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Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

SB 551

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

Elections — Registration Elections commission School — Administration

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, 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: Agard (D) , Carpenter (D) , Hesselbein (D) , L. Johnson (D) , Larson (D) , Roys (D) , Smith (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Wirch (D)

23 cosponsors

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

Full history

  1. Oct 23, 2023 · Senate

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

  2. Oct 23, 2023 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Shared Revenue, Elections and Consumer Protection

  3. Oct 24, 2023 · Senate

    Representative Clancy added as a cosponsor

  4. Nov 8, 2023 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Nov 10, 2023 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. Nov 10, 2023 · Senate

    Representative Madison added as a cosponsor

  7. Apr 15, 2024 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1