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 detailed the processes for hearing and deciding these challenges. The bill is introduced in accordance with statutory requirements to support the Joint Committee for Review of Administrative Rules' decision to suspend this emergency rule on July 22, 2024.

The specific legal language being inserted into the statutes is the creation of section 5.051, which states the repeal of the emergency rule that created sections EL 2.06 and 2.08 of the Wisconsin Administrative Code, concerning challenge procedures for declarations of candidacy. This legislative action reflects a move to eliminate the previously established emergency regulations regarding candidacy challenges.