Assembly Bill 13 aims to create a new statute, 5.051, which addresses the suspension of a rule by the Wisconsin Elections Commission. Specifically, the bill supports the Joint Committee for Review of Administrative Rules' decision to suspend emergency rule 2407, enacted on July 22, 2024. This suspended rule had prohibited municipalities from providing absentee voters with any instructions for absentee voting other than those prescribed by the commission, as well as from representing any additional instructions as uniform.

The bill includes the repeal of the emergency rule that was established on June 10, 2024, which mandated the use of uniform instructions for absentee voting under section EL 6.05 of the Wisconsin Administrative Code. By creating statute 5.051, the bill effectively nullifies the previous emergency rule, allowing municipalities greater flexibility in providing absentee voting instructions.