Subjects

Elections — Officials

161 bills across 7 sessions, from the Legislature's subject index.

• AB 50 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SB 45 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE) Became law 2025
• AB 268 Relating to: the right of appeal for complainants aggrieved by decisions of the Elections Commission concerning the conduct of election officials. Died at session end 2025
• AB 374 Relating to: compliance with the federal Electoral Count Reform Act. (FE) Became law 2025
• AB 385 Relating to: online credit card contributions and providing a penalty. Vetoed 2025
• AB 517 Relating to: expressly prohibiting a foreign national from making a contribution to a referendum committee. Died at session end 2025
• AB 534 Relating to: voter registration at high schools. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AB 536 Relating to: accessibility training for election officials. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AB 538 Relating to: requiring certain persons holding a state elective office to serve as an election official. Died at session end 2025
• AB 541 Relating to: poll list numbers marked on certain absentee ballots. Died at session end 2025
• AB 800 Relating to: early canvassing of absentee ballots and providing a penalty. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AJR 57 Relating to: urging support for a constitutional amendment to provide states with authority to regulate campaign financing. Died at session end 2025
• SB 126 Relating to: the effective date of certain provisions contained in 2023 Wisconsin Act 126. Became law 2025
• SB 270 Relating to: the right of appeal for complainants aggrieved by decisions of the Elections Commission concerning the conduct of election officials. Vetoed 2025
• SB 403 Relating to: online credit card contributions and providing a penalty. Died at session end 2025
• SB 510 Relating to: requiring certain persons holding a state elective office to serve as an election official. Died at session end 2025
• SB 512 Relating to: voter registration at high schools. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SB 517 Relating to: accessibility training for election officials. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SB 520 Relating to: expressly prohibiting a foreign national from making a contribution to a referendum committee. Died at session end 2025
• SB 523 Relating to: poll list numbers marked on certain absentee ballots. Died at session end 2025
• SB 801 Relating to: early canvassing of absentee ballots and providing a penalty. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SB 922 Relating to: automatic voter registration, deceptive election practices, voter intimidation and suppression, voter rights, polling place posting and language requirements, election manual requirements, withholding of voluntarily provided elector information, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SJR 58 Relating to: urging support for a constitutional amendment to provide states with authority to regulate campaign financing. Died at session end 2025
• AB 1141 Relating to: public financing of campaigns for the offices of justice of the supreme court, court of appeals judge, and circuit court judge, and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AB 1201 Relating to: the definition of political action committee for campaign finance purposes. Died at session end 2025
• AB 1202 Relating to: reporting a contributor’s place of employment. Died at session end 2025
• SB 1070 Relating to: public financing of campaigns for the offices of justice of the supreme court, court of appeals judge, and circuit court judge, and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SB 1154 Relating to: the definition of political action committee for campaign finance purposes. Died at session end 2025
• SB 1155 Relating to: coordination of mass communications. Died at session end 2025
• SB 1157 Relating to: reporting a contributor’s place of employment. Died at session end 2025
• AB 43 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2023 legislature. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• SB 70 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2023 legislature. (FE) Became law 2023
• AB 300 Relating to: an election official's personal information, battery against election officials, whistleblower protection for municipal clerks, county clerks, and election officials who witness and report election fraud or irregularities, and providing a penalty. Died at session end 2023
• AB 495 Relating to: poll list numbers marked on certain absentee ballots. Died at session end 2023
• AB 496 Relating to: requiring certain persons holding a state elective office to serve as an election official. Died at session end 2023
• AB 499 Relating to: voter registration at high schools. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• AB 543 Relating to: election observers and providing a penalty. Vetoed 2023
• AB 567 Relating to: transmitting and canvassing absentee ballots, use of central counting locations, election night reporting, whistleblower protection for municipal clerks, notifications and verifications concerning citizenship status, court determinations of incompetency and ineligibility to vote, and providing a penalty. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• AB 570 Relating to: certain kinds of election fraud, defects on absentee ballot certificates, returning absentee ballots to the office of the municipal clerk, appointment of election officials, allowing an employee of a residential care facility or qualified retirement home to serve as a personal care voting assistant during a public health emergency or an incident of infectious disease, and providing a penalty. (FE) Vetoed 2023
• AB 571 Relating to: maintenance of the voter registration list, training of municipal clerks, data sharing agreements, pre-election procedures, lines at the polls on election day, and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• AB 577 Relating to: an election official's personal information; battery against election officials; whistleblower protection for municipal clerks, county clerks, and election officials who witness and report election fraud or irregularities; harassing election officials; and providing a penalty. Died at session end 2023
• AB 604 Relating to: automatic voter registration, deceptive election practices, voter intimidation and suppression, voter rights, polling place posting and language requirements, election manual requirements, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• AJR 77 Relating to: prohibiting state and local governments from using privately sourced moneys or equipment in connection with the conduct of elections and specifying who may perform tasks related to the conduct of an election (second consideration). Died at session end 2023
• SB 291 Relating to: an election official's personal information, battery against election officials, whistleblower protection for municipal clerks, county clerks, and election officials who witness and report election fraud or irregularities, and providing a penalty. Died at session end 2023
• SB 537 Relating to: requiring certain persons holding a state elective office to serve as an election official. Died at session end 2023
• SB 548 Relating to: automatic voter registration, deceptive election practices, voter intimidation and suppression, voter rights, polling place posting and language requirements, election manual requirements, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• SB 556 Relating to: voter registration at high schools. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• SB 560 Relating to: election observers and providing a penalty. Died at session end 2023
• SB 562 Relating to: voter registration at high schools. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• SB 631 Relating to: certain kinds of election fraud, defects on absentee ballot certificates, returning absentee ballots to the office of the municipal clerk, appointment of election officials, allowing an employee of a residential care facility or qualified retirement home to serve as a personal care voting assistant during a public health emergency or an incident of infectious disease, and providing a penalty. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• SB 632 Relating to: an election official's personal information; battery against election officials; whistleblower protection for municipal clerks, county clerks, and election officials who witness and report election fraud or irregularities; harassing election officials; and providing a penalty. Died at session end 2023
• SB 685 Relating to: transmitting and canvassing absentee ballots, use of central counting locations, election night reporting, whistleblower protection for municipal clerks, notifications and verifications concerning citizenship status, court determinations of incompetency and ineligibility to vote, and providing a penalty. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• SB 822 Relating to: local candidates filing campaign finance reports and making an appropriation. (FE) Became law 2023
• SJR 78 Relating to: prohibiting state and local governments from using privately sourced moneys or equipment in connection with the conduct of elections and specifying who may perform tasks related to the conduct of an election (second consideration). Adopted 2023
• AB 1201 Relating to: persons previously nominated as presidential electors serving in certain public offices related to elections. Died at session end 2023
• SB 1102 Relating to: persons previously nominated as presidential electors serving in certain public offices related to elections. Died at session end 2023
• AB 94 Relating to: allowing a pupil enrolled in a home-based private educational program to serve as an election inspector. Died at session end 2021
• AB 173 Relating to: private resources used for election administration, appointment of election officials, and providing a penalty. (FE) Vetoed 2021
• AB 179 Relating to: absentee voting in certain residential care facilities and retirement homes and providing a penalty. Died at session end 2021
• AB 194 Relating to: actions for violations of elections laws. Died at session end 2021
• AB 198 Relating to: defects on absentee ballot certificates, certain kinds of election fraud, and providing a penalty. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AB 264 Relating to: compensation of election officials performing duties during a recount. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AB 271 Relating to: broadcasting election night proceedings. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AB 306 Relating to: absentee voting, voting procedures, and providing a penalty. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AB 310 Relating to: early canvassing of absentee ballots, issuance of presidential ballots, combined polling places, timeline for sending or transmitting absentee ballots, nomination papers for certain independent candidates, and providing a penalty. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AB 350 Relating to: judicial disqualification based on campaign financial support. Died at session end 2021
• AB 359 Relating to: requiring certain persons holding a state elective office to serve as an election official. Died at session end 2021
• AB 459 Relating to: voter registration at high schools. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AB 532 Relating to: the definition of political action committee for campaign finance purposes. Died at session end 2021
• AB 533 Relating to: coordination of mass communications. Died at session end 2021
• AB 535 Relating to: reporting a contributor's place of employment. Died at session end 2021
• AB 536 Relating to: reporting of mass communications. Died at session end 2021
• AB 761 Relating to: removal of deceased individuals from the official voter registration list and providing a penalty. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AB 819 Relating to: expressly prohibiting a foreign national from making a contribution to a referendum committee. Died at session end 2021
• SB 102 Relating to: allowing a pupil enrolled in a home-based private educational program to serve as an election inspector. Became law 2021
• SB 180 Relating to: absentee voting, voting procedures, and providing a penalty. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• SB 205 Relating to: absentee voting in certain residential care facilities and retirement homes and providing a penalty. Vetoed 2021
• SB 207 Relating to: private resources used for election administration, appointment of election officials, and providing a penalty. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• SB 212 Relating to: defects on absentee ballot certificates, certain kinds of election fraud, and providing a penalty. (FE) Vetoed 2021
• SB 213 Relating to: actions for violations of elections laws. Vetoed 2021
• SB 214 Relating to: early canvassing of absentee ballots, issuance of presidential ballots, combined polling places, timeline for sending or transmitting absentee ballots, nomination papers for certain independent candidates, and providing a penalty. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• SB 268 Relating to: compensation of election officials performing duties during a recount. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• SB 292 Relating to: broadcasting election night proceedings. (FE) Vetoed 2021
• SB 363 Relating to: requiring certain persons holding a state elective office to serve as an election official. Died at session end 2021
• SB 446 Relating to: voter registration at high schools. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• SB 511 Relating to: political expenditures by corporations and cooperative associations. Died at session end 2021
• SB 527 Relating to: the definition of political action committee for campaign finance purposes. Died at session end 2021
• SB 528 Relating to: coordination of mass communications. Died at session end 2021
• SB 529 Relating to: contributions by corporations, cooperative associations, labor organizations, and federally recognized American Indian Tribes. Died at session end 2021
• SB 530 Relating to: reporting a contributor's place of employment. Died at session end 2021
• SB 531 Relating to: reporting of mass communications. Died at session end 2021
• SB 730 Relating to: removal of deceased individuals from the official voter registration list and providing a penalty. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• SB 795 Relating to: expressly prohibiting a foreign national from making a contribution to a referendum committee. Died at session end 2021
• SB 934 Relating to: maintenance of the voter registration list, training of municipal clerks, data sharing agreements, pre-election procedures, lines at the polls on election day, and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• SB 935 Relating to: certain kinds of election fraud, private resources and contracts for election administration, who may perform tasks related to election administration, defects on absentee ballot certificates, returning absentee ballots to the office of the municipal clerk, appointment of election officials, allowing an employee of a residential care facility or qualified retirement home to serve as a personal care voting assistant during a public health emergency or an incident of infectious disease, and providing a penalty. (FE) Vetoed 2021
• SB 945 Relating to: notifications to local elections officials and the elections commission regarding certain prospective jurors. (FE) Vetoed 2021
• SB 978 Relating to: reports and district attorney charging decisions concerning allegations of fraud or misconduct at an election. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• SB 988 Relating to: automatic voter registration, deceptive election practices, voter intimidation and suppression, voter rights, polling place posting and language requirements, election manual requirements, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AB 1001 Relating to: notifications to local elections officials and the elections commission regarding certain prospective jurors. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AB 1004 Relating to: certain kinds of election fraud, private resources and contracts for election administration, who may perform tasks related to election administration, defects on absentee ballot certificates, returning absentee ballots to the office of the municipal clerk, appointment of election officials, allowing an employee of a residential care facility or qualified retirement home to serve as a personal care voting assistant during a public health emergency or an incident of infectious disease, and providing a penalty. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AB 1005 Relating to: maintenance of the voter registration list, training of municipal clerks, data sharing agreements, pre-election procedures, lines at the polls on election day, and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AB 1046 Relating to: reports and district attorney charging decisions concerning allegations of fraud or misconduct at an election. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AB 1068 Relating to: automatic voter registration, deceptive election practices, voter intimidation and suppression, voter rights, polling place posting and language requirements, election manual requirements, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AB 1198 Relating to: qualifications of election officials. Died at session end 2021
• AJR 134 Relating to: prohibiting the use of a donation or grant of private resources for purposes of election administration and specifying who may perform tasks related to election administration (first consideration). Died at session end 2021
• SJR 101 Relating to: prohibiting the use of a donation or grant of private resources for purposes of election administration and specifying who may perform tasks related to election administration (first consideration). Adopted 2021
• AB 245 Relating to: elections administration, recall petitions, and recount procedures. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• AB 247 Relating to: absentee voting, voting procedures, and providing a penalty. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• AB 636 Relating to: canvassing absentee ballots on the Monday before an election and providing a penalty. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• AB 667 Relating to: allowing a pupil enrolled in a home-based private educational program to serve as an election inspector. Died at session end 2019
• AB 970 Relating to: special registration deputies. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• SB 159 Relating to: automatic voter registration, deceptive election practices, voter intimidation and suppression, voter rights, polling place posting and language requirements, election manual requirements, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• SB 240 Relating to: elections administration, recall petitions, and recount procedures. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• SB 242 Relating to: absentee voting, voting procedures, and providing a penalty. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• SB 574 Relating to: canvassing absentee ballots on the Monday before an election and providing a penalty. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• SB 606 Relating to: allowing a pupil enrolled in a home-based private educational program to serve as an election inspector. Died at session end 2019
• SB 859 Relating to: special registration deputies. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• SB 916 Relating to: sending absentee ballots to registered voters during a state of emergency. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• SB 917 Relating to: canvassing absentee ballots during a state of emergency on the Sunday before an election and providing a penalty. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• AB 85 Relating to: allowing a local public official to serve as an election official. Became law 2017
• SB 66 Relating to: allowing a local public official to serve as an election official. Died at session end 2017
• AB 925 Relating to: the duties of special voting deputies with regard to retirement homes that are part of a multiple-use facility. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• AB 164 Relating to: various election law changes. Died at session end 2015
• AB 240 Relating to: electioneering at a retirement home or residential care facility. Died at session end 2015
• AB 379 Relating to: voter registration; proving residence for registration and voting purposes; reviewing certain expenditures of the Government Accountability Board by the Joint Committee on Finance; and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• AB 389 Relating to: electronic voter registration, verification of certain registrations, proof of residence for voting in an election, authorizing Wisconsin to enter into agreements to share information related to the registration and voting of electors; election registration officials; testing election officials after training; electronic poll lists; election equipment approval; overvoted ballots; voter registration proof of residency for an individual in a residential care facility; counting of absentee ballots; witness address required for valid absentee ballot; and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• AB 532 Relating to: training period for election officials and terms for members of a board of canvassers. Died at session end 2015
• AB 806 Relating to: authorizing Wisconsin to enter into a membership agreement to share information related to the registration and voting of electors. Died at session end 2015
• AB 907 Relating to: restoring the right to vote to certain persons barred from voting as a result of a felony conviction, changing the information required on voter registration forms, and changing voting procedure for certain persons who are convicted of felonies. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• SB 121 Relating to: various election law changes. Became law 2015
• SB 161 Relating to: electioneering at a retirement home or residential care facility. Died at session end 2015
• SB 281 Relating to: voter registration; proving residence for registration and voting purposes; reviewing certain expenditures of the Government Accountability Board by the Joint Committee on Finance; and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• SB 295 Relating to: electronic voter registration, verification of certain registrations, proof of residence for voting in an election, authorizing Wisconsin to enter into agreements to share information related to the registration and voting of electors; election registration officials; testing election officials after training; electronic poll lists; election equipment approval; overvoted ballots; voter registration proof of residency for an individual in a residential care facility; counting of absentee ballots; witness address required for valid absentee ballot; and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Became law 2015
• SB 391 Relating to: training period for election officials and terms for members of a board of canvassers. Became law 2015
• SB 672 Relating to: authorizing Wisconsin to enter into a membership agreement to share information related to the registration and voting of electors. Died at session end 2015
• SB 678 Relating to: restoring the right to vote to certain persons barred from voting as a result of a felony conviction, changing the information required on voter registration forms, and changing voting procedure for certain persons who are convicted of felonies. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• AB 18 Relating to: appointment and residency of election officials. Died at session end 2013
• AB 24 Relating to: the method of recounting votes cast with automatic tabulating equipment. Became law 2013
• SB 14 Relating to: the method of recounting votes cast with automatic tabulating equipment. Died at session end 2013
• SB 20 Relating to: residency of election officials. Became law 2013
• AB 202 Relating to: certification of election observers. Became law 2013
• AB 225 Relating to: various changes in the campaign finance laws; exemption of certain electors from the requirement to present proof of identification when voting in an election; identifying documentation to establish proof of residency for voter registration; recording the type of identifying document provided as proof of residence; limiting the times for voting by absentee ballot in person; the method of reporting election returns by municipalities; fees for election recounts; the method of recounting votes cast with automatic tabulating equipment; residency of election officials; recall petition requirements; the procedure for recounting ballots when electors voting in person are required to sign the poll list and fail to do so; challenging an elector's registration during recount proceedings; witness addresses on absentee ballot certificates; nominees submitted by the Government Accountability Board candidate committee; securing ballot containers; party representation for election officials serving at polling places; and scheduling of referendums. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• AB 235 Relating to: appointment and training of special registration deputies by county clerks and boards of election commissioners, employment of special registration deputies, and providing a penalty. Died at session end 2013
• AB 393 Relating to: residency of election officials. Died at session end 2013
• AB 394 Relating to: labeling of duplicate ballots. Died at session end 2013
• AB 396 Relating to: absentee voting at residential care facilities. (FE) Became law 2013
• AB 493 Relating to: exemption of certain electors from the requirement to present proof of identification when voting in an election and use of veterans identification cards as proof of identification. Died at session end 2013
• AB 613 Relating to: modifying the duties of a county clerk; the counties in which a board of election commissioners is required; and staffing of a board of election commissioners in populous counties. (FE) Became law 2013
• AB 689 Relating to: transferring responsibility over biennial updating of voter registration list to the Government Accountability Board. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• AB 753 Relating to: electronic voter registration, verification of certain registrations, and proof of residence for voting in an election and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• AB 869 Relating to: voter registration; proof of residence for registration and voting purposes; review of certain expenditures of the Government Accountability Board by the Joint Committee on Finance; and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• AB 886 Relating to: restoring the right to vote to certain persons barred from voting as a result of a felony conviction, changing the information required on voter registration forms, and changing voting procedure for certain persons who are convicted of felonies. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• SB 198 Relating to: appointment and training of special registration deputies by county clerks and boards of election commissioners, employment of special registration deputies, and providing a penalty. Died at session end 2013
• SB 262 Relating to: labeling of duplicate ballots. Became law 2013
• SB 263 Relating to: challenging an elector's registration during recount proceedings. Died at session end 2013
• SB 264 Relating to: securing the ballot container. Became law 2013
• SB 265 Relating to: party representation for election officials serving at polling places. Became law 2013
• SB 297 Relating to: absentee voting at residential care facilities. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• SB 506 Relating to: transferring responsibility over biennial updating of voter registration list to the Government Accountability Board. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• SB 548 Relating to: transferring responsibility over biennial updating of voter registration list to the Government Accountability Board. (FE) Became law 2013
• SB 644 Relating to: modifying the duties of a county clerk; the counties in which a board of election commissioners is required; and staffing of a board of election commissioners in populous counties. (FE) Died at session end 2013