WI AB 35
enactedRelating to: withdrawal of candidacy for certain offices filled at the general election and providing a penalty. (FE)
Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
Quick answers
Did WI AB 35 pass?
Yes. WI AB 35 has been enacted into law as of 2025-10-31. Latest recorded action (2025-10-31): Published 11-1-2025
What is WI AB 35 about?
WI AB 35 is a bill in the 2025-2026 Regular Session titled “Relating to: withdrawal of candidacy for certain offices filled at the general election and providing a penalty. (FE)”.
Who sponsors WI AB 35?
Tusler, Sortwell, Piwowarczyk and 15 others are the primary sponsors of WI AB 35.
- Introduced
- 2025-02-17
- Latest action
- 2025-10-31 — Published 11-1-2025
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Sponsors
- Tuslerprimary
- Sortwellprimary
- Piwowarczykprimary
- O'Connorprimary
- Nedweskiprimary
- Mursauprimary
- Murphyprimary
- Kreibichprimary
- Knodlprimary
- Kitchensprimary
- Hurdprimary
- Gundrumprimary
- Greenprimary
- Dittrichprimary
- Brooksprimary
- Brillprimary
- Armstrongprimary
- Steffenprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2025-02-17
Introduced by Representatives Steffen, Armstrong, Brill, Brooks, Dittrich, Green, Gundrum, Hurd, Kitchens, Knodl, Kreibich, Murphy, Mursau, Nedweski, O'Connor, Piwowarczyk, Sortwell and Tusler; cosponsored by Senator Wanggaard
introduction
2025-02-17
Read first time and referred to Committee on Campaigns and Elections
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-02-28
Fiscal estimate received
receipt
2025-04-08
Public hearing held
2025-04-15
Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Steffen
amendment-introduction
2025-05-06
Executive action taken
2025-05-07
Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Campaigns and Elections, Ayes 5, Noes 0
committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-07
Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Campaigns and Elections, Ayes 6, Noes 0
committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-07
Referred to committee on Rules
referral-committee
2025-06-20
Withdrawn from Committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 6-24-2025
referral
2025-06-24
Read a second time
reading-2
2025-06-24
Assembly Amendment 1 adopted
amendment-passage,passage
2025-06-24
Ordered to a third reading
reading-3
2025-06-24
Rules suspended
2025-06-24
Read a third time and passed
passage,reading-3
2025-06-24
Ordered immediately messaged
2025-06-24
Received from Assembly
receipt
2025-06-27
Read first time and referred to committee on Licensing, Regulatory Reform, State and Federal Affairs
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-09-18
Public hearing held
2025-10-08
Executive action taken
2025-10-10
Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Licensing, Regulatory Reform, State and Federal Affairs, Ayes 3, Noes 2
committee-passage-favorable
2025-10-10
Available for scheduling
2025-10-13
Placed on calendar 10-14-2025 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
2025-10-14
Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senators Larson, Carpenter, Dassler-Alfheim, Drake, Habush Sinykin, Hesselbein, L. Johnson, Keyeski, Pfaff, Ratcliff, Roys, Smith, Spreitzer, Wall and Wirch
amendment-introduction
2025-10-14
Read a second time
reading-2
2025-10-14
Senate Amendment 1 rejected, Ayes 18, Noes 15
amendment-failure
2025-10-14
Ordered to a third reading
reading-3
2025-10-14
Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
2025-10-14
Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 19, Noes 14
passage,reading-3
2025-10-14
Ordered immediately messaged
2025-10-14
Received from Senate concurred in
receipt
2025-10-20
LRB correction (Assembly Amendment 1)
2025-10-20
Report correctly enrolled on 10-20-2025
enrolled
2025-10-29
Presented to the Governor on 10-29-2025
executive-receipt
2025-10-31
Report approved by the Governor on 10-31-2025. 2025 Wisconsin Act 43
executive-signature
2025-10-31
Published 11-1-2025
became-law
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Votes
Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Campaigns and Elections, Ayes 6, Noes 0
2025-05-07 · pass · 6-0
Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Campaigns and Elections, Ayes 5, Noes 0
2025-05-07 · pass · 5-0
Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Licensing, Regulatory Reform, State and Federal Affairs, Ayes 3, Noes 2
2025-10-10 · pass · 3-2
CONCURRENCE
2025-10-14 · pass · 19-14
Member-level votes (33)
- BRADLEY: yes
- JAMES: yes
- STAFSHOLT: yes
- CABRAL-GUEVARA: yes
- KAPENGA: yes
- TESTIN: yes
- DASSLER-ALFHEI: yes
- KEYESKI: yes
- TOMCZYK: yes
- FELZKOWSKI: yes
- LEMAHIEU: yes
- WANGGAARD: yes
- FEYEN: yes
- MARKLEIN: yes
- WIMBERGER: yes
- HUTTON: yes
- NASS: yes
- JAGLER: yes
- QUINN: yes
- CARPENTER: no
- JOHNSON: no
- SMITH: no
- DRAKE: no
- LARSON: no
- SPREITZER: no
- HABUSH SINYKIN: no
- PFAFF: no
- WALL: no
- HESSELBEIN: no
- RATCLIFF: no
- WIRCH: no
- JACQUE: no
- ROYS: no
Senate Amendment 1 rejected, Ayes 18, Noes 15
2025-10-14 · pass · 18-15
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