use of a donation or grant of private resources for purposes of election administration and specifying who may perform tasks related to election administration (first consideration).

Constitutional amendments — First consideration Elections Elections — Officials Municipality — Elections State agencies

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Adopted, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This constitutional amendment, proposed to the 2021 legislature on first

consideration, does all of the following:

1. Provides that no state agency or officer or employee in state government and

no political subdivision of the state or officer or employee of a political subdivision

may apply for or accept any donation or grant of private resources for purposes of

election administration.

2. Prohibits the use of a donation or grant of private resources for purposes of

election administration.

3. Prohibits any individual other than an election official designated by law

from performing any task in election administration.

A constitutional amendment requires adoption by two successive legislatures

and ratification by the people before it can become effective.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Allen (R) , Armstrong (R) , August (R) , Behnke (R) , Brooks (R) , Dallman (R) , Dittrich (R) , Gundrum (R) , Knodl (R) , Krug (R) , Kuglitsch (R) , Magnafici (R) , Moses (R) , Murphy (R) , Penterman (R) , Petersen (R) , Plumer (R) , Rozar (R) , Sanfelippo (R) , Schraa (R) , Spiros (R) , Steffen (R) , Swearingen (R) , Tittl (R) , Vorpagel (R) , Wichgers (R) , Wittke (R)

6 cosponsors

Ballweg (R) , Darling (R) , Feyen (R) , Roth (R) , Testin (R) , Wimberger (R)

Full history

  1. Feb 16, 2022 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives August, Vorpagel, Brooks, Spiros, Plumer, Steffen, Armstrong, Penterman, Magnafici, Behnke, Kuglitsch, Moses, Dittrich, Sanfelippo, Wittke, Wichgers, Gundrum, Rozar, Petersen, Krug, Knodl, Tittl, Murphy, Dallman, Allen, Swearingen and Schraa; cosponsored by Senators Wimberger, Roth, Darling, Feyen, Testin and Ballweg

  2. Feb 16, 2022 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs

  3. Feb 17, 2022 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative August

  4. Feb 21, 2022 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Mar 15, 2022 · Assembly

    Failed to adopt pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1