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WI SB 517

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Relating to: accessibility training for election officials. (FE)

Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did WI SB 517 pass?

No. WI SB 517 did not pass — it was defeated or died in the legislative process (2026-03-23). Latest recorded action (2026-03-23): Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

What is WI SB 517 about?

WI SB 517 is a bill in the 2025-2026 Regular Session titled “Relating to: accessibility training for election officials. (FE)”.

Who sponsors WI SB 517?

Wirch, Spreitzer, L. Johnson and 2 others are the primary sponsors of WI SB 517.

Introduced
2025-10-09
Latest action
2026-03-23 — Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Wirchprimary
  • Spreitzerprimary
  • L. Johnsonprimary
  • Dassler-Alfheimprimary
  • Ratcliffprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-10-09

    Introduced by Senators Ratcliff, Dassler-Alfheim, L. Johnson, Spreitzer and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives Snodgrass, Andraca, Arney, Bare, Clancy, Emerson, Goodwin, Johnson, Madison, McCarville, Moore Omokunde, Neubauer, Phelps, Roe and Udell

    introduction

  2. 2025-10-09

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

    reading-1,referral-committee

  3. 2025-10-10

    Senator Hesselbein added as a coauthor

  4. 2025-10-29

    Fiscal estimate received

    receipt

  5. 2026-02-09

    Representative J. Jacobson added as a cosponsor

  6. 2026-03-23

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

    failure

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Votes

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Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb517

Attribution

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