Senate Bill 47 aims to formally repeal an emergency rule established by the Wisconsin Elections Commission, which was enacted on July 1, 2024. This emergency rule outlined the requirements and procedures for filing a declaration of candidacy for various offices, identified grounds for challenging such declarations, and set forth the procedures for hearing and deciding these challenges. The bill is introduced in accordance with statutory requirements following the Joint Committee for Review of Administrative Rules' decision to suspend this emergency rule on July 22, 2024.

The specific legal language created by this bill is found in Section 1, which establishes statute 5.051, stating the repeal of the emergency rule that created sections EL 2.06 and 2.08 of the Wisconsin Administrative Code. This repeal effectively nullifies the previously established challenge procedures for declarations of candidacy, thereby reverting to prior regulations governing the election process in Wisconsin.