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)
Bill status
failed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2020
Committee Review
Feb 2020
Assembly Passage
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 11, 2020
Last action Apr 1, 2020
Floor votes · Assembly Feb 20, 2020
How they voted
26–15
Passed
Total votes 41
Feb 20, 2020
D
Democratic15
100% Nay
R
Republican26
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
24
Key actions
4
Committee
5
Amendments
4
Feb 28, 2020
Committee
Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization
upper
Feb 20, 2020
Lower · Passed
Read a third time and passed
lower
Feb 20, 2020
Introduced
Point of order that Assembly Amendment 2 not germane under Assembly Rule 54 (3)(f) well taken
lower
Feb 20, 2020
Introduced
Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representatives Vining, Stubbs, L. Myers, Anderson, Billings, Bowen, Brostoff, Cabrera, Considine, Crowley, Doyle, Fields, Goyke, Haywood, Hebl, Hesselbein, Hintz, Kolste, McGuire, B. Meyers, Milroy, Neubauer, Ohnstad, Pope, Riemer, Sargent, Shankland, Sinicki, Spreitzer, Stuck, Subeck, C. Taylor, Vruwink and Zamarripa
lower
Feb 20, 2020
Lower · Passed
Assembly Amendment 1 adopted
lower
Feb 18, 2020
Committee
Referred to committee on Rules
lower
Feb 18, 2020
Lower · Passed
Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Campaigns and Elections, Ayes 5, Noes 3
lower
Feb 18, 2020
Lower · Passed
Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Campaigns and Elections, Ayes 5, Noes 3
lower
Feb 17, 2020
Introduced
Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Brandtjen
lower
Feb 11, 2020
Committee
Read first time and referred to Committee on Campaigns and Elections
lower
Feb 11, 2020
Introduced
Introduced by Representatives Brandtjen, Allen, Dittrich, Gundrum, Loudenbeck, Magnafici and Skowronski;
cosponsored by Senators Bernier, Wanggaard, Craig and Jacque
lower
4 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Amy Loudenbeck
RRepublican
P
Janel Brandtjen
RRepublican
P
Ken Skowronski
RRepublican
P
Scott Allen
RRepublican
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