Subjects

Municipality — Officers

174 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 131 Relating to: programs and requirements to address PFAS. Became law 2025
• AB 306 Relating to: time limits on local unit of government chief executive officer emergency power proclamations. Died at session end 2025
• AB 312 Relating to: hours for voting by absentee ballot in person at the office of the municipal clerk or an alternate site. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AB 374 Relating to: compliance with the federal Electoral Count Reform Act. (FE) Became law 2025
• AB 426 Relating to: election observers and providing a penalty. Died at session end 2025
• AB 452 Relating to: subdivision plat approvals. (FE) Became law 2025
• AB 534 Relating to: voter registration at high schools. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AB 537 Relating to: returning an absentee ballot with an incomplete certificate or with no certificate. Died at session end 2025
• AB 574 Relating to: verifying a voter’s change of address and registration status and removing ineligible voters from the official voter registration list. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AB 599 Relating to: allowing voters to automatically receive absentee ballots for every election, eliminating the indefinitely confined voter status for receiving absentee ballots, and providing a penalty. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AB 616 Relating to: funding for reimbursements to municipalities for required office hours for in-person absentee voting and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AB 617 Relating to: applying for and returning absentee ballots; use of central counting locations; election night reporting; court determinations of incompetency and ineligibility to vote; preelection tests of electronic voting equipment, and providing a penalty. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AB 658 Relating to: the maximum compensation for compatibility with elective offices in cities, villages, and towns. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AB 797 Relating to: grants for testing privately owned wells and providing education, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SB 128 Relating to: programs and requirements to address PFAS. Died at session end 2025
• SB 304 Relating to: hours for voting by absentee ballot in person at the office of the municipal clerk or an alternate site. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SB 310 Relating to: time limits on local unit of government chief executive officer emergency power proclamations. Became law 2025
• SB 441 Relating to: election observers and providing a penalty. Died at session end 2025
• SB 479 Relating to: subdivision plat approvals. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SB 511 Relating to: returning an absentee ballot with an incomplete certificate or with no certificate. Died at session end 2025
• SB 512 Relating to: voter registration at high schools. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SB 567 Relating to: verifying a voter’s change of address and registration status and removing ineligible voters from the official voter registration list. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SB 597 Relating to: allowing voters to automatically receive absentee ballots for every election, eliminating the indefinitely confined voter status for receiving absentee ballots, and providing a penalty. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SB 624 Relating to: applying for and returning absentee ballots; use of central counting locations; election night reporting; court determinations of incompetency and ineligibility to vote; preelection tests of electronic voting equipment, and providing a penalty. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SB 625 Relating to: funding for reimbursements to municipalities for required office hours for in-person absentee voting and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SB 638 Relating to: the maximum compensation for compatibility with elective offices in cities, villages, and towns. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SB 762 Relating to: grants for testing privately owned wells and providing education, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AB 1145 Relating to: state payments for municipal services and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AB 1156 Relating to: state procurement of products and services from businesses located in this state and setting a goal for local governments to purchase a certain percentage of products and services from businesses located in this state. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AB 1204 Relating to: residency requirements for certain employees of a local governmental unit. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AB 1211 Relating to: grants to municipalities to acquire or create public utilities and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SB 1112 Relating to: state payments for municipal services and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SB 1118 Relating to: state procurement of products and services from businesses located in this state and setting a goal for local governments to purchase a certain percentage of products and services from businesses located in this state. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SB 1181 Relating to: residency requirements for certain employees of a local governmental unit. (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
• SB 88 Relating to: whistleblower protection for municipal clerks who witness and report election fraud or irregularities. Died at session end 2023
• AB 171 Relating to: eligibility for local wildlife control grants. Died at session end 2023
• AB 282 Relating to: broadcasting election night proceedings. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• AB 299 Relating to: requiring identification of a military voter for voting absentee. Died at session end 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 331 Relating to: grants to map, control, eradicate, monitor, and minimize the spread of wild parsnip; funding for the Bureau of Natural Heritage Conservation; granting rule-making authority; and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• AB 441 Relating to: timeline for sending or transmitting presidential preference primary absentee ballots. (FE) 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 572 Relating to: absentee voting in certain residential care facilities and retirement homes and court determinations of incompetency and ineligibility to vote. Vetoed 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 597 Relating to: establishing a plan to register qualified electors who are detained in jail and to allow the electors to vote while detained. Died at session end 2023
• SB 207 Relating to: eligibility for local wildlife control grants. Became law 2023
• SB 269 Relating to: grants to map, control, eradicate, monitor, and minimize the spread of wild parsnip; funding for the Bureau of Natural Heritage Conservation; granting rule-making authority; and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• SB 283 Relating to: broadcasting election night proceedings. (FE) Became law 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 306 Relating to: requiring identification of a military voter for voting absentee. Died at session end 2023
• SB 433 Relating to: timeline for sending or transmitting presidential preference primary absentee ballots. (FE) Became law 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 593 Relating to: absentee voting in certain residential care facilities and retirement homes and court determinations of incompetency and ineligibility to vote. 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
• SB 887 Relating to: absentee voting in certain residential care facilities and retirement homes. Died at session end 2023
• AB 51 Relating to: public notice of noncandidacy for incumbent local elected officials. Died at session end 2021
• SB 52 Relating to: public notice of noncandidacy for incumbent local elected officials. Became law 2021
• AB 177 Relating to: returning absentee ballots to the office of the municipal clerk. Died at session end 2021
• AB 192 Relating to: the secure delivery of absentee ballots and providing a penalty. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AB 201 Relating to: absentee ballot applications, unsolicited mailing or transmission of absentee ballot applications and absentee ballots, canvassing absentee ballots, electronic voter registration, and providing a penalty. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AB 224 Relating to: terms of office for local government officers. 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
• AB 459 Relating to: voter registration at high schools. (FE) 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 848 Relating to: maintaining electronic voting system or automatic tabulating equipment data for 22 months after an election. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• SB 203 Relating to: the secure delivery of absentee ballots and providing a penalty. (FE) Vetoed 2021
• SB 204 Relating to: absentee ballot applications, unsolicited mailing or transmission of absentee ballot applications and absentee ballots, canvassing absentee ballots, electronic voter registration, and providing a penalty. (FE) Vetoed 2021
• SB 209 Relating to: returning absentee ballots to the office of the municipal clerk. Died at session end 2021
• SB 297 Relating to: terms of office for local government officers. Died at session end 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
• SB 446 Relating to: voter registration at high schools. (FE) 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 803 Relating to: maintaining electronic voting system or automatic tabulating equipment data for 22 months after an election. (FE) 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 936 Relating to: the resolution of complaints filed with the Elections Commission, submitting to the legislature copies of complaints filed with the Elections Commission, reports concerning possible violations of election laws, postelection audits of electronic voting systems, printing absentee ballot applications for recounts, and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Vetoed 2021
• SB 943 Relating to: requiring the Elections Commission to send guidance documents to the Joint Committee for Review of Administrative Rules. Vetoed 2021
• SB 946 Relating to: whistleblower protection for municipal clerks who witness and report election fraud or irregularities. Died at session end 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
• AB 1003 Relating to: the resolution of complaints filed with the Elections Commission, submitting to the legislature copies of complaints filed with the Elections Commission, reports concerning possible violations of election laws, postelection audits of electronic voting systems, printing absentee ballot applications for recounts, and granting rule-making authority. (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 1006 Relating to: requiring the Elections Commission to send guidance documents to the Joint Committee for Review of Administrative Rules. Died at session end 2021
• AB 1008 Relating to: whistleblower protection for municipal clerks who witness and report election fraud or irregularities. 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 1066 Relating to: terms of office for certain appointed local officers. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AB 1070 Relating to: establishing a plan to register qualified electors who are detained in jail and to allow the electors to vote while detained. Died at session end 2021
• AB 1101 Relating to: the notice to complete the property tax exemption form. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• SB 1028 Relating to: the notice to complete the property tax exemption form. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AB 360 Relating to: elections to a lake protection and rehabilitation district board of commissioners. Died at session end 2019
• AB 834 Relating to: public notice of noncandidacy for incumbent local elected officials. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• AB 897 Relating to: investigations by the Elections Commission based on information from the Electronic Registration Information Center and from municipal clerks indicating that Wisconsin registered voters may have voted more than once in the same election, and complaints filed with the Elections Commission alleging election law violations. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• AB 970 Relating to: special registration deputies. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• AB 979 Relating to: sending or transmitting absentee ballots. Died at session end 2019
• SB 108 Relating to: vacancies in elective offices in cities and villages. Became law 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 335 Relating to: elections to a lake protection and rehabilitation district board of commissioners. Became law 2019
• SB 741 Relating to: public notice of noncandidacy for incumbent local elected officials. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• SB 795 Relating to: investigations by the Elections Commission based on information from the Electronic Registration Information Center and from municipal clerks indicating that Wisconsin registered voters may have voted more than once in the same election, and complaints filed with the Elections Commission alleging election law violations. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• SB 859 Relating to: special registration deputies. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• SB 868 Relating to: sending or transmitting absentee ballots. 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 168 Relating to: changing the requirement that certain city and village officials must execute and file an official bond. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• AB 375 Relating to: review and modification of voter registration lists. Died at session end 2017
• AB 494 Relating to: allowing local public officials to receive anything of value that the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation or the Department of Tourism is authorized to provide. Became law 2017
• AB 636 Relating to: removal of certain county officers. (FE) Became law 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
• SB 122 Relating to: changing the requirement that certain city and village officials must execute and file an official bond. (FE) Became law 2017
• SB 412 Relating to: allowing local public officials to receive anything of value that the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation or the Department of Tourism is authorized to provide. Died at session end 2017
• SB 871 Relating to: allowing in-person absentee voting with the county clerk. (FE) 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
• AB 58 Relating to: responding to a request for an absentee ballot. Died at session end 2015
• AB 79 Relating to: allowing municipal clerks to register voters on election day. Died at session end 2015
• AB 87 Relating to: state procurement of products and services from businesses located in this state and setting a goal for local government to purchase a certain percentage of products and services from businesses located in this state. (FE) 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
• SB 47 Relating to: responding to a request for an absentee ballot. Became law 2015
• SB 71 Relating to: allowing municipal clerks to register voters on election day. Became law 2015
• AB 269 Relating to: funding postretirement health care benefits of local government employees. Died at session end 2015
• AB 350 Relating to: state payments for municipal services. (FE) 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 388 Relating to: reorganizing the Government Accountability Board, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and making appropriations. (FE) Became law 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 404 Relating to: the sale of alcohol beverages by a municipality or county in a park. Died at session end 2015
• AB 439 Relating to: changing the publication notice requirement for certain budget actions taken by local governments. (FE) Became law 2015
• AB 515 Relating to: recycling grants for local governments and making an appropriation. (FE) Became law 2015
• AB 519 Relating to: compatible offices and positions for city, village, and town elective officeholders. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• AB 750 Relating to: eliminating the personal property tax. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• SB 192 Relating to: requiring the payment of health insurance premiums, and establishing a loan program, for survivors of a law enforcement officer, emergency medical technician, or fire fighter who dies, or has died, in the line of duty and making appropriations. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• SB 213 Relating to: funding postretirement health care benefits of local government employees. Died at session end 2015
• SB 232 Relating to: state procurement of products and services from businesses located in this state and setting a goal for local government to purchase a certain percentage of products and services from businesses located in this state. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• SB 273 Relating to: state payments for municipal services. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• SB 279 Relating to: real estate transfer fee returns for conveyances exempt from the fee. (FE) Became law 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 294 Relating to: reorganizing the Government Accountability Board, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and making appropriations. (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 310 Relating to: changing the publication notice requirement for certain budget actions taken by local governments. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• SB 340 Relating to: recycling grants for local governments and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• SB 581 Relating to: compatible offices and positions for city, village, and town elective officeholders. (FE) Became law 2015
• SB 765 Relating to: eliminating the personal property tax. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• SB 771 Relating to: accepting absentee ballot applications in person on weekends. Died at session end 2015
• AB 54 Relating to: limiting the times for voting by absentee ballots in person. Died at session end 2013
• AB 89 Relating to: the method of reporting election returns by municipalities. Became law 2013
• SB 94 Relating to: the method of reporting election returns by municipalities. Died at session end 2013
• AB 128 Relating to: recall petition requirements. Died at session end 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 396 Relating to: absentee voting at residential care facilities. (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 690 Relating to: reporting registration and voting statistics. 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
• SB 114 Relating to: recall petition requirements. Died at session end 2013
• SB 267 Relating to: recording the type of identifying document provided by an elector as proof of residence. Became law 2013
• SB 297 Relating to: absentee voting at residential care facilities. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• SB 324 Relating to: limiting the times for voting by absentee ballots in person. Became law 2013
• SB 377 Relating to: reporting registration and voting statistics. Became law 2013
• SB 404 Relating to: voting at the entrance to an in-person absentee voting location by an elector with a disability. 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