Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session
Relating to: voter preregistration of 16-year-olds and 17-year-olds. (FE)
Elections — Registration Youth Zoo
- Introduced, stopped here
- Passes Assembly, not reached
- Passes Senate, not reached
- Governor signs, not reached
- Law, not reached
Unfamiliar terms? Glossary
What this bill does
Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, only qualified electors may register to vote and vote in an
election. A qualified elector is a U.S. citizen age 18 or older who has resided in an
election district or ward for 28 consecutive days.
Under this bill, an individual who is age 16 or 17 but who is otherwise eligible
to vote in Wisconsin may preregister to vote. An individual who preregisters under
the bill may not vote in an election unless he or she is at least 18 years of age on
election day.
What it would cost
Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs
Sponsors
Introduced by: Andraca (D) , Baldeh (D) , Clancy (D) , Considine (D) , Emerson (D) , Haywood (D) , Hong (D) , J. Anderson (D) , Jacobson (D) , Joers (D) , Moore Omokunde (D) , Ortiz-Velez (D) , Palmeri (D) , Ratcliff (D) , Shelton (D) , Sinicki (D) , Snodgrass (D) , Stubbs (D) , Subeck (D)
8 cosponsors
Agard (D) , Hesselbein (D) , L. Johnson (D) , Larson (D) , Madison (D) , Roys (D) , Smith (D) , Spreitzer (D)
Full history
- Oct 31, 2023 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Shelton, Snodgrass, Palmeri, J. Anderson, Andraca, Baldeh, Considine, Emerson, Hong, Jacobson, Joers, Moore Omokunde, Ortiz-Velez, Ratcliff, Sinicki, Stubbs, Subeck, Haywood and Clancy; cosponsored by Senators Smith, Hesselbein, L. Johnson, Larson, Roys, Spreitzer and Agard
- Oct 31, 2023 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Campaigns and Elections
- Nov 10, 2023 · Assembly
Representative Madison added as a coauthor
- Nov 15, 2023 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Apr 15, 2024 · Assembly
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1