hist177517Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 to Assembly Bill 567 offered by committee on Campaigns and Elections. hist177518Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 572 offered by committee on Campaigns and Elections. _____________
Introduction and Reference of Proposals
Read first time and referred:
Relating to: condemning the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement and condemning the increasing incidents of anti-Semitism.
By Representatives Murphy, S. Johnson, Armstrong, Bodden, Brandtjen, Dittrich, Donovan, Goeben, Gundrum, Maxey, Michalski, O'Connor, Rettinger and Schraa.
Relating to: recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
By Representatives Murphy, S. Johnson, Bodden, Brandtjen, Dittrich, Donovan, Gundrum, Michalski, O'Connor, Rettinger and Schraa.
Relating to: mourning the loss of all Americans murdered by Hamas in its attack against Israel and calling for the swift and safe release of Americans held hostage and the return of Americans murdered.
By Representatives S. Johnson, Dittrich, Hurd, Schmidt, O'Connor, Baldeh, Ortiz-Velez, Melotik, Behnke, Gundrum, Wichgers, Tittl and Brandtjen; cosponsored by Senator Jacque.
Relating to: declaring November 2023 as Veterans' Mental Health and Suicide Awareness Month in Wisconsin.
By Representatives Kurtz, Moore Omokunde, Riemer, Vining, Edming, C. Anderson, Andraca, Bare, Binsfeld, Brandtjen, Callahan, Conley, Considine, Dittrich, Donovan, Doyle, Drake, Duchow, Emerson, Gundrum, Gustafson, Joers, S. Johnson, Kitchens, Krug, Macco, Magnafici, Melotik, Murphy, Mursau, Nedweski, Novak, O'Connor, Ohnstad, Ortiz-Velez, Palmeri, Pronschinske, Ratcliff, Rettinger, Rozar, Schmidt, Shankland, Shelton, Sinicki, Snodgrass, Spiros, Steffen, Stubbs, Subeck, Wichgers and Jacobson; cosponsored by Senators Testin, Wirch, Ballweg, Bradley, Cabral-Guevara, Carpenter, Cowles, Felzkowski, Feyen, Hesselbein, James, Larson, Marklein, Nass, Pfaff, Roys, Spreitzer, Taylor and Wanggaard.
Relating to: proclaiming November 13 to 19, 2023 as Wisconsin Apprenticeship Week.
By Representatives Oldenburg, Petryk, Andraca, Armstrong, Callahan, Dittrich, Drake, Gundrum, Hurd, Jacobson, S. Johnson, Kitchens, Magnafici, Michalski, Moses, Murphy, Mursau, Novak, O'Connor, Penterman, Rettinger, Shankland, Sinicki and Edming; cosponsored by Senators Feyen, Cowles, Jacque and Taylor.
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Committee Reports
The committee on Campaigns and Elections reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 476
Relating to: filling vacancies in elective state offices in the executive branch.
Ayes: 5 - Representatives Krug, Maxey, Murphy, Tittl and Tusler.
Noes: 3 - Representatives Snodgrass, Subeck and C. Anderson.
Assembly Bill 493
Relating to: counting write-in votes in the general election.
Ayes: 5 - Representatives Krug, Maxey, Murphy, Tittl and Tusler.
Noes: 3 - Representatives Snodgrass, Subeck and C. Anderson.
Assembly Bill 543
Relating to: election observers and providing a penalty.
Ayes: 5 - Representatives Krug, Maxey, Murphy, Tittl and Tusler.
Noes: 3 - Representatives Snodgrass, Subeck and C. Anderson.
Ayes: 7 - Representatives Krug, Maxey, Murphy, Tittl, Tusler, Snodgrass and C. Anderson.
Noes: 1 - Representative Subeck.
Ayes: 5 - Representatives Krug, Maxey, Murphy, Tittl and Tusler.
Noes: 3 - Representatives Snodgrass, Subeck and C. Anderson.
Assembly Bill 552
Relating to: setting a maximum age for serving as a supreme court justice or judge of a court of record.
Ayes: 4 - Representatives Krug, Maxey, Murphy and Tittl.
Noes: 4 - Representatives Tusler, Snodgrass, Subeck and C. Anderson.
Assembly Bill 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.
hist177579Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 adoption: Ayes: 8 - Representatives Krug, Maxey, Murphy, Tittl, Tusler, Snodgrass, Subeck and C. Anderson.
Noes: 0.
Ayes: 8 - Representatives Krug, Maxey, Murphy, Tittl, Tusler, Snodgrass, Subeck and C. Anderson.
Noes: 0.
Assembly Bill 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.
Ayes: 5 - Representatives Krug, Maxey, Murphy, Tittl and Tusler.
Noes: 3 - Representatives Snodgrass, Subeck and C. Anderson.
Ayes: 5 - Representatives Krug, Maxey, Murphy, Tittl and Tusler.
Noes: 3 - Representatives Snodgrass, Subeck and C. Anderson.
Assembly Bill 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.
Ayes: 8 - Representatives Krug, Maxey, Murphy, Tittl, Tusler, Snodgrass, Subeck and C. Anderson.
Noes: 0.
Ayes: 5 - Representatives Krug, Maxey, Murphy, Tittl and Tusler.
Noes: 3 - Representatives Snodgrass, Subeck and C. Anderson.
Assembly Bill 572
Relating to: absentee voting in certain residential care facilities and retirement homes and court determinations of incompetency and ineligibility to vote.
hist177598Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption: Ayes: 8 - Representatives Krug, Maxey, Murphy, Tittl, Tusler, Snodgrass, Subeck and C. Anderson.
