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Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 233: Relating to: inducements to sign or refrain from signing nomination papers, recall petitions, and certain other petitions.

Did not advance Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted
  6. Did not advance

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 233 is a bill introduced in the Wisconsin Senate on April 29, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to: inducements to sign or refrain from signing nomination papers, recall petitions, and certain other petitions. Primary sponsor: Chris Larson (Democratic), Mark Spreitzer (Democratic), Tim Carpenter (Democratic), Kristin Dassler-Alfheim (Democratic), Dora Drake (Democratic), Dianne Hesselbein (Democratic), Sarah Keyeski (Democratic), Melissa Ratcliff (Democratic). It lists 13 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 23, 2026): Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.

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Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 21

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Chris LarsonPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate7
Mark SpreitzerPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate15
Tim CarpenterPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate3
Kristin Dassler-AlfheimPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate18
Dora DrakePrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate4
Dianne HesselbeinPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate27
Sarah KeyeskiPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate14
Melissa RatcliffPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate16
Clint AndersonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse45
Margaret ArneyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse18
Mike BareCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse80
Brienne BrownCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse43
Ryan ClancyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse19
Ben DeSmidtCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse65
Jodi EmersonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse91
Francesca HongCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse76
Jenna JacobsonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse50
Alex JoersCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse81
Karen KirschCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse7
Amaad Rivera-WagnerCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse90
Lee SnodgrassCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse52

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
  2. Representative Roe added as a cosponsor
  3. Representative Sinicki added as a cosponsor
  4. Read first time and referred to Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development
  5. Introduced by Senators Larson, Spreitzer, Carpenter, Dassler-Alfheim, Drake, Hesselbein, Keyeski and Ratcliff; cosponsored by Representatives Snodgrass, Rivera-Wagner, Anderson, Arney, Bare, Brown, Clancy, DeSmidt, Emerson, Hong, J. Jacobson, Joers and Kirsch

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source