Assembly Bill 13 aims to address the suspension of an emergency rule established by the Wisconsin Elections Commission. Specifically, the bill creates a new statute, 5.051, which repeals the emergency rule that was enacted on June 10, 2024. This rule had mandated that municipalities could only provide absentee voters with uniform instructions for absentee voting as prescribed by the commission, and it prohibited any additional instructions that could be misrepresented as official.

The bill is introduced in compliance with statutory requirements following the Joint Committee for Review of Administrative Rules' decision to suspend the emergency rule on July 22, 2024. By repealing this rule, the bill seeks to restore flexibility for municipalities in providing absentee voting instructions, thereby allowing them to offer additional guidance beyond the commission's uniform instructions.