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Bills from the 2021–22 session

Senate Bill 447

Voter registration forms and information provided to certain high school students

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.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Jul 7, 2021

  2. Committee, stopped here

    Stopped here. No public hearing was held.

  3. Senate vote, not reached

  4. Assembly 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 ⁠”

It never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Elections, Election Process Reform and Ethics. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.

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What it would have done

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

This bill requires each school board in Wisconsin to provide to each high school student in the school board's school district who becomes eligible to register to vote:

1. A voter registration form and information concerning eligibility to vote.

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2. Nonpartisan materials describing the role of the citizen and the importance of voting in elections.

Who's behind it

8 senators are its ⁠. All 8 are Democrats.

23 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 31 names

Authors (8)

Signed on in support (23)

What happened

  1. Mar 15, 2022

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Jul 7, 2021

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Elections, Election Process Reform and Ethics.

  3. Jul 7, 2021

    Introduced in the Senate.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Jul 7, 2021 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Smith, Agard, Carpenter, Erpenbach, Larson, Roys, L. Taylor and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives Shelton, Snodgrass, Hintz, Anderson, Andraca, Baldeh, Brostoff, Cabrera, Conley, Considine, Drake, Hebl, Hesselbein, B. Meyers, Neubauer, Ohnstad, Pope, Shankland, Sinicki, Spreitzer, Stubbs, Subeck and Vruwink

  2. Jul 7, 2021 · Senate

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

  3. Mar 15, 2022 · Senate

    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

Public hearing

A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.

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

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

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