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Bills from the 2021–22 session

Senate Bill 803

Maintaining electronic voting system or automatic tabulating equipment data for 22 months after an election. (FE)

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

    Jan 6, 2022

  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.

Under current law, a municipal clerk may clear or erase detachable recording units and compartments for automatic tabulating equipment used in an electronic voting system in a primary or election 14 days after the primary or 21 days after the election. Before clearing or erasing the units or compartments, the municipal clerk is required to transfer the data contained in the units or compartments to a disk or other recording medium, which must be retained for at least 22 months after the primary or election to which the data relate. Under this bill, all other data stored on an electronic voting system or automatic tabulating equipment, including log file data, downloads, and uploads, must be retained for at least 22 months after the primary or election to which the data relate.

Who's behind it

2 senators are its ⁠. All 2 are Republicans.

7 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 9 names

Authors (2)

Signed on in support (7)

What happened

  1. Mar 15, 2022

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Feb 1, 2022

    1 more representative signed on in support.

  3. Jan 6, 2022

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

  4. Jan 6, 2022

    Introduced in the Senate.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Jan 6, 2022 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Jacque and Nass; cosponsored by Representatives Ramthun, Wichgers, Behnke, Brandtjen, Gundrum and Thiesfeldt

  2. Jan 6, 2022 · Senate

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

  3. Feb 1, 2022 · Senate

    Representative Brooks added as a cosponsor

  4. 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.

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Public hearing

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

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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

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