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Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

SB 767

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Relating to: the provision of absentee ballots to nonresident students at the University of Wisconsin System. (FE)

Elections — Ballots Elections — Campaign expense Interstate relations Jail University of wisconsin — Regents University of wisconsin — Student life

  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 the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System

to provide to all first-year students at its institutions with electronic or paper notice

that includes an application to request an absentee ballot from the student's home

state and accurate and clear instructions regarding how the nonresident student

may complete and submit the absentee ballot to the appropriate authority in the

student's home state. The board shall ensure that any voter registration or voter

education partnership or contract it enters into results in the provision of absentee

ballot information to nonresident students. Under the bill, the board is also required

to develop and implement policies that ensure compliance with the bill's provisions,

and to biennially review the policies for effectiveness and relevance. The board is

required to submit an annual report to the legislature detailing the implementation

of the provisions of the bill.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Knodl (R)

15 cosponsors

Allen (R) , Armstrong (R) , Binsfeld (R) , Bodden (R) , Dittrich (R) , Duchow (R) , Edming (R) , Gundrum (R) , Gustafson (R) , Magnafici (R) , Maxey (R) , Murphy (R) , O'Connor (R) , Schmidt (R) , Wichgers (R)

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by Committee on Shared Revenue, Elections and Consumer Protection, Ayes 3, Noes 2

Passed 3–2 Feb 15, 2024 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Dec 8, 2023 · Senate

    Introduced by Senator Knodl; cosponsored by Representatives Binsfeld, Allen, Armstrong, Bodden, Dittrich, Duchow, Edming, Gundrum, Gustafson, Magnafici, Maxey, Murphy, O'Connor, Schmidt and Wichgers

  2. Dec 8, 2023 · Senate

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

  3. Jan 10, 2024 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Jan 16, 2024 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Feb 8, 2024 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  6. Feb 15, 2024 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  7. Feb 15, 2024 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Shared Revenue, Elections and Consumer Protection, Ayes 3, Noes 2

  8. Feb 15, 2024 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  9. Feb 19, 2024 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 2-20-2024 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  10. Feb 20, 2024 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  11. Feb 20, 2024 · Senate

    Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  12. Feb 20, 2024 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 21, Noes 11

  13. Feb 20, 2024 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  14. Feb 20, 2024 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  15. Feb 20, 2024 · Senate

    Read a second time

  16. Mar 14, 2024 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  17. Apr 15, 2024 · Assembly

    Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1