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WI AB 599

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Relating to: allowing voters to automatically receive absentee ballots for every election, eliminating the indefinitely confined voter status for receiving absentee ballots, and providing a penalty. (FE)

Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Introduced
2025-10-29
Status date
Latest action
2026-03-23 — Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Sponsors

  • Pentermanprimary
  • O'Connorprimary
  • Krugprimary
  • Kitchensprimary
  • Hurdprimary
  • Allenprimary
  • Knodlprimary
  • Duchowprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-10-29

    Introduced by Representatives Duchow, Knodl, Allen, Hurd, Kitchens, Krug, O'Connor and Penterman; cosponsored by Senator Tomczyk

    introduction

  2. 2025-10-29

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Campaigns and Elections

    reading-1,referral-committee

  3. 2025-10-30

    Representative Brooks added as a coauthor

  4. 2025-11-03

    LRB correction

  5. 2025-11-04

    Public hearing held

  6. 2025-11-06

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Duchow

    amendment-introduction

  7. 2025-11-10

    Fiscal estimate received

    receipt

  8. 2025-11-12

    Executive action taken

  9. 2025-11-12

    Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Campaigns and Elections, Ayes 4, Noes 2

    committee-passage-favorable

  10. 2025-11-12

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Campaigns and Elections, Ayes 5, Noes 2

    committee-passage-favorable

  11. 2025-11-12

    Referred to committee on Rules

    referral-committee

  12. 2026-03-23

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

    failure

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Campaigns and Elections, Ayes 5, Noes 2

    2025-11-12 · pass · 5-2

  • Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Campaigns and Elections, Ayes 4, Noes 2

    2025-11-12 · pass · 4-2

Related bills

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