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2019 Senate Committee on Elections, Ethics and Rural Issues


Committee Clerk

Scott Nelson

Legislative Council Staff

Katie Bender-Olson

Hearing Notices

Items In Committee

Item
Description
Main Author(s) and Status
  • ETH-CARLTON
    of Tallahassee, FL, as Administrator of the Wisconsin Ethics Commission, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2019.
    Wisconsin Ethics Commission
    S-Elections, Ethics and Rural Issues
  • SB75
    Relating to: establishing campaign contribution limits for contributions to certain persons.
    Senator Larson
    Representative Sargent
    S-Elections, Ethics and Rural Issues
  • SB76
    Relating to: decreasing individual and candidate committee contributions for statewide officeholders.
    Senator Larson
    Representative Sargent
    S-Elections, Ethics and Rural Issues
  • SB77
    Relating to: reducing limits for contributions from political action committees.
    Senator Larson
    Representative Sinicki
    S-Elections, Ethics and Rural Issues
  • SB78
    Relating to: the definition of political action committee for campaign finance purposes.
    Senator Larson
    Representative Anderson
    S-Elections, Ethics and Rural Issues
  • SB79
    Relating to: coordination of mass communications.
    Senator Larson
    Representative Anderson
    S-Elections, Ethics and Rural Issues
  • SB80
    Relating to: contributions by corporations, cooperative associations, labor organizations, and federally recognized American Indian Tribes.
    Senator Larson
    Representative Brostoff
    S-Elections, Ethics and Rural Issues
  • SB81
    Relating to: reporting a contributor's place of employment.
    Senator Larson
    Representative Brostoff
    S-Elections, Ethics and Rural Issues
  • SB159
    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.
    Senator Smith
    Representative Emerson
    S-Elections, Ethics and Rural Issues
  • SB293
    Relating to: automatic voter registration and the integration of registration information with information maintained by the Department of Transportation and other state agencies and granting rule-making authority.
    Senator Hansen
    Representative Crowley
    S-Elections, Ethics and Rural Issues
  • SB335
    Relating to: elections to a lake protection and rehabilitation district board of commissioners.
    Senator Stroebel
    Representative Gundrum
    S-Elections, Ethics and Rural Issues
  • SB394
    Relating to: electronic health records at recreational and educational camps.
    Senator Tiffany
    Representative Oldenburg
    S-Elections, Ethics and Rural Issues
  • SB396
    Relating to: regulation of recreational and educational camps, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority.
    Senator Tiffany
    Representative Felzkowski
    S-Elections, Ethics and Rural Issues
  • SB399
    Relating to: temporary practice by physicians at camps, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority.
    Senator Petrowski
    Representative Edming
    S-Elections, Ethics and Rural Issues
  • SB410
    Relating to: temporary practice by registered nurses at camps, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority.
    Senator Petrowski
    Representative Magnafici
    S-Elections, Ethics and Rural Issues
  • SJR9
    Relating to: an advisory referendum on an amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
    Senator Hansen
    Representative Subeck
    S-Elections, Ethics and Rural Issues

Items Out of Committee

Item
Description
Main Author(s) and Status
  • CR18-017
    Relating to reporting of lobbying activity.
    Ethics Commission
    S-Committee Action Complete
  • CR18-047
    Relating to the parts of Chapter ETH 1 that have been ruled unconstitutional or have been deemd inconsistent with the new campaign finance law created by 2015 Act 117.
    Ethics Commission
    S-Committee Action Complete
  • EAVANAKKEREN
    of Sheboygan, as a Legislative Joint Appointment on the Wisconsin Ethics Commission, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2024.
    Wisconsin Ethics Commission
    S-Confirmed
  • EABOSTELMANN
    of Green Lake, as Gubernatorial Appointment of the Wisconsin Elections Commission, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2024.
    Wisconsin Elections Commission
    S-Available for Scheduling
  • ELE-WOLFEM
    of Madison, as Administrator of the Wisconsin Elections Commission, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2023.
    Wisconsin Elections Commission
    S-Confirmed
  • ELE-WOLFE
    of Madison, as Administrator of the Wisconsin Elections Commission, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2019.
    Wisconsin Elections Commission
    S-Confirmed
  • ETH-CARLTOND
    of Middleton, as Administrator of the Wisconsin Ethics Commission, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2023.
    Wisconsin Ethics Commission
    S-Available for Scheduling
  • SB48
    Relating to: allowing an elector to show his or her marked ballot.
    Senator Craig
    Representative Brooks
    S-Available for Scheduling
  • SB71
    Relating to: aids to counties and municipalities for certain special election costs and making an appropriation.
    Senator Jacque
    Representative Sortwell
    A-Received
  • SB108
    Relating to: vacancies in elective offices in cities and villages.
    Senator Stroebel
    Representative Brooks
    S-Available for Scheduling
  • SB193
    Relating to: using an electronic voting machine to cast a vote with an in-person absentee ballot and providing a penalty.
    Senator Craig
    Representative Brandtjen
    S-Available for Scheduling
  • SB221
    Relating to: an elector using a W-2 form to establish residence.
    Senator Bernier
    Representative Thiesfeldt
    S-Available for Scheduling
  • SB240
    Relating to: elections administration, recall petitions, and recount procedures.
    Senator Bernier
    Representative Tusler
    S-Available for Scheduling
  • SB241
    Relating to: voter registration.
    Senator Bernier
    Representative Tusler
    S-Available for Scheduling
  • SB242
    Relating to: absentee voting, voting procedures, and providing a penalty.
    Senator Bernier
    Representative Tusler
    S-Available for Scheduling
  • SB246
    Relating to: the requirement for stating name and address prior to voting.
    Senator Bernier
    Representative Zimmerman
    S-Hold (Available for Scheduling)
  • SB406
    Relating to: prohibiting a judge from holding a nonjudicial office of public trust while serving in the office to which the judge was appointed or elected.
    Senator Darling
    Representative Hutton
    S-Available for Scheduling
  • SB422
    Relating to: time for issuing a certificate of election.
    Senator Bernier
    Representative Magnafici
    S-Available for Scheduling

Items In Committee

Item
Description
Main Author(s) and Status
  • ETH-CARLTON
    of Tallahassee, FL, as Administrator of the Wisconsin Ethics Commission, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2019.
    Wisconsin Ethics Commission
    S-Elections, Ethics and Rural Issues
  • SB75
    Relating to: establishing campaign contribution limits for contributions to certain persons.
    Senator Larson
    Representative Sargent
    S-Elections, Ethics and Rural Issues
  • SB76
    Relating to: decreasing individual and candidate committee contributions for statewide officeholders.
    Senator Larson
    Representative Sargent
    S-Elections, Ethics and Rural Issues
  • SB77
    Relating to: reducing limits for contributions from political action committees.
    Senator Larson
    Representative Sinicki
    S-Elections, Ethics and Rural Issues
  • SB78
    Relating to: the definition of political action committee for campaign finance purposes.
    Senator Larson
    Representative Anderson
    S-Elections, Ethics and Rural Issues
  • SB79
    Relating to: coordination of mass communications.
    Senator Larson
    Representative Anderson
    S-Elections, Ethics and Rural Issues
  • SB80
    Relating to: contributions by corporations, cooperative associations, labor organizations, and federally recognized American Indian Tribes.
    Senator Larson
    Representative Brostoff
    S-Elections, Ethics and Rural Issues
  • SB81
    Relating to: reporting a contributor's place of employment.
    Senator Larson
    Representative Brostoff
    S-Elections, Ethics and Rural Issues
  • SB159
    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.
    Senator Smith
    Representative Emerson
    S-Elections, Ethics and Rural Issues
  • SB293
    Relating to: automatic voter registration and the integration of registration information with information maintained by the Department of Transportation and other state agencies and granting rule-making authority.
    Senator Hansen
    Representative Crowley
    S-Elections, Ethics and Rural Issues
  • SB335
    Relating to: elections to a lake protection and rehabilitation district board of commissioners.
    Senator Stroebel
    Representative Gundrum
    S-Elections, Ethics and Rural Issues
  • SB394
    Relating to: electronic health records at recreational and educational camps.
    Senator Tiffany
    Representative Oldenburg
    S-Elections, Ethics and Rural Issues
  • SB396
    Relating to: regulation of recreational and educational camps, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority.
    Senator Tiffany
    Representative Felzkowski
    S-Elections, Ethics and Rural Issues
  • SB399
    Relating to: temporary practice by physicians at camps, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority.
    Senator Petrowski
    Representative Edming
    S-Elections, Ethics and Rural Issues
  • SB410
    Relating to: temporary practice by registered nurses at camps, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority.
    Senator Petrowski
    Representative Magnafici
    S-Elections, Ethics and Rural Issues
  • SJR9
    Relating to: an advisory referendum on an amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
    Senator Hansen
    Representative Subeck
    S-Elections, Ethics and Rural Issues

Items Out of Committee

Item
Description
Main Author(s) and Status
  • CR18-017
    Relating to reporting of lobbying activity.
    Ethics Commission
    S-Committee Action Complete
  • CR18-047
    Relating to the parts of Chapter ETH 1 that have been ruled unconstitutional or have been deemd inconsistent with the new campaign finance law created by 2015 Act 117.
    Ethics Commission
    S-Committee Action Complete
  • EAVANAKKEREN
    of Sheboygan, as a Legislative Joint Appointment on the Wisconsin Ethics Commission, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2024.
    Wisconsin Ethics Commission
    S-Confirmed
  • EABOSTELMANN
    of Green Lake, as Gubernatorial Appointment of the Wisconsin Elections Commission, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2024.
    Wisconsin Elections Commission
    S-Available for Scheduling
  • ELE-WOLFEM
    of Madison, as Administrator of the Wisconsin Elections Commission, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2023.
    Wisconsin Elections Commission
    S-Confirmed
  • ELE-WOLFE
    of Madison, as Administrator of the Wisconsin Elections Commission, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2019.
    Wisconsin Elections Commission
    S-Confirmed
  • ETH-CARLTOND
    of Middleton, as Administrator of the Wisconsin Ethics Commission, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2023.
    Wisconsin Ethics Commission
    S-Available for Scheduling
  • SB48
    Relating to: allowing an elector to show his or her marked ballot.
    Senator Craig
    Representative Brooks
    S-Available for Scheduling
  • SB71
    Relating to: aids to counties and municipalities for certain special election costs and making an appropriation.
    Senator Jacque
    Representative Sortwell
    A-Received
  • SB108
    Relating to: vacancies in elective offices in cities and villages.
    Senator Stroebel
    Representative Brooks
    S-Available for Scheduling
  • SB193
    Relating to: using an electronic voting machine to cast a vote with an in-person absentee ballot and providing a penalty.
    Senator Craig
    Representative Brandtjen
    S-Available for Scheduling
  • SB221
    Relating to: an elector using a W-2 form to establish residence.
    Senator Bernier
    Representative Thiesfeldt
    S-Available for Scheduling
  • SB240
    Relating to: elections administration, recall petitions, and recount procedures.
    Senator Bernier
    Representative Tusler
    S-Available for Scheduling
  • SB241
    Relating to: voter registration.
    Senator Bernier
    Representative Tusler
    S-Available for Scheduling
  • SB242
    Relating to: absentee voting, voting procedures, and providing a penalty.
    Senator Bernier
    Representative Tusler
    S-Available for Scheduling
  • SB246
    Relating to: the requirement for stating name and address prior to voting.
    Senator Bernier
    Representative Zimmerman
    S-Hold (Available for Scheduling)
  • SB406
    Relating to: prohibiting a judge from holding a nonjudicial office of public trust while serving in the office to which the judge was appointed or elected.
    Senator Darling
    Representative Hutton
    S-Available for Scheduling
  • SB422
    Relating to: time for issuing a certificate of election.
    Senator Bernier
    Representative Magnafici
    S-Available for Scheduling