February 6, 2025 - Introduced by Joint Committee for Review of Administrative Rules. Referred to Committee on Campaigns and Elections.
AB13,1,2
1An Act to create 5.051 of the statutes; relating to: the suspension of a rule of
2the Elections Commission. Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill is introduced as required by s. 227.26 (2) (j), stats., in support of the action of the Joint Committee for Review of Administrative Rules in suspending emergency rule 2407 of the Wisconsin Elections Commission on July 22, 2024. The suspended emergency rule prohibited municipalities from 1) providing absentee electors with any uniform instructions for absentee voting other than those prescribed by the commission and 2) representing that any additional administrative or logistical instructions are the uniform instructions prescribed by the commission.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
AB13,13Section 1. 5.051 of the statutes is created to read: AB13,2,245.051 Repeal of emergency rule. The emergency rule promulgated by the 5elections commission that took effect on June 10, 2024, and that created s. EL 6.05,
1Wis. Adm. Code, relating to mandatory use of uniform instructions for absentee 2voting, is repealed.
