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Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

SB 943

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Relating to: residency requirement for purposes of voting.

Elections — Registration

  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

Under current law, with limited exceptions, an otherwise eligible voter must be

a resident of Wisconsin and of the municipality and ward, if any, where the voter is

voting for 28 days before an election in order to vote in the election in that

municipality and ward. This bill shortens that residency requirement from 28 days

to 10 days.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Agard (D) , Roys (D) , Smith (D) , Spreitzer (D)

16 cosponsors

Conley (D) , Emerson (D) , Haywood (D) , J. Anderson (D) , Jacobson (D) , Joers (D) , Larson (D) , Madison (D) , Moore Omokunde (D) , Neubauer (D) , Ohnstad (D) , Ortiz-Velez (D) , Ratcliff (D) , Snodgrass (D) , Stubbs (D) , Subeck (D)

Full history

  1. Jan 19, 2024 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Smith, Spreitzer, Agard and Roys; cosponsored by Representatives Haywood, Snodgrass, Ortiz-Velez, Neubauer, Emerson, Conley, Joers, J. Anderson, Ratcliff, Ohnstad, Stubbs, Subeck, Moore Omokunde, Jacobson and Madison

  2. Jan 19, 2024 · Senate

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

  3. Jan 24, 2024 · Senate

    Senator Larson added as a coauthor

  4. Apr 15, 2024 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1