Subjects

Municipality — Elections

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

• AB 7 Relating to: requiring local approval for certain wind and solar projects before Public Service Commission approval. Died at session end 2025
• SB 3 Relating to: requiring local approval for certain wind and solar projects before Public Service Commission approval. Died at session end 2025
• AB 50 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AB 83 Relating to: governmental restrictions based on the energy source of a motor vehicle or other device. Died at session end 2025
• SB 44 Relating to: local regulation of fowl. 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
• SB 82 Relating to: governmental restrictions based on the energy source of a motor vehicle or other device. Died at session end 2025
• AB 397 Relating to: reporting requirements for recipients of economic development grants and loans. Died at session end 2025
• AB 444 Relating to: prohibitions concerning use of state and local facilities to detain individuals on the basis of immigration status. Died at session end 2025
• AB 516 Relating to: ranked-choice voting for local nonpartisan elections, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AB 541 Relating to: poll list numbers marked on certain absentee ballots. Died at session end 2025
• AB 603 Relating to: providing written notice of tax assessor entry upon property. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AB 631 Relating to: use of public lands to provide temporary residence for the homeless and providing a penalty. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AB 937 Relating to: including a space for write-in candidates on city election ballots; eliminating independent candidates from the partisan primary ballot; and using a temporary operator’s license or identification card to establish proof of residence for voter registration (suggested as remedial legislation by the Elections Commission). Died at session end 2025
• AB 944 Relating to: grants for the purchase of election supplies and equipment and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SB 484 Relating to: prohibitions concerning use of state and local facilities to detain individuals on the basis of immigration status. Died at session end 2025
• SB 523 Relating to: poll list numbers marked on certain absentee ballots. Died at session end 2025
• SB 562 Relating to: reporting requirements for recipients of economic development grants and loans. Died at session end 2025
• SB 594 Relating to: ranked-choice voting for local nonpartisan elections, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SB 596 Relating to: providing written notice of tax assessor entry upon property. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SB 621 Relating to: use of public lands to provide temporary residence for the homeless and providing a penalty. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SB 916 Relating to: including a space for write-in candidates on city election ballots; eliminating independent candidates from the partisan primary ballot; and using a temporary operator’s license or identification card to establish proof of residence for voter registration (suggested as remedial legislation by the Elections Commission). Died at session end 2025
• SB 924 Relating to: grants for the purchase of election supplies and equipment and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AB 1129 Relating to: an assistance program for water infrastructure in 3rd class and 4th class cities, villages, and towns; granting rule-making authority; and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AB 1194 Relating to: the sale of alcohol beverages by a municipality or county in a park. Died at session end 2025
• SB 1088 Relating to: an assistance program for water infrastructure in 3rd class and 4th class cities, villages, and towns; granting rule-making authority; and making an appropriation. (FE) 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 282 Relating to: broadcasting election night proceedings. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• AB 283 Relating to: aids to counties and municipalities for certain special election costs and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• AB 298 Relating to: polling place closures. Became law 2023
• AB 495 Relating to: poll list numbers marked on certain absentee ballots. Died at session end 2023
• SB 278 Relating to: aids to counties and municipalities for certain special election costs and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• SB 366 Relating to: polling place closures. Died at session end 2023
• SB 936 Relating to: grants for the purchase of election supplies and equipment and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• AB 1047 Relating to: grants for the purchase of election supplies and equipment and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• AB 1211 Relating to: authorizing a local government to require advance payment from a presidential or vice-presidential campaign for certain expected public event costs. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• SB 1107 Relating to: authorizing a local government to require advance payment from a presidential or vice-presidential campaign for certain expected public event costs. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• AB 21 Relating to: aids to counties and municipalities for certain special election costs and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• SB 21 Relating to: aids to counties and municipalities for certain special election costs and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AB 271 Relating to: broadcasting election night proceedings. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AB 304 Relating to: elections administration, recall petitions, and recount procedures. (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 398 Relating to: investigations by the Elections Commission based on information provided by the Electronic Registration Information Center and municipalities indicating that Wisconsin registered voters may have voted more than once in the same election or that individuals voted in an election despite being disqualified from voting for certain reasons. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• SB 178 Relating to: elections administration, recall petitions, and recount procedures. (FE) Died at session end 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 292 Relating to: broadcasting election night proceedings. (FE) Vetoed 2021
• SB 393 Relating to: investigations by the Elections Commission based on information provided by the Electronic Registration Information Center and municipalities indicating that Wisconsin registered voters may have voted more than once in the same election or that individuals voted in an election despite being disqualified from voting for certain reasons. (FE) 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
• SB 1076 Relating to: grants to municipalities and counties for purposes of election administration and making an appropriation. (FE) 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 64 Relating to: aids to counties and municipalities for certain special election costs and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• AB 89 Relating to: vacancies in elective offices in cities and villages. Died at session end 2019
• SB 71 Relating to: aids to counties and municipalities for certain special election costs and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• AB 203 Relating to: using an electronic voting machine to cast a vote with an in-person absentee ballot and providing a penalty. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• AB 245 Relating to: elections administration, recall petitions, and recount procedures. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• SB 108 Relating to: vacancies in elective offices in cities and villages. Became law 2019
• SB 193 Relating to: using an electronic voting machine to cast a vote with an in-person absentee ballot 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 893 Relating to: ranked-choice voting for local nonpartisan elections, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• AB 1010 Relating to: ranked-choice voting for local nonpartisan elections, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• AB 637 Relating to: using an electronic voting machine to cast a vote with an in-person absentee ballot. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• AB 840 Relating to: municipal boundary information (suggested as remedial legislation by the Legislative Technology Services Bureau). Became law 2017
• SB 524 Relating to: using an electronic voting machine to cast a vote with an in-person absentee ballot. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• SB 721 Relating to: municipal boundary information (suggested as remedial legislation by the Legislative Technology Services Bureau). Died at session end 2017
• AB 21 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2015 legislature. Died at session end 2015
• SB 21 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2015 legislature. Became law 2015
• AB 164 Relating to: various election law changes. Died at session end 2015
• AB 624 Relating to: retaining invoices for the sale of malt beverages and intoxicating liquors and the local option for issuing liquor licenses. (FE) Became law 2015
• SB 121 Relating to: various election law changes. Became law 2015
• SB 625 Relating to: alternate sites for absentee voting in person. Died at session end 2015
• AB 89 Relating to: the method of reporting election returns by municipalities. Became law 2013
• AB 92 Relating to: alternate sites for absentee voting in person. Died at session end 2013
• SB 91 Relating to: alternate sites for absentee voting in person. Died at session end 2013
• SB 94 Relating to: the method of reporting election returns by municipalities. Died at session end 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 606 Relating to: the number of nomination paper signatures required for city-wide offices in second class and third class cities. Became law 2013
• SB 444 Relating to: the number of nomination paper signatures required for city-wide offices in second class and third class cities. Died at session end 2013