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Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

SB 297

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Relating to: terms of office for local government officers.

County — Board County — Officers Municipality — Officers Municipality — Planning Town — Board Town — Officers Trade practice Village — Officers

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, 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 current law, the term of office for county board supervisor or town board

supervisor is two years and the term of office for most city or village elected officers

is two years. This bill provides that the terms of office for these officers extends until

the successors are elected and qualified.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Ballweg (R) , Bernier (R) , Marklein (R) , Pfaff (D)

16 cosponsors

Armstrong (R) , B. Meyers (D) , Billings (D) , Bowen (D) , Brooks (R) , Cabral-Guevara (R) , Callahan (R) , Gundrum (R) , Knodl (R) , Kuglitsch (R) , Moses (R) , Plumer (R) , Rozar (R) , Skowronski (R) , Tittl (R) , Tusler (R)

Votes

Senate: Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Elections, Election Process Reform and Ethics, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 May 7, 2021 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Elections, Election Process Reform and Ethics, Ayes 3, Noes 2

Passed 3–2 May 7, 2021 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: PASSAGE

Passed 20–13 May 11, 2021 official source full page

Full history

  1. Apr 8, 2021 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Bernier, Marklein, Ballweg and Pfaff; cosponsored by Representatives Rozar, Callahan, Gundrum, Armstrong, Moses, Skowronski, Billings, Knodl, Bowen, Cabral-Guevara, Kuglitsch, Brooks, Tusler, Tittl, Plumer and B. Meyers

  2. Apr 8, 2021 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Elections, Election Process Reform and Ethics

  3. Apr 9, 2021 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Bernier

  4. May 5, 2021 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  5. May 7, 2021 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  6. May 7, 2021 · Senate

    Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Elections, Election Process Reform and Ethics, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  7. May 7, 2021 · Senate

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Elections, Election Process Reform and Ethics, Ayes 3, Noes 2

  8. May 7, 2021 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  9. May 7, 2021 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 5-11-2021 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  10. May 11, 2021 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 adopted

  11. May 11, 2021 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  12. May 11, 2021 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  13. May 11, 2021 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 20, Noes 13

  14. May 11, 2021 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  15. May 11, 2021 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  16. May 11, 2021 · Senate

    Read a second time

  17. Dec 7, 2021 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  18. Mar 15, 2022 · Assembly

    Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1