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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to: polling place closures."
+description: "Relating to: polling place closures."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
+legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "AB 298"
+citation: "Wisconsin AB 298 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Baldeh", "Behnke", "Gundrum", "Gustafson", "Kitchens", "Krug", "Moses", "Myers", "Ortiz-Velez", "Sortwell", "Steffen", "Stubbs"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 39
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2023-05-25T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2024-03-21T05:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b7bd63e6-5ab6-4078-a70f-a196cd3e0973"
+source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab298"
+source_hash: "e8803a06a907da72ff4443076ba097eb6cb1abe6c16439a33ba07d1b83321fc6"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wi"]
+---
+
+# Wisconsin AB 298 (2023) — Relating to: polling place closures.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Assembly Substitute Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2023/REG/AB298-ASA1)
+2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2023/REG/AB298)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Campaigns and Elections, Ayes 7, Noes 2 — **7–2** (pass) · lower
+- Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Campaigns and Elections, Ayes 8, Noes 1 — **8–1** (pass) · lower
+- PASSAGE — **95–2** (pass) · lower
+- Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Shared Revenue, Elections and Consumer Protection, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
+- Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2 — **3–2** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Baldeh — primary (person)
+- Behnke — primary (person)
+- Gundrum — primary (person)
+- Gustafson — primary (person)
+- Kitchens — primary (person)
+- Krug — primary (person)
+- Moses — primary (person)
+- Myers — primary (person)
+- Ortiz-Velez — primary (person)
+- Sortwell — primary (person)
+- Steffen — primary (person)
+- Stubbs — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-05-25T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives Sortwell, Ortiz-Velez, Baldeh, Behnke, Gundrum, Gustafson, Kitchens, Moses, Myers, Steffen, Stubbs and Krug; cosponsored by Senators Taylor, Jacque, Ballweg and Tomczyk `introduction`
+- **2023-05-25T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Campaigns and Elections `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2023-06-06T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
+- **2023-06-19T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Sortwell
+- **2023-06-20T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
+- **2023-07-12T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Sortwell
+- **2023-11-03T05:00:00+00:00** Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Campaigns and Elections, Ayes 8, Noes 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-11-03T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Campaigns and Elections, Ayes 7, Noes 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-11-03T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
+- **2023-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 11-9-2023 by Committee on Rules
+- **2023-11-08T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Penterman added as a coauthor
+- **2023-11-08T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Sortwell and Ortiz-Velez
+- **2023-11-08T06:00:00+00:00** Representatives O'Connor and Maxey added as coauthors
+- **2023-11-09T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
+- **2023-11-09T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-11-09T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
+- **2023-11-09T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
+- **2023-11-09T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed, Ayes 95, Noes 2 `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-11-09T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Cabrera added as a coauthor
+- **2023-11-09T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
+- **2023-11-10T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly `receipt`
+- **2023-11-13T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Shared Revenue, Elections and Consumer Protection `referral-committee`
+- **2023-11-13T06:00:00+00:00** Senator Spreitzer added as a cosponsor
+- **2024-01-11T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
+- **2024-01-11T06:00:00+00:00** Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Shared Revenue, Elections and Consumer Protection, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-01-11T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
+- **2024-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2
+- **2024-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 2-13-2024 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
+- **2024-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
+- **2024-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
+- **2024-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
+- **2024-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage, reading-3`
+- **2024-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
+- **2024-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate concurred in `receipt`
+- **2024-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** LRB correction (Assembly Substitute Amendment 1)
+- **2024-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 2-19-2024 `enrolled`
+- **2024-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 3-18-2024 `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-03-21T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 3-21-2024. 2023 Wisconsin Act 124 `executive-signature`
+- **2024-03-21T05:00:00+00:00** Published 3-22-2024 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b7bd63e6-5ab6-4078-a70f-a196cd3e0973`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).
+