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| 3 | 3 | | 2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE |
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| 4 | 4 | | 2023 SENATE BILL 88 |
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| 5 | 5 | | March 1, 2023 - Introduced by Senators JACQUE, CABRAL-GUEVARA, COWLES, |
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| 6 | 6 | | STAFSHOLT and STROEBEL, cosponsored by Representatives GOEBEN, GUNDRUM, |
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| 7 | 7 | | ARMSTRONG, BEHNKE, BODDEN, BRANDTJEN, BROOKS, DITTRICH, EDMING, |
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| 8 | 8 | | MURPHY, PETERSEN, SCHMIDT, TITTL, TUSLER, WICHGERS and RETTINGER. |
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| 9 | 9 | | Referred to Committee on Government Operations, Elections and Consumer |
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| 10 | 10 | | Protection. |
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| 11 | 11 | | AN ACT to create 66.0512 of the statutes; relating to: whistleblower protection |
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| 12 | 12 | | for municipal clerks who witness and report election fraud or irregularities. |
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| 13 | 13 | | Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau |
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| 14 | 14 | | This bill provides whistleblower protection for municipal clerks who witness |
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| 15 | 15 | | and report election fraud or irregularities. Under the bill, no municipal clerk may |
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| 16 | 16 | | be discriminated against in regard to employment, including by being discharged, |
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| 17 | 17 | | disciplined, or demoted, as a reprisal because the clerk lawfully reported, or is |
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| 18 | 18 | | believed to have reported, witnessing what the clerk reasonably believed to be |
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| 19 | 19 | | election fraud or irregularities. |
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| 20 | 20 | | The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do |
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| 21 | 21 | | enact as follows: |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 1. 66.0512 of the statutes is created to read: |
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| 23 | 23 | | 66.0512 Whistleblower protection for certain disclosures made by |
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| 24 | 24 | | municipal clerks. No municipal clerk may be discharged, disciplined, demoted, or |
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| 25 | 25 | | otherwise discriminated against in regard to employment, or threatened with any |
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| 26 | 26 | | such treatment, as a reprisal because the clerk lawfully reported, or is believed to |
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| 35 | 35 | | SECTION 1 SENATE BILL 88 |
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| 36 | 36 | | have reported, witnessing what the clerk reasonably believed to be election fraud or |
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| 37 | 37 | | irregularities. For purposes of this section, “lawfully reported” means a report of |
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| 38 | 38 | | information the disclosure of which is not expressly prohibited by state or federal law, |
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| 39 | 39 | | rule, or regulation. |
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