republic-os/legislation/us/states/wi/2023/ab-298.md

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Bill	Relating to: polling place closures.	Relating to: polling place closures.	us/states/wi	Wisconsin Legislature	2023	AB 298	Wisconsin AB 298 (2023)	bill		enacted	Baldeh Behnke Gundrum Gustafson Kitchens Krug Moses Myers Ortiz-Velez Sortwell Steffen Stubbs	2	39	5	2023-05-25T05:00:00+00:00	2024-03-21T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/b7bd63e6-5ab6-4078-a70f-a196cd3e0973	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab298	e8803a06a907da72ff4443076ba097eb6cb1abe6c16439a33ba07d1b83321fc6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/b7bd63e6-5ab6-4078-a70f-a196cd3e0973. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).