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WI AB 540

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Relating to: extending voting rights to certain 17-year-old individuals and requiring a referendum.

Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did WI AB 540 pass?

No. WI AB 540 did not pass — it was defeated or died in the legislative process. Latest recorded action (2026-03-23): Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

What is WI AB 540 about?

WI AB 540 is a bill in the 2025-2026 Regular Session titled “Relating to: extending voting rights to certain 17-year-old individuals and requiring a referendum.”.

Who sponsors WI AB 540?

Miresse, Stubbs, Stroud and 14 others are the primary sponsors of WI AB 540, joined by 7 cosponsors.

Introduced
2025-10-15
Latest action
2026-03-23 — Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Miresseprimary
  • Stubbsprimary
  • Stroudprimary
  • Roeprimary
  • Phelpsprimary
  • Moore Omokundeprimary
  • McCarvilleprimary
  • Madisonprimary
  • Johnsonprimary
  • Fitzgeraldprimary
  • Emersonprimary
  • Clancyprimary
  • Brownprimary
  • Arneyprimary
  • Andracaprimary
  • Palmeriprimary
  • Snodgrassprimary
  • Royscosponsor
  • Dassler-Alfheimcosponsor
  • L. Johnsoncosponsor
  • Larsoncosponsor
  • Ratcliffcosponsor
  • Spreitzercosponsor
  • Hesselbeincosponsor

Committees

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Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-03-23

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

    failure

  2. 2026-03-20

    Representative Vining added as a coauthor

  3. 2026-02-09

    Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor

  4. 2025-10-17

    Representative Subeck added as a coauthor

  5. 2025-10-15

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Campaigns and Elections

    reading-1,referral-committee

  6. 2025-10-15

    Introduced by Representatives Snodgrass, Palmeri, Andraca, Arney, Brown, Clancy, Emerson, Fitzgerald, Johnson, Madison, McCarville, Moore Omokunde, Phelps, Roe, Stroud, Stubbs and Miresse; cosponsored by Senators Roys, Dassler-Alfheim, L. Johnson, Larson, Ratcliff, Spreitzer and Hesselbein

    introduction

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Related bills

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Official source

https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab540

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