WI AB 595
deadRelating to: compliance with the federal Help America Vote Act, voter registration data sharing agreements, removing ineligible voters from the official voter registration list, and fees for obtaining the official voter registration list. (FE)
Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
Quick answers
Did WI AB 595 pass?
No. WI AB 595 did not pass — it was defeated or died in the legislative process (2026-05-13). Latest recorded action (2026-05-13): Failed to pass notwithstanding the objections of the Governor pursuant to Joint Rule 82
What is WI AB 595 about?
WI AB 595 is a bill in the 2025-2026 Regular Session titled “Relating to: compliance with the federal Help America Vote Act, voter registration data sharing agreements, removing ineligible voters from the official voter registration list, and fees for obtaining the official voter registration list. (FE)”.
Who sponsors WI AB 595?
Melotik, Spiros, Green and 14 others are the primary sponsors of WI AB 595.
- Introduced
- 2025-10-24
- Latest action
- 2026-05-13 — Failed to pass notwithstanding the objections of the Governor pursuant to Joint Rule 82
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Sponsors
- Melotikprimary
- Spirosprimary
- Greenprimary
- Nedweskiprimary
- Snyderprimary
- Maxeyprimary
- Tittlprimary
- Murphyprimary
- Hurdprimary
- Allenprimary
- Kitchensprimary
- Armstrongprimary
- Pentermanprimary
- Steffenprimary
- O'Connorprimary
- Knodlprimary
- Krugprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2025-10-24
Introduced by Representatives Krug, Knodl, O'Connor, Steffen, Penterman, Armstrong, Kitchens, Allen, Hurd, Murphy, Tittl, Maxey, Snyder, Nedweski, Green, Spiros and Melotik; cosponsored by Senators Tomczyk and Quinn
introduction
2025-10-24
Read first time and referred to Committee on Campaigns and Elections
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-11-04
Public hearing held
2025-11-10
Fiscal estimate received
receipt
2025-11-11
Fiscal estimate received
receipt
2025-11-12
Executive action taken
2025-11-12
Report passage recommended by Committee on Campaigns and Elections, Ayes 5, Noes 2
committee-passage-favorable
2025-11-12
Referred to committee on Rules
referral-committee
2025-11-13
Placed on calendar 11-19-2025 by Committee on Rules
2025-11-19
Read a second time
reading-2
2025-11-19
Ordered to a third reading
reading-3
2025-11-19
Rules suspended
2025-11-19
Read a third time and passed
passage,reading-3
2025-11-19
Ordered immediately messaged
2025-11-20
Received from Assembly
receipt
2025-11-20
Read first time and referred to committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-11-24
Fiscal estimate received
receipt
2026-03-03
Public hearing held
2026-03-11
Executive action taken
2026-03-11
Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development, Ayes 3, Noes 2
committee-passage-favorable
2026-03-11
Available for scheduling
2026-03-16
Placed on calendar 3-17-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
2026-03-17
Read a second time
reading-2
2026-03-17
Ordered to a third reading
reading-3
2026-03-17
Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
2026-03-17
Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 18, Noes 15
passage,reading-3
2026-03-17
Ordered immediately messaged
2026-03-18
Received from Senate concurred in
receipt
2026-03-27
LRB correction
2026-03-27
Report correctly enrolled on 3-27-2026
enrolled
2026-04-02
Presented to the Governor on 4-2-2026
executive-receipt
2026-04-08
Report vetoed by the Governor on 4-8-2026
executive-veto
2026-05-12
Placed on calendar 5-12-2026 pursuant to Joint Rule 82 (2)(a)
2026-05-13
Failed to pass notwithstanding the objections of the Governor pursuant to Joint Rule 82
failure
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Votes
Report passage recommended by Committee on Campaigns and Elections, Ayes 5, Noes 2
2025-11-12 · pass · 5-2
Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development, Ayes 3, Noes 2
2026-03-11 · pass · 3-2
CONCURRENCE
2026-03-17 · pass · 18-15
Member-level votes (33)
- BRADLEY: yes
- JAGLER: yes
- QUINN: yes
- CABRAL-GUEVARA: yes
- JAMES: yes
- STAFSHOLT: yes
- FELZKOWSKI: yes
- KAPENGA: yes
- TESTIN: yes
- FEYEN: yes
- LEMAHIEU: yes
- TOMCZYK: yes
- HUTTON: yes
- MARKLEIN: yes
- WANGGAARD: yes
- JACQUE: yes
- NASS: yes
- WIMBERGER: yes
- CARPENTER: no
- JOHNSON: no
- ROYS: no
- DASSLER-ALFHEI: no
- KEYESKI: no
- SMITH: no
- DRAKE: no
- LARSON: no
- SPREITZER: no
- HABUSH SINYKIN: no
- PFAFF: no
- WALL: no
- HESSELBEIN: no
- RATCLIFF: no
- WIRCH: no
Related bills
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