Assembly Bill 38
Absentee ballot request and return confirmation. (FE)
Passed the Assembly, then stopped
The Assembly passed it on Nov 9, 2023, but the Senate never voted on it. A bill has to . To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Feb 13, 2023
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Assembly vote, passed
Passed Nov 9, 2023
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Senate vote, stopped here
Stopped here. The Senate never voted on it.
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Apr 15, 2024: “Failed to concur in pursuant to ”
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Terms on this page
Second chamber's vote
A bill has to pass both the Assembly and the Senate in the same form before it goes to the governor.
Official term: Concurrence. 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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate. 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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Current law allows a voter to receive an absentee ballot by making a written application by means of facsimile transmission or electronic mail. Under this bill, if a voter makes a written application by electronic mail and submits his or her mobile telephone number with the application, after the voter completes and submits the application, the electronic application system maintained by the Elections Commission must automatically notify the voter by text message that his or her application has been received. In addition, under the bill, after the voter completes and returns his or her ballot, the system must automatically notify the voter by text message that his or her ballot has been received. Finally, the bill provides that all mobile telephone numbers submitted for the purposes provided under the bill are confidential.
Who's behind it
14 representatives are its . 11 are Republicans and 3 are Democrats.
9 more lawmakers .
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Authors (14)
- Dave Armstrong · Republican, Assembly
- Mike Bare · Democrat, Assembly
- Clint Anderson · Democrat, Assembly
- James Edming · Republican, Assembly
- Jenna Jacobson · Democrat, Assembly
- Dan Knodl · Republican, Assembly
- Gae Magnafici · Republican, Assembly
- Clint Moses · Republican, Assembly
- Dave Murphy · Republican, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- Jerry O'Connor · Republican, Assembly
- David Steffen · Republican, Assembly
- Rob Swearingen · Republican, Assembly
- Ron Tusler · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (9)
- Rachael Cabral-Guevara · Republican, Senate
- Sue Conley · Democrat, Assembly
- Dora Drake · Democrat, Senate
- Gus Gustafson · Republican, Assembly
- Joers and Maxey
- Kelda Roys · Democrat, Senate
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
- Cory Tomczyk · Republican, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
Versions and amendments
Every text the Legislature printed for this bill, including proposed changes. Each opens on the Legislature's site.
How lawmakers voted
There were 2 votes on this bill.
Assembly Committee on Campaigns and Elections vote on an amendment
Passed, 9 to 0 · Nov 6, 2023
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report Assembly Amendment 2 adoption recommended by Committee on Campaigns and Elections, Ayes 9, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Assembly Committee on Campaigns and Elections vote to recommend it
Passed, 9 to 0 · Nov 6, 2023
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Campaigns and Elections, Ayes 9, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Apr 15, 2024
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Nov 13, 2023
Sent to the Senate Committee on Senate Organization.
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Nov 10, 2023
The Senate received it.
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Nov 9, 2023
The Assembly passed it.
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Nov 9, 2023
The Assembly adopted it.
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Nov 6, 2023 to Nov 8, 2023
3 more representatives signed on in support.
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Nov 6, 2023
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Nov 6, 2023
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 9 to 0.
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Oct 5, 2023
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Oct 3, 2023
The committee held a public hearing.
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Feb 24, 2023
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Feb 14, 2023 to Feb 16, 2023
2 more representatives signed on in support.
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Feb 13, 2023
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Campaigns and Elections.
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Feb 13, 2023
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Feb 13, 2023 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Steffen, Knodl, Armstrong, C. Anderson, Bare, Edming, Magnafici, Moses, Murphy, Mursau, O'Connor, Swearingen, Tusler and Jacobson; cosponsored by Senators Cabral-Guevara, Roys, Spreitzer and Tomczyk
- Feb 13, 2023 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Campaigns and Elections
- Feb 14, 2023 · Assembly
Representative Subeck added as a coauthor
- Feb 16, 2023 · Assembly
Representative Conley added as a coauthor
- Feb 24, 2023 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Mar 2, 2023 · Assembly
Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Steffen
- Apr 3, 2023 · Assembly
LRB correction
- Aug 24, 2023 · Assembly
Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representative Steffen
- Oct 3, 2023 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Oct 5, 2023 · Assembly
Representative Drake added as a coauthor
- Oct 19, 2023 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Nov 6, 2023 · Assembly
Report Assembly Amendment 2 adoption recommended by Committee on Campaigns and Elections, Ayes 9, Noes 0
- Nov 6, 2023 · Assembly
Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Campaigns and Elections, Ayes 9, Noes 0
- Nov 6, 2023 · Assembly
Referred to committee on Rules
- Nov 6, 2023 · Assembly
Representative Gustafson added as a coauthor
- Nov 7, 2023 · Assembly
Placed on calendar 11-9-2023 by Committee on Rules
- Nov 8, 2023 · Assembly
- Nov 9, 2023 · Assembly
Read a second time
- Nov 9, 2023 · Assembly
Assembly Amendment 2 adopted
- Nov 9, 2023 · Assembly
Ordered to a third reading
- Nov 9, 2023 · Assembly
Rules suspended
- Nov 9, 2023 · Assembly
Read a third time and passed
- Nov 9, 2023 · Assembly
Ordered immediately messaged
- Nov 10, 2023 · Senate
Received from Assembly
- Nov 13, 2023 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization
- Nov 13, 2023 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- Apr 15, 2024 · Senate
Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Terms on this page
Second chamber's vote
A bill has to pass both the Assembly and the Senate in the same form before it goes to the governor.
Official term: Concurrence. 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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate. 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
Second chamber's vote
A bill has to pass both the Assembly and the Senate in the same form before it goes to the governor.
Official term: Concurrence
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
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote