Wisconsin Legislature: Elections

Exception to 40-year recording requirement for recorded access easements created - Act 174

DMA to use certain federal moneys for statewide public safety interoperable communications system, emergency services IP network contracts, and geographic information systems database; Building Commission to use certain federal moneys for psychiatric bed capacity expansion in certain hospitals [vetoed] - AB240

Agricultural exports increase: DATCP and WEDC to submit 5-year proposal to JCF [Sec. 23, 24, 9102 (1)] [24, 9102 (1) -- vetoed] - Act 58

Agricultural exports program established; plan, report, and audit required - Act 92

Business development tax credit: report on unallocated tax benefit [Sec. 365] [vetoed] - Act 58

Cooperative feasibility studies grants from WEDC [Sec. 9149 (1)] - Act 58

Farmers and WEDC rural economic development programs: allocating certain federal moneys re COVID-19 pandemic [vetoed] - AB235

Laws administered by DOR: revisions re shared revenue, property assessment, income taxes, sales tax, and payments from counties to towns; income tax exemption for certain income and grants related to COVID-19 relief - Act 1

“Pro-Cop Wisconsin Campaign”: WEDC and DOJ to collaborate on marketing campaign; Governor to allocate federal moneys [vetoed] - AB831

Qualified new business venture: eligibility for angel and early stage seed investment tax credits revised - Act 224

Shovel-ready workforce development site program established [vetoed] - SB629

Talent attraction and retention initiatives: allocation of federal moneys to focus on veterans [vetoed] - AB888

Talent attraction and retention initiatives re 2021 WisAct 58: WEDC to submit expenditure plan to JCF [vetoed] - AB940

Talent attraction and retention initiatives [Sec. 9149 (2)] - Act 58

Verso Paper Mill and Park Falls Pulp and Paper Mill: loans for purchase of from certain federal moneys [vetoed] - AB367

CESA employees may request wage payments over a 12-month period - Act 144

Actions for violations of election laws revisions re venue and filing a complaint [vetoed] - SB213

Election prohibitions re use of private resources for election administration, nonresidents counting or tabulating votes, and poll workers who are also employees of candidate groups, political organization, or issue advocacy group; Elections Commission and felony penalty provisions [vetoed] - AB173

Noncandidacy for incumbent local elected officials: public notice requirements - Act 33

Oversight of elections in this state: changes re federal funds, federal election guidance, registration and voting statistics, Elections Commission legal counsel, and archived copy of the registration list; reports and LAB duties [vetoed] - SB941

Voting at retirement homes and residential care facilities during public health emergency or infectious disease incident; use of private resources for election administration prohibited; election fraud committed by election officials expanded; appointment of poll workers prohibitions; municipal board of canvassers may recess under certain conditions [vetoed] - SB935

Absentee ballot changes re application, indefinitely confined voter, automatic receipt, photo ID requirement, unsolicited mailing or transmission of application or ballot, and canvassing; completed electronic voter registration applications retained; Elections Commission and penalty provisions [vetoed] - SB204

Absentee ballot changes re applications, automatic receipt, photo ID requirement, unsolicited mailing or transmission of applications or ballots, and secure delivery; voter registration requirements and electronic voter registration provisions [vetoed] - SB939

Absentee ballot changes re obtaining and returning; penalty provision [vetoed] - SB203

Complaints filed with the Elections Commission re election law violations: resolution, submitting copies to the legislature, and reports required; postelection audits of electronic voting systems required and LAB duties; printing absentee ballot applications received electronically for recounts [vetoed] - SB936

Election fraud by election official and defects on absentee ballot certificates revisions; penalty provisions [vetoed] - SB212

Indefinitely confined voter status for purposes of receiving absentee ballots automatically: revisions and penalty provisions; conditions for removal from status list specified [vetoed] - SB937

Special voting deputies visiting residential care facilities or qualified retirement homes: administrator notification to occupants’ relatives, appointment by municipal clerk, conditions for the visit, and penalty for influencing an occupant’s decision to cast a ballot [vetoed] - SB205

Voting at retirement homes and residential care facilities during public health emergency or infectious disease incident; use of private resources for election administration prohibited; election fraud committed by election officials expanded; appointment of poll workers prohibitions; municipal board of canvassers may recess under certain conditions [vetoed] - SB935

Actions for violations of election laws revisions re venue and filing a complaint [vetoed] - SB213

Campaign finance changes - Act 265

Complaints filed with the Elections Commission re election law violations: resolution, submitting copies to the legislature, and reports required; postelection audits of electronic voting systems required and LAB duties; printing absentee ballot applications received electronically for recounts [vetoed] - SB936

Election observer procedures revised; recount and penalty provisions [vetoed] - SB210

Actions for violations of election laws revisions re venue and filing a complaint [vetoed] - SB213

Disqualified prospective jurors: notification to election officials and Elections Commission when person does not live in the circuit court jurisdiction or is not a U.S. citizen [vetoed] - SB945

Election fraud by election official and defects on absentee ballot certificates revisions; penalty provisions [vetoed] - SB212

Election inspector: pupils enrolled in a home-based private educational program may serve as; conditions specified - Act 34

Election prohibitions re use of private resources for election administration, nonresidents counting or tabulating votes, and poll workers who are also employees of candidate groups, political organization, or issue advocacy group; Elections Commission and felony penalty provisions [vetoed] - AB173

Municipal live broadcast of canvassing proceeding in any election must be recorded [vetoed] - SB292

Special voting deputies visiting residential care facilities or qualified retirement homes: administrator notification to occupants’ relatives, appointment by municipal clerk, conditions for the visit, and penalty for influencing an occupant’s decision to cast a ballot [vetoed] - SB205

Voting at retirement homes and residential care facilities during public health emergency or infectious disease incident; use of private resources for election administration prohibited; election fraud committed by election officials expanded; appointment of poll workers prohibitions; municipal board of canvassers may recess under certain conditions [vetoed] - SB935

Absentee ballot changes re application, indefinitely confined voter, automatic receipt, photo ID requirement, unsolicited mailing or transmission of application or ballot, and canvassing; completed electronic voter registration applications retained; Elections Commission and penalty provisions [vetoed] - SB204

Absentee ballot changes re applications, automatic receipt, photo ID requirement, unsolicited mailing or transmission of applications or ballots, and secure delivery; voter registration requirements and electronic voter registration provisions [vetoed] - SB939

Elections Commission and DOT agreement re matching personally identifiable information: verification of U.S. citizenship requirement; DOT to add “Not valid for voting purposes” on operator’s licenses and ID cards of noncitizens [vetoed] - SB938

Elections Commission and DOT agreement to match personally identifiable information: checking voter registration changes and resolving discrepancies [vetoed] - SB940

Oversight of elections in this state: changes re federal funds, federal election guidance, registration and voting statistics, Elections Commission legal counsel, and archived copy of the registration list; reports and LAB duties [vetoed] - SB941

Voter registration list: appropriation for money from sales [Sec. 89, 166, 9212 (1)] - Act 58