Bill Commons

WI AB 617

in committee

Relating to: applying for and returning absentee ballots; use of central counting locations; election night reporting; court determinations of incompetency and ineligibility to vote; preelection tests of electronic voting equipment, and providing a penalty. (FE)

Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did WI AB 617 pass?

Not yet. WI AB 617 is in committee as of 2026-03-23 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-03-23): Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

What is WI AB 617 about?

WI AB 617 is a bill in the 2025-2026 Regular Session titled “Relating to: applying for and returning absentee ballots; use of central counting locations; election night reporting; court determinations of incompetency and ineligibility to vote; preelection tests of electronic voting equipment, and providing a penalty. (FE)”.

Who sponsors WI AB 617?

Knodl, O'Connor, Snyder and 1 others are the primary sponsors of WI AB 617.

Introduced
2025-11-04
Latest action
2026-03-23 — Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Knodlprimary
  • O'Connorprimary
  • Snyderprimary
  • Krugprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-11-04

    Introduced by Representatives Krug, Snyder, O'Connor and Knodl; cosponsored by Senator Cabral-Guevara

    introduction

  2. 2025-11-04

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Campaigns and Elections

    reading-1,referral-committee

  3. 2025-11-05

    LRB correction

  4. 2025-11-06

    Public hearing held

  5. 2025-11-06

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Snodgrass and Anderson

    amendment-introduction

  6. 2025-11-11

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Representative Krug

    amendment-introduction

  7. 2025-11-11

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Snodgrass and Anderson

    amendment-introduction

  8. 2025-11-11

    Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representatives Snodgrass and Anderson

    amendment-introduction

  9. 2025-11-12

    Executive action taken

  10. 2025-11-12

    LRB correction (Assembly Substitute Amendment 2)

  11. 2025-11-12

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

    committee-passage-favorable

  12. 2025-11-12

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

    committee-passage-favorable

  13. 2025-11-12

    Referred to committee on Rules

    referral-committee

  14. 2025-11-13

    Placed on calendar 11-19-2025 by Committee on Rules

  15. 2025-11-18

    Fiscal estimate received

    receipt

  16. 2025-11-19

    Read a second time

    reading-2

  17. 2025-11-19

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 3 offered by Representative Snodgrass

    amendment-introduction

  18. 2025-11-19

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 3 laid on table, Ayes 53, Noes 44

    amendment-deferral,deferral

  19. 2025-11-19

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 adopted

    amendment-passage,passage

  20. 2025-11-19

    Ordered to a third reading

    reading-3

  21. 2025-11-19

    Rules suspended

  22. 2025-11-19

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 53, Noes 44

    passage,reading-3

  23. 2025-11-19

    Ordered immediately messaged

  24. 2025-11-20

    Received from Assembly

    receipt

  25. 2025-11-20

    Read first time and referred to committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development

    reading-1,referral-committee

  26. 2026-02-10

    Fiscal estimate received

    receipt

  27. 2026-03-23

    Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

    amendment-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 Substitute Amendment 2 adoption recommended by Committee on Campaigns and Elections, Ayes 4, Noes 2

    2025-11-12 · pass · 4-2

  • Assembly Substitute Amendment 3 laid on table, Ayes 53, Noes 44

    2025-11-19 · pass · 53-44

  • PASSAGE

    2025-11-19 · pass · 53-44

    Member-level votes (97)
    • ALLEN: yes
    • ANDERSON: no
    • ANDRACA: no
    • ARMSTRONG: yes
    • ARNEY: no
    • AUGUST: yes
    • BARE: no
    • BEHNKE: yes
    • BILLINGS: no
    • BORN: yes
    • BRILL: yes
    • BROOKS: yes
    • BROWN: no
    • CALLAHAN: yes
    • CLANCY: no
    • CRUZ: no
    • DALLMAN: yes
    • DESANTO: no
    • DESMIDT: no
    • DITTRICH: yes
    • DONOVAN: yes
    • DOYLE: no
    • DUCHOW: yes
    • EMERSON: no
    • FITZGERALD: no
    • FRANKLIN: yes
    • GOEBEN: yes
    • GOODWIN: no
    • GREEN: yes
    • GUNDRUM: yes
    • GUSTAFSON: yes
    • HONG: no
    • HURD: yes
    • HYSELL: no
    • JACOBSON, B: yes
    • JACOBSON, J: no
    • JOERS: no
    • JOHNSON: no
    • KAUFERT: yes
    • KIRSCH: no
    • KITCHENS: yes
    • KNODL: yes
    • KREIBICH: yes
    • KRUG: yes
    • KURTZ: yes
    • MADISON: no
    • MAXEY: yes
    • MAYADEV: no
    • MCCARVILLE: no
    • MCGUIRE: no
    • MELOTIK: yes
    • MIRESSE: no
    • MOORE OMOKUNDE: no
    • MOSES: yes
    • MURPHY: yes
    • MURSAU: yes
    • NEDWESKI: yes
    • NEUBAUER: no
    • NEYLON: yes
    • NOVAK: yes
    • O'CONNOR: yes
    • ORTIZ-VELEZ: no
    • PALMERI: no
    • PENTERMAN: yes
    • PETERSEN: yes
    • PHELPS: no
    • PIWOWARCZYK: yes
    • PRADO: no
    • PRONSCHINSKE: yes
    • RIVERA-WAGNER: no
    • RODRIGUEZ: yes
    • ROE: no
    • SHEEHAN: no
    • SINICKI: no
    • SNODGRASS: no
    • SNYDER: yes
    • SORTWELL: yes
    • SPAUDE: no
    • SPIROS: yes
    • STEFFEN: yes
    • STROUD: no
    • STUBBS: no
    • SUBECK: no
    • SUMMERFIELD: yes
    • SWEARINGEN: yes
    • TENORIO: no
    • TITTL: no
    • TRANEL: yes
    • TUCKER: yes
    • TUSLER: yes
    • UDELL: no
    • VANDERMEER: yes
    • VINING: no
    • WICHGERS: yes
    • WITTKE: yes
    • ZIMMERMAN: yes
    • SPEAKER: yes

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab617

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