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Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

AB 498

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Relating to: voter registration forms and information provided to certain high school students. (FE)

Elections — Registration School — Administration

  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 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.

2. Nonpartisan materials describing the role of the citizen and the importance

of voting in elections.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Andraca (D) , Baldeh (D) , Bare (D) , Cabrera (D) , Conley (D) , Emerson (D) , Hong (D) , J. Anderson (D) , Jacobson (D) , Joers (D) , Moore Omokunde (D) , Palmeri (D) , Ratcliff (D) , Riemer (D) , Shankland (D) , Shelton (D) , Sinicki (D) , Snodgrass (D) , Stubbs (D) , Subeck (D)

12 cosponsors

Agard (D) , Carpenter (D) , Clancy (D) , Haywood (D) , Hesselbein (D) , L. Johnson (D) , Larson (D) , Madison (D) , Roys (D) , Smith (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Wirch (D)

Full history

  1. Oct 18, 2023 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Shelton, Snodgrass, Palmeri, J. Anderson, Andraca, Baldeh, Bare, Cabrera, Conley, Emerson, Hong, Jacobson, Joers, Moore Omokunde, Ratcliff, Riemer, Shankland, Sinicki, Stubbs and Subeck; cosponsored by Senators Smith, Carpenter, Hesselbein, L. Johnson, Larson, Roys, Spreitzer, Wirch and Agard

  2. Oct 18, 2023 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Campaigns and Elections

  3. Oct 19, 2023 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Oct 23, 2023 · Assembly

    Representative Haywood added as a coauthor

  5. Oct 24, 2023 · Assembly

    Representative Clancy added as a coauthor

  6. Nov 10, 2023 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  7. Nov 10, 2023 · Assembly

    Representative Madison added as a coauthor

  8. Apr 15, 2024 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1