Wisconsin Legislature: Elections

Budget process: withholding pay and expenses from legislators and certain state elected officials if not passed by August 1 of odd-numbered year; acceptance of political contributions by partisan elective state officials prohibited between certain dates, penalty provision; deadlines for budget message from the Governor, Building Commission's long-range state building program budget, and state agencies' biennial budget requests revised; legislative consideration of biennial budget bill and identification of nonfiscal policy items, JCF and LRB duties; if not passed by certain date, any non-budget legislation may not be considered or requested until budget passes; JRCCP report - AB117

Campaign contributions prohibited from a legal entity (and officers or owners) in a contract with or receiving a loan or grant from a state agency to certain elective state officers; penalty provisions - AB327

Campaign finance law revisions re registration and filing reports, disbursement limitations, independent disbursements, contribution limitations and restrictions, legislative campaign committees, disposition of residual or excess funds, WECF, and penalty provisions; free time on public broadcasting television stations and public access channels repealed; Public Integrity Endowment income tax credit; public financing of campaigns for justice; JRCCP report - AB388

Campaign finance law revisions re registration and filing reports, disbursement limitations, independent disbursements, contribution limitations and restrictions, legislative campaign committees, disposition of residual or excess funds, WECF, and penalty provisions; free time on public broadcasting television stations and public access channels repealed; Public Integrity Endowment income tax credit; public financing of campaigns for justice; JRCCP report - SB221

Campaign finance law: scope of regulated activity expanded to include organizations or individuals who, within 60 days of an election, make a communication about a candidate or political party via the media; exceptions specified; forfeiture and fine penalty provisions - AB63

Campaign finance law: scope of regulated activity expanded to include organizations or individuals who, within 60 days of an election, make a communication about a candidate or political party via the media; exceptions specified; forfeiture and fine penalty provisions - SB43

Campaign finance reports: exception for registrants without an office or street address in this state deleted; report requirements and exceptions provided - AB104

Campaign finance reports: exception for registrants without an office or street address in this state deleted; report requirements and exceptions provided - SB68

Campaign finance reports may be filed electronically or on paper - SB236

Electronic filing of campaign finance reports: GAB directed to provide an Internet-based system and to permit registrants to file online or using certain software - AB494

Justice of the Supreme Court: changes to 2009 WisAct 89 re public financing for campaigns for office of [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, eliminates requirement that communications from candidates who do not accept public grants indicate they were paid for with money from private sources] - AB913

Justice of the Supreme Court: changes to 2009 WisAct 89 re public financing for campaigns for office of - SB658

Justice of the Supreme Court: laws revised for public financing of campaigns for office of - AB388

Justice of the Supreme Court: laws revised for public financing of campaigns for office of - SB221

Justice of the Supreme Court: laws revised for public financing of campaigns for office of; amount of the individual income tax checkoff for WECF increased - AB65

Justice of the Supreme Court: laws revised for public financing of campaigns for office of; amount of the individual income tax checkoff for WECF increased; JRCCP report [S.Amdt.2: State Treasurer duties added, check changed to line of credit] - SB40

Local elections board, local regulation of campaign contributions, enforcement, and registration and reporting: county, city, town, and village authorized to create and enact ordinances; GAB provision - AB619

Political contributions accepted by certain elective state officials and committees prohibited during specified period re biennial budget; exceptions and penalty provisions; JRCCP report - SB23

Political contributions accepted by certain elective state officials, governor, lieutenant governor, and campaign committees prohibited during specified period re biennial budget; exceptions and penalty provisions; JRCCP report - AB42

Political disbursements by corporations and cooperatives prohibition deleted, registration statement must be filed; registration and reporting requirements imposed on individuals or organizations making a communication through the media about a candidate within 60 days of an election - AB812

Political disbursements by corporations and cooperatives prohibition deleted, registration statement must be filed; registration and reporting requirements imposed on individuals or organizations making a communication through the media about a candidate within 60 days of an election - SB540

Threshold for registration and reporting increased for persons or groups seeking to influence referendum results - AB645

Threshold for registration and reporting increased for persons or groups seeking to influence referendum results - SB417

WECF: individual income tax checkoff increased; Public Integrity Endowment and individual income tax credit for contributions to created; grant eligibility requirements and amounts revised - AB388

WECF: individual income tax checkoff increased; Public Integrity Endowment and individual income tax credit for contributions to created; grant eligibility requirements and amounts revised - SB221

Electronic voting system: retention period of certain election materials in state and local elections, recount provision - AB646

Electronic voting system: retention period of certain election materials in state and local elections, recount provision [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, retention provision removed, exception to data transfer requirement for tabulating equipment approved by GAB before certain date and not used in a federal election] - SB435

Local election-related inquiries re statewide elections and recounts: GAB required to allocate sufficient staff [Enrolled AB-75: Sec. 2q] - AB75

Election and voting law changes re deceptive election practices and voter intimidation, suppression, and protection; voter's bill of rights, GAB duties, report, and penalty provisions; JRCCP report - AB249

Election and voting law changes re deceptive election practices and voter intimidation, suppression, and protection; voter's bill of rights, GAB duties, report, and penalty provisions; JRCCP report - SB179

Election and voting laws revised; JRCCP report - AB895

Election and voting laws revised; JRCCP report - SB640

Election official residency requirement revisions - AB545

Elector challenging right of another elector to vote at a polling place: challenger must reside in same ward or election district as the challenged elector, proof of residence required - AB406

Elector challenging right of another elector to vote at a polling place: challenger must reside in same ward or election district as the challenged elector, proof of residence required - SB272

Election and voting laws revised; JRCCP report - AB895

Election and voting laws revised; JRCCP report - SB640

Electronic voter registration permitted with valid driver's license or state ID card, maintenance of voter registration forms provision; DOT and GAB duties - AB892

Electronic voter registration permitted with valid driver's license or state ID card, maintenance of voter registration forms provision; DOT and GAB duties - SB645

Identification requirement for voting in elections: at time of registration, electors may choose to be required to provide; absentee and provisional ballot provisions - AB814

Identification requirement for voting in elections: at time of registration, electors may choose to be required to provide; absentee and provisional ballot provisions - SB350

Identification requirement for voting in elections created, provisional and absentee ballot provisions; use of corroborating electors to verify residence discontinued; DOT ID card fee waived and obtaining a card without a photo for religious reasons; special voting deputies to certain adult family homes and residential care apartment complexes permitted - SB199

Identification requirement for voting in elections created, provisional and absentee ballot provisions; use of corroborating electors to verify residence discontinued; DOT ID card fee waived, obtaining a card without a photo for religious reasons, and issuing an identification certificate; special voting deputies to certain adult family homes and residential care apartment complexes permitted; GAB public informational campaign - AB947

Photographic ID required on election day to vote or register to vote at the polls: constitutional amendment (1st consideration) - AJR125

Qualified elector age requirement changed from 18 to 17: constitutional amendment (1st consideration) - AJR39

Right to vote lost only while incarcerated for a disqualifying offense, voting permitted while on parole or extended supervision; voter registration revisions; Corr.Dept, GAB, and Director of State Courts duties specified - AB353

Right to vote lost only while incarcerated for a disqualifying offense, voting permitted while on parole or extended supervision; voter registration revisions; Corr.Dept, GAB, and Director of State Courts duties specified - SB240

Satellite stations for absentee voting and voter registration: municipal clerk or board of election commissioners permitted to establish; requirements specified - AB39

Carbon monoxide detector requirements for buildings with one or two dwelling units, building inspector provision [S.Amdt.2: exception for tourist rooming house and dwelling with no attached garage, fireplace, or fuel-burning appliance] - SB415

Consumer electronic devices, including audio systems, televisions, and DVD players or recorders: sales prohibited if devices use more than a specified amount of electricity in ``standby mode" - AB649

Consumer electronic devices, including audio systems, televisions, and DVD players or recorders: sales prohibited if devices use more than a specified amount of electricity in ``standby mode" - SB450

Phosphorus in machine dishwashing products for household use: limit reduced - AB281

Energy efficiency and renewable resource programs revisions; PSC duties, report required - AB649

Energy efficiency and renewable resource programs revisions; PSC duties, report required - SB450

Energy efficiency improvements for customers: investor-owned electric or natural gas public utility may provide [Sec. 2471, 3203, 9341 (1); original bill only] - AB75

Fuel adjustment clause for electric public utilities [A.Amdts. to A.Sub.Amdt.1; deleted by Senate] - AB75

General fund balance transfer to the utility public benefits fund to pay DA and office employees' salaries; low-income assistance fee provision - SB512

IDB: portion may be allocated to clean energy manufacturing facilities and renewable power generating facilities; Comm.Dept duties - AB649

IDB: portion may be allocated to clean energy manufacturing facilities and renewable power generating facilities; Comm.Dept duties - SB450

Loans to manufacturing businesses for energy efficiency, retooling, clean energy production, and job creation; energy utility programs provision; Comm.Dept and PSC provisions - AB904

Loans to manufacturing businesses for energy efficiency, retooling, clean energy production, and job creation; energy utility programs provision; Comm.Dept and PSC provisions [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions; S.Amdt.1: water consumption tax credit created; S.Amdt.1 to S.Amdt.1: sunset provided] - SB651

Natural gas company exceptions to certain real estate transactions and court actions; municipal electric company revisions; certificate of public convenience and necessity exemption for certain high-voltage transmission line - AB857

Natural gas company exceptions to certain real estate transactions and court actions; municipal electric company revisions; certificate of public convenience and necessity exemption for certain high-voltage transmission line - SB615

Nuclear power plant construction: limits repealed - AB516

Nuclear power plant construction: limits repealed - SB340

Nuclear power plant construction: PSC approval revisions and duties; nonseverability provision - AB649

Nuclear power plant construction: PSC approval revisions and duties; nonseverability provision - SB450

Production plant generating electricity from wind power: utility aid payments to towns and counties modified - AB270

PSC authority re electric public utility fuel cost plan - AB600

Public benefit fees revised re weatherization or other services and DA salaries and fringe benefits; additional fee applies only to 2009-11 biennium [Enrolled AB-75: Sec. 64m, 542p, s, 558, 9101 (1f), 9113 (6x), 9413 (2x)] - AB75

Renewable energy from renewable facilities: PSC to issue order to retail electric utilities requiring them to offer to purchase - AB649

Renewable energy from renewable facilities: PSC to issue order to retail electric utilities requiring them to offer to purchase - SB450

Renewable portfolio standards: ``biomass" definition revised to include garbage and nonvegetation-based industrial, commercial, and household waste - AB88

Renewable portfolio standards revised; PSC duties and reports required; DOT report re transporting wind turbine components over the state's highways - AB649

Renewable portfolio standards revised; PSC duties and reports required; DOT report re transporting wind turbine components over the state's highways - SB450

Renewable resource credit based on use of solar energy, geothermal energy, biomass, or biogas that displaces the use of electricity created; PSC duties set - AB401

Renewable resource credit based on use of solar energy, geothermal energy, biomass, or biogas that displaces the use of electricity created; PSC duties set [S.Amdt.1: synthetic gas, densified fuel pellets, and fuel produced by pyrolysis of organic or waste material added] - SB273

Weatherization and other energy conservation services funding; sunset provision [Enrolled AB-75: Sec. 120b-y, 9101 (1f), 9401 (1f)] - AB75

Wind energy system: PSC to establish common standards for political subdivisions to regulate construction and operation of; definition, ordinance, enforcement, and PSC review provisions; exception for certain electric generating facilities with a certificate of public convenience and necessity - AB256

Wind energy system: PSC to establish common standards for political subdivisions to regulate construction and operation of; definition, ordinance, enforcement, and PSC review provisions; exception for certain electric generating facilities with a certificate of public convenience and necessity [S.Sub.Amdt.2: further revisions, Wind Siting Council created and report required] - SB185

Electrical code and licensing program administration: Comm.Dept to conduct cost-benefit analysis re use of contractor rather than department employee [Enrolled AB-75: Sec. 2157r] - AB75