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Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

AB 4

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Relating to: the suspension of a rule of the Elections Commission.

Administrative rules Elections — Ballots Elections commission

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

This bill is introduced as required by s. 227.26 (2) (j), stats., in support of the

action of the Joint Committee for Review of Administrative Rules in suspending

emergency rule 2209 of the Wisconsin Elections Commission on July 20, 2022. The

suspended emergency rule 1) identified what constitutes a complete address for

purposes of a statutory provision that prohibits the counting of an absentee ballot

whose certificate is missing the address of a witness and 2) required municipal clerks

to take one or more specified corrective actions in an attempt to remedy the missing

or inaccurate information.

Sponsors

Full history

  1. Feb 6, 2023 · Assembly

    Introduced by Joint Committee for Review of Administrative Rules

  2. Feb 6, 2023 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Campaigns and Elections

  3. Mar 8, 2023 · Assembly

    Report without recommendation pursuant to s. 227.26(2)(h), Wisconsin Statutes, by Committee on Campaigns and Elections

  4. Mar 8, 2023 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  5. Mar 8, 2023 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 3-14-2023 by Committee on Rules

  6. Mar 13, 2023 · Assembly

    Joint Committee for Review of Administrative Rules report received pursuant to s. 227.26(2)(g), Wisconsin Statutes

  7. Mar 14, 2023 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  8. Mar 14, 2023 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Campaigns and Elections

  9. Apr 15, 2024 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1