Wisconsin 2023-2024 Regular Session Status: In Committee 13 R cosponsors

AB 1037 — Relating to: witness address requirements on absentee ballot certificates, curing defects on absentee ballot certificates, and providing a penalty.

Last action — Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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    Passed Assembly
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2023-2024 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

In plain language

This bill adjusts witness address requirements on absentee ballot certificates and outlines penalties for violations.

This bill mandates that absentee ballot witness certificates include specific address information to ensure validity. It also establishes penalties for unauthorized corrections to ballot certificates.

What this means for you
  • Workers: Workers may need to ensure accurate witness information on their absentee ballots to avoid disenfranchisement.

Bill Text

How this bill changes current law

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The bill establishes specific witness address requirements for absentee ballot certificates and introduces penalties for unauthorized corrections.

  • 6.86 (6)

    An elector who mails or personally delivers an absentee ballot to the municipal clerk at an election is not permitted to vote in person at the same election on election day.

    Clarifies that once an absentee ballot is submitted, the elector cannot vote in person on election day.

  • 6.87 (2) (intro.)

    The certificate shall also include... → The certificate shall include a distinct field for each item required to be entered under sub. (6d) and shall be in substantially the following form:

    Adds specific requirements for how information must be organized on the absentee ballot certificate.

  • 6.87 (6d)

    The witness's printed first name. The witness's printed last name. The witness's house or apartment number. The witness's street name. The witness's municipality. The witness's state. The witness's zip code.

    Mandates that specific witness information must be included on absentee ballot certificates for them to be counted.

  • 6.87 (9)

    No person other than the elector, or the witness with respect to the witness certificate, may correct a defect in the elector's absentee ballot certificate. Whoever violates this paragraph is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed $500 or imprisonment not to exceed 30 days, or both.

    Introduces a misdemeanor penalty for unauthorized corrections to absentee ballot certificates.

  • 6.87 (6d) (intro.)

    If a certificate is missing the address of a follow... → If a certificate is missing the address of a following witness information, the ballot may not be counted.

    Specifies that ballots with missing witness address information will not be counted.

Action History

  1. Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

  2. Referred to committee on Rules

  3. Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Campaigns and Elections, Ayes 5, Noes 3

  4. Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Campaigns and Elections, Ayes 8, Noes 0

  5. Executive action taken

  6. Representative Behnke added as a coauthor

  7. Representative Gundrum added as a coauthor

  8. Public hearing held

  9. Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Rozar

  10. Representative Steffen added as a coauthor

  11. Read first time and referred to Committee on Campaigns and Elections

  12. Introduced by Representatives Rozar, Krug, Allen, Binsfeld, Bodden, Brandtjen, Dittrich, Goeben, Hurd, Kitchens, Maxey, Melotik, Moses, O'Connor, Penterman, Sortwell and Wichgers; cosponsored by Senators Tomczyk, Bradley, Cabral-Guevara, James and Testin

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17 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 115 not signed on

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Not signed on (115)

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors AB 1037?
AB 1037 is sponsored by Rozar, Krug, Scott (Republican), Allen, Scott (Republican), Binsfeld, Bodden, Brandtjen, Dittrich, Barbara (Republican), Goeben, Joy (Republican), Hurd, Karen (Republican), Kitchens, Joel (Republican), Maxey, Dave (Republican), Melotik, Paul (Republican), Moses, Clint (Republican), O'Connor, Jerry (Republican), Penterman, William (Republican), Sortwell, Shae (Republican), and Wichgers, Chuck (Republican).
What is the current status of AB 1037?
This bill died with 2023-2024 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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