WI AB 599
deadRelating 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
2025-10-29
Introduced by Representatives Duchow, Knodl, Allen, Hurd, Kitchens, Krug, O'Connor and Penterman; cosponsored by Senator Tomczyk
introduction
2025-10-29
Read first time and referred to Committee on Campaigns and Elections
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-10-30
Representative Brooks added as a coauthor
2025-11-03
LRB correction
2025-11-04
Public hearing held
2025-11-06
Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Duchow
amendment-introduction
2025-11-10
Fiscal estimate received
receipt
2025-11-12
Executive action taken
2025-11-12
Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Campaigns and Elections, Ayes 4, Noes 2
committee-passage-favorable
2025-11-12
Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Campaigns and Elections, Ayes 5, Noes 2
committee-passage-favorable
2025-11-12
Referred to committee on Rules
referral-committee
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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