Senate Bill 887
Absentee voting in certain residential care facilities and retirement homes
Stopped in committee
It never got a , so it never came up for a vote. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Jan 5, 2024
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Senate vote, not reached
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Apr 15, 2024: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Shared Revenue, Elections and Consumer Protection. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
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What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Under current law, absentee voting in person inside residential care facilities and qualified retirement homes may be conducted only if the municipal clerk or board of election commissioners adopts procedures allowing voters residing in such a facility or home to apply for, receive, and complete an absentee ballot by means of special voting deputies dispatched to the facility or home for that purpose. A municipality that appoints special voting deputies must appoint at least two special voting deputies for the municipality and the deputies must be eligible voters of the county where the municipality is located. In addition, the two deputies designated to visit each qualified retirement home and residential care facility must be affiliated with different political parties whenever deputies representing different parties are available.
Under current law, the special voting deputies must, not later than 5 p.m. on the sixth working day preceding an election, arrange with the administrator of the qualified retirement home or residential care facility one or more convenient times to visit the home or facility. The administrator of the home or facility may, upon the request of a relative of an occupant of the home or facility notify the relative of the time or times at which special voting deputies will conduct absentee voting at the home or facility. Current law also requires that the visits may be no earlier than the fourth Monday preceding the election and no later than 5 p.m. on the Monday preceding the election.
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Under the bill, each administrator of a qualified retirement home or residential care facility must consult with the municipal clerk, no later than November 1 of the even-numbered year, to establish a written plan ensuring that residents of the home or facility are able to vote using special voting deputies. In addition, the bill requires the administrator to provide a copy of the plan to all individuals designated as a contact by the occupants of the home or facility. Under current law, the administrator of a home or facility must notify a resident's relative of the times at which special voting deputies will conduct absentee voting at the home or facility and permit the relative to be present in the room where the voting is conducted. Under the bill, the administrator must provide the same notice to each individual designated as a contact by the resident and permit each such individual to be present in the room where the voting is conducted. In addition, the bill authorizes the Department of Health Services to revoke any permit or license that DHS has issued to the home or facility if the administrator of the home or facility fails to provide the notices described under current law and under the bill.
Who's behind it
Cory Tomczyk, a Republican, is its .
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Author (1)
- Cory Tomczyk · Republican, Senate
What happened
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Apr 15, 2024
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Jan 5, 2024
Sent to the Senate Committee on Shared Revenue, Elections and Consumer Protection.
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Jan 5, 2024
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Jan 5, 2024 · Senate
Introduced by Senator Tomczyk
- Jan 5, 2024 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Shared Revenue, Elections and Consumer Protection
- Apr 15, 2024 · Senate
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Terms on this page
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.
Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis