Wisconsin Senate Bill 685

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 14-0)
Status: Failed on April 15 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-04-15 - Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

An Act to repeal 5.85 (5), 5.86 and 7.03 (1) (c); to renumber and amend 7.52 (1) (a); to amend 5.05 (12), 5.056, 5.84 (1), 5.84 (2), 5.85 (1), 5.87 (1), 5.91 (17), 6.15 (4) (a), 6.15 (4) (b), 6.29 (2) (am), 6.55 (2) (cs), 6.56 (3m), 6.79 (2) (dm), 6.86 (1) (b), 6.87 (6), 6.88 (1), 6.88 (2), 7.15 (1) (cm), 7.37 (12), 7.51 (1), 7.52 (2), 7.52 (3) (a), 7.52 (4) (a), 7.52 (9) and 54.25 (2) (c) 1. g.; and to create 5.05 (5g), 5.057, 6.88 (4), 7.15 (16), 7.52 (1) (d) to (h), 7.52 (10), 7.52 (11), 66.0512 and 756.04 (11) (am) of the statutes; 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)

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)

Sen. Rachael Cabral-Guevara [R]	Rep. Ron Tusler [R]	Rep. Dave Maxey [R]	Rep. David Armstrong [R]
Rep. Barbara Dittrich [R]	Rep. Bob Donovan [R]	Rep. Joel Kitchens [R]	Rep. Tom Michalski [R]
Rep. David Murphy [R]	Rep. Jerry O'Connor [R]	Rep. Nik Rettinger [R]	Rep. Donna Rozar [R]
Rep. Michael Schraa [R]	Rep. David Steffen [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-04-15	Senate	Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
2023-12-12	Senate	Public hearing held
2023-12-11	Senate	Fiscal estimate received
2023-11-15	Senate	Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senator Cabral-Guevara
2023-11-15	Senate	Read first time and referred to Committee on Shared Revenue, Elections and Consumer Protection
2023-11-15	Senate	Introduced

Type	Source
Summary	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb685
Text	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2023/REG/SB685.pdf
Amendment	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2023/REG/SB685-SSA1.pdf
Supplement	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/related/fe/sb685/sb685_elec.pdf
Supplement	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/related/records/senate/shared_revenue_elections_and_consumer_protection/1790528.pdf